music converter crashing

[Carl-vm]

I have repeated crashing when trying to convert from .wav file to Real audio. If the conversion fails once ( about a 30 - 50% chance ) then it will crash again immediately even is the .rm file is deleted.

Carl
cvm_a@telus.net

[LtData]

Re: music converter crashing

What OS are you using, what are the settings for your WAV file?

[rayheinrich2]

Re: music converter crashing

The Real Audio CODEC when I try to do .wav to .rm conversions crashes
for me too.

I'm running dBpowerAMP Music Converter Release 11 and dMC Power Pack Release 3
on a Win 98 machine.

I tried a bunch of stuff and here's what I found:

If I do a .wav conversion to .rm with any of the Power Pack Effects set,
I usually get a crash on the first or second file.

If I re-boot and take all the Power Pack Effects off, I get no crashes doing
.wav to .rm conversions. (I usually run about 40 files). But once there is a
crash even the .wav to .rm conversions with all the Power Pack Effects off
will crash.

To get around this I do an intermediate conversion. I don't know about any other
set-ups, but the ones necessary for what I'm doing (see below) have run many times
now and I've yet to get a crash.

Additional note:
I've found that some codecs really don't like files normalized
to 100%. I get distortion on the loud peaks of my recordings
which doesn't exist in the original. The 16 bit wave 8000hz
conversion in the dBpowerAMP Music Converter Release 11 seems
to be one of these. If I normalize to 80% it goes away.

Setting Normalize to 80% didn't seem to help. Then I read that
Normalize only boosts the amplitude, it doesn't cut it. To get
around this I do a Volume Quieten to 80% and then a Volume
Normalize to 80%.


My run procedure:

Select raw Palm files for conversion
Set dBpowerAmp for Wave 16bit 8000hz mono
Set Power Pack DSP for:
DSP To 24 Bit
Volume Quieten 80%
Volume Fade In=1000msec Out=1000msec (gets rid of initial
"bump" in my Plam Pilot recordings.)
Volume Normalize 80%, Max 15, Simple
DSP To 16 Bit (Dither)
Set Destination Folder
Press "Convert" button and wait for all files to be converted.

Select 16bit intermediate files for conversion
Set dBpowerAmp for Real Audio 8000hz Voice 28kbps Single
Set Power Pack DSP for:
Nothing (clear all DSP functions)
Set Destination Folder
Press "Convert" button and wait for all files to be converted.

Maybe this will work for other set-ups as well.
(Obviously you'll have to select an intermediate conversion that's as
good or better than your conversion resolution and frequency.)

Hope this helps,
Ray Heinrich