Wave to Windows Media 9 320 kbps

[musicmusic]

:yawn: When attempting to convert a wave file to
Windows Media 9 at 320 kbps I receive the message that the codec required to compress cannot be opened. I am running Windows XP with Windows Media 10 installed. I have downloaded and re-installed dbpoweramp as well as the WindowsMedia 9 codec to no avail. Any suggestions?

[ChristinaS]

:yawn: When attempting to convert a wave file to
Windows Media 9 at 320 kbps I receive the message that the codec required to compress cannot be opened. I am running Windows XP with Windows Media 10 installed. I have downloaded and re-installed dbpoweramp as well as the WindowsMedia 9 codec to no avail. Any suggestions?
Did you first uninstall everything and redownload all the latest versions of everything ( http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=2261 for dMC and http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=5612 for WMA 9) and install them all to the same folder? With a full boot after that?

But also is that a 16-bit 44.1KHz wav file or something else?

[musicmusic]

Hello Christina -

Thank you for responding so quickly! Yes, I uninstalled everything (but not the mp3pro encoder) then re-installed using the links you provided wtih a full boot after that. Is it possible that Windows Media 10 is the problem? Or ?Thanks again!

[ChristinaS]

Hello Christina -

Thank you for responding so quickly! Yes, I uninstalled everything (but not the mp3pro encoder) then re-installed using the links you provided wtih a full boot after that. Is it possible that Windows Media 10 is the problem? Or ?Thanks again!
Oh, anything is possible, however lots people have eventually managed to get it running properly. The trouble is nobody remembers what exactly they did or didn't do :p

Did it use to work before you acquired WMP 10?

The mp3pro encoder or decoder are not relevant at this point unless by wav you mean an mp3pro file.

What are the specifications of your wav file? 8, 16 or 24-bit? PCM or some other format header? frequency? channels?

Does your wav file encode to wma at any bit-rate at all? any frequency at all? CBR? VBR? 2pass?

[xoas]

If your wav is standard 16 bit, 44.1 khz, 2 channel try using one of the standard wma stereo a/v settings (this reportedly worker for at least one user who went to wmp10).
If your wav file has a different bit setting, frequency or number of channels, try enabling Professional Frequency Conversion (from dMC Configuration).
Let us know how you make out.
Best wishes,
Bill Mikkelsen

[musicmusic]

Yes - it is a wave file 16 bit, 44.1 khz 2 channel.

Go figure this - As you suggested I tried converting at a lower frequency rate. I tried 128. It worked. So I tried 192 - that worked. Then I tried 256 - that worked. Then came the big test - wma 320. It worked and is now working on a batch of files while I am writing this. I haven't changed anything since the last install and reboot mentioned earlier. Hopefully it will keep working. I'll let you know if it happens again. Thanks so much for your help and comments!

[ChristinaS]

Yes - it is a wave file 16 bit, 44.1 khz 2 channel.

Go figure this - As you suggested I tried converting at a lower frequency rate. I tried 128. It worked. So I tried 192 - that worked. Then I tried 256 - that worked. Then came the big test - wma 320. It worked and is now working on a batch of files while I am writing this. I haven't changed anything since the last install and reboot mentioned earlier. Hopefully it will keep working. I'll let you know if it happens again. Thanks so much for your help and comments!
If you read the forum, this is déjà vu! :D

Glad it worked in the end.