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Exact Audio Copy |
Exact Audio Copy is a so called audio grabber for audio CDs using standard CD and DVD-ROM drives. It works with a technology, which reads audio CDs almost perfectly. If there are any errors that can’t be corrected, it will tell you on which time position the (possible) distortion occurred, so you could easily control it with e.g. the media player. With other audio grabbers you usually need to listen to every grabbed wave because they only do jitter correction. Scratched CDs read on CD-ROM drives often produce distortions. But listening to every extracted audio track is a waste of time. Exact Audio Copy conquer these problems by making use of several technologies like multi-reading with verify and AccurateRip.
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Latest version: 1.0 beta 3 (September 22, 2011) Download sites: Visit developer's site More download options: Supported operating systems: Windows
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September 22, 2011 Hide changelog The released beta 3 of EAC is probably the first really stable 1.0 version, as many more bugs are fixed. For an exact list, please read the News.rtf file, which is stored in the EAC directory by the installer (and which can be accessed via the start menu). This version includes the CTDB plugin written by Gregory Chudov. It will not be installed by default, you need to check the plugin option in the installer. If everything works as expected, the next version of EAC will come with the CTDB plugin installed by default. So try it out now! May 24, 2011 I have worked very hard the last 6 month to present you an updated version of EAC, and here it finally comes. It fixes many problems (e.g. saving WAVs in the audio editor and WMA compression should be working again), but also brings you a renewed user interface and an improved metadata editing. One thing I am especially proud of is the autocomplete for the artist and for the composer field. New tag fields like lyrics are also included. The replacers (like %s) are exchanged against some more meaningfull replacers (like %source%). A list for the compression command line replacers can be found in the FAQ. A new professional metadata provider plugin from Get Digital Data is also added, which provides automatically cover images and more metadata information. You can test 10 lookups before purchasing a lifetime license for only $7.99 if you like it. Of course the old freedb plugin can still be used and now includes basic lyrics support. I still plan to open the freedb plugin as open source, so that the community can extend and correct that plugin – or even create new ones for other metadata services. New is also support for a different kind of plugin, which is able to analyse the extraction data and process it somehow, a new plugin for that will emerge soon… Have fun! November 23, 2010 Finally here is the new version 1.0 beta 1 which has some mighty new features. I took some time (mainly the complete change to unicode character set), but alls well that ends well… Here comes a list of the new features: + Unicode support for all fields (but not CD-Text) + New database engine for storing CD information (old databases can be imported) + Metadata plugin support, for now there is a freedb plugin included. This will be released as open source freeware soon. + Cover support, can be drag’n'dropped from a file, a web page oder can be retrieved via a metadata plugin (support included in the freedb plugin). Cover can be written into tags or in the extraction directory + AccurateRip v2 support + Better Windows 7 support (like progress display in taskbar icon, storage of user data in the correct folders, etc.) + Free selection of first track track number (including option to continue numbering from the last inserted CD) + Option to always write the log file in english language + Option for writing a checksum over the extraction log data to the log file + Average extraction speed is listed in the log file + Possibility to write only V2 tags (and no V1 tags) + Free choice of replacement characters for filenames + Range copy selects now the first selected consecutive range of tracks as default + New folder browser dialog (system dialog for folders) + Added two placeholders for filename creation for track length (min and sec) + Test for (command line) compression options (and display of a sample command line) + Menu for removing unwanted/doubled spaces from “cd title”, “artist” & “track titles” And some features are now removed: - Removed Windows 2000 support (and any older OSs) - Removed ID3V1 tag editor - Removed compression offset Hope you like it! The next version is also planned, it will mainly contain an additional demo for a commercial metadata provider (if anybody would like to have access) What’s new in version 0.99 prebeta 5 ============================== - Fixed a small bug in some of the CRC calculations - Paths of 1000 characters in length (and file names up to 500 characters) can now be used (hopefully all command line compressors are still working) - Fixed the creation of the correct CUE sheet in some cases when using current gap settings - Fixed CDRDAO writing for multisession discs (leaving the CD open) - EAC should not bring up its main window on using external compressors - Fixed a small bug when correcting an extracted block - Wizard now creates --ignore-tag-errors option for LAME encodings - Fixed that on inserting a different CD sometimes not all tracks are extracted What’s new in version 0.99 prebeta 4 ============================== Some bugs are fixed (mainly wrong number of accurate ripped tracks mentioned in logs) Updated flac encoder core and WMA encoding script Added two more translations What’s new in version 0.99 prebeta 3 ============================== Bad luck, it is not possible to load the 0.99pb1 profiles anymore, this should be fixed now, please use 0.99 prebeta 3 What’s new in version 0.99 prebeta 2 ============================== As the 0.99 prebeta 1 had some severe bugs and the accurate rip log output was not as clear as it could have been, so some wordings are now changed. I hope this version will be much more stable… Enjoy! What’s new in version 0.99 prebeta 1 ============================== Better AccurateRip support (reading ranges and CD images) Improved log file output Flac encoder now comes with EAC Much improved configuration wizard Writing CD-Text using CDRDAO Copy and test range Added writing new tags for ID3V2 like duration, encoder settings and the CD TOC Correction of Xing header after writing ID3V2 Drive options are now stored by the drive name and not by adapter and LUN Fixed many issues and bugs What’s new in version 0.95 beta 4 =========================== Removed “Retrieve native TOC” Several bug fixes, mainly bug on creation of CD images not showing the file dialog What’s new in version 0.95 beta 3 =========================== Added option for fill track list from clipboard On power down it is now possible to wait for external compressors finish compressing the queue Fixed issue with “START xx:xx:xx behind or at track end” using CDRDAO Added command line switch for long time-out on freedb requests (satellite connections) Many smaller bug fixes and additions What’s new in version 0.95 beta 2 =========================== Fixed some starting up issues and “Expecting only one toc-file” problems using CDRDAO Added a new experimental command line switch for those still having freedb problems Some smaller fixes What’s new in version 0.95 beta 1 =========================== Wave editor and native interface stability improved Many bug fixes (E.g. extraction engine crashes, CDDB problems, compression queue) Added interface for CDRDAO for CD writing Inserting all tracknames from Clipboard using Ctrl+Shift+V What’s new in version 0.95 prebeta 5 =========================== Added a function for removing gaps that are e.g. created by TAO recording freedb ID can be used for filename creation Extentend M3U files with additional song information are always created AccurateRip support EAC is able to test the return value of an external encoder (if supported by the external application) Added some more LAME DLL presets Fixed several bugs and some minor additions What’s new in version 0.95 prebeta 4 =========================== Fixed sample rate conversion on compression (EAC is now doing the rate conversion itself), and included a new native SCSI interface. What’s new in version 0.95 prebeta 3 =========================== Some more bugs of 0.95 prebeta 2 and some translation issues fixed What’s new in version 0.95 prebeta 2 =========================== Severe bugs of 0.95 prebeta 1 fixed What’s new in version 0.95 prebeta 1 =========================== The main feature is the language SDK, which enables people to translate EAC into nearly any language. There is more information on that at the download location. Besides that, there are only minor additions and a lot of bugfixes. What's new in version 0.9 beta 4 =========================== This version only contains some bugfixes, mainly the CD burning part is fixed, but also many small corrections are taken from the 0.95pb1 that make already progress Also the lock ups in the wave editor may occur again or may be gone now, please tell about your experiences if you encountered problems before What's new in version 0.9 beta 3 =========================== Most FFT procedures are now in assembler, increasing speed for many audio filters and also for spectral display, which additionally has increased bands Several smaller additions and improvements Hopefully bugfixed all other minor problems What's new in version 0.9 beta 2 =========================== This version is only a bug fix for the previous release. What's new in version 0.9 beta 1 =========================== GUI restructured, added new buttons, changed button type to flat buttons. Artist and CD information is now directly accessible through the main window Profile usage is now easier and can be selected by a drop down box on the main window Updated freedb usage to proto 5 Configuration Wizard to setup basic drive, encoder and freedb configuration for beginner users Option setting for leaving out all advanced features, making it easier for beginners Secondary C2 extraction mode (may work better for some kind of erraneous CDs and for some but not every drive. Even if it may be misused for copy protected CDs, using this mode on protected CDs is only allowed when legal in your country) Manual detection of TOC, usefull if a CD is defective and displays wrong track positions or data tracks instead of audio, EAC will try to detect the CD structure by analysis Uncompressed and compressed extraction is now divided, so compression options will missing "Internal WAV routines" More placeholders for external command line encoders in "User Defined Encoder" format, see FAQ for details Correction of MP+ decoding bug with command line decoder New Monkeys Audio (MAC) DLL support, you need at least DLL version 3.94 Compression queue is saved to harddisk and continued on next EAC session Improving Pop Detection to 4 band analysis Display of actual extraction position in real music time (for error checking) Small corrections to ID3V2 routines Correction of support for some writers Many smaller additions and bug fixes
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Nice CD Ripper. Requires Detailed Encoder Configuration. for Lame 3.98.4.exe, The maximum quality presets are as under: (External Encoder Additional command-line Options.) -b 320--cbr -q 0 -b 320 -B 320 -V 0 -s 44.1 -m s --priority 2 --preset insane
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The best cd-ripper and it's freeware. Use it with LAME as external encoder for creating Mp3-files. The tags of the Mp3-files can be edited with Mp3tag.
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Slower but more accurate and clean rips for my Sandisk player. I use Windows Media Encoder 9 for small 64bit files that sound great.
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In the past I have left negative remarks about this software,but after having a few problems with CDex I decided to use EAC again. I have now been using EAC for quite a while and have become a great fan of it.It takes some getting used to the settings,offset,drive settings ect...but when it is all configured correctly you get perfect copies of CD's,it reads all data on the CD twice to make sure of this. CDex is a good ripper but you just cant beat the accuracy of Exact Audio Copy.It is THE BEST Audio Ripper around!
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WOW!!! Simple to use and straight-forward. Put CD in drive, open EAC, select track/tracks, select WAV, MP3 or whatever and hit GO. Thats it. All software should be this easy to use. Only one hick-up, which made me not give it a 10. When I loaded EAC it searched my system for available disk drives. It saw 3 and gave me a 1-3 (1 being the best to use). When I tried to extract WAV from drive 1 (my external DVD/CD writer), I got a silent rip. This happened 2 more times. After reading their on-line FAQ, I tried the fix, without success. So I decided to use my CD drive (#2) and ..... WALLA ....... worked perfectly. On my HIGHLY recommended list.
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Real great software, best precise and smal in size. Recomended for audio extraction, ripping, CDDA burning.
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