How to get Metadata in Exact Audio Copy EAC ripping


I have just started using EAC as i was finding the quality of rips from my JRiver MC 22 not upto the mark.
The sound quality of the rip through EAC is much better . I have started ripping in the uncompressed .wav format.
The problem i am now facing is that i am not able to get the metadata for the CDs. Please note I am getting all the metadata when i rip it through Jriver in a .aif format
I guess i am new to EAC and may not have configured it propoerly to receive the metadat.
Seek assistance of someone how to go about getting metadata through EAC

g_chops

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g_chops - the .wav format does not have native support for metadata.  There are some programs I have heard of (but not used) that link metadata to files ripped in the .wav format.  They are keeping the metadata in another file and showing it whenever the .wav file is played.  Of course the method for doing this is specific to the software being used.  @gs5556 is correct that EAC doesn't support metadata tags (at least back when I was using it although there might be some sort of add-on that does by now).  I use dbPoweramp (not free but not that expensive) and rip to flac which does support metadata.
@jafant The download process is going to be somewhat specific to the source you are downloading from.  For example, HD Tracks has its own downloader app that installs on your PC to manage the download (it can download multiple tracks at once).

For burning I use a free program called CDBurnerXP which, despite its name, runs fine on Windows versions post-XP.  It will automatically convert the flac files you downloaded to wav files on the fly while burning (wav is the native format for CDs).  Windows 10 may have something built in but I'm not sure (I'm still using 7) and it would have to convert the flac files to wav as well.

Metadata is a fancy word for the information about the songs/album.  This information is stored in the files themselves for formats that allow for it (flac does while wav does not).  This allows music players (not usually CD players although I'm sure there are exceptions) to display the song title, album title, artist, album artwork, etc. during playback.
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