MP3
LAME
Choose Performance or Solid State, install lame.exe and configure EAC for MP3.
Manual route
Install individual codecs for Exact Audio Copy.
Choose your own encoder builds, download them from preferred or upstream sources, place the executables in a predictable EAC encoder folder and configure Exact Audio Copy manually.
Recommended manual location: keep external encoder executables in Exact Audio Copy's
Encoders directory. This mirrors the layout used by the EAC Codecs installer and keeps manual and automatic setups consistent.Choose a codec
Manual setup library
Each guide will cover download source, executable placement, EAC fields, command line, tagging and common errors.
Lossless
FLAC
Install the official FLAC command-line tools and configure level-5 lossless encoding and native tags.
Open FLAC manual setup →AAC / M4A
CW-AAC
Download the x64 or x86 build and configure the verified VBR q2 M4A workflow.
Open CW-AAC manual setup →Lossless / M4A
CW-ALAC
Configure lossless ALAC in M4A with direct metadata and EAC return-code checking.
Open CW-ALAC manual setup →Modern lossy
CW-Opus
Set up protective cVBR Opus encoding with automatic handling of 44.1 kHz CD input.
Open CW-Opus manual setup →Dolby Digital
CW-AC3
Configure AC-3 with automatic conversion of CD-rate PCM to 48 kHz.
Open CW-AC3 manual setup →DTS Core
CW-DTS
Configure native 44.1 kHz DTS Core encoding and choose a public CBR profile when required.
Open CW-DTS manual setup →DTS-CD
CW-DTS-WAV
Decode a bit-perfect DTS-CD carrier to multichannel FLAC without corrupting the embedded DTS stream.
Open DTS-CD manual setup →HDCD
CW-HDCD
Detect and reconstruct HDCD audio to 24-bit FLAC with clean failure on non-HDCD input.
Open CW-HDCD manual setup →Step 1
Pick the encoder
Use the codec reference to compare format purpose, rate-control modes and compatibility before downloading anything.
Compare codecs →Step 2
Configure Exact Audio Copy
Use the verified command-line reference once the encoder executable is in place.
Open EAC command lines →