Ah! Good catch SS! The value for my "Extraction Options\DirectorySpecification" in the registry was C:\, but "StartUp Options\ActualPath" was E:\. The other paths are all empty. I went to EAC, changed EAC Options | Directories from "Ask every time" to "Use this directory", specified e:\ (yes, lowercase) as the directory, clicked okay, got out of EAC, started EAC again, went back and set to "Ask every time" again. I verified that "DirectorySpecification" is now e:\ (yes, lowercase), and now when I use F10 AlbumArt XUI is starting in E:\ just fine and dandy!

• Press F9 to open the EAC options dialogue.
• Access the Directories tab.
• Select the Use this directory radio button.
• Select Browse... to pick the folder you want to use.
• Select OK to close the dialogue.
• Hit Ctrl+F2 to re-configure REACT.
• Open REACT and start ripping.

• REACT will only create the four cuesheets request by CreateAllCuesheets=1 if "Use this directory" is checked.  This is because, if "Ask every time" is checked, EAC will ask you where you want to save the cuesheets, ruining the integration effect.
• As already discussed, the value in the field accompanying "Use this directory" is used by the wrapper instance of REACT to detirmine the temp path being used by EAC - which is used to pass the path to AlbumArt.exe and to rename the four cuesheets.

$p = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AWSoftware\EAC\Compression Options"
RegWrite($p, "UseExternalEncoder", "REG_BINARY", "FF")
RegWrite($p, "ExternalEncoderType", "REG_BINARY", "14000000")
RegWrite($p, "ExternalEncoderProgram", "REG_SZ", @ScriptFullPath)
RegWrite($p, "ExternalEncoderOptions", "REG_SZ", 'REACT %o %s %d "%a" "%g" "%t" "%n" "%x" "%y" "%m" "%e" "%f" "%b" %r')
RegWrite($p, "ExternalEncoderExtension", "REG_SZ", "eac")
RegWrite($p, "ExternalEncoderCreateCRC", "REG_BINARY", "00")
RegWrite($p, "ExternalEncoderID3Tag", "REG_BINARY", "00")
RegWrite($p, "ExternalEncoderCheckReturnCode", "REG_BINARY", "00")
RegWrite($p, "ExternalEncoderDeleteSource", "REG_BINARY", "00")

$p = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AWSoftware\EAC\Extraction Options"
RegWrite($p, "BackgroundExternalCompression", "REG_BINARY", "FF")
RegWrite($p, "NoCompressionWindow", "REG_BINARY", "00")
RegWrite($p, "BeepWhenDone", "REG_BINARY", "00")
RegWrite($p, "AutoSaveStatus", "REG_BINARY", "FF")

$v = RegRead($p, "FileNamingConvention")
If $v = "" Or $v = "%T" Then
    RegWrite($p, "UseVariousFileNamingConvention", "REG_BINARY", "FF")
    RegWrite($p, "OpenCDInfoDialog", "REG_BINARY", "FF")
    RegWrite($p, "RetrieveCDDBOnUnknownCD", "REG_BINARY", "FF")
EndIf

RegWrite($p, "FileNamingConvention", "REG_SZ", "%D - %C - %N - %T")
RegWrite($p, "VariousFileNamingConvention", "REG_SZ", "%D - %C - %N - %T (%A)")

I'm not sure why users would want to use "Ask every time", but REACT does not currently force "Use this directory" when configuring EAC.

To get an image and tracks you use REACT in image mode.  It will use a command line app called ACDIR to (in simple terms) chop the ripped WAVE up and convert to another format - e.g.: MP3 tracks.

I would recommend using a lossless image with cuesheet, rather than an ISO.  The lossless file has many benefits, including a much smaller file size and error tolerance.

Have you read the REACT wiki page?

Copy Image mode only (F10). The format extension for the compressed image file + cuefile. E.g. flac, wv, or mp3. Set to wav when no compressed image is desired.

I am now working on some problems with albumart - the amazon.com and amazon.de scripts return invalid URI for the artwork... (The Beatles, Abbey Rd)

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I am now working on some problems with albumart - the amazon.com and amazon.de scripts return invalid URI for the artwork... (The Beatles, Abbey Rd)

Are you using the latest AlbumArtDownloader? V0.9.1

AlbumArtDownloader

Is your sole purpose to create FLAC images and MP3 tracks?

REACT.EXE REACT "<filename>" "<path>\<filename>" "<path>\<filename>" "<artist>" "<album>" "<title>" "<tracknumber>" "<total tracks>" "<year>" "<genre>" "<comment>" "<freedbid>" "<crc>" "<bitrate>"

REACT.EXE REACT "My Artist - My Album.wav" "X:\WAVES\My Artist - My Album.wav" "X:\WAVES\My Artist - My Album.wav" "My Artist" "My Album" XXX 2 2 2007 "Rock" "My Comment" XXX XXX XXX

[...] it is purely as case of synchronising the the 'last used' folder (ActualPath) (presumably your temp directory) to the folder specified in the options (DirectorySpecification).

Did you change your config so that it checks a local path instead?

REACT.EXE "C:\Path\To\My\cuesheet.cue"

I have also considered doing some testing with AutoIt, and then adding the functionality to REACT - so that if a cuesheet is passed as the only parameter it would extract the relevant meta data itself and call another REACT instance with the correct command line.  You could then just call:

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REACT.EXE "C:\Path\To\My\cuesheet.cue"

... and it would run your CFG.

I guess it would be possible to add a new variable to the INI that REACT would check before running  the cover downloader.  This variable would state the path to check for existing files, e.g.:

CoverDownloaderLocalPath=C:\My Music\Mp3s\$artist$\$album$\folder.jpg

One issue: at this point REACT only has access to the basic information, like artist and album, so the path could only use $artist$ and $album$ as tokens.

[Settings]
Version=2.0.ssb16h
ImageExt=wav
ImageNaming=$artist$ - [$year$] $album$
ImageHotKey={F10}
TracksHotKey={F4}
TracksHotVal=+{F5}
VA=Various Artists
CreateAllCuesheets=0
RunCoverDownloader=1
CoverDownloaderLocalPath=E:\Documents and Settings\Chase\My Documents\My Music\MP3s\MP3s ~VBR 0\$artist$\$album$\folder.jpg
CoverDownloader=D:\Program Files\REACT2\coverdownloader\albumart.exe
EAC=D:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\EAC.exe
Tools=D:\Program Files\REACT2\tools
MinimizeCompressionWindow=1
ProcessPriority=1
Sla_Bks_Col_Qst_Bar_Quo_Ast_Lt_Gt=-|-|-||!|'|#|[|]
Test=0
[UserTrackFormats]
LameMP3=1