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Exact Audio Copy Changelog

What's new in Exact Audio Copy 1.5

Feb 24, 2020
  • As there are several problems in version 1.4, I needed to release a bugfix version 1.5. Hopefully now all major problems are now fixed.

New in Exact Audio Copy 1.4 (Feb 7, 2020)

  • It is possible to use two command line encoders for compression
  • The second compressor has separate file naming conventions
  • The freedb++ plugin has been replaced by a MusicBrainz plugin (the official freedb will cease to exist)
  • The cover downloader in the plugin has been updated to find again more images
  • The lyrics downloader in the plugin has been made to work again
  • The profiles data format has changed, but it is possible to load profiles from version 1.3
  • Removed a problem with the metadata plugins, possibly crashing EAC at the end of a rip
  • Fixed the problem of no length information (TLEN) in the last track if EAC writes the ID3V2 tag

New in Exact Audio Copy 1.2 (Sep 5, 2016)

  • The updated EAC 1.2 provides mainly bug fixes for the CDRDAO component and updates the cover search in the freedb++ plugin. There are some more minor bugs fixed and the handling of track selection again modified.

New in Exact Audio Copy 1.1 (Jul 3, 2015)

  • Here comes a version which fixes quite some recent problems and adds a new plugin for AcoustID in the package (but is not installed by default). Hopefully it works for you!

New in Exact Audio Copy 1.0 Beta 6 (Apr 11, 2015)

  • In order to fix a severe problem with crashing EAC whenever a read error occurs, I have published a new update.

New in Exact Audio Copy 1.0 Beta 4 (Dec 18, 2014)

  • The last update was a really long time ago, but finally here comes a new version of EAC
  • There are no larger new features, but bug fixes mainly regarding drive detection and problems on installing the .NET plugins made it necessary to release this service update
  • Also I updated the freedb++ plugin, so that it again finds more covers to choose from. This plugin will be released as public domain shortly (I always wanted to do that, but I always wanted to comment the whole code first – I gave up on that…)
  • Finally I updated several included external components, like CTDB and Flac
  • Hopefully everything works right out of the box, as there aren’t that much changes in it anyway

New in Exact Audio Copy 1.0 Beta 3 (Sep 22, 2011)

  • Added the CTDB (CUETools Database), which can test complete CD rips against an online checksum (like AccurateRip, but CD based) and submits error correction data which can be used by others on defective CDs with an external application.
  • Fixed a problem with track duration in e.g. filename creation for the last track of a CD
  • Using UNC paths will now work (again)
  • Several database issues (e.g. max database size was 256 MB)
  • Translations for the metadata plugins
  • Sometimes the metadata provider plugins were not loaded
  • In some cases the options window of the metadata plugins could not be opened
  • Options of the freedb metadata plugin are not stored over EAC sessions (in some cases)
  • LAME DLL produces defective, stuttering MP3s (bug exists since 1.0 beta 1!). By the way, it seems that only LAME.DLL (VC6 compiled) is compatible with EAC.
  • Codec compression crashes/hangs EAC in some extraction modes when "Use multiple external compressors" is used
  • CD Autostart deactivation should work now
  • Fixed some writing to the wrong registry key
  • Removed "No use of null samples for CRC calculations" (null samples are now always used for CRC)
  • EAC does not activate Windows 7 system window shadows anymore
  • Some drives were only extracting very slow, this should be fixed now (but in some rare cases, some drives might have started caching now)
  • The possible command line parameters replacement strings are now listed in the appropriate tooltip
  • Covers can be named freely using (nearly) the same replacement strings (also listed in the tooltip)
  • If no email address was specified, the information dialog now offers to open the appropriate options page
  • The freedb and GD3 plugins are now translated. The language used is the one selected in EACs options
  • The beeping when the compression queue gets empty is only issued when the extraction has finished (thus only once per CD)
  • Fixed a crash when writing ID3 tags with lyrics with a length greater than a few kb
  • Fixed a crash when using CDs with 99 tracks (or around that limit)
  • The dialog asking whether files should be overwritten is now displayed at the very beginning of the extraction and not at the time when a file would actually be overwritten.
  • The overwrite information dialog is now also shown when overwriting a file using a commandline compressor (fixed bug)
  • CD-Text extraction is nearly completly rewritten, can now also extract composer
  • The taskbar icon will now show the status (green/red) until all status windows are closed
  • The final tracknumber of the last CD are stored over EAC sessions, so it is possible to continue a CD tracknumbering from a previous run of EAC
  • There are new placeholders for track number formatting in the command line parameters (%tracknr1%,%tracknr2% and %tracknr3%, the number is the minimum number of digits used)
  • The EAC installer will now abort installation on Windows 2000 or previous versions (as they are not supported anymore anyway)
  • Profiles from beta 1 and beta 2 can be loaded with this version (beta 2 could not load beta 1 profiles)

New in Exact Audio Copy 1.0 Beta 2 (May 25, 2011)

  • Complete change of how metadata are edited, there are new metadata fields and all can be edited in the main window
  • Track selections are now done by using checkboxes instead of explorer like selection
  • Possibility to use more than one metadata plugin
  • Inclusion of the professional GD3 metadata service provider (free test version, 7.99$ for a lifetime license)
  • Tooltips for most elements in the main window
  • Autocomplete for artist, composer and interpret
  • New WMA compression handler, based on Expression 4 (and needs .NET 4 installed)
  • Support for audio data plugins
  • Added lyrics support and freedb submission to the freedb plugin
  • Metadata plugins may now also support metadata submission
  • Changed most placeholders (like %s) to meaningful replacers (e.g. %source%). Existing settings (from 1.0 beta 1) should be converted automatically. Therefore beware, you are not able to run beta 1 and beta 2 concurrently
  • Added more placeholders to reflect the additions of metadata fields
  • Fixed bug of reading blocks larger than 64kb, which might have affected several devices/interfaces (USB)
  • Fixed bug on saving WAV files in the audio editor
  • Cover image has now a context menu to fetch new image or delete the current one
  • There is an menu entry to fetch new lyrics for all tracks
  • Wizard reflects the changes in metadata and sets optimized command line compressor settings
  • Writing of ID3 V2 tags also add all new fields
  • Added a splash screen, as startup can take several seconds now
  • Fixed many many smaller bugs

New in Exact Audio Copy 1.0 Beta 1 (Nov 23, 2010)

  • Finally here is the new version 1.0 beta 1 which has some mighty new features. I took some time (mainly the complete change to unicode character set), but alls well that ends well…
  • Here comes a list of the new features:
  • Unicode support for all fields (but not CD-Text)
  • New database engine for storing CD information (old databases can be imported)
  • Metadata plugin support, for now there is a freedb plugin included. This will be released as open source freeware soon.
  • Cover support, can be drag’n'dropped from a file, a web page oder can be retrieved via a metadata plugin (support included in the freedb plugin). Cover can be written into tags or in the extraction directory
  • AccurateRip v2 support
  • Better Windows 7 support (like progress display in taskbar icon, storage of user data in the correct folders, etc.)
  • Free selection of first track track number (including option to continue numbering from the last inserted CD)
  • Option to always write the log file in english language
  • Option for writing a checksum over the extraction log data to the log file
  • Average extraction speed is listed in the log file
  • Possibility to write only V2 tags (and no V1 tags)
  • Free choice of replacement characters for filenames
  • Range copy selects now the first selected consecutive range of tracks as default
  • New folder browser dialog (system dialog for folders)
  • Added two placeholders for filename creation for track length (min and sec)
  • Test for (command line) compression options (and display of a sample command line)
  • Menu for removing unwanted/doubled spaces from “cd title”, “artist” & “track titles”
  • And some features are now removed:
  • Removed Windows 2000 support (and any older OSs)
  • Removed ID3V1 tag editor
  • Removed compression offset
  • Hope you like it!
  • The next version is also planned, it will mainly contain an additional demo for a commercial metadata provider (if anybody would like to have access)

New in Exact Audio Copy 0.99 Pre-Beta 5 (May 8, 2009)

  • Fixed a small bug in some of the CRC calculations
  • Paths of 1000 characters in length (and file names up to 500 characters) can now be used (hopefully all command line compressors are still working)
  • Fixed the creation of the correct CUE sheet in some cases when using current gap settings
  • Fixed CDRDAO writing for multisession discs (leaving the CD open)
  • EAC should not bring up its main window on using external compressors
  • Fixed a small bug when correcting an extracted block
  • Wizard now creates --ignore-tag-errors option for LAME encodings
  • Fixed that on inserting a different CD sometimes not all tracks are extracted

New in Exact Audio Copy 0.99 Pre-Beta 4 (May 8, 2009)

  • Some bugs are fixed (e.g. Accurate Rip info in the log) and some of the external programs are updated (Accurate Rip, FLAC, WM Encoding Script).
  • I wanted to have this version out before I start the work on the next release which will have larger improvements.

New in Exact Audio Copy 0.99 prebeta 1 (Jul 1, 2007)

  • Better AccurateRip support (reading ranges and CD images)
  • Improved log file output
  • Flac encoder now comes with EAC
  • Much improved configuration wizard
  • Writing CD-Text using CDRDAO
  • Copy and test range
  • Added writing new tags for ID3V2 like duration, encoder settings and the CD TOC
  • Correction of Xing header after writing ID3V2
  • Drive options are now stored by the drive name and not by adapter and LUN
  • Fixed many issues and bugs