Problem encoding to m4a

[Arif]

Hello,

I have used dMc for a long while and never have had any problems with it. I recently formatted my PC and reinstalled dMc+m4a codecs and now when I try to convert any file to m4a I get this error:

Error converting to m4a Nero (AAC), <foldernames>
Error writing audio data to StdIn Pipe [clEncoder::EncodeBlock]

Have I done something wrong? Converting to m4a worked fine before the format.
Thanks in advance for any help

[LtData]

Re: Problem encoding to m4a

You downloaded and installed the Nero Digital Audio .exe's, right?
What file format are you encoding from (channels, bits/bitrate, frequency)? What settings did you pick for the encoding (bitrate, forced profile?)?

[Arif]

Re: Problem encoding to m4a

The source audio file is 32Kbit/s, 22050Hz, mono file (audio book) which I want to convert to eAAC+/HE v2 (8 or 16kBit/s) to save space and test if it's still hearable.

Edit: Here's the file info from GSpot

FILE_NAME 02_Track_1A.mp3
FILE_SIZE 10,366,119
CONT_AUDIO_STREAM_COUNT 1
AUDIO_BITRATE 32
AUDIO_BITRATE_TYPE CBR
AUDIO_CHANNEL_COUNT 1
AUDIO_CODEC MPEG-2 Layer 3
AUDIO_CODEC_STATUS Codec(s) are Installed
AUDIO_MPEG_STREAM_ID
AUDIO_MPEG_SUBSTREAM_ID
AUDIO_SAMPLE_RATE 22050

Edit2: removed some useless data

[LtData]

Re: Problem encoding to m4a

For some reason, the "force profile" option seems to give that error. If you do not force a profile, does it encode successfully and is it LC or HE or HEv2?

[Arif]

Re: Problem encoding to m4a

Wow! That seems to work :D
Thanks a lot for your help
Now I need to figure out how to determine what profile it uses.
MediaPlayer Classic says:
Audio: AAC 22050Hz stereo 705Kbps [Audio]
And GSpot says:
mp4a MPEG-4 AAC LC

If there's not a way to force HEv2 I'll just settle with this. Thanks again