help converting EAC files to FLAC

are you dragging wav files into the flac window? what options do you have selected in both eac and flac?

Yeah, there is something wrong here. First, FLAC settings show that the following are checked: Verify, Add Tags, Replaygain, Treat input files as 1 album, and Delete Input files. I think should be no prob here.

But I think the prob is in EAC. First, I extracted using PKZIP only the .exe file and pulled the icon to the desktop. But launching the icon pops up an error msg about "matching language"..? So I went back to pkzip and extracted all the stuff that came in on the download, then tried ripping the cd again. This time, I got "Timing Error" on each track and the rip ran really fast. When I look at the ripped files they seem to be of correct size (ie about 60-80 MB each) but even the wav files (actually they do not even have the .wav extension) do not play in Winamp. Further, and this is strange, EAC does not even show up in the "Add/Remove Programs" list in control panel.

I guess I need some serious troubleshooting on the EAC side. Alternately, any other ways to do this? I do have a (legal) copy of Nero Express and Nero Start Smart; can one of these be used instead of EAC?
Thanks for your help.

"EAC does not even show up in the "Add/Remove Programs" list"
This is normal for EAC.

I would delete all EAC files from your computer, then download the EAC zip again and extract all files to a single folder. Also disable any items Nero runs at start up, look for things in the sys tray on the lower right of the screen. I have seen EAC conflict with cd writing software.

If that doesn't work delete EAC and try:

http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/

Good luck!