EAC compression options

Setting EAC compression options

Select compression options from EAC menu.

Open 'External Compression' tab.

1. Check 'Use external program for compression'
2. Change 'Parameter passing scheme' to 'User Defined Encoder'
3. Set file extension to .mpc
4. Click 'Browse' and locate 'mppenc.exe'
5. Change 'Additional command line options' to
   --quality 5 --xlevel --artist "%a" --title "%t" --album "%g" --year "%y" --track "%n" --genre "%m" %s
6. Check 'Delete WAV after compression'
7. Uncheck 'Add ID3 tag'

To use other encoders only three steps needs to be done differently.

FLAC:
3. Set file extension to .flac
4. Locate 'flac.exe' (version 1.0.4 or later needed)
5. Use command line -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" %s

Ogg Vorbis:
3. Set file extension to .ogg
4. Locate 'oggenc.exe'
5. Use command line -a "%a" -t "%t" -l "%g" -d "%y" -N "%n" -G "%m" %s

Monkey's Audio with APEv2 tags:
3. Set file extension to .ape
4. Locate 'wapet.exe'
5. Use command line %d -t "Artist=%a" -t "Title=%t" -t "Album=%g" -t "Year=%y" -t "Track=%n" -t "Genre=%m" mac.exe %s %d -c4000
note: if mac.exe isn't in search path you need to specify full path for it.

WavPack with APEv2 tags:
3. Set file extension to .wv
4. Locate 'wapet.exe'
5. Use command line %d -t "Artist=%a" -t "Title=%t" -t "Album=%g" -t "Year=%y" -t "Track=%n" -t "Genre=%m" wavpack.exe -h %s
note: if wavpack.exe isn't in search path you need to specify full path for it.

OptimFROG with APEv2 tags:
3. Set file extension to .ofr
4. Locate 'wapet.exe'
5. Use command line %d -t "Artist=%a" -t "Title=%t" -t "Album=%g" -t "Year=%y" -t "Track=%n" -t "Genre=%m" ofr.exe --encode %s --output %d
note: if ofr.exe isn't in search path you need to specify full path for it.

OptimFROG DualStream with APEv2 tags:
3. Set file extension to .ofs
4. Locate 'wapet.exe'
5. Use command line %d -t "Artist=%a" -t "Title=%t" -t "Album=%g" -t "Year=%y" -t "Track=%n" -t "Genre=%m" ofs.exe --encode --quality 3 %s --output %d
note: if ofs.exe isn't in search path you need to specify full path for it.

LAME MP3 with APEv2 tags:
3. Set file extension to .mp3
4. Locate 'wapet.exe'
5. Use command line %d -t "Artist=%a" -t "Title=%t" -t "Album=%g" -t "Year=%y" -t "Track=%n" -t "Genre=%m" lame.exe --alt-preset standard %s %d
note: if lame.exe isn't in search path you need to specify full path for it.

PsyTEL encoded AAC with APEv2 tags:
3. Set file extension to .aac
4. Locate 'wapet.exe'
5. Use command line %d -t "Artist=%a" -t "Title=%t" -t "Album=%g" -t "Year=%y" -t "Track=%n" -t "Genre=%m" aacenc.exe -normal -if %s
note: if aacenc.exe isn't in search path you need to specify full path for it.

FAAC encoded AAC with APEv2 tags:
3. Set file extension to .aac
4. Locate 'wapet.exe'
5. Use command line %d -t "Artist=%a" -t "Title=%t" -t "Album=%g" -t "Year=%y" -t "Track=%n" -t "Genre=%m" faac.exe -q 100 -c 16000 %s %d
note: if faac.exe isn't in search path you need to specify full path for it.