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Default WMA vs FLAC

geoff wrote:
Steven Sullivan wrote:
Not if you configure EAC to pass the .wav file onto a file
compressor. Indeed, EAC comes 'loaded' with an mp3 codec for that
(some version of LAME, IIRC), and a handy graphic button labelled
'MP3' to rip a CD 'directly' to compressed format, but you can point
it to FLAC.exe or any other codec you've got.


... which is where it ceases to fit the description 'Exact Audio Copy'....

geoff



That is for the archive function which is optional. It does not
cause it to cease making an exact copy.

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