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<DIV><SPAN class=609003523-13102006><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is more of an
EAC question, but I have not yet received an answer from my post on that
page. Since they are closely related I thought I would give it a try
here.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=609003523-13102006><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=609003523-13102006><FONT face=Arial size=2>I just bought
a BIG stack of CDs (70+) and decided to recheck all of my EAC (beta 4) +
FLAC (1.1.2) settings prior to ripping and encoding them. I also
calibrated a new external Plextor CD-ROM too.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=609003523-13102006><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=609003523-13102006><FONT face=Arial size=2>The setting
string I use in EAC's "External Compression" window
is:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=609003523-13102006><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=609003523-13102006><FONT face=Arial size=2>-8 -V -T "artist=%a"
-T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" -T
"comment=EAC Secure_Lossless FLAC " %s</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=609003523-13102006><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=609003523-13102006><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=609003523-13102006><FONT face=Arial size=2>On that same "External
Compression" page, I noticed the bitrate selection window directly beneath
the compression setting string window.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=609003523-13102006><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=609003523-13102006><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=609003523-13102006><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=609003523-13102006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does the FLAC string window
entry cause the bitrate window to be
ignored?</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=609003523-13102006><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=609003523-13102006><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=609003523-13102006><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=609003523-13102006><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am desperately hoping that
the over 1000 CDs I own and have already processed (myself) are not in
192kBit/s FLAC, that would really be very bad
news.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=609003523-13102006><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=609003523-13102006><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=609003523-13102006><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=609003523-13102006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in advance for the help,
and I apologize if you consider this off topic. Looking forward to hearing
good news and good music!</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>