Exact Audio Copy

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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.	Freeware Version:0.99 prebeta 5 Released:20090507 Size:2.4MB Download (author site) Download (direct link) Download old versions	9.6 (N/A) 4 votes Similar tools	Read 4 comments (1600656 views) Add comment Notify me
	Latest version: 0.99 prebeta 5 (May 07, 2009) Download sites: Download from author site Download from mirror (direct link) (2.4MB) Supported operating systems: Windows Download old versions Sections/Browse similar tools: Audio Encoders Alert me! when this software has been updated. Report this tool(dead link/new version out)	Click to enlarge screenshot
	Version history: 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 View entire changelog Similar tools/Alternative to Exact Audio Copy: BonkEnc,  CDex,  Easy CD-DA Extractor Guides and How to's: No guides/tutorials, submit guides here. Acronyms / Also Known As: EAC Report this tool(dead link/new version out)
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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. Posted August 19, 2007 by gkar. Tool version 0.99pb3 using OS WinXP Ease of use 10 of 10 Functionality 10 of 10 Value for money 9 of 10 Overall score 10 of 10
	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! Posted April 14, 2005 by laspis59. Tool version 0.95 pb5 using OS WinXP Ease of use 9 of 10 Functionality 9 of 10 Value for money 10 of 10 Overall score 9 of 10
	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. Posted May 07, 2004 by dvwannab. Tool version 0.95 using OS WinME Ease of use 10 of 10 Functionality 8 of 10 Value for money 10 of 10 Overall score 9 of 10
	Real great software, best precise and smal in size. Recomended for audio extraction, ripping, CDDA burning. Posted May 03, 2004 by diogen151. Tool version 0.95 prebeta 5 using OS Win98 Ease of use 10 of 10 Functionality 10 of 10 Value for money 10 of 10 Overall score 10 of 10
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