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EAC wav compression

This may seem like an obvious question but one I'd like clarification on.

When setting up EAC, I left the compression options as they are, as I plan to only rip uncompressed.

But as a test I tried Action>Copy>Compressed to see what happened (I've left the default setting for compressed wav at gsm 6.10 codec / 11k mono)

What I got was an exact uncompressed copy.

Shouldn't I be getting an 11k mono wav instead of 44.1k stereo?

This worried me because now I think what if I accidentally clicked compressed instead of uncompressed.

But surely if the log is returning 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo then that's what it is?

Any help greatly appreciated

EAC wav compression

Reply #1 –
Wave format: Microsoft PCM Converter
Sample format: 44.100 Hz, 16 Bit, Stereo
would be the same as uncompressed.

My GSM codec test

from log:
Used output format : Microsoft GSM 6.10 Audio CODEC
Sample format      : 11.025 kHz, Mono

MediaInfo:
Code: [Select]
Audio
Format                                   : GSM 6.10
Codec ID                                 : 31
Codec ID/Hint                            : Microsoft
Duration                                 : 3mn 40s
Bit rate                                 : 17.9 Kbps
Channel count                            : 1 channel
Sampling rate                            : 11.025 KHz
Stream size                              : 481 KiB (100%)
Note: EAC will append to an existing log. If you re-ripped something to the same location for your test, make sure you're looking at the correct section of the log file.
korth

EAC wav compression

Reply #2 –
Thanks for your reply Korth.

Bizarre because I changed the sample rate to 22k and now I get a compressed wav:

Used output format : Microsoft GSM 6.10 Audio CODEC
Sample format      : 22.050 kHz, Mono


Am I right in thinking that if the log tells me as follows then that's exactly what it is?:

Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format      : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo

i.e. it can't possibly be anything else??