EAC AccurateRip configuration not popping up

2019-09-04 03:07:39

I'm configuring Exact Audio Copy using this guide:
https://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=EAC_Configuration_Wizard
and my drive is an LG USB DVD writer.

I have successfully completed the basic EAC configuration wizard, and I am ready to configure AccurateRip (i.e. set my drive's read offset). The guide (and EAC's website) says that a dialog pops up automatically when you insert a CD that is recognized by AccurateRip. I have inserted various popular CD's and watched all of the tracks appear, as well as that colorful little CD icon in the lower right, confirming recognition by AccurateRip, but no configuration can be triggered. I have exited and restarted EAC, and unplugged and replugged the drive, and I cannot get the configuration dialog to pop up.

When I go to the "EAC" drop-down menu and choose "Drive Options" and the "Offset/Speed" tab, I see that "Use read sample offset correction" is greyed out and selected and has a value of +6. I don't know if that's some kind of default or if it means that it did in fact configure offset for my particular drive.

I don't think this is related, but I had another problem with EAC setup, which was that at first EAC would not recognize my drive at all. I downloaded the file "wnaspi32.dll" and put it in my EAC program folder, as suggested in various forums, and it then recognized the drive.

I should add that I have had no problems configuring and using dbPowerAmp to rip my CD's with this drive. It had no problem configuring the read offset. My free dbPA trial will expire, however, and it would be nice to use EAC, since it is free.

Any help would be appreciated!!!

Re: EAC AccurateRip configuration not popping up

Reply #1 – 2019-09-04 03:35:58

I found the answer to my problem in this forum topic, in which someone else faced the same problem:
https://forums.slimdevices.com/archive/index.php/t-26006.html

User Marc Lanctot writes:
"Do you have an entry in your Drive Options - Offset/Speed - Use read sample offset correction? If so and you haven't entered it manually, it's been added by AccurateRip. Also this entire area will now be greyed out, barring you from making changes."

It is also noted that AccurateRip has a list of drives with user-submitted offset values:
http://www.accuraterip.com/driveoffsets.htm
The value for my drive on this list matches what EAC shows under my "Drive Options" settings.

Apparently, EAC did the AccurateRip configuration without telling me it was doing the configuration.
Or I blacked out and participated in this configuration and have no memory of it.

Jeez, this program is such a pain in the ass compared to dbPowerAmp, but it is free.

Re: EAC AccurateRip configuration not popping up

Reply #2 – 2024-09-11 19:12:01

Hello, I'm refreshing the thread. I have a similar problem, only in my case the accuraterip configuration window doesn't appear at all.
The drive is slimtypeebau108, and I know that the offset for it must be 6. However, if I don't configure it with AccurateRIP, I won't be able to even send my rips to the database.
I did it on a clean EAC installation. I don't know on what basis it selects discs for configuration, or is the condition that the disc must be in the accuraterip database?
I have such a CD
https://www.discogs.com/release/1107821-Worlds-Apart-Je-Te-Donne
I also found a rip on the Internet in lossless and after verification with foobar AccurateRIP says that there are 12 matching results for this rip. After inserting this disc into the drive, the AccurateRIP configuration window doesn't pop up. I would like to point out that I'm away and don't have access to my home equipment. When I configured something at home, everything always went fine. Does the Internet also affect this when I'm connected to, for example, a mobile, not stationary internet? I'll have to repeat the same steps at home with the same CD, but I'm surprised this window doesn't appear.
In EAC settings there is no checkbox this drive uses accuraterip. Also in %appdata%\accuraterip there is only the file DiscTOC.bin.

Re: EAC AccurateRip configuration not popping up

Reply #3 – 2024-09-11 23:19:12

The CD has to be one of the key discs in fairly good condition, the drive should be in the drive offset database, and you need an Internet connection.
Every CD in the AccurateRip database is not a key disc.

If the drive isn't in the drive offset database, 3 key discs may be required. See also https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?msg=993160

Re: EAC AccurateRip configuration not popping up

Reply #4 – 2024-09-12 07:22:03

Thanks for the answer.
My drive is in this database, so my task is easier. As for the disks, I will investigate this further and then write updates.