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Cdex with external encoder

Hi everyone. I need a some help with CDex. Yes, I know EAC is better but I occasionally get CDs that EAC takes forever to rip and CDex is the next best thing. On to the question...

How do I configure an external encoder with CDex? The help file gives these steps:

1. browse to the encoder.
2. put in the parameter string. the basic string is "%1 %2" which is "inputfile.wav outputfile.mp3". This is like "%s %d" in EAC.
3. change the extension to mp3 or mpc or whatever.
4. I leave the options hide dos box, on the fly encoding, and send wav header to stdin unchecked.

simple enough. but i've tried LAME and mppenc and and I can't get it to work. After CDex rips the wave file, the  black encoder window pops up then disappears immediately. What am I doing wrong?

Your help will be very much appreciated.

Cdex with external encoder

Reply #1 –
Quote from: twostar on
Hi everyone. I need a some help with CDex. Yes, I know EAC is better but I occasionally get CDs that EAC takes forever to rip and CDex is the next best thing. On to the question...

How do I configure an external encoder with CDex? The help file gives these steps:

1. browse to the encoder.
2. put in the parameter string. the basic string is "%1 %2" which is "inputfile.wav outputfile.mp3". This is like "%s %d" in EAC.
3. change the extension to mp3 or mpc or whatever.
4. I leave the options hide dos box, on the fly encoding, and send wav header to stdin unchecked.

simple enough. but i've tried LAME and mppenc and and I can't get it to work. After CDex rips the wave file, the  black encoder window pops up then disappears immediately. What am I doing wrong?

Your help will be very much appreciated.


I recommend using the version of LAME 3.97 that has the DLL configured with INI setup. It works perfectly with CDex.

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....amp;hl=CDex+dll

Cdex with external encoder

Reply #2 –
you mean this http://www.rarewares.org/files/mp3/lameexe3.97_MOD.zip ?

i was using it for a while at -V 5 until recently when a cd i ripped came out at an average of 80 kbps. upon checking the lame settings in cdex, i found out someone had picked mono instead of jstereo. (im using a shared computer.) until then i believed that whatever settings you picked in that tab, cdex would ignore it in favor of the ini file. guess i was wrong.

now i just want to use same exe i use with eac.

Cdex with external encoder

Reply #3 –
About EAC:
EAC takes a very long time to rip a copy protected CD.

DVD43
http://www.dvd43.com
DVD43 is a free decrypter.
Works in the background.

If the CD is copy protected it most probably would be the same with CDex

Your EAC speed issue is probably something else.



try EAC with Adaptec ASPI layer 4.71.2
http://force_aspi_18.w.interia.pl/

I use this and it always works for me.

Cdex with external encoder

Reply #4 –
i think the problem with some cds i get is that they have too many scratches.  i have aspi installed and working fine.

Cdex with external encoder

Reply #5 –
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DVD43
http://www.dvd43.com
DVD43 is a free decrypter.
Works in the background.


I find this irrelavent to the question that was asked 


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How do I configure an external encoder with CDex? The help file gives these steps:


It would just be easiest to use encoder DLL instead. 
budding I.T professional

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Reply #6 –
yes it's the easiest but i don't want to be limited to the lame dll. i also use itunesencode and nero digital audio on a regular basis.

Cdex with external encoder

Reply #7 –
This is how you configure CDex to work with the regular lame.exe:

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Cdex with external encoder

Reply #8 –
Quote from: HotshotGG on
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DVD43
http://www.dvd43.com
DVD43 is a free decrypter.
Works in the background.


I find this irrelavent to the question that was asked 





HotshotGG, it is irrelavent!
Worth to mention.

Helped a user at another forum before, he ripped a copy protected CD in 2 hours but with errors
With DVD43 it got ripped as normal CD.



twostar, try another mode in EAC?

Re: Cdex with external encoder

Reply #9 –
Just in case someone goes looking down this rabbit hole like I did, here is what I found to be a solution to the original question of this post.....
Just so you know....
Windows10 x64
CDex Version 1.91 (I don't think this really matters)
Lame 3.99.5-64 (I used the binary from RareFinds)

The issue I found had everything to do with string handling by Lame in the Windows environment.
Use this:
-V1 -m s "%1" %2"
Note how the "%1" and "%2" are in quotes! I found this by directly using lame from the cmd Window and replicating the data in the quotes. Lame reported it had no idea where the file was, that is, until I quoted the directory tree and file.

Hope this works for the next guy or gal!