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AccurateRip no longer working with EAC

When I first installed the new version of EAC accuraterip was working fine. Now I can't see the results after I rip CDs. It is installed (I see the disc icon when I load the disc) and the box for "fill up missing offset samples" is checked in EAC options so I have no idea what the problem is. Any help is appreciated.

Here is the logfile from the last rip I did:

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009

EAC extraction logfile from 20. July 2010, 18:23


Used drive  : HL-DT-STRW/DVD GCC-4246N  Adapter: 0  ID: 0

Read mode              : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache      : No
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction                      : 0
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out          : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks  : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations      : Yes
Used interface                              : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling                                : Appended to previous track

Used output format              : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate                : 320 kBit/s
Quality                        : High
Add ID3 tag                    : Yes
Command line compressor        : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\lame3.97-final\LAME.EXE
Additional command line options : -V 0 --vbr-new --add-id3v2 --pad-id3v2 --ta "%a" --tt "%t" --tl "%g" --ty "%y" --tn "%n" %s %d
Use compression offset          : 0

AccurateRip no longer working with EAC

Reply #1 –
Try:
  • Press F9 to bring up EAC Options
  • Go to Tools tab
  • uncheck Activate beginner mode...
  • OK
  • Press F10 to bring up Drive Options
  • Go to Offset / Speed tab
  • select Use read sample offset correction
  • enter +102 in the box of Read sample offset correction value
  • select Use AccurateRip with this drive
  • OK

If that does not fix the problem, it might help to completely start over with configuration. In case you are not already aware of the guides available in the hydrogenaudio wiki -

EAC Configuration Wizard - might be a good place to start.
EAC configuration
Category:EAC Guides


A side note:
I notice you appear to still be using LAME 3.97. While you are fixing things, you might want to update your version to the latest stable release, 3.98.4 [download link]. If you do decide to update, you can take advantage of the fix for genre tagging, and add --tg "%m" back into your Additional command line options in EAC's compression options. Though, you could also consider simplifying things and just let EAC handle all of the tagging instead of using the LAME command line to do it (unless you have a specific reason).
from the hydrogenaudio wiki guide for EAC and LAME:
Quote
  • If you wish to have EAC tag your files, you can safely tick Add ID3 tag; and in the Additional command line options box, copy and paste the following string:
    Code: [Select]
    -V0 %s %d

  • If you wish not to have tags or prefer to have EAC pass along data so that Lame can do the tagging ...
    [optional command lines]
* note that --vbr-new is on by default with version 3.98, and thus redundant

AccurateRip no longer working with EAC

Reply #2 –
Quote from: trout on
  • enter +102 in the box of Read sample offset correction value
  • select Use AccurateRip with this drive

Not bad advice, but whatever value you enter for the offset correction will be overridden by whatever value that was configured by AccurateRip, once you select the check box to use AccurateRip, assuming the check box is not grayed-out.

Quote from: trout on
A side note:

Since you offered to critique the rest of the log, I think it would be good to draw attention to this little problem:
Quote from: cvac on
Use compression offset          : 0

Don't use a compression offset.  A value of zero still tells EAC that you want it to add silence to the end of each track (or range) that doesn't exist on the CD.

AccurateRip no longer working with EAC

Reply #3 –
Thanks for the replies guys. I ended up uninstalling EAC and reinstalling it and now Accurate Rip is working again. Hopefully it stays that way. I also updated LAME to the newest version, but one thing I noticed after trying it is V0 seems to encode files at a lower bitrate range now compared to 3.97. Is the newer version just encoding more efficiently, or did they reduce the quality on the presets? Thanks.