Using REACT 2.0 - I need help.......
Reply #1 – 2008-04-01 22:35:57
REACT currently does not support APE creation. I don't know why. If you know a thing or two about writing BAT scripts, you can easily follow (replicate) the process outlined in the REACT-track.CFG (or just do like I did and copy it, "trial and error"). You can skip this by just using FLAC or WavPack. While neither can compress as much as MAC, is that extra 3MB saved for the album worth it. Also, in my experience, WavPack creates smaller lossless files than FLAC and is faster. To your EAC questions: EAC just calls the MAC.exe encoder as if you typed commands into command prompt (CMD.exe). The encoder can be set to tag it or EAC can tag it. I do not know as I haven't used EAC to tag files for a long time. REACT just tags files via the encoder or appropriate external application (located in the folder "tools"). REACT is no different than EAC. Its name implies this "Run Exact Audio Copy Tasks." Instead of EAC doing any work calling an ecoder, EAC calls REACT, and REACT creates a BAT script based on the scripts outlined in your CFGs. As far as I understand, the language in the CFGs is copied into a BAT file and that BAT file is run with the variables meant for Artist ans Album, etc, are replaced with their appropriate values. I don't know the difference between the various AAC types, and I don't know anything about MPEG-4. I use Vorbis. In my opinion, the easiest way to encode files from lossless files (especially APE tracks) is to just use FooBar2000. I don't know what to use for downloading album covers.