EAC suddenly not working

2021-08-30 15:52:50

I have been using Exact Audio Copy for years, without trouble.  I am currently using Windows 10 Pro 64 and EVGA Nu Audio software with that soundcard.  Suddenly (after being trouble-free a week or so ago), EAC crashes every time I ask it to copy an image or even just change a destination directory.  I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling (goes fine, and the program detects the CD drive and configures, etc.) and also have tried switching to a downloaded Adaptec ASPI interface. 

The only interim changes or possibly significant events with my setup were a possible Windows update, an Aomei scheduled backup, and a switch from MediaPortal 1 to MediaPortal 2.'

Anyone have any ideas?  I can't find anything useful on the EAC site.  There is something about possible command-line changes, but I'm very unclear as to how to implement.

Thanks much, N.

Re: EAC suddenly not working

Reply #1 – 2021-08-31 12:39:15

No "Access Violation" or "Unhandled exception" messages?

This is old but one or two useful tips (registry, encoder). You should not need ASPI on Windows 10.
https://web.archive.org/web/20180410020208/http://www.digital-inn.de/threads/for-all-problems-read-first.21148/

Another old one. You can probably skip 1, 2, & 3. Read 4, 5, & 6. rclone also conflicts with EAC
https://web.archive.org/web/20180410020137/http://www.digital-inn.de/threads/access-violation-error-upon-start-win8.43637/#post-160184

https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?msg=827380 read posts to end (may not be limited to character or placement (username))

%APPDATA%\EAC\CDDB.SDF (C:\Users\[YourUserName]\AppData\Roaming\EAC\CDDB.SDF)
when damaged is known to cause EAC to crash (usually at startup). Delete or rename.