Please post your CLI encoder.txt files here

[lump1]

Hi, I was just about to start writing up a custom encoder.txt file for my SSE3-optimized oggenc CLI encoder, but then I thought somebody on these forums already did it.

I love the flexibility of the new CLI plugin, and I think it's a good idea to start a thread to help us get the most use out of it.

[LtData]

Re: Please post your CLI encoder.txt files here

If you install the dMC r12 SSE2-enhanced Ogg Vorbis encoder, that should help you figure it out.

[lump1]

Re: Please post your CLI encoder.txt files here

LtData, thanks for the tip about the SSE2-enhanced plugin. I might use it, but it's not the solution I want. For example, the pre-built plugins don't let you set a lowpass frequency, which is important to me, since I encode a lot of speech. Also, I'd like to use the SSE3-optimized binary since I now own a Core 2 Duo. SSE3 encodes substantially faster than just the SSE2.

It would be totally unfair to expect Spoon to custom-make a new plugin for each of these new builds, and that's exactly why he made such an awesome, customizable CLI-plugin. I'm sure there are more people using it, and if they aren't, they would once it became easier. I haven't had any success with making my own encoder.txt files apart from the most basic ones. I'm sure I'm making a small mistake, and I'd appreciate seeing more working examples so I could correct that mistake. Once I get my encoder.txt's working, I'll post them here as well. (I'm getting fairly good at the GUI design, I just keep getting errors from the encoder.)

I know that gameplaya posted some excellent encoder.txt files for version 11.5, but these unfortunately don't work for 12:

http://www.geocities.com/gameplaya_15143/howto/

One of the problems is that the syntax is not documented, but it also doesn't look difficult, so I'm sure a bit of user tweaking will be enough to figure it out.

[LtData]

Re: Please post your CLI encoder.txt files here

I brought up the SSE2-enhanced Vobis encoder to mainly let you have an example of a working r12 encoder.txt file.

Also, I would think that the CLI encoder includes a help file that explains how everything works, but I might be mistaken.

[lump1]

Re: Please post your CLI encoder.txt files here

Alright, here we go: Below is a debugged encoder.txt file designed for use with any oggenc2.exe binary, including Lancer's optimized ones. This allows you to set the an upper frequency cutoff with a slider and also choose between various resampling options. It seems to encode without creating a temp file. I'm not sure how I pulled this off; I based my design on Spoon's own encoder.txt which came with the optimized beta Ogg Vorbis plugin.

[FONT=Courier New][codec]
.ogg
oggenc2.exe

[label]
4
2
Target:


[radio&slider]
4
24
292
1
40
0
Quality (VBR)

13
Quality -2   (estimated bit rate: 32 Kbps)
-q -2
Quality -1   (estimated bit rate: 48 Kbps)
-q -1
Quality 0   (estimated bit rate: 64 Kbps)
-q 0
Quality 0.5   (estimated bit rate: 72 Kbps)
-q 0.5
Quality 1   (estimated bit rate: 80 Kbps)
-q 1
Quality 1.5   (estimated bit rate: 88 Kbps)
-q 1.5
Quality 2   (estimated bit rate: 96 Kbps)
-q 2
Quality 2.5   (estimated bit rate: 104 Kbps)
-q 2.5
Quality 3   (estimated bit rate: 112 Kbps)
-q 3
Quality 3.5   (estimated bit rate: 120 Kbps)
-q 3.5
Quality 4   (estimated bit rate: 128 Kbps)
-q 4
Quality 4.5   (estimated bit rate: 144 Kbps)
-q 4.5
Quality 5   (estimated bit rate: 160 Kbps)
-q 5
Quality 5.5   (estimated bit rate: 176 Kbps)
-q 5.5
Quality 6   (estimated bit rate: 192 Kbps)
-q 6
Quality 6.5   (estimated bit rate: 208 Kbps)
-q 6.5
Quality 7   (estimated bit rate: 224 Kbps)
-q 7
Quality 7.5   (estimated bit rate: 236 Kbps)
-q 7.5
Quality 8   (estimated bit rate: 256 Kbps)
-q 8
Quality 8.5  (estimated bit rate: 300 Kbps)
-q 8.5
Quality 9   (estimated bit rate: 350 Kbps)
-q 9
Quality 9.5  (estimated bit rate: 425 Kbps)
-q 9.5
Quality 10   (estimated bit rate: 500 Kbps)
-q 10
[/sliderend]
110
0
Bit Rate (ABR)

8
Average Bit Rate: 48 Kbps
-b 48000
Average Bit Rate: 56 Kbps
-b 56000
Average Bit Rate: 64 Kbps
-b 64000
Average Bit Rate: 80 Kbps
-b 80000
Average Bit Rate: 96 Kbps
-b 96000
Average Bit Rate: 128 Kbps
-b 128000
Average Bit Rate: 144 Kbps
-b 144000
Average Bit Rate: 160 Kbps
-b 160000
Average Bit Rate: 192 Kbps
-b 192000
Average Bit Rate: 224 Kbps
-b 224000
Average Bit Rate: 256 Kbps
-b 256000
Average Bit Rate: 320 Kbps
-b 320000
Average Bit Rate: 400 Kbps
-b 400000
Average Bit Rate: 500 Kbps
-b 500000
[/sliderend]
184
0
Bit Rate (CBR)

8
Constant Bit Rate: 48 Kbps
--managed -b 48000
Constant Bit Rate: 56 Kbps
--managed -b 56000
Constant Bit Rate: 64 Kbps
--managed -b 64000
Constant Bit Rate: 80 Kbps
--managed -b 80000
Constant Bit Rate: 96 Kbps
--managed -b 96000
Constant Bit Rate: 128 Kbps
--managed -b 128000
Constant Bit Rate: 144 Kbps
--managed -b 144000
Constant Bit Rate: 160 Kbps
--managed -b 160000
Constant Bit Rate: 192 Kbps
--managed -b 192000
Constant Bit Rate: 224 Kbps
--managed -b 224000
Constant Bit Rate: 256 Kbps
--managed -b 256000
Constant Bit Rate: 320 Kbps
--managed -b 320000
Constant Bit Rate: 400 Kbps
--managed -b 400000
Constant Bit Rate: 500 Kbps
--managed -b 500000
[/sliderend]



[label]
10
44
low quality (smaller file)
808080

[label]
216
44
high quality (larger file)
808080


[combo]
53
66
70
1
Samplerate:

same as source

96,000 Hz
 --resample 96000
96,000 Hz HQ
 --resample 96000 -S 0
88,200 Hz
 --resample 88200
48,000 Hz 
 --resample 48000
48,000 Hz HQ
 --resample 48000 -S 0
44,100 Hz
 --resample 44100
44,100 Hz HQ
 --resample 44100 -S 0
40,000 Hz
 --resample 40000
37,800 Hz
 --resample 37800
33,075 Hz
 --resample 33075
32,768 Hz
 --resample 32768
32,000 Hz
 --resample 32000
32,000 Hz HQ
 --resample 32000 -S 0
26,000 Hz
 --resample 26000
24,000 Hz
 --resample 24000
22,050 Hz
 --resample 22050
22,050 Hz HQ
 --resample 22050 -S 0
16,000 Hz
 --resample 16000
12,000 Hz
 --resample 12000
11,025 Hz
 --resample 11025
11,025 Hz HQ
 --resample 11025 -S 0
8,000 Hz
 --resample 8000
6,000 Hz
 --resample 6000



[checkbox]
136
67
0
Mono
 --downmix


[slider]
175
66
120
1
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 10 KHz
 --advanced-encode-option lowpass_frequency=10
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 11 KHz
 --advanced-encode-option lowpass_frequency=11
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 12 KHz
 --advanced-encode-option lowpass_frequency=12
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 13 KHz
 --advanced-encode-option lowpass_frequency=13
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 14 KHz
 --advanced-encode-option lowpass_frequency=14
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 14.5 KHz
 --advanced-encode-option lowpass_frequency=14.5
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 15 KHz
 --advanced-encode-option lowpass_frequency=15
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 15.5 KHz
 --advanced-encode-option lowpass_frequency=15.5
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 16 KHz
 --advanced-encode-option lowpass_frequency=16
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 16.5 KHz
 --advanced-encode-option lowpass_frequency=16.5
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 17 KHz
 --advanced-encode-option lowpass_frequency=17
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 17.5 KHz
 --advanced-encode-option lowpass_frequency=17.5
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 18 KHz
 --advanced-encode-option lowpass_frequency=18
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 18.5 KHz
 --advanced-encode-option lowpass_frequency=18.5
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 19 KHz
 --advanced-encode-option lowpass_frequency=19.0
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 19.3 KHz
 --advanced-encode-option lowpass_frequency=19.3
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 19.5 KHz
 --advanced-encode-option lowpass_frequency=19.5
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 19.7 KHz
 --advanced-encode-option lowpass_frequency=19.7
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 19.8 KHz
 --advanced-encode-option lowpass_frequency=19.8
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 19.9 KHz
 --advanced-encode-option lowpass_frequency=19.9
Encode All Frequencies (no cutoff)




[clistring]
 -p 1 - -o [outfile]

[highestqualitydecode]


[minfreq]
8000

[maxfreq]
96000

[maxchannels]
6

[helpbutton]
283
0
Help\Codec\ogg lancer\Help.htm

[estimatesize]
-q 10
500000
-q -2
32000
-q -1
48000
-q 0.5
72000
-q 0
64000
-q 1.5
88000
-q 1
80000
-q 2.5
104000
-q 2
96000
-q 3.5
120000
-q 3
112000
-q 4.5
144000
-q 4
128000
-q 5.5
176000
-q 5
160000
-q 6.5
208000
-q 6
192000
-q 7.5
236000
-q 7
224000
-q 8.5
300000
-q 8
256000
-q 9.5
425000
-q 9
350000
-b 500000
500000
-b 400000
400000
-b 320000
320000
-b 256000
256000
-b 224000
224000
-b 192000
192000
-b 160000
160000
-b 144000
144000
-b 128000
128000
-b 96000
96000
-b 80000
80000
-b 64000
64000
-b 56000
56000
-b 48000
48000

[/FONT]

[lump1]

Here's one for LAME.EXE

Alright, here comes an encoder.txt for LAME.EXE! Woo! I know there are millions of superstitions out there about how to get the best results out of Lame. There are so many options! Since there is only limited space to work with, I'm afraid this GUI looks far too busy. It has all the options that I care about, without leaving much room to add more. I got this working by trial and error and I'd welcome suggestions. I wasn't able to make it idiot-proof: you can set things up so as to make LAME not work - for example, by doing CBR and setting a different "minimum bitrate", or by choosing a minimum bitrate below 32 when your sampling rate is 44,100 Hz. (The lower minimum bitrates are allowed for 22,050 Hz mp3's, and they're useful when you're encoding speech.)

[codec]
.mp3
lame.exe

[label]
4
2
Method:


[radio&slider]
4
21
292
1
38
0
VBR - default

7
Variable Bitrate Quality: -V 9  [estimated bitrate for stereo music: 70 kbps]      "speech"
-V 9 --vbr-old
Variable Bitrate Quality: -V 8  [estimated bitrate for stereo music: 80 kbps]
-V 8 --vbr-old
Variable Bitrate Quality: -V 7  [estimated bitrate for stereo music: 100 kbps]
-V 7 --vbr-old
Variable Bitrate Quality: -V 6  [estimated bitrate for stereo music: 120 kbps]
-V 6 --vbr-old
Variable Bitrate Quality: -V 5  [estimated bitrate for stereo music: 130 kbps]
-V 5 --vbr-old
Variable Bitrate Quality: -V 4  [estimated bitrate for stereo music: 160 kbps]     "medium"
-V 4 --vbr-old
Variable Bitrate Quality: -V 3  [estimated bitrate for stereo music: 170 kbps]
-V 3 --vbr-old
Variable Bitrate Quality: -V 2  [estimated bitrate for stereo music: 190 kbps]    "standard"
-V 2 --vbr-old
Variable Bitrate Quality: -V 1  [estimated bitrate for stereo music: 220 kbps]
-V 1 --vbr-old
Variable Bitrate Quality: -V 0  [estimated bitrate for stereo music: 240 kbps]     "extreme"
-V 0 --vbr-old
[/sliderend]
112
0
VBR-new

7
Variable Bitrate Quality: -V 9  Experimental VBR, use with caution! [~70 kbps]   "speech"
-V 9 --vbr-new
Variable Bitrate Quality: -V 8  Experimental VBR, use with caution! [~80 kbps]
-V 8 --vbr-new
Variable Bitrate Quality: -V 7  Experimental VBR, use with caution! [~100 kbps]
-V 7 --vbr-new
Variable Bitrate Quality: -V 6  Experimental VBR, use with caution! [~120 kbps]
-V 6 --vbr-new
Variable Bitrate Quality: -V 5  Experimental VBR, use with caution! [~130 kbps]
-V 5 --vbr-new
Variable Bitrate Quality: -V 4  Experimental VBR, use with caution! [~160 kbps]   "medium"
-V 4 --vbr-new
Variable Bitrate Quality: -V 3  Experimental VBR, use with caution! [~170 kbps]
-V 3 --vbr-new
Variable Bitrate Quality: -V 2  Experimental VBR, use with caution! [~190 kbps]   "standard"
-V 2 --vbr-new
Variable Bitrate Quality: -V 1  Experimental VBR, use with caution! [~220 kbps]
-V 1 --vbr-new
Variable Bitrate Quality: -V 0  Experimental VBR, use with caution! [~240 kbps]   "extreme"
-V 0 --vbr-new
[/sliderend]
165
0
ABR

13
Average Bitrate:  32 kbps
--abr 32
Average Bitrate:  45 kbps
--abr 45
Average Bitrate:  56 kbps
--abr 56
Average Bitrate:  64 kbps
--abr 64
Average Bitrate:  70 kbps
--abr 70
Average Bitrate:  80 kbps
--abr 80
Average Bitrate:  96 kbps
--abr 96
Average Bitrate:  112 kbps
--abr 112
Average Bitrate:  128 kbps
--abr 128
Average Bitrate:  135 kbps
--abr 135
Average Bitrate:  160 kbps
--abr 160
Average Bitrate:  170 kbps
--abr 170
Average Bitrate:  180 kbps
--abr 180
Average Bitrate:  192 kbps
--abr 192
Average Bitrate:  210 kbps
--abr 210
Average Bitrate:  224 kbps
--abr 224
Average Bitrate:  256 kbps
--abr 256
Average Bitrate:  270 kbps
--abr 270
[/sliderend]
221
0
CBR

10
Constant Bitrate:  32 kbps
-b 32
Constant Bitrate:  45 kbps
-b 45
Constant Bitrate:  56 kbps
-b 56
Constant Bitrate:  64 kbps
-b 64
Constant Bitrate:  80 kbps
-b 80
Constant Bitrate:  96 kbps
-b 96
Constant Bitrate:  112 kbps
-b 112
Constant Bitrate:  128 kbps
-b 128
Constant Bitrate:  160 kbps
-b 160
Constant Bitrate:  192 kbps
-b 192
Constant Bitrate:  224 kbps
-b 224
Constant Bitrate:  256 kbps
-b 256
Constant Bitrate:  320 kbps
-b 320
[/sliderend]



[combo]
1
42
67
1
Default Stereo

Mono (-m m)
 -m m
Stereo (-m s)
 -m s
Joint Stereo
 -m j
Forced mid/side
 -m f
Dual (-m d)
 -m d
Intensity (-m i)
 -m i
Automatic
 -m a



[combo]
72
42
50
1
Quality:
 -q 2
0-Glacial
 -q 0
1-Slow
 -q 1
2-"High Q"
 -q 2
3
 -q 3
4-Default
 -q 1
5
 -q 5
6
 -q 6
7-Fast
 -q 7
8
 -q 8
9-Crap
 -q 9

 
[combo]
126
42
68
1
Samplerate:

same as source

48,000 Hz 
 --resample 48
44,100 Hz
 --resample 44.1
32,000 Hz
 --resample 32
24,000 Hz
 --resample 24
22,050 Hz
 --resample 22.05
16,000 Hz
 --resample 16
12,000 Hz
 --resample 12
11,025 Hz
 --resample 11.025
8,000 Hz
 --resample 8


[checkbox]
201
44
0
-Z
 -Z

[checkbox]
224
44
0
Strictly enforce ISO
 --strictly-enforce-ISO


[slider]
50
66
120
1
Minimum VBR bitrate - NONE

<22kHz only! Min VBR bitrate - 8 kbps
 -b 8
<22kHz only! Min VBR bitrate - 16 kbps
 -b 16
<24kHz only! Min VBR bitrate - 24 kbps
 -b 24
Minimum VBR bitrate - 32 kbps
 -b 32
Minimum VBR bitrate - 48 kbps
 -b 48
Minimum VBR bitrate - 56 kbps
 -b 56
Minimum VBR bitrate - 64 kbps
 -b 64
Minimum VBR bitrate - 96 kbps
 -b 96
Minimum VBR bitrate - 112 kbps
 -b 112
Minimum VBR bitrate - 128 kbps
 -b 128
Minimum VBR bitrate - 160 kbps
 -b 160
Let LAME set minimum VBR bitrate



[slider]
175
66
120
20
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 10 KHz
 --lowpass 10
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 11 KHz
 --lowpass 11
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 12 KHz
 --lowpass 12
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 13 KHz
 --lowpass 13
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 14 KHz
 --lowpass 14
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 14.5 KHz
 --lowpass 14.5
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 15 KHz
 --lowpass 15
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 15.5 KHz
 --lowpass 15.5
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 16 KHz
 --lowpass 16
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 16.5 KHz
 --lowpass 16.5
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 17 KHz
 --lowpass 17
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 17.5 KHz
 --lowpass 17.5
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 18 KHz
 --lowpass 18
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 18.5 KHz
 --lowpass 18.5
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 19 KHz
 --lowpass 19.0
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 19.3 KHz
 --lowpass 19.3
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 19.5 KHz
 --lowpass 19.5
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 19.7 KHz
 --lowpass 19.7
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 19.8 KHz
 --lowpass 19.8
Upper Frequency Cutoff: 19.9 KHz
 --lowpass 19.9
Encode All Frequencies (no cutoff)




[clistring]
 - -o [outfile]

[highestqualitydecode]


[minfreq]
8000

[maxfreq]
96000

[maxchannels]
6

[helpbutton]
288
0
Help\Codec\ogg lancer\Help.htm

[estimatesize]
-V 0
256000
-V 1
226000
-V 2
200000
-V 3
190000
-V 4
170000
-V 5
155000
-V 6
140000
-V 7
120000
-V 8
100000
-V 9
85000
-b 320
320000
-b 256
256000
-b 224
224000
-b 192
192000
-b 160
160000
-b 1440
144000
-b 128
128000
-b 96
96000
-b 80
80000
-b 64
64000
-b 56
56000
-b 48
48000

[lump1]

Re: Please post your CLI encoder.txt files here

Here is the encoder.txt for Tom's lossless Audio Kompressor, the best performing lossless compressor available.

As with the rest of these encoder.exe files, you'll first need to install the command line encoder from Codec Central, make a copy of your "CLI Encoder.dll" and name the copy something like "TAK lossless encoder.dll" and then put this encoder.exe into a new folder ...Illustrate\dBpoweramp\encoder\TAK lossless encoder.

[codec]
.tak
takc.exe

[msgifnoencoder]
Before using this encoder a seperate component must first be installed from http://thbeck.de/Tak/Tak.html.

[clistring]
 -e


[radio&slider]
4
21
292
1
4
0
Evaluation: Fast

6
Compression Strengh: 0 (big file, fast compression)
 -p0
Compression Strengh: 1
 -p1
Compression Strengh: 2 (default)
 -p2
Compression Strengh: 3
 -p3
Compression Strengh: 4
 -p4
Compression Strengh: 5 (best compression)
 -p5
[/sliderend]
90
0
Evaluation: Extra (-e)

6
Compression Strengh: 0 (big file, fast compression)
 -p0e
Compression Strengh: 1
 -p1e
Compression Strengh: 2 (default)
 -p2e
Compression Strengh: 3
 -p3e
Compression Strengh: 4
 -p4e
Compression Strengh: 5 (best compression)
 -p5e
[/sliderend]
190
0
Evaluation: Max (-m)

6
Compression Strengh: 0 (big file, fast compression)
 -p0m
Compression Strengh: 1
 -p1m
Compression Strengh: 2 (default)
 -p2m
Compression Strengh: 3
 -p3m
Compression Strengh: 4
 -p4m
Compression Strengh: 5 (best compression)
 -p5m
[/sliderend]

[label]
10
44
faster compression
808080

[label]
216
44
higher compression ratio
808080

[combo]
70
65
110
1
Frame Size Limit: Default

512 samples/channel
 -fsl512
1024 samples/channel
 -fsl1024
2048 samples/channel
 -fsl2048
4096 samples/channel
 -fsl4096
8192 samples/channel
 -fsl8192
16384 samples/channel
 -fsl16384



[checkbox]
200
67
0
Verify each frame
 -v





[clistring]
 -overwrite -ihs - "[outfile]"

[highestqualitydecode]


[minfreq]
8000

[maxfreq]
96000

[maxchannels]
6

[Sylph]

Re: Here's one for LAME.EXE

Alright, here comes an encoder.txt for LAME.EXE!

I was wondering why this one doesn't seem to work anymore in R14? :( :blush:

[Sylph]

Re: Here's one for LAME.EXE

My mistake, it works. Although it doesn't reflect the latest LAME changes.