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/\ 1/ What are FLAC files?
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/\ FLAC files are lossless audio files, similar to mp3's in that they are aud
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compression. A lossless compression technique means that when the FLAC fil
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decoded back to wavs, they are bit for bit perfect to the original wavs us
ed to
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create the FLAC files. Mp3's gain higher compression by cutting out sound
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frequencies that the majority of us cannot hear, and by sampling the audio
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/\ further cut chunks out of the audio. Let me add that this is grossly
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\/ oversimplified. While a high quality mp3 rip done well is almost impossibl
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distinguish from the original, a generation loss nonetheless occurs, and i
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might bug some people enough to start releasing FLAC's ;) Our FLAC files c
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decoded and burnt to disc using the cue sheet, recreating exactly what is
on the
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original store bought cd.
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http://flac.sourceforge.net/
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLAC
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/\ Many software players can play FLAC files. VLC and Foobar are just two of
them.
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VLC
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/\ Decoding/Encoding can easily be achieved by using the FLAC frontend. Go he
re (1) /\
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/\ (1) http://downloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.2.1b.exe?use_mirror=super
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To decode, open FLAC Frontend, find the FLAC files, drag them into fronten
d, and
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press decode. The wavs should be made in the same directory as the FLAC fi
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It can burn using the cue sheet to get the timings right on the cd, and ca
n even
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burn the flacs directly with the right timings if the cue sheet is edited
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slightly. It's personal preference really.
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\/ The first way, you decode the flacs to wav via the FLAC frontend. You then
get
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the cue sheet and place it in the folder that contains the folder with the
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decoded wavs in. Open burrrn, and drag the cue sheet into it, stick a blan
k disc
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in then burn.
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/\ The second way is to edit the cue sheet. Open the cue sheet with notepad,
click
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replace field put ".flac" (no quotes). Click replace all, or replace them
one by
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one to make sure you aren't replacing something you shouldn't. Save the ne
w cue
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sheet as a seperate file just outside the folder with the flacs in. Open b
urrrn,
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and drag the cue into burrrn, insert a blank disc and burn.
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\/ Nero
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Nero 7: This application is popular and widely available. It burns FLACS t
o CD
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as it does with mp3's, wav's and many other formats. Once you have your bl
ank
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CD in your burner, choose CD/Audio/Make Audio CD and then use the locator
to
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choose the FLAC files you wish to burn.
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having to decode to the original wav format. The plug-in can be found here
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http://www.bitburners.com/nero-audio-plugins/
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/\ Download the plug-in as a zip file and use the installer. Make sure it pla
ces
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Nero supports using cue sheets for burning, and the cue sheets can be edit
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the same way as shown above if you do not wish to decode the flacs to wav
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opened with notepad or your favourite nfo viewer. The cue file is used to
burn
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the tracks with the same timings as on the original cd, which is explained
in
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greater detail elsewhere in this guide. The log file is the file our rippi
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program outputted when we ripped the cd, detaling how it was ripped and th
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copy the cd, listen to it from start to finish to make sure there are no e
rrors
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and release anyway. The fingerprint shows the checksums of each track, use
d as a
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/\ Here is a easy to follow guide for ripping your music collection and encod
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FLAC lovers. While there are quicker methods or ripping and encoding, you
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take pride in knowing that your rips are flawless and can be appreciated b
y all.
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Bits of the guide were "appropriated" from other guides around the web, wh
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Using EAC:
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EAC is the most important part of the entire process. When ripping a cd, y
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create WAV files, which is then encoded to FLAC, mp3, or whatever codec yo
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d
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you will have perfect results, provided your cd being ripped is not too da
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to allow proper reading.
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Track Ripping Status [Disc ID: 0011c3f9-8909cc0c]
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2 Accurately Ripped (confidence 4) [f82b90e2]
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3 Accurately Ripped (confidence 4) [77da8543]
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4 Accurately Ripped (confidence 4) [1a0625d3]
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5 Accurately Ripped (confidence 4) [ea812edb]
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6 Accurately Ripped (confidence 3) [d3e7dea7]
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7 Accurately Ripped (confidence 4) [bb0c73c5]
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8 Accurately Ripped (confidence 3) [ee32799c]
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9 Accurately Ripped (confidence 4) [81c3e00c]
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10 Accurately Ripped (confidence 4) [cf93aaef]
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11 Accurately Ripped (confidence 4) [ade7fc84]
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12 Accurately Ripped (confidence 4) [3c0897f8]
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All Tracks Accurately Ripped.
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two of /\
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r that
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someone ripped all but those two tracks. Either way, having a confidence n
umber
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of at least 1 is an excellent indicator of a perfect rip, provided you are
not
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comparing your rip against YOUR OWN PRIOR RIP. It is next to impossible fo
r two
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n a
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better \/
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of a
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1 Accurately Ripped (confidence 2) [a5df024d]
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2 Accurately Ripped (confidence 2) [f39355f8]
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3 Accurately Ripped (confidence 2) [3675c2e0]
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4 Accurately Ripped (confidence 2) [a5d20055]
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5 Accurately Ripped (confidence 2) [0a294dc8]
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6 ** Rip not accurate ** (confidence 3) [f777d887] [4595e571]
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7 Accurately Ripped (confidence 2) [9e01f8f3]
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8 Accurately Ripped (confidence 2) [46ec3da7]
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9 Accurately Ripped (confidence 2) [4a16ba86]
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10 Accurately Ripped (confidence 2) [394759bf]
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11 Accurately Ripped (confidence 2) [442e55aa]
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12 Accurately Ripped (confidence 2) [ba47e995]
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13 ** Rip not accurate ** (confidence 3) [7b04b69c] [fb27e70b]
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14 Accurately Ripped (confidence 2) [3d29ffa0]
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15 Accurately Ripped (confidence 2) [afeb276e]
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16 Accurately Ripped (confidence 2) [1735d96d]
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17 Accurately Ripped (confidence 2) [24c5a8f8]
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18 Accurately Ripped (confidence 2) [1bbbd823]
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Track(s) Accurately Ripped: 16
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Track(s) Not in Database: 0
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3 ** Rip not accurate **
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6 ** Rip not accurate **
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(confidence 2) [b3a14868] [37bca4dd]

(confidence 2) [f0be0929] [93e3ddd6]
(confidence 2) [79856c6f] [c80db757]
(confidence 2) [ff1c6c26] [b45e1c5e]
(confidence 2) [00aa88fe] [e63e811e]
(confidence 2) [f88b4161] [18fb8a29]

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Your CD disc is possibly a different pressing to the one(s) stored in
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If I have EAC setup correctly, and get an AccurateRip result like this, it
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two
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Why use AccurateRip? Because in the case of the cd above that has the two
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incorrectly ripped tracks, EAC reported NO READ ERRORS. EAC was able to re
ad the
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akes
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\/ that plainly clear. Like freedb, AR depends on us, the users, to make it w
ork.
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would
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try to rip a cd, and no matches could be found in freedb? Now, some years
later,
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it's pretty rare to find such an occurance. Eventually, with enough users,
AR
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will become the same way.
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Launch EAC installer. http://www.exactaudiocopy.org/
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Click next, I agree, choose destination folder, click next, and install. C
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Launch FLAC Installer.
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http://downloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.2.1b.exe?use_mirror=superb-we
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cd/dvd-rom/rw drive. It is a simple process, requiring an original cd, (no
t a
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burned cdr), in good condition. A relatively popular cd is best, because i
t
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checks this "keydisc" against it's database to determine your drive's read
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ave a
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http://www.accuraterip.com/keydiscs.htm
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Launch EAC, be sure the dropdown box near the top is showing the drive you
wish
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/\ to use. If not, select the proper one. Insert the CD, and after a few mome
nts,
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\/ an AccurateRip window will pop up for a few seconds, and then go away.
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Now, at the top, click EAC and select "Drive options", or just hit F10. Un
check
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the box "show this information next time", and click "OK". Go to the
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"Offset/Speed" tab. If the first two options are greyed out and unchangeab
le,
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/\ AccurateRip has detected your drive's offset. If it is not, try a differen
t CD.
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Now, leave the disc in the drive, and go to the "Extraction Method" tab. C
lick
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/\
"Secure Mode", and at the bottom, click"Detect Read Features". Take note o
f the
/\
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results, but do NOT click "apply". Instead, click "OK". On the next window

\/
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please click "Yes", as this will help build a database of drive features f
or
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/\ future users. Regardless of what EAC said about C2 Error Correction, do no
t
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\/ check that the drive is capable. It causes EAC to depend on the drive for
error
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results, which may or may not be accurate. Save yourself the headache, and
don't
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/\
bother with using C2. Now check the boxes for accurate stream and caching
if
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they applied to your drive.
\/
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/\ "Drive" tab: Check "Spin up drive before extraction".
/\
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Now, on the "Offset/Speed" tab, check the Overread into lead-in and lead-o
ut
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/\
box. IF YOU GET SYNC ERRORS ON THE FIRST OR LAST TRACK ON YOUR FIRST RIPPE
D
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DISC, COME BACK TO THIS STEP AND UNCHECK THIS BOX.
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/\ Check "Allow speed reduction during extraction", and check "CD-Text read c
apable /\
\/ drive". If it is capable, great, if not, no harm done.
\/
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/\
"Gap Detection" Tab: Gap Index retrieval method, Set to "A", but after try
ing
/\
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your first gap detection, come back to this, and set to "B", and detect ga
ps
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again. Whichever is fastest, stick with that setting. "Detection accuracy"
, set
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/\ to "secure".
/\
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Now, Click EAC, and EAC Options.
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/\
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Extraction Tab
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[X] Fill up missing offset samples with silence *Optional. For drives that
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/\
overread lead in/out this is not needed.*
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\/ [ ] No use of null samples for CRC calculations
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[X] Synchronize between tracks
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/\
[ ] Delete leading and trailing silent blocks
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[ ] Skip track extraction on read or sync errors

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[ ] Skip track
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[X] After each
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*Optional,
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[X] Lock drive
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Extraction and
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Error recovery
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extraction after duration longer than X times realtime

60 minutes of extraction, cool down the drive for 5 mins
but recommended*
tray during extraction
compression priority: Normal
quality: High

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/\

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General Tab
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[X] Use alternate CD play routines
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[X] Disable "CD Autostart"
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[X] On unknown CDs, Automatically access online freedb database
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[ ] Display time using frames
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[X] Ask before overwriting
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[X] Correct bug...
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[X] Show status...
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[ ] Beep *Trust me, uncheck this*
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[ ] Eject *optional*
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/\
\/
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e
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/\
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Tools Tab
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[X] Retrieve...
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[X] Use CD-Text
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[ ] Create m3u *If you choose not to use the NFO-builder discussed near th
|
bottom of the post, check this*
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[X] Automatically write status report
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[ ] On extraction
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[ ] Do not open
/\
[ ] Submit drive
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[ ] Activate
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/\
\/

/\
Normalize Tab

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NO!
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/\
\/
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/\

/\
Filename Tab
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Naming scheme:This is subjective, but this is what is most commonly done.
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Change it if you feel the overwhelming urge.
/\

\/
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/\
\/

\/
%A - %C\%N - %T
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[X] Use Various Artist naming scheme
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VA - %C\%N - %A - %T
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/\
\/

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Directories Tab
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[X] Ask every time
\/

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/\

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EAC, Compression options
/\

\/
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/\

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External Compression Tab:
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[X] Use external program
/\

\/
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ac
/\

\/
click the dropdown, select "user defined encoder". Use file extension: .fl
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browse to find flac.exe
/\

\/
|

\/
Additional command line options:
|

/\
/\
-8 -V -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T
\/
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"tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" -T comment="%e" -T "comment=EAC-Secure Mod
e" %s
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/\
/\
\/ What the above jumble means is that FLAC will tag all your files properly,
and
\/
|
will compress the files to its maximum capability, Level 8. Many may say t
hat
|
/\
the extra compression takes too much extra time, especially when you figur
e how
/\
\/
much space you are gaining. I say this: unless you are bulk-encoding, (whi
\/

ch we
\/
|
are not), the extra time it takes is NOT noticeable. EAC's extraction of t
he
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/\ tracks takes MUCH longer than the minute it takes each track to be encoded
by
/\
\/ FLAC.
\/
|
|
/\
Bitrate: Doesn't matter
/\
\/
[X] High quality
\/
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[X] Delete WAV after compression
|
/\ [X] Use CRC check
/\
\/ [ ] Add ID3 tag
\/
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[X] Check for external compression return code
|
/\
/\
\/
Offset Tab
\/
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[ ] Use offset detection for encoding and decoding
|
/\ Check "Write the following text" and make the box blank.
/\
\/
\/
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ID3 Tag Tab
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/\
Uncheck everything
/\
\/
\/
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EAC, freedb options
|
/\
/\
\/ freedb tab:
\/
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Enter your email addy. No, you won't be spammed. But an email is necessary
to
|
/\
make freedb work. Pick a server. If, when you put in a CD, and you get a f
reedb
/\
\/
error, go back and pick a different server, then try again. Now you should
be
\/
|
done...
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/\
/\
\/ Now to rip!!!
\/
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/\
Be sure all of your disc's info is filled in at the top, and is accurate.
Adjust
/\
\/
or fill in the fields as necessary.

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/\

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Action, Detect gaps.
/\

\/
|

\/
Now, Action, be sure "Append gaps to previous track" is checked.
|

/\
\/

/\
Action, create Cue sheet, Multiple wavs with gaps, noncompliant
\/

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/\

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Save this where you want to rip your disc to.
/\

\/
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/\

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Action, copy selected tracks, Compressed. Choose your location, and
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click save.
/\

\/
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code
/\
CE as
\/
u
|
sing
/\
\/

\/
What you have done is told EAC to read the cd, create the WAV file, and en
|
it to a .flac. Selecting "test and copy" will make the extraction take TWI
/\
long, and is only worthwhile if you rip it, and accurate rip shows that yo
\/
could have a different pressing. In this case it's a good idea to re-rip u
|
test and copy, listen to all the flacs meticuously to be sure there are no
/\
errors, and compare the crc values to be sure they match.
\/

|
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/\ Go do something else while ripping...Come back later and it should all be
done.
/\
\/
\/
|
When it is done, click OK, and then OK again. Then your AccurateRip result
s
|
/\
should come up. Highlight and copy these, and click OK. Go to your rip
/\
\/
directory, open up your .log in notepad, and paste your AccurateRip result
s at
\/
|
the bottom. Save and close it. Move your .log and your .CUE into your fold
er
|
/\ with your ripped tracks.
/\
\/
\/
|
What did AccurateRip say? Did you have read or sync errors? It's not diffi
cult
|
/\
to tell if you had a bad rip. If you do, try cleaning the disc, and reripp
ing.
/\
\/

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rd.
/\

\/
Once you have a rip that you are confident is 100% it's time to move forwa
|

/\
\/ Open the FLAC Frontend. It will be in your programs list, and on your desk
top.
\/
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Click "add files". Browse to your ripped tracks. CLICK ON THE LAST TRACK,
HOLD
|
/\
SHIFT, AND THEN CLICK ON THE FIRST TRACK. Doing it this way ensures that t
he
/\
\/
tracks are listed in the proper order. Not necessarily important, but for
the
\/
|
perfectionist, it looks pretty. Click "open". Now, click "fingerprint". Sa
ve the
|
/\ file as "Fingerprint" in your rip directory. Close the FLAC Frontend.
/\
\/
\/
|
Now, an optional, but recommended step. Go to this site, and download v1.1
8.
|
/\
http://www.nfobuilder.com/
/\
\/
I have found v1.20 and v1.19 to be a bit buggy, so I HIGHLY recommend v1.1
8.
\/
|
|
/\ Install it, launch it, browse to your rip directory, (being sure that you
have
/\
\/ .flac checked), and click "next".
\/
|
|
/\
Scan over all of the information, making sure it is all filled out, except
for
/\
\/
ID3 and APE tagging info. In the "Ripper" field, put this:
\/
|
EAC (Secure mode) / FLAC
|
/\ In the CD/DVD model field, select your drive, if listed, and if not, type
it in
/\
\/ manually. Click "Next".
\/
|
|
/\
Put your screen name in the "ripped by" field, and again in the "posted by
"
/\
\/
field. The "information", "Newsserver", "Group", and "Selected groups" fie
lds
\/
|
may remain blank. The "Add notes" section is optional, but handy for copy
and
|
/\ pasting a review of the cd from allmusic, amazon, or similar. If you've no
thing
/\
\/ extra you wish to add, uncheck it.
\/
|
|
/\
[ ]Add ads *optional* All this does is place a small text advert for the p
rogram
/\
\/
author's website at the bottom of your NFO

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/\
be
\/
|

|
NOTE: If the album is a VARIOUS ARTISTS compilation, the NFO Filename will
/\
generated as "00. (TRACK 1's ARTIST NAME) - album title.nfo"
\/
This is annoying. Change it to read "00. VA - album title.nfo"
|

/\
\/
|
/\
\/
|
/\
\/

/\
On the right:
\/
[ ]Checksums *optional*
|
[ ]Playlist .pls
/\
[X]Playlist .m3u
\/
[X]EAC LOG
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[ ]PAR [ ]PAR v2
/\
[X]CUE Sheet
\/

|
|
/\ And if you have a scanner, or wish to include downloaded covers, check the
boxes /\
\/ of any covers you are including. Click "Preview". Scroll down, checking th
at
\/
|
everything is as you wish it to look. You can edit the NFO here, just as i
f it
|
/\
were a text file. I highlight and remove the newsgroup info, as it is not
being
/\
\/
used. Click "Save NFO". It saves it to your rip directory, and creates a .
m3u
\/
|
file for you, also saved in the same place.
|
/\
/\
\/ Now, upload that sucker for the rest of us to enjoy!
\/
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7/ How to protect yourself with Peer Guardian 2

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/\ Peer guardian is a utility that we highly recommend. It blocks communicati
ons
/\
\/ between you and ips in it's blocklist at the packet level. There are many
\/
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blocklists that contain the known ips of many different types of organisat
ion. A
|
/\
P2P blocklist, for example, most likely contains the known ips of the RIAA
,
/\
\/
MPAA, fake emule servers, torrent poisoners and so on. Ips bad for the com
munity. \/
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With peer guardian running these blocklists, you do not connect to them, m
aking
|
/\ it harder for them to prove that you are sharing copyrighted material. The
re are /\
\/ many other benefits.
\/
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|
/\
Torrent poisoning is a major problem for some artists work (Oasis, Metalli
ca).
/\
\/
Torrent poisoning is the practice of flooding a torrent with fake peers an
d
\/
|
ghost seeds to choke the connections between legitimate peers. If you try
|
/\ connecting to these torrents without an ip blocker such as pg2, there is l
ittle
/\
\/ chance of completing a download. With pg2, the bad peers are filtered out,
\/
|
leaving you to connect to legitimate peers and enjoy the contents of the
|
/\
download.
/\
\/
\/
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A major flaw in the system is that, while good at blocking ips, pg2 can on
ly
|
/\ block ips it is told to do so by the blocklists. It is next to impossible
to
/\
\/ have every "bad" ip on these blocklists, but the majority are and it's bet
ter
\/
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than nothing.
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/\
/\
\/
Enough of the reasoning behind pg2, now to installing and using:
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http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/
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\/
ich
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nal
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Pg2.
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e
|

/\
Get Pg2 from here. Install it. Choose to have it run on startup. Select wh
\/
lists you would like to use with pg2. Definately p2p, the others are perso
|
preference, but it can't hurt to have them all. They'll now download. Run
/\
The blocklists should be working and it should say that x number of ips ar
\/
being blocked.
|

/\
/\
\/ Now, go to settings, and untick "log allowed connections". This saves the
hassle \/
|
of deleting the log file so often, which can run into many gigabytes if no
t kept
|
/\
in check.
/\
\/
\/
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There are other ip blockers out there, such as protowall, and should be yo
ur
|
/\ next point of call if pg2 doesn't work for whatever reason. Google it ;)
/\
\/ Be prepared for a massive headache if you choose protowall though.
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Sladinki007 - Thanks to Slads for allowing us the priviledge of a private
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tracker.
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\/ And thanks to all those who seed our releases and keep them alive! Appreci
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