Exact Audio Copy (EAC) Configuration #windows

Exact Audio Copy (EAC) Configuration.md

Exact Audio Copy configuration

These instructions provide a way to accurately rip CDs using Exact Audio Copy (EAC).

Remove Previous Configuration

To backup any previous configuration (optional):

mkdir 'EAC-backup'; cd 'EAC-backup'
REG.EXE EXPORT 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AWSoftware\EACU' EACU.reg
Compress-Archive -DestinationPath 'EAC.zip' -LiteralPath "$env:AppData\EAC" -Verbose
REG.EXE EXPORT 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Illustrate\dBpowerAMP' dBpowerAMP.reg
Compress-Archive -DestinationPath 'AccurateRip.zip' -LiteralPath "$env:AppData\AccurateRip" -Verbose

Remove previous configuration:

REG.EXE DELETE 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AWSoftware\EACU' /F
Remove-Item -Recurse -Force "$env:AppData\EAC"
REG.EXE DELETE 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Illustrate\dBpowerAMP' /F
Remove-Item -Recurse -Force "$env:AppData\AccurateRip"

Install EAC

Install from EAC Homepage

Direct link (v1.8, latest as of this writing)

First Run

Run EAC

When asked to use test version of the GD3 metadata provider, click "No".

In EAC setup Wizard:

• Click Next twice.
• Choose "I prefer to have accurate results", click Next.
• If asked, choose "I don't trust these values, detect the features for my drive."
• Insert popular CD and wait for auto detection to complete then click "Next".
  • IMPORTANT: Ignore for now, but don't close, any "Configure AccurateRip" dialog that may show.
• "Autodetection" dialog will show and drive features will be determined.
• Choose "FLAC (around 6MB/minute)"
• Choose naming ABBA \ Number Ones \ 03 Dancing Queen
• Choose "I am a beginner, make all options as easy as possible"
• Click "Finish".

When "Configure AccurateRip" dialog shows, click "Configure".

EAC does a pretty good job with just that setup, but there's additional tweaks I prefer, as noted in the following sections.

Configure

EAC > EAC Options…

Extraction:

• Error recovery quality: Low

General:

• On unknown CDs: ☒ automatically access online database
• ☐ Show status dialog after extraction
• ☐ Beep after extraction finished
• ☒ Eject CD after extraction finished

Tools:

• ☒ On extraction, start external compressors queued in the background

Click OK.

EAC > Drive Options

Drive:

• Click "Autodetect read command now".
• ☒ CD-Text Read capable drive

Click OK.

Save Profile

EAC > Profiles > Save Profile...

Save profile with name of your choice, e.g. drive name.

Extract Audio

Press Alt-G to get CD metadata, if it's not there.

Press Shift-F5 (or CMP button) to extract to FLAC.

References

Exact Audio Copy - Hydrogenaudio

Secure Ripping