Thread: Wishlist for new functions in EAC

I would like to see the following features implemented:

• Pass an External compressor value that states whether or not the current album has Various Artists.
  
  Code:

  %v = TRUE for Various Artist
  %v = FALSE for a single artist for the given album

• Pass an External compressor value for the full path to the Output Directory and the Filename format.
• Pass an External compressor value for the current track's ISRC (if available) and current track length.

Please read the the full discussion. %v already exists and more or less does what you're asking, or can be manipulated to do exactly what you're asking.

There are also ways to accomplish what you need in your second request as well.

Originally Posted by greynol

Please read the the full discussion. %v already exists and more or less does what you're asking, or can be manipulated to do exactly what you're asking.

There are also ways to accomplish what you need in your second request as well.

Will do. I'll come back after I've read the full discussion.

http://www.digital-inn.de/exact-audi...ost125758.html

Originally Posted by greynol

http://www.digital-inn.de/exact-audi...ost125758.html

Thank you for the link. You saved three trees in preventing me from printing off the entire conversation

Originally Posted by scious

I rip all my cd's to flac but the car cd & usb cant read them and also the kids ipods/iphones & my mobile (htc) wont playback Flac files.

I would like an option to create a flac file and mp3 version at the same time. Alternatively, I would like to be able to select different preference files so that I can set them up once (one for flac and one for mp3) and not have to make any changes to do either flac or mp3.

Lastly, support for multdisk releases would be nice

Thanks for a great product.

scious: You can use REACT to encode your files to multiple formats.

Another solution, provided by Workie:

Originally Posted by Workie

At the bottom of the main window, look for Load/Save/New/Delete buttons. These allow you to create and select profiles of different combinations of settings. Set up to EAC compress to FLAC and click New, enter FLAC as the name, select Compression options, and click OK. Now set up EAC to compress to MP3, and follow the same steps to create a profile for MP3. Now you can select one profile or the other and click Load to get those configuration changes. I suggest after you do that, get in the habit of ripping to WAV (so you only rip once), then use Tools > Compress WAVs (or press Alt+V) to use the current configuration to do the compressing. Select the other configuration, click Load, and do Alt+V again to compress to the other format.

I am also working on a Python script to allow for more flexibility, such as compressing WAV files to any number of codecs. I will post its details to this forum (though not this thread) when the script is ready for rollout.

Originally Posted by greynol

Please read the the full discussion. %v already exists and more or less does what you're asking, or can be manipulated to do exactly what you're asking.

There are also ways to accomplish what you need in your second request as well.

I searched the forum for talk about ISRCs, but I couldn't find any mention of an External Compressor parameter for them. The current solution I use is scraping the cue for the ISRCs using a python script.

It's a hack that works, but I'm not comfortable with it.

As for the full path to the output path and the Filename, I'll keep reading through the forum. The only option available is to concatenate the current parameters (%y, %n, %t, %v, etc) to construct the output path.

When using an external compressor, EAC uses the folder containing the ripped tracks as the current working directory.

I'm not familiar with Python, but using standard command-line/batch commands parsing the target directory and the file extension is trivial.

Originally Posted by greynol

When using an external compressor, EAC uses the folder containing the ripped tracks as the current working directory.

I'm not familiar with Python, but using standard command-line/batch commands parsing the target directory and the file extension is trivial.

I don't know if you mean trivial as in easy todo, or trivial as in much more complicated than it needs to be. I consider the task to be the latter context of trivial:

Code:

###############################################
## Defined by Exact Audio Copy through External Compression parameters
EAC_ALBUM_ARTIST = %V         # Thank you greynol for bringing this to my attn.
EAC_ALBUM_TITLE = %g
EAC_ALBUM_GENRE = %m
EAC_ALBUM_YEAR = %y
EAC_TRACK_NUM = %n
EAC_TRACK_TITLE = %t
EAC_TRACK_ARTIST = %a
EAC_OUTPUT_FILE = %d
EAC_INPUT_FILE = %o              # or %s, but temp filename is not needed.

###############################################
## Not defined by EAC through parameters:
F9_DIRECTORY = "C:\\EAC Rips\\"

# C:\EAC Rips\Nine Inch Nails\
EAC_ARTIST_DEST = F9_DIRECTORY + EAC_ALBUM_ARTIST + "\\"

# C:\EAC Rips\Nine Inch Nails\The Slip (2008)\
EAC_ALBUM_DEST = EAC_ARTIST_DEST + EAC_ALBUM_TITLE + " (" + EAC_ALBUM_YEAR + ")\\"

# C:\EAC Rips\Nine Inch Nails\The Slip (2008)\01 - 999999.mp3
EAC_TRACK_DEST = EAC_ALBUM_DEST + EAC_TRACK_NUM + " - " + EAC_TRACK_TITLE + ".mp3"

# C:\EAC Rips\Nine Inch Nails\The Slip (2008)\01 - 999999.wav
EAC_TRACK_SRC = EAC_ALBUM_DEST + EAC_INPUT_FILE

What I'm hoping for is more concrete parameters to work with. If someone changes the way I have F9->Filename or F9->Directories setup, my python script fails.

I would much rather have EAC give me the target directory than to have my python script construct it. I know this sounds lazy and very low-priority. Having more parameters to work with eliminates added complexity to my script (such as having to construct the full destination paths, or scraping the ISRC data from the Cue file).

Trivial as in easy to do. ISRC data not so much, though only a tiny fraction of my discs contain this information.

If it's any consolation, versions prior to 0.99pb5 included the destination folder in %s, %d and %o.

Originally Posted by greynol

If it's any consolation, versions prior to 0.99pb5 included the destination folder in %s, %d and %o.

That is good to know. I might have to concede with older software to provide a stable installation. Do you know which previous version first implemented %V (CD Artist)?

An educated guess: V0.99pb1.

I'd like a faster way to change Extraction Method; maybe an icon on the toolbar. Or even better: a way to set priority and criteria for which Extraction Method should be used. Let me explain: for speed I typically use "Burst mode" and then look at the log. If I see any tracks have "Timing problems" then I re-rip those tracks in "Secure mode". Would be great if EAC could be set to automatically re-rip any problem tracks in the same way. Thanks.

This feels a bit silly, as EAC's user interface hasn't changed significantly in the last 10 years, so I'd be surprised if it changes much in the next 10. I still use it daily, but I'm increasingly hesitant to recommend EAC to anyone, knowing how much they may struggle with setup and the user interface. And knowing that there are now better options available.

• Better workflow options, For instance, an option to automatically detect gaps when a CD is read. An option to then automatically generate a CUE sheet (of a specific type). Perhaps even an option to then begin ripping with the currently selected drive and compression options.
  
  
• A hotkey for generating 'Current Gap Settings' CUE sheets.
  
  
• Better integration with AccurateRip, permitting the fallback from burst mode and automatically rerip in secure mode if mismatches or empty lookups are encountered. Also, optionally use Test & Copy when falling back to secure mode.
  
  
• Write to the ripping log file as each track of a CD is ripped, not when finished with the CD, and not only after the user has closed the status dialog box.
  
  
• Omit MP3-centric settings from the log file. Bitrate, Quality Level, and Add ID3 tag.
  
  
• Permit the designation of both cue and log file naming conventions. (Never did figure out why log file names were changed from %D.log to %D - %C.log, but I prefer the former.)
  
  
• Add an option to use the compressed file extension in generated CUE sheets.
  
  
• Find a native English speaker to redo the English translation and redo every string in every menu, every option screen, every Help popup, and the log file.
  
  
• Reorganize options pages. Make everything accessible in one place (a tree structure would work, as is common in many other programs). Fewer pages, fewer tabs, more logical organization.
  
  
• Remove MP3-related options from the External Compression options page: Bitrate, Quality, Add ID3 tag.
  
  
• Remove 'Compr. Size' in the main window. Again, it's MP3-centric, and of very little use in any case.
  
  
• Add the following tagging fields to the main window and make them user editable and provide placeholder variables.
  • Disc Number
  • Total Discs
  • Comment
  
  
• Placeholder variable to write track number without the zero padding.
  
  
• Change the terminology from 'CD Artist' to 'Album Artist' and allow it to be editable on VA albums.
  
  
• Design something better than Save/Load Profile for changing between different compression types. The problem with using saved profiles is that they load every saved EAC option, so anything changed, such as a drive option, gets loaded. Maintaining multiple profiles for recalling different compression options is a PITA.