[rob187]

This is probably a stupid question but I'll ask it anyways.

In EAC, when you select "use external compressor", and use something such as wavpack...what does that do? I'm guessing it just compresses the file after you extract it, and doesn't affect the audio quality at all. Is that right?

 

[tracky]

Lossless codecs like Wavpack, FLAC, WMA Lossless and Apple Lossless don't affect audio quality.

 

[rob187]

Ok, I'm using Wavpack compression through EAC and have a problem- the song I copy always has some crackles in it. When I rip it and don't compress it the song plays fine.

Also, compressed or not, I can't seem to get any ID tags on the songs.

 

[Febs]

What is the command line you are using for the WavPack encoder?

Try using this in the "additional command line options" dialog box:

-h -w "artist=%a" -w "title=%t" -w "album=%g" -w "year=%y" -w "track=%n" -w "genre=%m" %s

 

[rob187]

That's the same command line I was using. I followed the guide on http://www.teqnilogik.com/tutorials/...ssionOptionsWV

 

[Febs]

Are you certain that the crackling is in the resulting file itself, and not something that it being added by whatever software you're using to play the files?

 

[rob187]

I don't think that's it. I'm using Foobar to play the files. The uncompressed version plays fine. The compressed one has some crackles. It's odd- the crackles are numerous on the first play; after that, they thin out but are still there and remain there after subsequent plays.

Still not able to get files named.

 

[nelamvr6]

Did you rip a CD to get the un-compressed files, or were they created some other way?

The reason I ask, the only time I've seen something similar was when I tried to make flac files from wav files that were made using a high sample rate and high bit depth.

 

[rob187]

I'm ripping from CD.

I tried using Lame Compression. First off, it gave me the ID tags. Secondly, no more crackles.

I'm comparing the sound quality right now. I find it hard to believe that the 13mb MP3 file sounds the same as the 60mb Wav... but so far they do sound pretty much the same.