Problem using CLI encoder + flac.exe

[exec]

Hi!

Trying to set up a command line using the CLI (latest version) encoder in combination of flac.exe (also latest version). It doesn't matter what I try, I always get the error "Error reading metadata" when the track was ripped and is up for encoding. Then the resulting flac file has 0 bytes.
My command line looks like this:
[infile] [outfile]
I've already tried different combinations (e.g. with a leading space), (un) ticked the options of the CLI encoder, set the right extension (.flac) in the encoder.txt file, but nothing seems to work.

Any suggestions?


PS: And yes, I know that a flac decoder comes with dbpoweramp already. But I still want to use the CLI encoder.

[Spoon]

Re: Problem using CLI encoder + flac.exe

Flac would need something other than [infile] [outfile]?

perhaps try in quotes:

"[infile]" "[outfile]"

[exec]

Re: Problem using CLI encoder + flac.exe

As I said, I've tried everything, with quotes, without quotes, with different flac commandline options, etc. - nothing seems to work.
Well, I think that the error message is a little strange. What metadata should be read?

[Spoon]

Re: Problem using CLI encoder + flac.exe

That is later on when the audio track should have been written, as flac.exe is not writing anything this is causing our tagging routine to fail.

[exec]

Re: Problem using CLI encoder + flac.exe

OK, before spending much time figuring out how to get CLI + flac.exe to work, here's another question:
What are the tagging abilities when using CLI + flac.exe when ticking the ID tag option of the CLI encoder? Would dbpoweramp recogize that flac files should be tagged and use vorbis tags rather then ID3 tags?

[Spoon]

Re: Problem using CLI encoder + flac.exe

dBpoweramp would tag the file always with Vorbis comments.

[exec]

Re: Problem using CLI encoder + flac.exe

Now I've tried to get this working for a few days, without success...

Well, I've switched the music converter in debug mode, and here is what I've got:

Splitting Command Line:Done
->->  [dBCoreConverter::ReaddBCommandFile]
<-<-  [dBCoreConverter::ReaddBCommandFile]
Allying to Processor 1
->->  [cldBCodecHandler::LoadEncoder]
  Loading Encoder 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Illustrate\dBpoweramp\encoder\CLI Encoder.DLL'
<-<-  [cldBCodecHandler::LoadEncoder]
BatchID  [clEncoder::Set]
->->  [dBCoreConverter::StripCoreConverterCmds]
<-<-  [dBCoreConverter::StripCoreConverterCmds]
SendRawUnCompressed  [clEncoder::Get]
Communicate  [clEncoder::Get]
->->  [dBCoreConverter::OpenDecoder]
  Reading StdIn Tmp File IDTags: Read
  Using StdInput WFX:Format Tag: 1  Channels: 2  Bits per Sample: 16  Samples Per Second: 44100  Bytes Per Second: 176400  Block Align: 4  CB Size: 0
<-<-  [dBCoreConverter::OpenDecoder]
SendOverReplayGainTags  [clEncoder::Get]
->->  [clEncoder::BeginConversion]
  Converting to 'C:\Users\User\Music\Rotten Sound\Rotten Sound - Veenom.flac.tmp.flac' encoder settings ' -cli_encoder="C:\Program Files (x86)\Encoders\FLAC\bin\flac.exe" -cli_cmd=" -o [outfile] [infile]" -nodbtag'
  Using Encoder 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Encoders\FLAC\bin\flac.exe'
  Command Line ' -o C:\Users\User\Music\ROTTEN~1\ROTTEN~2.FLA C:\Users\User\Music\ROTTEN~1\ROTTEN~1.WAV'
  Input Wave Format:Format Tag: 1  Channels: 2  Bits per Sample: 16  Samples Per Second: 44100  Bytes Per Second: 176400  Block Align: 4  CB Size: 0
  Output Wave Format:Format Tag: 1  Channels: 2  Bits per Sample: 16  Samples Per Second: 44100  Bytes Per Second: 176400  Block Align: 4  CB Size: 0
  Passing Wave Header: Yes
  Using StdInput Pipe: No
  dBpoweramp Writing Tags: No
<-<-  [clEncoder::BeginConversion]
Communicate  [clEncoder::Get]
Encoding To: CLI Encoder
Encoder Cmd Line:  -cli_encoder="C:\Program Files (x86)\Encoders\FLAC\bin\flac.exe" -cli_cmd=" -o [outfile] [infile]" -nodbtag
============= CONVERSION BEGIN =============
============= CONVERSION END =============
Communicate  [clEncoder::Get]
->->  [dBCoreConverter::CloseDecoder]
  ->->  [dBCoreConverter::CloseDecoder]
  <-<-  [dBCoreConverter::CloseDecoder]
->->  [clEncoder::EndConversion]
  Running program after conversion 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Illustrate\dBpoweramp\encoder\CLI Encoder\' Command Line: 
  Program completed
<-<-  [clEncoder::EndConversion]
Communicate  [clEncoder::Get]
  Conversion completed in 249 mili-seconds x22 realtime encoding

And it looks like it is using a file extension of ".FLA" - where does this come from? In the encoder.txt, there's only given ".flac" as extension.

I can't see the problem here, because flac.exe needs something like

flac -o myFileName.flac myFileName.wav

What else can I try?

[Spoon]

Re: Problem using CLI encoder + flac.exe

You must have the option in Windows to disable the short pathnames, because to handle unicode the short pathname is generated from the long pathname. Ie:

C:\Users\User\Music\ROTTEN~1\ROTTEN~2.FLA

is passed when it really is:

C:\Users\User\Music\ROTTENxxxxx\ROTTENxxxxx.FLAC

[exec]

Re: Problem using CLI encoder + flac.exe

OK, I've tried it with [infile_long] and [outfile_long]. It's not woking again... :(

Now in the debug log it says:

Command Line ' -o C:\Users\User\Music\Rotten Sound\Rotten Sound - Veenom.flac.tmp.flac C:\Users\User\Music\Rotten Sound\Rotten Sound - Veenom.flac.tmp.flac.tmp.wav'

Why there is this "*.flac.tmp.flac" and "*.flac.tmp.flac.tmp.wav"?

[Spoon]

Re: Problem using CLI encoder + flac.exe

You would need to close in quotes, ie "[infile_long]"

[exec]

Re: Problem using CLI encoder + flac.exe

Sorry for pushing that topic so far... :o

The qoutes doens't matter, still not working.
I just wonder, because there is no such problem using lame.exe/CLI - there it's working since the first try. Maybe flac.exe/CLI is just incompatible?