These instructions provide a way to accurately rip CDs using Exact Audio Copy (EAC).
To backup any previous configuration (optional):
mkdir 'EAC-backup'; cd 'EAC-backup'
REG.EXE EXPORT 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AWSoftware\EACU' EACU.reg
Compress-Archive -DestinationPath 'EAC.zip' -LiteralPath "$env:AppData\EAC" -Verbose
REG.EXE EXPORT 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Illustrate\dBpowerAMP' dBpowerAMP.reg
Compress-Archive -DestinationPath 'AccurateRip.zip' -LiteralPath "$env:AppData\AccurateRip" -VerboseRemove previous configuration:
REG.EXE DELETE 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AWSoftware\EACU' /F
Remove-Item -Recurse -Force "$env:AppData\EAC"
REG.EXE DELETE 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Illustrate\dBpowerAMP' /F
Remove-Item -Recurse -Force "$env:AppData\AccurateRip"Install from EAC Homepage
Direct link (v1.8, latest as of this writing)
If asked to use test version of the GD3 metadata provider, click "No".
Run EAC
In EAC setup Wizard:
- Click Next twice.
- Insert popular CD (for AccurateRip detection)
- Wait for auto detection to complete. Ignore (but don't close) any "Configure AccurateRip" dialog that may show.
- Choose "FLAC"
- Choose naming
ABBA \ Number Ones \ 03 Dancing Queen - Choose "I am an expert"
- Click Finish.
When "Configure AccurateRip" dialog shows, click "Configure".
EAC does a pretty good job with just that setup, but there's additional tweaks I prefer, as noted in the following sections.
Extraction:
- Error recovery quality: Low
General:
- ☒ Disable CD Auto Start
- On unknown CDs: ☒ automatically access online database
- ☐ Display times using frames
- ☐ Show status dialog after extraction
- ☐ Beep after extraction finished
- ☒ Eject CD after extraction finished
Tools:
- ☒ On extraction, start external compressors queued in the background
Click OK.
Drive:
- Click "Autodetect read command now".
- ☒ CD-Text Read capable drive
Click OK.
Press Alt-G to get CD metadata, if it's not there.
Press Shift-F5 (or CMP button) to extract to FLAC.