MP3 Question

[calpha]

OK.

I have tried EAC a couple of times, and every time I try it.....I use the dummy side of it.......and I always get no sound in my .wavs (and yes my cd-audio cable is connected to the sound card).

My question is this.....I'm a bit of an audiophile, and I can tell a vast difference in the quality of an audio track that's ripped at 224 vs 128. I'm in the process of creating a library of all my Audio CDs....and I've just been using LAME via CDEX recording at 320 K/sec. Although, I suspect a VBR setting in the 200's would be just about as good.....

So....other then EAC....(most all of my CD's are very scratch free anyway)......is there a better enoder to use? I don't have the space to use Monkey's Audio since I have 400 Cds.....? CDex works pretty good for me........just wondering if anyone had any suggestions other then EAC.....?

 

[Sid59]

Originally posted by: calpha
OK.

I have tried EAC a couple of times, and every time I try it.....I use the dummy side of it.......and I always get no sound in my .wavs (and yes my cd-audio cable is connected to the sound card).

My question is this.....I'm a bit of an audiophile, and I can tell a vast difference in the quality of an audio track that's ripped at 224 vs 128. I'm in the process of creating a library of all my Audio CDs....and I've just been using LAME via CDEX recording at 320 K/sec. Although, I suspect a VBR setting in the 200's would be just about as good.....

So....other then EAC....(most all of my CD's are very scratch free anyway)......is there a better enoder to use? I don't have the space to use Monkey's Audio since I have 400 Cds.....? CDex works pretty good for me........just wondering if anyone had any suggestions other then EAC.....?

get unlazy and setup EAC.

here are two parts people miss when setting up EAC.

EAC - EAC > Drive Options (F10)

Extraction Tab > Detect Read Features .. make sure an audio cd is in there, perhaps a crappy one too. test the limits of your drive. If you want, try the C2 function too, that doesn't matter too much

next ...

Drive Tab > Autodetect Read Command Now

done .. close, and rip an intro of a song or a small song. play back the wav and if you have sound, excellent. If not, post again.

i assume you know how to setup EAC to encode mp3s, so i wont waste mine or your time @ 1143 PM posting it (unless i wake up tomorrow and see a reply)
if you are aiming at 220's, depending on the music type (rock, etc) --alt-preset standard is good. If not, the --alt-preset extreme will produce a bitrate NO LOWER than 224.

Good night. =D

 

[NEVERwinter]

if it still happens, try to use Secure mode not the Burst mode

 

[calpha]

Alrightly...gonna work on EAC Today. Thanks for the replies

 

[calpha]

I got EAC to work and have sound thanks to you guys.

I've downloaded the lame.exe and dll included with it. However, when I attempt to use EAC to extract to MP3.......nothing happens on entry external compression or whatever it's called for each track. I let EAC find my lame.exe?????? Is there something else I'm missing?

 

[Sid59]

Originally posted by: calpha
I got EAC to work and have sound thanks to you guys.

I've downloaded the lame.exe and dll included with it. However, when I attempt to use EAC to extract to MP3.......nothing happens on entry external compression or whatever it's called for each track. I let EAC find my lame.exe?????? Is there something else I'm missing?

what do i win for getting your WAVS to have sound? ill wait

next task .. encoding an mp3 with sound .. heres how.


You should have a lame folder for your rips. Say .. C:/lame

1. create c:\lame
2. place lame.exe in that folder
3. open EAC
4. Compression Options = F11
5. Construct your ID tags as you want ( ID3 TAG tab)
6. External Compression tab
7. CHECK "Use External program for compression"
8. Drop down menu and choose " Lame MP3 Encoder"
9. browse to the lame.exe .. if c:/lame is your folder .. then c:\lame\lame.exe
10. use additional command line .. --alt-preset standard .. or --alt-preset extreme
--- read previous post about what bitrate you want.