Can't convert to u-Law

[tcbb]

Trying to convert 44KHz 16 Bit PCM to 8KHZ 8bit u-Law, no dsp. All I get is errors and 0kb wavs.

Any Ideas?

Thnx.

Splitting Command Line:Done
->-> [dBCoreConverter::ReaddBCommandFile]
<-<- [dBCoreConverter::ReaddBCommandFile]
Allying to Processor 1
->-> [cldBCodecHandler::FindDecoder]
Checking Decoder 'C:\Program Files\Illustrate\dBpoweramp\decoder\Wave.dll' for extension '.wav'
Decodes [clDecoder::Get]
<<< Match, using decoder
Using Registry Cached Decoder: C:\Program Files\Illustrate\dBpoweramp\decoder\Wave.dll
<-<- [cldBCodecHandler::FindDecoder]
BatchID [clDecoder::Set]
->-> [cldBCodecHandler::LoadEncoder]
Loading Encoder 'C:\Program Files\Illustrate\dBpoweramp\encoder\Wave.DLL'
<-<- [cldBCodecHandler::LoadEncoder]
BatchID [clEncoder::Set]
->-> [dBCoreConverter::StripCoreConverterCmds]
<-<- [dBCoreConverter::StripCoreConverterCmds]
SendRawUnCompressed [clEncoder::Get]
Communicate [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate [clEncoder::Get]
NeedHQAudio [clEncoder::Get]
->-> [clDecoder::Open]
Opening file 'G:\Work In Progress\4_30_07\Titles\Daz Dillinger\Edit\doukno1.wav' for read access: Opened
Reading Audio Information
->-> [clWaveDecoder::Initialize]
<-<- [clWaveDecoder::Initialize]
->-> [clRIFFHandler::Initialize]
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
<-<- [clRIFFHandler::Initialize]
->-> [clRIFFHandler::ScanFile]
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
RIFF Header 'RIFF' Length: 5292124 FormType 'WAVE'
Got Chunk 'fmt ' Length: 16 RiffSizeLeft: 5292112 ChunkPosition: 12
Got Chunk 'data' Length: 5292000 RiffSizeLeft: 5292088 ChunkPosition: 36
Got Chunk 'LIST' Length: 80 RiffSizeLeft: 80 ChunkPosition: 5292044
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
<-<- [clRIFFHandler::ScanFile]
Read Audio Information
->-> [clWaveDecoder::ReadIDTags]
->-> [clWaveDecoder::PullOutFMTnDATA]
Finding 'fmt ' chunk.
Finding 'data' chunk.
Assigning 'fmt ' chunk to WFX
<-<- [clWaveDecoder::PullOutFMTnDATA]
->-> [clRIFFLISTChunk::InitFrom]
Found Correct INFO ID, decoding LIST chunk:
<-<- [clRIFFLISTChunk::InitFrom]
5 ID Tags:
Year: 2007-05-03
Engineer:
Encoded By: Sony Sound Forge 9.0
_riff_1: DATA Length: 4 fmt
_riff_2: DATA Length: 4 data
<-<- [clWaveDecoder::ReadIDTags]
->-> [clWaveDecoder::FillAudioProps]
Audio Quality: CD (Lossless)
Encoder Settings: PCM
Wave Header: Wave Format PCM
Channel Mapping: Left, Right
Sample Count: 1,323,000
Riff Chunks: 'fmt ' 16 bytes, 'data' 5.05 MB, 'LIST' 80 bytes
ID Tag: LIST
Contains: ID Tag[LIST]
Gapless: Yes
<-<- [clWaveDecoder::FillAudioProps]
Writing Audio Information
->-> [clWaveDecoder::FillAudioInfo]
Audio Length: 30000 mili-seconds 5292000 bytes 1411 kbps
<-<- [clWaveDecoder::FillAudioInfo]
Written Audio Information
Preparing to Decode
->-> [clWaveDecoder::PrepareToDecodeAudio]
Calling ACMDecoder.CreateNewConverter
Compressed WFX (on file): Format Tag: 1 Channels: 2 Bits per Sample: 16 Samples Per Second: 44100 Bytes Per Second: 176400 Block Align: 4 CB Size: 0
Uncompressed WFX (sent to db): Format Tag: 1 Channels: 2 Bits per Sample: 16 Samples Per Second: 44100 Bytes Per Second: 176400 Block Align: 4 CB Size: 0
Setting Position in File
<-<- [clWaveDecoder::PrepareToDecodeAudio]
Prepared Decoding
<-<- [clDecoder::Open]
->-> [clEncoder::BeginConversion]
Converting to 'G:\Work In Progress\test\doukno1.wav' encoder settings ' -compression="ACM" -bits="16" -freq="44100" -acm="07000100401F0000401F0000010008000000"'
*** Error: Wave Encoder: Error Converting from 'Format Tag: 1 Channels: 2 Bits per Sample: 16 Samples Per Second: 44100 Bytes Per Second: 176400 Block Align: 4 CB Size: 0' to 'Format Tag: 7 Channels: 1 Bits per Sample: 8 Samples Per Second: 8000 Bytes Per Second: 8000 Block Align: 1 CB Size: 0'
<-<- [clEncoder::BeginConversion]

[LtData]

Re: Can't convert to u-Law

What format are you trying to convert to? What version of dMC are you using? Have you tried r12.1?

[tcbb]

Re: Can't convert to u-Law

What format are you trying to convert to? What version of dMC are you using? Have you tried r12.1?

u-law Wav, of course. and yes, using dbpa reference r12.1.

Thanks

[LtData]

Re: Can't convert to u-Law

I get the same error trying to convert WAV files. I also tried using the "Bit Depth" DSP, set to 8-bit, and the Resample DSP, set to 8KHz. Still got the error.

As to what causes it, it will bear more investigating. I will experiment more and see if I can figure out how to do this.

[LtData]

Re: Can't convert to u-Law

Are you converting to mono or stereo?

[tcbb]

Re: Can't convert to u-Law

Mono, from stereo.

I had also tried to use DSP to set channel count, change bit depth and re-sample before the conversion to ulaw, but no luck.

In the meantime I've resorted to using SoX with the Run External DSP Plugin, but would like to have my dbpa working as advertised :smile2:

Thanks

[tcbb]

Re: Can't convert to u-Law

Bump

[Spoon]

Re: Can't convert to u-Law

Confirmed bug, it will be looked at as soon as we can.

[Spoon]

Re: Can't convert to u-Law

Fixed in R12.2 beta