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EAC & lame MP3 & FLAC advice please

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Hi everyone

I am new to getting the best out of EAC, although I have used it intermittently over the years with a low level of understanding about what I was actually achieving.

Past couple of days I have spent many hours Googling/reading etc & finally decided the "Uber standard" for using EAC to achieve high quality MP3 was the way to go for small size compressed files. Eventually got that working smoothly & log indicated all is well.

Then decided for archival purposes I ought to be able to use EAC with FLAC to achieve similar results. Again eventually managed to get that set-up working well.

So I thought: "this continual variation of the EAC setup to suit either MP3 or FLAC will eventually become a disaster for me, particularly when I am not using EAC every few days or so............ So why don't I arrange two EAC installations, one set for MP3 using the Uber Standard settings; and one for FLAC settings".
Well I tried that & it will not work, despite me pointing shortcuts to the different file positions for each EAC installation.
Clearly I am missing something fundamental but what?

Can anyone suggest a routine that will allow me to accomplish my aim or somthing very close?
I'd be most obliged.
BTW Uber Standard:http://www.uberstandard.org/ It's a great set up guide very thorough.

Best regards, Peter O[/color][color="#000000"][/color][size="4"][/size]

EAC & lame MP3 & FLAC advice please

Reply #1 –
Use the EAC guides in the Wiki instead. Start here.

If you need EAC to output MP3 and FLAC, you can
1. try REACT
2. setup 2 EAC profiles, one for MP3 and another for FLAC.

Or you can rip to FLAC only and convert to MP3 with foobar2000 or LameDropXPd.

EAC & lame MP3 & FLAC advice please

Reply #2 –
Quote from: peterlonz on
Uber Standard:http://www.uberstandard.org/ It's a great set up guide very thorough.
Actually its specifications, at least in prior incarnations, have been questioned by some users here--including in a discussion started by greynol, a moderator with considerable experience/knowledge of EAC and CD ripping.

greynol, are you a mod at the EAC forum too? It calls you a "Board-Inventar", which according to Google Translate from German means you're an inventory . . . or from 'auto-detected' Danish, board furniture.

EAC & lame MP3 & FLAC advice please

Reply #3 –
Quote from: dv1989 on
greynol, are you a mod at the EAC forum too? It calls you a "Board-Inventar", which according to Google Translate from German means you're an inventory . . . or from 'auto-detected' Danish, board furniture.

Nope, I'm just inventory.
 

EAC & lame MP3 & FLAC advice please

Reply #4 –
I think Uberstandard must have read that link, because they seem to have adopted many of the recommendations...EAC is 99pb5, but no mention of AccurateRip (which seems a little odd). Also their flat statement on the drive recommended

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"The following drive is the best drive for ripping audio; hands down."  Plextor Premium.


I do not think so, the drive is Ok, so nothing wrong with ripping with it, but I would not say it is the best hands down.