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2. EAC Action
Extract to uncompressed wave files:
Test & Copy Uncompressed, see following remarks:
- 1. (of course with correct drive settings for your specific drive,
see here)
- 2. Follow this EAC extraction guide in generally, but take care to Extract to Uncompressed wave files , which is different there :
III. EAC - Extract & Compress
not (like written there): 9. Via Mouse right-click : Copy & Test Selected Tracks -> Compressed… (Shift+F6)
correct for WavePack Hybrid: 9. Via Mouse right-click : Copy & Test Selected Tracks -> Uncompressed… (F6)
- 3.
take care to use a good naming scheme (same as usual for your albums):
Check in your EAC options:
Filename tab
'Naming scheme' should include this:
%D (%Y) %C\%N - %T
'Use various artist naming scheme' should include this:
VA (%Y) %C\%N - %A - %T
These naming schemes are recognized well by Foobar's Masstagger later, so simply use it.
After You finished the whole procedure, you can rename later
(take care to have same names for each *.wv & *.wvc file),
as naming is not important, the digital music content counts !
3. Foobar2000 for
3.1 Encoding wave album to Wavepack Hybrid
After step 2.:
So now you have got the lossless waves properly named on your Hard Drive (HD).
Proceed according to this guide in general.
Differences are emphasized red in following short description:
* Start foobar2000.
* Playlist tab: Add directory
Add the wave files (*.wav) to an empty playlist in foobar.
* Mark them all
* mouse_right_click, select 'convert' -> settings (you are now in the Diskwriter tab)
* select output directory
* Output file name formatting:
$num(%_diskwriter_index%)%_filename%
* Output format: select:
CLI encoder
(* stay with default settings:
Uncheck everything in 'processing',
check 'Don't expand loops')
* Now press 'settings...' of the CLI Encoder (you are now in the CLI encoder tab)
6.1 Encoder: Specify the path for wavpack.exe , as example:
Encoder: F:\Programs\Wav Pack\wavpack.exe
6.2 Extension: wv
6.3 Parameters: -h -b230 -m -c - %d
explanation of the parameters:
-h = high, it saves some extra bits, space on your HD, but encoding is a little
bit slower than with disabled -h usage.
-b230 = -bxxx enables lossy mode with target bitrate xxx = 24 - 400 kbit/s as example, or
xx = 1 - 23 for used bits per sample. (Wavpack 3.x could go down to 265 kbit/s for the lossy files, Wavpack 4.1 could go down to 195-200 kbit/s, if you want. The quality of the lossy files is improved with new wavpack 4.1 comparing Wavpack 3.97 with 4.1 at same bitrate.)
-c enables the magic lossless&lossy Hybrid mode of WavPack.
-m adds an md5 checksum (crc) as fingerprint of the uncompressed original wave file to the compressed wavpack files. This adds extra value for verifying later the integrety of the compressed archived files.
6.4 Highest BPS mode supported: 24 & uncheck Dithered float -> PCM conversion
6.5 Tag: APEv2
6.6 Check setting 'Encoder requires accurate length', if this setting is offered (not in older foobar versions)
6.7 Save this preset, which you need only to configure once, as
preset: 'Wavpack Hybrid 230 high' as naming example.
Then you can load later on this preset again quickly for more albums !
6.8 After this configuration check,
press 'Close' in CLI encoder tab.
* Mark the songs in the foobar playlist (they should be marked still),
* Mouse right click -> Convert -> Run conversion
** Now your album waves are encoded, compressed to your album as wavepack hybrid.
Wait some time until finished and continue with 3.2 Tagging.
3.2 Tagging
Continue directly after step 3.1 according to this Tagging chapter , but take care of following additions:
* Foobar2000 -> Playlist tab -> Clear
Your playlist is now empty, you have cleared it from the waves,
which you don't need anymore, because you want to process
now the wavepack hybrid (*.wv) files of your album
* Playlist tab: Add directory (containing the wavepack hybrid files)
Only the *.wv files (not the *.wvc files) should show up in the playlist now.
If also the *.wvc files show up, you need to configure foobar settings:
* Foobar2000 tab -> Preferences -> Core
In the field of : 'Restrict incoming files to:'
add: *.wv (separated from other file extensions by ';'
an example line:
*.mpc;*.mp+;*.mp2;*.mp3;*.ogg;*.wav;*.ape;*.wv;*.flac;*.ofr;*.shn
Close foobar2000 preferences.
* Playlist tab -> Clear,
and start again with this step 3.2 tagging, as
you just want to process the *.wv files.
Wavepack addresses the *.wvc files automatically, if they are in same folder
as the corresponding *.wv files (same name necessary for *.wv & *.wvc).
This configuration in foobar2000 preferences, you need to carry out only once, of course.
* mark all (*.wv) songs in the album playlist,
* Mouse right click: select 'Masstagger' -> Edit tags
* Repeat for the various tags, you want to add:
Add 'set value' ok
Field Name:
-Artist
-Album
-Date (type into Field value: year of album_release like: 2003 as example)
-Genre
-Comment (type into Field value something like: Exact Audio Copy EAC secure extraction, Test & Copy matching = same checksums crcs, Lossless WavPack hybrid; following users' guide)
At the end of tags selection, you need to select another action type
in foobar's Masstagger:
-'guess values from filename' ok
In 'scheme' you need to copy/type in/edit this line to following result:
%tracknumber% - %title%
In masstagger - actions to perform, you see now a big list
of tag actions, that will be performed now:
* Click 'Run'
** Now the tagging of the album is finished.
Continue with 3.3 Replaygaining:
3.3 Replaygaining the WavePack Hybrid album
Directly after step 3.2:
Follow this Replaygain chapter of the guide:
* mark all (*.wv) songs in the album playlist,
* mouse right click -> replaygain -> Scan selection as album
* wait some time, until replaygain is finished.
* Now you may create an m3u playlist simply by foobar: Playlist tab -> save playlist.
4. Finalizing your album
* As usual
Before Finalizing = creation of md5-file,
don't forget to include the EAC log file(s).)
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