I'll confess that I don't really know whether I want a cuesheet for the mp3s or not but, yes, that is what I was trying to create! I'm using EAC V0.99 prebeta 3 and REACT v2.0.ssb16n. Initially I see a cuesheet with the slightly suspicious name "album..cue" created in the extraction directory. (I say suspicious only because I have no idea what the "" means.) Then I get the error dialogs and if I let it continue then the cuesheet gets copied to the flac image directory with the name "artist - [year] album.cue". Nothing gets created for the mp3s.

IF %have_cover%==1 COPY /Y "@cover@" "folder.jpg"

IF EXIST "@albumfile@.[*].cue" COPY /Y "@albumfile@.[*].cue" .

the first is working right in foobar second is not. It seems that the INDEX 00 are wrong in the 2nd cuesheet. I don't know what happened to cause this? I didn't change anything when I ran REACT.

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FILE "Steve Miller Band - Greatest Hits 1974-78.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "Swingtown"
    PERFORMER "Steve Miller Band"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "Jungle Love"
    PERFORMER "Steve Miller Band"
    INDEX 00 05:19:24
    INDEX 01 03:29:10
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "Take The Money And Run"
    PERFORMER "Steve Miller Band"
    INDEX 00 08:29:19
    INDEX 01 06:38:35

I also have a question about Albumart being embedded, I have no problem with it when I go on the internet. It get download into the temp dir and REACT does it thing. What I looking to do is use some of my pics I have on my computer,my pics are saved as "Artist - Album.jpg" but when Albumart put their pic into the temp dir they are called "Album.jpg". Can I edit REACT to use "Artist - Album.jpg"?

IF %have_cover%==1 COPY /Y "@cover@" %dest%\"@basename@.jpg"

IF %have_cover%==1 COPY /Y "@cover@" %dest%\"$cdartist$ - $album$.jpg"

Quote from: Golfer on 2008-01-28 23:09:05

the first is working right in foobar second is not. It seems that the INDEX 00 are wrong in the 2nd cuesheet. I don't know what happened to cause this? I didn't change anything when I ran REACT.

I have never seen anything like that.  This is out of the scope of this thread.  I would create a new thread and post the cuesheet.  It is likely that it is an issue with your drive, or your EAC settings related to your drive.  Before creating a new thread it may be worth taking a look at the settings on the "Drive Options" > "Gap Detection" tab in EAC, and possibly also the "Drive" tab.

Quote from: Golfer on 2008-01-28 23:09:05

I also have a question about Albumart being embedded, I have no problem with it when I go on the internet. It get download into the temp dir and REACT does it thing. What I looking to do is use some of my pics I have on my computer,my pics are saved as "Artist - Album.jpg" but when Albumart put their pic into the temp dir they are called "Album.jpg". Can I edit REACT to use "Artist - Album.jpg"?

This is as expected.  It doesn't matter what the file is called at this point - you need to look at the config and change the name that the file is copied to.  Perhaps you should change:

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IF %have_cover%==1 COPY /Y "@cover@" %dest%\"@basename@.jpg"

... to:

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IF %have_cover%==1 COPY /Y "@cover@" %dest%\"$cdartist$ - $album$.jpg"

I still got questions about albumart embedded using REACT.  Looking at the directions for "editing the CFG file"  "@cover@  The path to the cover/album art picture file, downloaded with CoverDownloader".

When I run Albumart downloader, I must save the file as Album.jpg to the temp dir.  What I want to do is put the file in the temp dir as Artist - Album.  Seems like @cover@ can only be Album.jpg.  Is what I asking for possible?

Quote from: Golfer on 2008-01-30 03:44:12

I still got questions about albumart embedded using REACT.  Looking at the directions for "editing the CFG file"  "@cover@  The path to the cover/album art picture file, downloaded with CoverDownloader".

When I run Albumart downloader, I must save the file as Album.jpg to the temp dir.  What I want to do is put the file in the temp dir as Artist - Album.  Seems like @cover@ can only be Album.jpg.  Is what I asking for possible?

Why do you need it to be called"<artist> - <album>.jpg", when you have the use of the REN, MOVE and COPY commands in your config?

The name in the temp folder is irrelevant - it's how you choose to name it when you rename, move or copy it that is important.

The example I gave above will copy the file from the temp directory, to your FLAC folder directory, and rename it "<artist> - <album>.jpg".  That's all you need really.

Quote from: Synthetic Soul on 2008-01-30 08:58:47

Quote from: Golfer on 2008-01-30 03:44:12

I still got questions about albumart embedded using REACT.  Looking at the directions for "editing the CFG file"  "@cover@  The path to the cover/album art picture file, downloaded with CoverDownloader".

When I run Albumart downloader, I must save the file as Album.jpg to the temp dir.  What I want to do is put the file in the temp dir as Artist - Album.  Seems like @cover@ can only be Album.jpg.  Is what I asking for possible?

Why do you need it to be called"<artist> - <album>.jpg", when you have the use of the REN, MOVE and COPY commands in your config?

The name in the temp folder is irrelevant - it's how you choose to name it when you rename, move or copy it that is important.

The example I gave above will copy the file from the temp directory, to your FLAC folder directory, and rename it "<artist> - <album>.jpg".  That's all you need really.

Sometimes I want to use my pics I have instead of using the pics AlbumArt Downloader found.  So I was going to copy my pic to the temp dir (without renaming) and then run REACT.  I probably missing something or maybe there a different way of doing what I trying to do.  If not I guess I can rename my pic, if I must.

CoverDownloaderLocalPath=D:\My Documents\My Pictures\Album Art\$artist$\**\*.jpg

CoverDownloaderLocalPath=D:\My Documents\My Pictures\Album Art\$artist$\*.jpg

CoverDownloaderXUI=1

Sometimes I want to use my pics I have instead of using the pics AlbumArt Downloader found.  So I was going to copy my pic to the temp dir (without renaming) and then run REACT.  I probably missing something or maybe there a different way of doing what I trying to do.  If not I guess I can rename my pic, if I must.

[Settings]
Version=2.0.ssb16l
ImageExt=flac
ImageNaming=$artist$ - $album$
ImageHotKey={F10}
TracksHotKey={F4}
TracksHotVal=+{F5}
VA=Various Artists
CreateAllCuesheets=0
RunCoverDownloader=1
CoverDownloader=C:\Program Files\REACT2\coverdownloader\albumart.exe
CoverDownloaderXUI=0
CoverDownloaderLocalPath=
EAC=C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\EAC.exe
Tools=C:\Program Files\REACT2\tools
MinimizeCompressionWindow=0
ProcessPriority=1
Sla_Bks_Col_Qst_Bar_Quo_Ast_Lt_Gt=-|-|-||!|'|#|[|]
Test=0

[UserTrackFormats]
Flac=0
Wavpack=0
LameMP3=1
NeroAac=0
iTunesAac=0
OggEnc2=0
Tak=0

[UserOutputNames]
OutRoot=c:\media\EAC
ImageDir_Flac=@OutRoot@\FLAC-images\$cdartist$\ $album$
ImageDir_Wavpack=@OutRoot@\WV-images\$cdartist$
ImageDir_MP3=@OutRoot@\MP3-images\$cdartist$
ImageDir_Tak=@OutRoot@\TAK-images\$cdartist$
TrackDir_Flac=@OutRoot@\FLAC\$cdartist$\[$year$] $album$
TrackDir_Wavpack=@OutRoot@\WV\$cdartist$\[$year$] $album$
TrackDir_MP3=@OutRoot@\MP3\$cdartist$\$album$
TrackDir_AAC=@OutRoot@\AAC\$cdartist$\[$year$] $album$
TrackDir_OGG=@OutRoot@\OGG\$cdartist$\[$year$] $album$
TrackDir_Tak=@OutRoot@\TAK\$cdartist$\[$year$] $album$
TrackName_SA=$track$ - $title$ 
TrackName_VA=$track$ - $title$ [$artist$]
TrackName_SA_acdir=$n - $~t
TrackName_VA_acdir=$n - $~t [$~a]

[UserSettings]
DebugMode=0
Debug=0
Comment=Created with EAC/REACT2, @curdate@
EmbedCover=1
ReplayGain=1
ApplyAlbumGain=1
AdjustAlbumGain_dB=+3.0
AddCuesheetAG=0
UseWaveGainAG=0
Opt_Flac=-5 -f
Opt_Wavpack=-hmy
Opt_LameMP3=-V3 --vbr-new --noreplaygain --nohist
Opt_NeroAac=-lc -q 0.21
Opt_iTunesAac=-d -s 2000
Opt_OggEnc2=-q 3.0
Opt_Tak=--pN -overwrite
Ver_Flac=1.1.3
Ver_Wavpack=4.40
Ver_LameMP3=3.97
Ver_NeroAac=1.0.0.2
Ver_OggEnc2=2.83 Lancer aoTuV b5
Ver_Tak=1.0.2


[DefaultMetaData]
discnumber=1
totaldiscs=1
discname=

ReplayGain=1
ApplyAlbumGain=1
AdjustAlbumGain_dB=+3.0

Quote from: Golfer on 2008-01-31 00:20:27

Sometimes I want to use my pics I have instead of using the pics AlbumArt Downloader found.  So I was going to copy my pic to the temp dir (without renaming) and then run REACT.  I probably missing something or maybe there a different way of doing what I trying to do.  If not I guess I can rename my pic, if I must.

Ah, I see.  Yes, that is a good reason.

Thankfully m_l has done an excellent job of explaining how that may be achieved.  It may be a bit around the houses, but IIRC you can speed things up by setting Album Art XUI to only check your local path for images.

You may find this post (suggestions for the CoverDownloaderLocalPath variable) and this post (explanation of the relevant INI variables) useful in addition, although I think m_l has covered all the important bits very well indeed.

When I look at "edit replaygain values" of flacs in fb2k, there's no data whatsoever. And looking at the script's output, I do not see them being calculated.

metaflac.exe --list "[filename].flac"

Second: I'd like to have the replaygian album values applied to mp3s.
Is this correct?

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ReplayGain=1
ApplyAlbumGain=1
AdjustAlbumGain_dB=+3.0

This is my naming scheme and directory settings:

VA=Various Artists
ImageNaming=$album$ [$year$]
ImageDir_Tak=@OutRoot@\TAK-images\$cdartist$\$album$ [$year$]

So when I ripped my first VA CD (Dr. Demento - 20th Anniversary Collection, I'd expect it to save in the folder:

C:\My Documents\My Music\EAC\TAK-images\Various Artists\Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection (Disc 2) [1991]

but it doesn't.  Instead it saves in the folder:

C:\My Documents\My Music\EAC\TAK-images\The Firm\Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection (Disc 2) [1991]

("The Firm" is the name of the track artists for track 2, the classic tune  "Star Trekkin'"!  )

Also, in the cue sheet, the CD artist is listed as:

PERFORMER "Various"

instead of the expected:

PERFORMER "Various Artists"

How can I fix this?

Various Artist Discs

EAC will treat any freedb entry with an artist name that begins with "Various" as a VA album, and check the "Various Artists" checkbox accordingly.

However, it will continue to use the full artist name from the freedb entry, whether it be "Various Artists", "Various", "Variously" or "Various Badgers".

Therefore, to determine whether a disc is VA you should not rely on the artist name being "Various Artists", or "Various" (which is what freedb suggest submitting users should use). These values will work 99% of the time, but not all the time.

NB: If the user unchecks the checkbox and re-checks it this is seen as a change to the DB and EAC will set the artist value to "Various".

Consequently, I've never liked the various artist naming scheme because the individual tracks have their artists in the artist tag and that messes up the way the album shows up on most players if you like to listen to entire albums.  So I may ditch the whole thing.

But then my question becomes, how do I make sure the files save where I want them to with the artist tag "Various Artists."  EAC will not let me do that since if you type "Various Artists" in the artist field it checks the VA box and uses the alternate naming scheme!

Akkurat, you might want to know I've run into VA issues as well.

Currently, I have a tester helping me who when he checks the "VA" checkbox,
EAC passed %D (Normally cdartist) as "va" to react.

Instead of "Various", etc. It was "va"! Why? I have no idea! Maybe you can shed some light on it for me.

My tester said that if he unchecked the various box and rechecked it, EAC would send %D as "Various" correctly.

sorry, made a mistake. you know what I mean, though.

Instead of "Various" where CDartist would be, EAC was passing literally the word "va".

- The installer lets the user choose which components (e.g. FLAC or CDRDAO) he wants to install
- Replacement with newer Accurate Rip DLL, FLAC Executable and the WMA Encoder Script
- Added two more languages to the installer
- Fixed the AccurateRip log info, where something is exactly 10
- Fixed a crash on detecting gaps for silence on mixed mode CDs
- Fixed the wrong export of the flag %F of the entire database to DB Text
- Probably something else

Quote from: Akkurat on 2008-02-02 18:12:30

EDIT: Side note, can somebody help ChuckW? I don't know about ALC, AAC, etc.

Thanks!

-e EncoderName  Lets you specify the encoder iTunes will use.
                  Choose from "AAC Encoder", "WAV Encoder",
                  "MP3 Encoder", "AIFF Encoder",
                  or "Lossless Encoder".
                  (Default is "AAC Encoder".)

Exact Audio Copy 0.99 prebeta 4 has been released. Here's a detailed changelog from EAC forum:

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- The installer lets the user choose which components (e.g. FLAC or CDRDAO) he wants to install
- Replacement with newer Accurate Rip DLL, FLAC Executable and the WMA Encoder Script
- Added two more languages to the installer
- Fixed the AccurateRip log info, where something is exactly 10
- Fixed a crash on detecting gaps for silence on mixed mode CDs
- Fixed the wrong export of the flag %F of the entire database to DB Text
- Probably something else

I tested it and it seems to work just fine with current REACT.. which is expected as the changes were quite small.

Also AlbumArtDownloaderXUI-0.12 has been released if somebody is interested.

I found a bug/problem with AlbumArtDownloaderXUI (old versions too); the GUI freezes when trying to find a cover image to "Led Zeppelin - II" album. The "II" is the culprit. Changing that to "I", "III" or "IIII" AlbumArtDownloaderXUI works just fine. I'm going to inform the authors... I just wanted to let you know this in case you have the seemingly not so popular Zeppelin album. Maybe the the second album is so good that the program gets confused and goes tripping.

I haven't actually switched to the new XUI version yet (for REACT) since it has such a slow startup time. I wonder if that's improved with the new release?

also, the new accuraterip version... Isn't AR 'built in' to EAC now? do we even have the option of replacing or upgrading this component ourselves?