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EAC and AAC+

Is it possible to use EAC for encoding in AAC+ (compatible with iTunes)?
Where can I find AAC+ encoder?
Which are the best quality settings for encoding and tagging AAC+ files?
Thanks!

EAC and AAC+

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Is it possible to use EAC for encoding in AAC+ (compatible with iTunes)?
Where can I find AAC+ encoder?
Which are the best quality settings for encoding and tagging AAC+ files?
Thanks!
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Hi hagureokami, I'm not sure about AAC+, but if you have Nero 7, which has the Nero AAC encoder (100% compatible with iTunes, and IMO is a better encoder than iTunes) then I can show you a step-by-step to setting up EAC to be a frontend to Nero AAC encoder. The quality settings are a matter of personal preference.  I like the "Normal" VBR preset, on high quality encoding, which is approximately 192 kbps and sounds transparent to me.  I believe this setting is the best trade off between file size and sound quality.

I assume that you already have Nero 7 and EAC installed... (If you don't want to keep Nero, there are just 3 .dll files from the installation that you can copy over.)

1) In the EAC direactory on your hard drive, make a sub-directory called "Codecs" this is where we'll put the files that we're gonna need to rip Nero AAC. 
2) Download the "Nero Frontends" from RareWares. The exact link is here [a href="http://www.rarewares.org/files/aac/nero_fends.rar]http://www.rarewares.org/files/aac/nero_fends.rar[/url]
3) Exctact the contents of the nero_fends.rar into your newly created "Codecs" directory. 
4) Grab the Nero .dll files necessary for ripping Nero AAC. You need Aac.dll and aacenc32.dll, they should be located in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\AudioPlugins\  directory.  Copy and paste them into your "Codecs" directory under EAC. Also if you want to be able to use this EAC setup independently from Nero 7 (you won't have to have Nero installed on your system) you can also copy the NeroIPP.dll to your Codecs directory.  That file should be loated in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\Lib\ directory.
5) Configure EAC to to use an external ripping method.
Select "User Defined Encoder"
Set extension to .m4a
Browse to where your aacenc32.exe file is... If you followed me it should be C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Codecs\aacenc32.exe
in "Additional Command Line Options" enter the following for a great rip:
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-profile LC -quality high -vbr normal -artist "%a" -album "%g" -track "%n" -title "%t" -genre "%m" -year "%y" %s %d
Check "Delete WAV after compression"
Uncheck "Add ID3 tag" (and other options)

Good luck and enjoy EAC as a front end to Nero AAC encoding.  I feel that Nero AAC is better then iTunes AAC because of the gapless encoding and excellent sound quality IMHO.  (the old saying: you get what you pay for) 
 

EAC and AAC+

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Thank you very much for your answer...

I guess I don't know the real difference between AAC and AAC+, anyway, does AAC use SBR? If I encode at 128k using SBR which quality I obtain? Is your setting using SBR?
Sorry but I'm rookie concerning AAC format... and I'm very poor in speaking english....