hdrl1935;213149 Wrote: > So my question is: Using EAC and compressing with FLAC on the fly, what > should my command line data look like? This is what I have: > > -6 -V --replay-gain -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T > "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" -T "comment=EAC (Secure > Mode)" %s
Break it down: -6 This is the compression level, which run from -0 (fastest, with the least compression) to -8 (slowest, with the most compression). The default level, if left unspecified, is -5. The actual level you use is up to you and there's no one value that's "better" than another. Since Flac is very efficient there's little reason to compress at less than the default level. Try running a few tests and see how much difference in speed there is between encoding using -5 and -8 on your system. If -8 isn't too slow, you could go with that, or select a value in between. I think the -6 recommendation in the wiki was simply a compromise. When you do your tests, also note the space savings between -5 and -8. It's actually quite small, so don't worry yourself over the value you choose. At a later day you can actually run your entire library through a script to re-encode using a later version of Flac when it's released, or a different encoding level. -V Optional. Verifies the integrity of the encoding. Doesn't hurt anything, but slows down the encoding process a little. IMO, there's very little reason to use it. I've encoded tens of thousands of tracks and have never had a bad encoding. If you want, at a later date you could run a script that will go through your whole library and do the -V verification. That's a better way to go about it if you need some kind of peace of mind. --REPLAY-GAIN Optional. Adds track-level Replay Gain values. If you plan on using replay gain then it's fine, but it's better to add both track-level and album-level values by processing the whole CD with another program after you've completely ripped the CD. -T \"ARTIST=%A\" -T \"TITLE=%T\" -T \"ALBUM=%G\" -T \"DATE=%Y\" -T \"TRACKNUMBER=%N\" -T \"GENRE=%M\" These add the basic tags of 'artist', 'title', etc. This is all correct. -T \"COMMENT=EAC (SECURE MODE)\" Optional. I don't use it, since I often find better use for the comments, such as the remaster a rip is from, or the actual disk label and catalog number, or the dates and locations of live performances. These are added after ripping using a tagging program such as Mp3tag. %S This specifies the input file (the WAV file that EAC extracts from the CD). It's required. The most important thing to do, IMO, is take one CD and do test rips until you get it 100% right. The most important thing is getting all of the basic tags correct. Don't rip 50 CDs and find out that they're all missing track numbers, or you'll end up with a lot of extra work. Get a good file tagging program, such as Mp3tag ( http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ ) to use for examining tags, and for making corrections. You'll inevitably end up with some misspellings, or missing information that will have to be corrected, no matter how carefully you proofread the tagging information in EAC. -- JJZolx Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36669 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
