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How to rip CDs to Nero Digital AAC/MP4 using EAC |
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Written by Roberto Amorim
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Wednesday, 19 July 2006 |
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 In a bold move, Nero Software AG recently released a freeware,
command line version of their famous Nero Digital AAC encoder - which
was previously only available bundled with their flagship Nero Burning
ROM software package. Recent listening tests showed that Nero AAC's quality is quite good, leaving to the user the delightful decision between one excellent
free encoder or the other excellent free encoder. In this guide audio expert Roberto Amorim will help you setup EAC so that you can rip your CDs to iPod compatible AAC/MP4 and tag them in one go seamlessly.
Preconditions
- EAC installed and properly configured. Download HERE
- Nero Digital Audio Encoder, which you can download from
HERE.
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Let's start ripping!
EAC and Nero Digital Audio software ready? Then we'll start a step-by-step guide to help you take out the most from both Nero AAC and EAC.
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After you download NeroDigitalAudio.zip, move the file to your EAC
folder (or save it there right away when downloading)
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Using your favourite unzipping tool, unzip the file to that same
folder.
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Open EAC and go to the Compression Options window (F11). Once there,
go to the External Compression tab.
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In the External Compression tab select like in the picture below: |
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Make sure the "Use external program for compression" box is selected. |
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On the "Parameter passing scheme" select "User defined encoder". |
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On the "Use file extension" write either .mp4 or .m4a, whatever suits your fancy. If you are an iPod user, I suggest you use m4a. |
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On the "Program, including path used for compression" use C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe or C:\Winnt\system32\cmd.exe depending on the name of your windows folder. |
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It's a little more difficult now. First, find the complete path leading to the folder where the Nero encoder is. In my computer, it is C:\Music\Rippers\EAC\win32\. Then replace the entries in the following command line with that path:
/c neroaacenc.exe -q 0.45 -if %s -of %d && Neroaactag.exe %d -meta:artist="%a" -meta:album="%g" -meta:track="%n" -meta:title="%t" -meta:genre="%m" -meta:year="%y"
That command line will give you VBR (Variable BitRate) files with a bitrate around 150kbps. If you want to increase or reduce quality, play with the number after -q in the range from 0.01 to 1.00 If you prefer ABR (Average BitRate) or CBR (Constant BitRate) encodes, replace the -q X.XX part in the line with -br XXX or -cbr XXX, being "XXX" the target bitrate.
After you're happy with your adapted command line, paste it in the "Additional command line options" box
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Unselect the "Add ID3 tag" box |
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Finally, exit the configuration window clicking "OK" |
Now you're ready to rip! Just pop one music CD in your ripping drive,
grab the music names from FreeDB, and click the "Rip to MP3" button
(Shift-F5). In a few minutes, you'll have neatly tagged m4a files that
you can play in foobar2000, or import into your iPod etc...
Any questions regarding the software or this guide? Visit our forum!
Document history:
21-July-2006 - v1.01 - minor changes - Ljpp
19-July-2006 - v1.00 - Initial release - Roberto Amorim
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Last Updated ( Friday, 21 July 2006 )
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