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--- cd [2026/01/07 13:21] – [FLAC and MP3 via EAC Exact Audio Copy] dblume
+++ cd [2026/01/07 20:16] (current) – [FLAC and MP3 via EAC Exact Audio Copy] dblume
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     - ''FLAC\Various Artists\%albumtitle%\%tracknr2% - %artist% - %title%''
     - (Similar for the "Additional naming scheme", but change/remove FLAC)
-  - External Compression Options
+  - External Compression Options (FLAC here)
-    - User Defined Encoder (FLAC here)
+    - User Defined Encoder
     - .flac
     - \Flac\flac.exe
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       - Seems like we should prefer [[https://hydrogenaudio.org/index.php/topic,91496.msg773857.html|TRACKTOTAL to TOTALTRACKS and DISCTOTAL to TOTALDISCS]].
   - Additional External Compression Options (MP3 here)
+    - User Defined Encoder
     - [[https://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=EAC_and_Lame|tick "Add ID3 tag"]]
-    - Consider adding "Additional command line options" ''-V2 %source% %dest%''
+    - Consider adding "Additional command line options" ''-p -h -V2 %source% %dest%''
-      - "-V2" means [[https://svn.code.sf.net/p/lame/svn/trunk/lame/USAGE|Variable Bitrate of about 190Kbps]], so maybe not what we want.
+      - "-V2" means Variable Bitrate of about 190Kbps ([[https://svn.code.sf.net/p/lame/svn/trunk/lame/USAGE|usage docs]]), seems like a good compromise.
+      - [[https://hydrogenaudio.org/index.php/topic,51255.msg459515.html#msg459515|Here's a nice graph of size vs. quality]].
       - Test the decoder to see what parameters are sent. [[https://groups.io/g/ExactAudioCopy/topic/eac_w_lame_exe_additional/78518468|The EAC author says how additional parameters get accounted.]]