EAC

[nbaptista]

I´m ripping my cd´s with EAC clicking on IMG in order to convert the cd in Wav files.It stores the cd on an external hard drive,but what should I do if I want to compress Wav format to FLAC?Using EAC,of course!
BTW,IMG is an image of the audio cd,isn´t it?

[nbaptista]

Done!

[symon]

What did you do? I wasn't aware that EAC could do FLAC compression.

[Stratmangler]

What did you do? I wasn't aware that EAC could do FLAC compression.

When you use the wizard to set up extraction you eventually get to a page where you can set the extraction output type - select flac in there.

When ripping a CD use the mp3 tab - it will rip it as flac.

Chris

[Stratmangler]

I´m ripping my cd´s with EAC clicking on IMG in order to convert the cd in Wav files.It stores the cd on an external hard drive,but what should I do if I want to compress Wav format to FLAC?Using EAC,of course!
BTW,IMG is an image of the audio cd,isn´t it?

So you've ripped your CD's to big wav files and use cue sheets for track selection ?
If so, why ?
And why compress the big wavs to flac - it involves at lot of processing (relatively speaking) to decompress a flac that big

I'm just a bit bemused, that's all.

Chris

[Stratmangler]

If you have a load of wav files that you want to compress to flac you could of course utilise FLAC Frontend.

Chris

[symon]

Which is what I do use. I find it very easy and quick to use, which is why I hadn't thought of using EAC to do the same job, I suppose.

[Stratmangler]

One thing you do not get when extracting to FLAC with EAC is Replaygain tags.

That said, it's a simple matter to analyse files and add tags in Foobar.

Foobar can also analyse 24/96 and 24/192 files for Replaygain tags, something FLAC Frontend will not do.

Chris

[ZebuTheOxen]

And why compress the big wavs to flac - it involves at lot of processing (relatively speaking) to decompress a flac that big.

Decoding FLAC is less processor intensive than MP3, just fyi.

[Stratmangler]

Decoding FLAC is less processor intensive than MP3, just fyi.

When the file is potentially up to 80 minutes long it takes a lot of processing regardless.

Chris