When you try to create a compressed file for the first time, EAC will ask you to find a file called lame_enc.dll.

Naturally, uncompressed files are larger and will take longer to import if you’re short on time (or patience), go for compressed files. If you’re planning to import sound files and using them on your iPod, I’d stick with importing them in a. I’ve run into occasions when iTunes and Windows Media Player have failed me (apparently they have failed others as well), whereas EAC has proven to be reliable, especially when it comes to grabbing music from damaged discs.įirst and foremost, EAC allows you to copy CDs either in a compressed format (.mp3) or uncompressed format (.wav). Why use this over default ripping software like iTunes or Windows Media Player? Exact Audio Copy reads and copies files almost exactly perfectly. I think that’s an accurate way description - basically, it copies (or “rips”) music from your CDs to your hard drive. Can you make those digital files copied from your CD sound better? You bet.Įxact Audio Copy (EAC) calls itself an “audio grabber” for audio CDs. Now you’ve ripped CDs before, and they’re far from lossless. Also, they’re a source of great, high quality, lossless music. Nostalgia or not, I think they’re still of great use: CDs are physical backups of all the music that you can’t live without. I can’t really explain why - perhaps I’m old-fashioned, or maybe I grew up in a weird time - but I remember going to the local music store to pick up new CDs on Tuesdays, and listening to it on the car ride home, or plopping it into my Discman.

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