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How to make mp3s with EAC

I've downloaded the latest beta version of EAC, but there is no button for mp3 converting

Can someone help me set this up`?

How to make mp3s with EAC

Reply #2 –
Done it, still no mp3 button..

How to make mp3s with EAC

Reply #4 –
Cool thanks!

Now I've been ripping cd's for ages but always using simple programs.. I think the latest one was a program called Easy CD-Extractor

Now what are the biggest quallity differences when using a easier program vs EAC?

Also, if I wanna step up the ripping one step from 320kbps mp3, what is the next step? Mp4? Flac?

How to make mp3s with EAC

Reply #5 –
The main difference is that EAC has better error handling, meaning, if your cd is scratched, eac would try to recover or at least tell you so.

How to make mp3s with EAC

Reply #6 –
Quote from: kwanbis on
The main difference is that EAC has better error handling, meaning, if your cd is scratched, eac would try to recover or at least tell you so.
Which is of course great, but it’s worth mentioning that it’s unlikely that any errors will be audible from any but the most damaged disc.

Quote from: label2k on
Also, if I wanna step up the ripping one step from 320kbps mp3, what is the next step? Mp4? Flac?
Considering that few people would be able to distinguish a 320 kbps MP3 from the lossless version of the same waveform (barring exceptional signals and/or exceptional listeners, the latter probably being rarer than the former), there’s little point in bumping up the bitrate for the sake of quality. That last aside, a case could be made for using a lossless format such as FLAC for the purposes of archival and peace of mind (e.g. to avoid all artifacts and to retain a clean signal for future transcoding to a lossy format), especially nowadays when gigabytes are almost literally ten-a-penny. Discussion on issues such as these has been bountiful; a search could help you make a choice.

How to make mp3s with EAC

Reply #7 –
So all in all, generally there are no hearable differences as long as the cd is in good quallity?

How to make mp3s with EAC

Reply #8 –
That’s about it! Feel free to verify this for your own ears with a blind ABX test, though. In fact, you may find that 320 kbps is quite a bit above what you would need for perceptual transparency, as has been discovered by many users in previous threads.

How to make mp3s with EAC

Reply #9 –
It's so confusing.. we have forums (like this) sites etc etc were people explains we one program is better then another, also encoders etc.. and now u say there is no difference?

When I ripp cd:s with EAC it takes ages, with Easy CD-Extractor, it goes really fast.. why use EAC if the result is the same?

How to make mp3s with EAC

Reply #10 –
Quote from: db1989 on
Quote from: kwanbis on
The main difference is that EAC has better error handling, meaning, if your cd is scratched, eac would try to recover or at least tell you so.
Which is of course great, but it’s worth mentioning that it’s unlikely that any errors will be audible from any but the most damaged disc.
Please note the distinction between these two statements. EAC offers an increased probability that your CD will be ripped without any errors, and it at least has the courtesy to tell you if there are errors. That doesn’t mean you could hear a difference. So, why use EAC? Because those ripping to lossless formats and/or from damaged discs will want to preclude/minimise errors, whether they can hear them or not. And really, why use a program that might let errors through when better options are available?

Assuming one of the references to EAC in your second paragraph is supposed to read Easy CD-DA Extractor, the difference in speed is probably due to the additional care taken by EAC. As to why this may be worth the trade-off, see above.

It’s likely that many questions such as these that you might have are answered in the EAC FAQ, just as discussions on the various issues raised in this thread are plentiful amongst past topics.

Edit: I assumed that your post about “no hearable differences” was referring to 320 kbps MP3 versus lossless, but now I realise that you seem to have been asking about EAC versus other programs. In either case, I think my points still stand.

How to make mp3s with EAC

Reply #11 –
Quote from: db1989 on
Which is of course great, but it’s worth mentioning that it’s unlikely that any errors will be audible from any but the most damaged disc.

Well, i have had some CDs where there was a simple scratch, and a bad ripper would make an MP3 that would "skip/jump/make noice" on a track.

This is why i use dbpoweramp (or EAC). dbpoweramp is easier to configure for newbies.

How to make mp3s with EAC

Reply #12 –
Quote from: db1989 on
Quote from: db1989 on
Quote from: kwanbis on
The main difference is that EAC has better error handling, meaning, if your cd is scratched, eac would try to recover or at least tell you so.
Which is of course great, but it’s worth mentioning that it’s unlikely that any errors will be audible from any but the most damaged disc.
Please note the distinction between these two statements. EAC offers an increased probability that your CD will be ripped without any errors, and it at least has the courtesy to tell you if there are errors. That doesn’t mean you could hear a difference. So, why use EAC? Because those ripping to lossless formats and/or from damaged discs will want to preclude/minimise errors, whether they can hear them or not. And really, why use a program that might let errors through when better options are available?

Assuming one of the references to EAC in your second paragraph is supposed to read Easy CD-DA Extractor, the difference in speed is probably due to the additional care taken by EAC. As to why this may be worth the trade-off, see above.

It’s likely that many questions such as these that you might have are answered in the EAC FAQ, just as discussions on the various issues raised in this thread are plentiful amongst past topics.

Edit: I assumed that your post about “no hearable differences” was referring to 320 kbps MP3 versus lossless, but now I realise that you seem to have been asking about EAC versus other programs. In either case, I think my points still stand.


Well I'm just wanting to know if there are huge differences between EAC 320 rips and Easy CD-Extractor 320 rips.. 320 still fits my needs and Im in no hurry to  upgrade my rips..

Also the question wether I should use EAC or ECDE is still based on the speed.. with EAC a rip can take up to 10 minutes.. with EACD it takes 2-3 minutes.. if the result, based on avarage quallity cd:s, is about the same.. the answer is rather simple, right?

How to make mp3s with EAC

Reply #13 –
Quote from: kwanbis on
dbpoweramp is easier to configure for newbies.

Erm, no, not really.

Use the wizard and you're done.  There is no need to poke though all the settings since the default values are fine.  If this has anything to do with moving settings away from the default values, then I suggest the same criteria also be applied to dBpoweramp (both the ripping program and the separate configuration program).  Now all of a sudden dBpoweramp becomes just as perplexing to the newbie as EAC.

How to make mp3s with EAC

Reply #14 –
Quote from: label2k on
EAC a rip can take up to 10 minutes

If you don't know what you're doing, are blindly following some third-party guide, sure EAC can take up to 10 minutes.

How to make mp3s with EAC

Reply #15 –
Well tell me what to do if I wanna speed it up!

How to make mp3s with EAC

Reply #17 –
Quote from: label2k on
Well tell me what to do if I wanna speed it up!

Instead of one of the secure modes, rip in burst mode. This will not do any error checking, but that is what AccurateRip is for.

For those cases where AccurateRip does not verify the accuracy of your burst rip, then use secure mode. Hopefully this will be fairly rare.

If you still don't want to use secure mode then just use the burst mode as is. You still won't be any worse off than with Easy CD Extractor.

How to make mp3s with EAC

Reply #18 –
Quote from: kwanbis on
it was pretty much unconfigured when i used it in the past.

Like I said, use the wizard, leave the rest of it alone and you're done.

If you want to rip something other than flac or whatever EAC defaults for lame (as an either, or scenario), then yes, one needs to refer to a guide if he cannot figure out how to work the additional command line options for the external encoder.

Please don't take this as an endorsement for EAC, it just happens to be the one I'm most comfortable with.  If you want to use foobar2000, ECDE, dBpoweramp, CUE Ripper, iTunes, EAC, CDex or whatever else go for it.  They all have their advantages in one form or another.

How to make mp3s with EAC

Reply #20 –
Quote from: pdq on
Quote from: label2k on
Well tell me what to do if I wanna speed it up!

Instead of one of the secure modes, rip in burst mode. This will not do any error checking, but that is what AccurateRip is for.

For those cases where AccurateRip does not verify the accuracy of your burst rip, then use secure mode. Hopefully this will be fairly rare.

If you still don't want to use secure mode then just use the burst mode as is. You still won't be any worse off than with Easy CD Extractor.


Were do I change to Burst mode? My version is in swedish, so the options have different names..