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EAC or FLAC bug deleting files

Sometimes when I'm ripping a CD in Exact Audio Copy to FLAC, I'll encounter the following error:

"The external compressor returned an error!

Options: -8 -V "0tmp)5933.wav" -o "0tmp)5933.flac"

File: E:\HDD\MUSIC\Shostakovich - Piano Trios\07. Track07.wav"

The program will then delete both the WAV and FLAC files so I have to abort the rip and re-rip the affected file. Sometimes this will happen 5-6 times in a row before I can move on with the CD (one disc was like that with a 30-minute track). This bug has followed me to at least three computers and several versions of FLAC and EAC and from at least Windows 7 onward, but nobody else seems to be affected, so I'm hoping it's a simple fix.

It's very annoying and happens several times on every CD I rip. I have a stack of them from recent record-store hauls and I'm losing patience.

Thanks for any help (Windows 10, EAC 1.6, FLAC 1.3.2)

(I don't add tags or anything -- just a simple extraction straight from the CD.)

Re: EAC or FLAC bug deleting files

Reply #1 –
A few low-risk things I'd try:

F9 > Extraction > Enable "Synchronize between tracks"
F9 > Tools > Enable "On extraction, start external processors queued in background" and set to 1 "simultaneous thread(s)"
F9 > Tools > Temporarily disable "Do not open external compressor window" so you might see more detail on the error
 

Re: EAC or FLAC bug deleting files

Reply #2 –
Thanks! That completely fixed the problem. You just saved me hours of frustration.

I don't know exactly what did it (I already had "synchronize tracks" but the other two were new) but as long as it works, I don't see any need to rabbit it out further.