Download Exact Audio Copy

A new version of EAC has been out for a long time now. However, it is a beta version, so caution is advised. If you run into problems at all, it is advised to use either this version v0.85b4 or this 0.9pb11. To avoid problems with earlier versions, it is recommended to remove the registry entry in HKEY_CURRENT_USER. The author hopes to have the final version ready later this year, but he cannot guarantee that.

This submit is from W@lly, which he posted here.

• The following major changes have been made from version 0.9pb11 :
  • GUI restructured
  • added new buttons
  • changed button type to flat buttons
  • Artist and CD information is now directly accessible through the main window.
  • Profile usage is now easier and can be selected by a drop down box on the main window. For using your old profiles, copy them into the Profiles directory in EACs home.
  • Updated freedb usage to proto 5.
  • Configuration Wizard to setup basic drive, encoder and freedb configuration for beginner users.
  • Option setting for leaving out all advanced features, making it easier for beginners.
  • Secondary C2 extraction mode (may work better for some kind of erraneous CDs and for some but not every drive. Even if it may be misused for copy protected CDs, using this mode on protected CDs is only allowed when legal in your country). This mode is up to now very basic, and will be improved in upcoming versions.
  • Manual detection of TOC, usefull if a CD is defective and displays wrong track positions or data tracks instead of audio, EAC will try to detect the CD structure by analysis. For this, your drive must support Gap Detection mode B.
  • Uncompressed and compressed extraction is now divided, so compression options will missing “Internal WAV routines”.
  • More placeholders for external command line encoders in “User Defined Encoder” format, see FAQ for details.
  • Correction of MP+ decoding bug with command line decoder.
  • New Monkeys Audio (MAC) DLL support, you need at least DLL version 3.94.
  • Compression queue is saved to harddisk and continued on next EAC session.
  • Improving Pop Detection to 4 band analysis.
• The minor changes:
  • Display of actual extraction position in real music time (for error checking)
  • Small corrections to ID3V2 routines, I hope they will still work
  • Correction of support for some writers (no Philips/RAW MMC support though)
  • Many smaller additions and bug fixes.