Can anyone help me with my Various Artist problem posted above in post 215?

The new version of albumart requires modified command line switches, i.e.

  -ae on -pf on -ar "artist" -al "album" -p "save path-name.jpg"

I don't see anywhere in react's ini/cfg files to set this up. Any hints?

REACT didn't seem to be handling my VA albums correctly so I turned on debugging and this is what I found.  Even though the VA check box in EAC was checked, the @various@ variable was set to 0, not 1.  Does anyone know what might cause this?

I mostly listen to albums so I like to browse artist > album > play on my Karma.  Therefore, I never really liked the VA tagging scheme because the files show up under their track artist in most players.  That means they don't show up together when I browse the way I'm used to browsing.  But EAC won't let me use "Various Artists" as the artist without the check box checking itself.  Can I edit the REACT cfg file so that when the check box is checked, it treats the album like a normal album but replaces the artist tags with what I set the VA variable to in the ini file? It should also use <track title> / <track artist> for the title tag.

Of course, the problem I'm having above would need to be fixed first for this to work.

I am ripping to WavPack images and ogg tracks.

* debug run shows the problem but I don't know how to fix it:

- the flac run fails because the eac log file does not exist
- yet the file DOES exist by the time I look

Something is very wrong with your setup, as REACT will auto-close that dialog automatically, so that the logfile is made. Please reconfigure REACT with your EAC setup by pressing CTRL+F2 and see if the problem persists. If the problem dosen't go away, then i'm affraid that i cannot help you unfortunetly and you must then wait for Tycho to come to your rescue.

E:\media\Music\eac>IF 1 == 1 SET Cover_tag=--picture="|image/jpeg|||E:\media\Music\eac\The Passionate Pursuit.jpg"

E:\media\Music\eac>C:\apps\media\audio\REACT2\tools\flac.exe -5 -f --replay-gain 
--picture="|image/jpeg|||E:\media\Music\eac\The Passionate Pursuit.jpg" -T "artist=Scott Wesley Brown"
 -T album="The Passionate Pursuit" -T totaltracks="11" -T date="1991" -T genre="Worship" 
-T comment="Created with EAC/REACT2, 2007-02-27" -T encoded-by="Pete" -T encoding="Flac 1.1.3 -5 -f"
--tag-from-file="cuesheet=E:\media\Music\eac\Scott Wesley Brown - [1991] The Passionate Pursuit.cue" 
--tag-from-file="eaclog=E:\media\Music\eac\The Passionate Pursuit.log" 
"E:\media\Music\eac\Stmp54266.wav" 
-o "E:\media\Music\eac\Scott Wesley Brown - [1991] The Passionate Pursuit.flac"

ERROR: (--picture) unable to extract resolution and color info from file, user must set explicitly
Type "flac" for a usage summary or "flac --help" for all options
ERROR: (--tag-from-file) can't open file for tag value
Type "flac" for a usage summary or "flac --help" for all options

Is it possible that it would matter which one I use?

Which one are YOU using?

I personally use Burrrn to write all my audio CDs, since besides beeing an awesome non-bloated and well-coded app, then it also supports writing WavPack images with embedded cuesheets.

... how can I modify the REACT2 .ini to work with the new version of Albumart Downloader?

You don't have to modify the REACT2 .ini ... all you have to do is overwrite the old with the new (i.e. change the folder name of the new Albumart Downloader program from "AlbumArtDownloader" to "coverdownloader" and place it in your REACT2 folder, overwriting the old "coverdownloader" folder. At least that worked for me. 

You don't have to modify the REACT2 .ini ... all you have to do is overwrite the old with the new (i.e. change the folder name of the new Albumart Downloader program from "AlbumArtDownloader" to "coverdownloader" and place it in your REACT2 folder, overwriting the old "coverdownloader" folder. At least that worked for me. 

...you are welcome to instead wait untill Tycho comes along and then hear his take on this issue

How do I change the nameing scheme for TrackName_SA_acdir?

What parameters can I use to  get my FLAC split and named artist-album-track-title?

and could you point me to a good thread or post detailing how to embed the cue sheet as well as save one externaly

Unless you have amended the config REACT will be using the FLAC exe in your REACT\tools directory.

I use the dbPowerAmp AccurateRip plugin for EAC to ensure I'm getting good rips. I think the extra UI for that is unknown to REACT. If only we could add our own plugin-related handling!