converting to compressed wav file

[stibi]

Recently, all of a sudden, everytime after converting with dBpoweramp an Mp3 file (or any other format, including a "regular" wav file (i.e.Windows PCM)) when I am trying to listen to the so converted file it plays so extremely fast that I hear only some strange tunes. I reinstalled dBpoweramp to the newest version (r 12.2), however it didn't help.

I should add, that in the dBpoweramp Music Converter window, when I choose "Convert To wav" > compressed > and I click on "Settings" and "MPEG Layer3" the first option I see in the combo box is :

kb/sec7 kBit/s, 22050 Hz, Stereo 64

whereas all the other options look like this :

kb/sec7 HZ64 kbpsABR,Stereo (or Mono) 22050

However, no matter which option I choosed, the results where the same.
Incidentally : It seems to me that in the past the all the options looked like the following one :

20kBit/s,8000 Hz,Stereo (or Mono) 2kB/sec.

Please, helped me to solve the above mentioned problem. Also, if I need some specific codec (ACM or other), please notify me where can I get it from and how to install it.

Thanks in advance
stibi

Thanks in advance
stibi

[Spoon]

Re: converting to compressed wav file

You might want to try the reset program as detailed in the faq:

http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=13285

Then reinstall.

[stibi]

Re: converting to compressed wav file

You might want to try the reset program as detailed in the faq:

http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=13285

Then reinstall.

Many thanks Spoon. Your advise helped, though partially only.
I reset dBpoweramp (using the resetPoweramp.exe device) and the reinstalled it. Now, I am able to use dBpoweramp for converting genuine wav files (or MP3 or other files) into compressed wav files, though it depends on the value I select. For example when I selected kb/sec 25 HZ,206 kbpsABR, stereo 12000 I got a file of 1.8 MB, that played so fast, that I could hear it's an audio file, but not the song. On the other hand, when I selected kb/sec Hz, 32kbpsABR stereo 11025 I got a file of 1.27 MB, which I cold hear normaly.
Such things never happened to me in the past, namely, no matter which values I selected I got a clearely hearable audio file, though it's quality and size depended on the values I choosed.
I use to compressed wav files either for adding it to PowerPoint presentations (they except only wav audio files), or for sending in one email several audio files.
Now, if one intends to e-mail a PowerPoint presentation with sound he (especially where the presentation consists of many pictures) he can't be too choosy about the sound 's quality. If, however, one is e-mailing sound files, he, probably, wants them to be of much better quality, so as to enable the recipients to listen to them via an MP3 player or stereo system. Therefore, it's important for me to be able to get compressed wav files of various qualities.
One more think : I believe that untill not long ago, the display of the various values in the dBpoweramp Music Converter window was much better then the present one (in my thread You refered to I showed an example). Would yoy know why they changed it ?

Can you, please, think of something that would enable choosing all the values and still be able to hear the outcoming file clearly.
Many thanks again
stibi

[Spoon]

Re: converting to compressed wav file

Unless it shows dbpoweramp at the bottom of the popup then Windows is showing the information, not dbpoweramp.

One of the files which plays fast, convert to an uncompressed wave file and try to play in windows media player, does it play ok?

[stibi]

Re: converting to compressed wav file

Unless it shows dbpoweramp at the bottom of the popup then Windows is showing the information, not dbpoweramp.

One of the files which plays fast, convert to an uncompressed wave file and try to play in windows media player, does it play ok?

Thanks for your propmt answers.

1) When I right click on an audio file and choose "Convert to", there appeares a window entitled "dBpoweramp Music Converter". There I selected MPEG Layer-3 and the line under the words "MPEG Layer-3" shows :

kb/sec 25 kBit/s 12000 Hz, Stereo 206Hz, 320 kbps CBR, Stereo 4800

next to that line there is an arrow, and if I press on it, there appear many options for sellection in the following pattern:

kb/sec14 Hz, 116kbpsABR, Stereo 8000

Hence, I thing that the window showing information is of dBpoweramp and not of Windows.

2) According to your suggestion, I have converted 2 files which played fast to uncompressed wav files, and played each of them with Windows Media Player. Each of them plays fast (i.e. the same as the compressed wav files).

Hope you will find solutions.
Incidentally :If I wish to convert an audio file to wav-mp3 stereo. Which channel should I choose ? (there are 5 options :auto, 2 stereo, 2 joint stereo, 2forced joint stereo, 2 dual chnnels).
Thanks again
stibi

[LtData]

Re: converting to compressed wav file

I would pick either 2 joint stereo or 2 stereo.

[Spoon]

Re: converting to compressed wav file

For creating mp3s you are better using the 'wav-mp3' option, rather than 'compressed'