DESCRIPTION 'Exact Audio Copy' settings for 'Test&Copy Image+CUE'-mode. We want to make clean and perfect rips. We use the 'Test&Copy Image+CUE'-mode because it is the only compliant way to restore the extracted data later to an identical audio CD as far as audio data and TOC is concerned. Splitting to singletracks, encoding to FLAC and tagging using the 'Musicbrainz' database is done later with more advanced tools that are designed for its specific purpose. SOFTWARE NEEDED Exact Audio Copy 1.0 beta 3 from www.exactaudiocopy.de SETUP OPTIONS SELECT COMPONENTS TO INSTALL EAC = ON freedb Metadata Plugin = OFF GD3 Metadata Plugin = OFF CDRDAO = OFF FLAC = OFF AccurateRip = ON CTDB Plugin = OFF (See 'BUGS' for further information) FIRST TIME WIZARD WELCOME (Nothing to select) CD-ROM SELECTION (Select the drives you want to use for ripping) EXTRACTION PREFERENCES I prefer to have accurate results = SELECTED FEATURE DETECTION (Nothing to select) (If your drive was found in EAC's drive feature database:) FEATURE DATABASE (Save the features listed under your drive's name) I don't trust these values, detect the features for my drive = SELECTED AUTODETECTION (Insert any genuinely pressed audio CD (the more popular the title the better) and wait until 'CONFIGURE ACCURATERIP' will popup. Click on 'configure' in the 'CONFIGURE ACCURATERIP' popup. Wait. 'AccurateRip' will popup with 'Congratulations, AccurateRip has been set up correctly'. Click 'OK'. If it returns an error, abort and try with a different disc, then with a different drive.) (Let it detect everything) (Compare detected settings with the settings you saved before, if it doesn't match, try again with a different disc. Note that caching detection is not reliable. If you get mismatches with the settings you saved before repeatedly, go back and proceed with features from database. Read the 'Extraction Method'-section under 'Drive Options' in this manual carefully later) (If your drive was not found in EACs drive feature database:) AUTODETECTION (Insert any genuinely pressed audio CD (the more popular the title the better) and wait until 'CONFIGURE ACCURATERIP' will popup. Click on 'configure' in the 'CONFIGURE ACCURATERIP' popup. Wait. 'AccurateRip' will popup with 'Congratulations, AccurateRip has been set up correctly'. Click 'OK'. If it returns an error, abort and try with a different disc, then with a different drive.) (Let it detect everything) (Note that caching detection is not reliable. If only caching detection mismatches repeatedly, proceed anyway. Read the 'EXTRACTION METHOD'-section under 'DRIVE OPTIONS' in this manual carefully later) (Repeat the wizard for all drives you want to use for ripping) DRIVE RATING (Nothing to select) ENCODER SELECTION nothing right now, i will configure it later manually = SELECTED FREEDB CONFIGURATION anonymous@anonymous.anonymous FILENAME CONFIGURATION Leave naming scheme unchanged = SELECTED DONE I am an expert, let me use the full potential of EAC = SELECTED OPTIONS EAC OPTIONS EXTRACTION Fill up missing offset samples with silence = ON Synchronize between tracks = ON Delete leading and trailing silent blocks = OFF Skip track extraction on read or sync errors = OFF Skip track extraction after duration longer than 10 times realtime = ON After each (n) mins of extraction, cool down the drive for (n) minutes = OFF Lock drive tray during extraction = ON Extraction and compression priority = NORMAL Error recovery quality = HIGH GENERAL Use alternate CD play routines = ON Disable 'CD Autostart' for audio and data CDs while EAC running = ON On unknown CDs = ON automatically access online metadata database = SELECTED Display times using frames = ON Ask before overwriting files = ON Correct bug of wrong filename order in Windows multiple file dialog = ON Show status dialog after extraction = ON Beep after extraction finished = ON Eject CD after extraction finished = ON On extraction offer the possibility to hibernate computer = SELECTED wait for external compressors = ON Use language = English Create log files always in english language = ON TOOLS Retrieve UPC/ISRC codes in CUE sheet generation = ON Use CD-Text information in CUE sheet generation = ON Create 'm3u' playlist on extraction = OFF Automatically write status report after extraction = ON Append checksum to status report = ON Convert BMP image files automatically to JPG = OFF On extraction, start external compressors queued in background = OFF Do not open external compressor window = OFF Submit drive features after detection (but ask for permission) = ON Activate beginner mode, disable all advanced features = OFF NORMALIZE Normalize = OFF FILENAME Naming scheme: %albumartist% - %year% - %albumtitle%\%tracknr2% - %title% Use various artist naming scheme = ON %albumartist% - %year% - %albumtitle%\%tracknr2% - %artist% - %title% Replace spaces by underscores = OFF CHARACTER REPLACEMENTS (Most of these characters are allowed in UNIX filenames, we replace all of them to achieve maximum Windows and Samba compatibility) " = _ \ = _ / = _ : = _ * = _ ? = _ < = _ > = _ | = _ CATALOG (Leave at default values) DIRECTORIES C:\PRO-RIP\ (Use a Directory that contains no personal information as this path is printed in the LOG file) WRITE Upper all characters (on writing) = OFF Include artist in the CD-Text track title (on writing) = OFF Disable copy protection flag on adding audio files to the layout editor by default = OFF INTERFACE Native Win32 interface for XP/Vista/Win 7 = SELECTED AUDIO PLUGINS None DRIVE OPTIONS EXTRACTION METHOD Secure mode = SELECTED Drive has 'Accurate Stream' feature = Select according to your drive's specs Drive caches audio data = ON (This flushes the cache of your drive, otherwise rereading is useless, because it rereads from cache. To my experience it does not hurt to leave this always ON, even if your drive has no cache. Set to ON if detection during 'FIRST TIME WIZARD' was unreliable) Drive is capable of retrieving C2 error information = OFF (Even if your drive is capable of retrieving C2 error information. Slows down the ripping process but it's not 100% safe to use this feature with EAC) DRIVE Drive read command Autodetect read command = SELECTED 'Big Endian' byte order (Motorola) = OFF (Only turn ON if extracted tracks consist of noise) Swap channels = OFF Spin up drive before extraction = ON CD-Text Read capable drive = ON (if your drive is capable of doing so) OFFSET / SPEED Use read sample offset correction (Should be already configured automatically by AccurateRip during the 'FIRST TIME WIZARD' process) Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out = ON (if your drive is capable of doing so) Speed selection Current = SELECTED Allow speed reduction during extraction = ON Use AccurateRip with this drive = ON GAP DETECTION Gap/Index retrieval method = (You might need to change this individually for certain audio CDs if it freezes during detection. The method has nothing to do with its accuracy. The important thing is to set the following option right) Detection accuracy SECURE = SELECTED WRITER Write samples offset = Set according to your drive's specs After burning finished only eject CD-R = selected Drive is able to write UPC/ISRC = ON (if your drive is capable of doing so) Drive is able to write CD-Text = ON (if your drive is capable of doing so) COMPRESSION OPTIONS WAVEFORM Waveform Under Windows Microsoft PCM Converter = SELECTED Under Wine WINE PCM Converter = SELECTED Sample format 44100; 16bits; Stereo = SELECTED High quality = SELECTED Add ID3 Tag = OFF Do not write WAV header to file = OFF EXTERNAL COMPRESSION Use external program for compression = OFF COMMENT Write the following text into ID3 tag comment field = SELECTED (Remove all characters in the text box below) ID3 TAG Write ID3 V1 tags = OFF Write ID3 V2 tags, using a padding of = OFF Use ID3V1.1 tags instead of ID3V1.0 tags = (Leave at default setting) Use ID3V2.4.0. tags instead of ID3V2.3.0 tags = (Leave at default setting) Use track format xx/xx in ID3V2 tags(e.g. 01/16) = (Leave at default setting) Use unsynchronization scheme in ID3V2 tags = (Leave at default setting) Write ID3V2 tags using UTF16 = (leave at default setting) Add cover image to ID3V2 tag = OFF Write cover image into extraction folder Naming scheme: cover.jpg METADATA OPTIONS METADATA PROVIDER Selected metadata provider = build-in freedb engine FREEDB (Click on 'Get active freedb server list' first) Your e-mail address = anonymous@anonymous.anonymous Freedb Server = http://freedb.musicbrainz.org:80/~cddb/cddb.cgi Use Proxy Server for HTTP access = OFF On a connection error, retry query using a different server from the list = OFF EXPORT (Leave at default settings) BUGS CTDB Plugin does not work under WINE VERSION 3.3 AUTHOR Benjamin von der Weiden , Leo Bogert WEBSITE http://pro-rip.org/settings-exact-audio-copy