Custom lame options?

[pdclose]

I have been using the CD ripper to rip audio books, and I have some custom lame settings I like. Is it possible to specify these? I am using the reference version.

--alt-preset cbr 48 -mm -h --resample 22 --lowpass 9 --ns-bass -8

The lowpass 9 and ns-bass -8 are my particular concern, the others I think I can find. (I'm assuming -h is "Encoding: Slow (High Quality)")

I found these settings on a hydrogenaudio post a long time ago on low bitrates. I'm not sure what they do, other than make the voices sound richer.

Thanks!
Paul

[LtData]

Re: Custom lame options?

Use the "Generic CLI Encoder" and the LAME .exe.

[pdclose]

Re: Custom lame options?

That looks like a great option, but I never get an entry for the CLI I create. I have R12.3 Reference (newly registered!).

I downloaded and ran the Generic CLI Encoder Creator, and there was no error, but the encoder I created (Audio Book MP3) did not appear in any dBpoweramp conversion menu.

I poked around some more and found the CLI Encoder, which claims to work with R12. It seems to work, but it also seems I need to specify the command line each place I want to invoke the encoder (i.e. ripper, converter), and CLI Encoder isn't as snappy as "Audio Book MP3"

Also, CLI Encoder seems to write v1 MP3 tags. Is this expected? Do I need to pass the tag options directly to lame on the command line?

Any ideas why Generic CLI Encoder isn't creating an encoder for me?

Thanks!
Paul

[LtData]

Re: Custom lame options?

Actually, you can make an "encoder.txt" file that lets you specify the command-line and even make sliders or radio buttons. As for tagging, I think you need to pass the tag options on the command-line, yes.
When you say you created an encoder, did you rename the .dll file and the folder to "Audio Book MP3"?

[pdclose]

Re: Custom lame options?

When I say I created an encoder, I ran the Generic CLI Encoder Creator program from http://www.dbpoweramp.com/codec-central-generic-cli.htm.

I'll try renaming the dll as the CLI Encoder help suggests.

Thanks!

[Spoon]

Re: Custom lame options?

The Generic one is not for R12, use the CLI Encoder (linked in Codec Central).

[pdclose]

Re: Custom lame options?

It might be good to mark the old ones as such

In any case, CLI Encoder is working great! I made my own encoder and am adding custom controls to configure from within the UI. Cool!

Paul

[pdclose]

Re: Custom lame options?

Actually, I have another question related to the dynamic tags.

I want to force the track title to be "Disc [disc] Track [track]". I found this works if I include the [dbnotag] in my encoder.txt file. However, I'd like this to be conditional! I thought that [disablecheckbox] would do this ("Disables item(s) following this if unchecked") but it doesn't seem to. i.e. like so:

[disablecheckbox]
4
30
0
No tags except Track Title = disc + track
--tt "Disc [disc] Track [track]" 


[dbnotag]
[/disablecheckbox]

I get no tags (except, conditionally, title) whether the box is checked or not. Is there some way to make the dbnotag conditional?

I also tried turning off tags in the options, but then my --tt string was "Disc Track". Having this setting on a per-profile basis would be fine.

Any ideas?

[Spoon]

Re: Custom lame options?

dbnottag is always on if present.