EAC and TAK: Difference between revisions

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==Software Needed==
==Software Needed==
* [http://exactaudiocopy.org/eac6.html Exact Audio Copy]
* [http://exactaudiocopy.org/eac6.html Exact Audio Copy]
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=54159 TAK]
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=58784 TAK]
* [[Wapet]]
* [[Wapet]]


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* Open EAC and insert a CD into the drive.
* Open EAC and insert a CD into the drive.
* Click the '''EAC''' menu and select '''Compression Options...''' (or press '''F5''').
* Click the '''EAC''' menu and select '''Compression Options...''' (or press '''F11''').
* Click the '''External Compression''' tab, and put a check box in '''Use external program for compression'''.
* Click the '''External Compression''' tab, and put a check box in '''Use external program for compression'''.
* Change '''Parameter passing scheme''' to '''User Defined Encoder'''.
* Change '''Parameter passing scheme''' to '''User Defined Encoder'''.
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* In the '''Additional command line options''' box, copy and paste the string below.
* In the '''Additional command line options''' box, copy and paste the string below.
'''APEv2 Tag:'''
'''APEv2 Tag:'''
  %d -t "Artist=%a" -t "Title=%t" -t "Album=%g" -t "Year=%y" -t "Track=%n" -t "Genre=%m" <span style="color:green">'''"C:\Program Files\TAK\takc.exe"'''</span> -e <span style="color:red">'''-pN'''</span> %s %d  
  %d -t "Artist=%a" -t "Title=%t" -t "Album=%g" -t "Year=%y" -t "Track=%n" -t "Genre=%m" <span style="color:green">'''"C:\Program Files\TAK\takc.exe"'''</span> -e <span style="color:red">'''-p2'''</span> %s %d  


<span style="color:green">'''Note 1''': This needs to point to where '''takc.exe''' is located.  If the path contains spaces, you must surround it with double quotes (").</span>
<span style="color:green">'''Note 1''': This needs to point to where '''takc.exe''' is located.  If the path contains spaces, you must surround it with double quotes (").</span>


<span style="color:red">'''Note 2''': Alter this switch for the desired compression mode</span>
<span style="color:red">'''Note 2''': Alter this switch for the desired compression mode.  If you leave the switch out, TAK will use the default of -p2.</span>
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"
! style="padding-right:24px;text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid silver;" | Switch !! style="text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid silver;" | Setting
|-
| <span style="color:red">'''-pT'''</span> || Turbo
|-
| <span style="color:red">'''-pF'''</span> || Fast
|-
| <span style="color:red">'''-pN'''</span> || Normal ''(default, if no -p switch is specified Normal will be used)''
|-
| <span style="color:red">'''-pH'''</span> || High
|-
| <span style="color:red">'''-pE'''</span> || Extra
|}
 


Taken from the TAK command line summary:
Taken from the TAK command line summary:


<pre>
<pre>
-p#        select encoder preset #
-p#        select encoder preset #: 0-5 (fastest to strongest, default is 2).
            T/F/N/H/E or 0-4 for Turbo/Fast/Normal(default)/High/Extra
             Append E/M (-p2m) to increase the evaluation level to Extra/Max.
             Append E/M (-p2m) to increase the evaluation level to Extra/Max.
</pre>
</pre>

Revision as of 04:11, 4 December 2007

Software Needed


Installation

Note: This guide assumes that EAC is has been configured for secure ripping, if not please follow this guide.

  • Extract takc.exe into a folder of your choice.
  • Extract wapet.exe into your Exact Audio Copy directory.


Configuration

  • Open EAC and insert a CD into the drive.
  • Click the EAC menu and select Compression Options... (or press F11).
  • Click the External Compression tab, and put a check box in Use external program for compression.
  • Change Parameter passing scheme to User Defined Encoder.
  • Change Use file extension to .tak.
  • Click the Browse button and locate wapet.exe.
  • Remove the ticks from Use CRC check, Add ID3 tag and Check for external programs return code.
  • In the Additional command line options box, copy and paste the string below.

APEv2 Tag:

%d -t "Artist=%a" -t "Title=%t" -t "Album=%g" -t "Year=%y" -t "Track=%n" -t "Genre=%m" "C:\Program Files\TAK\takc.exe" -e -p2 %s %d 

Note 1: This needs to point to where takc.exe is located. If the path contains spaces, you must surround it with double quotes (").

Note 2: Alter this switch for the desired compression mode. If you leave the switch out, TAK will use the default of -p2.

Taken from the TAK command line summary:

-p#        select encoder preset #: 0-5 (fastest to strongest, default is 2).
             Append E/M (-p2m) to increase the evaluation level to Extra/Max.
EAC External Compression dialogue configured for TAK with tagging support provided by Wapet
  • Don't worry what bit rate is shown in the Bit rate drop down box, this will be ignored.


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