Conversion gives zero size m4a & mp3 files

[gubbins]

I installed the trial of dMC r13 and all was fine. However, my pc developed some problems (unrelated to dMC) so I re-imaged my pc (WinXP SP2 with numerous apps installed). I reinstalled the trial but now when I try to convert a music file to m4a or mp3 all I get is a file with a filesize of zero bytes. Converting to flac or wav is fine though.

I've installed the Nero codec ok and tried converting a file to m4a through the comand line and that worked ok.

I'm stumped cos there are no errors reported so I don't know what to begin looking for. I tried swiching off my Comodo firewall. And I've tried a complete uninstall as described here

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

and reinstalled but still the same prob.

Any clues?

[LtData]

Re: Conversion gives zero size m4a & mp3 files

One thing that comes to mind is that the m4a and mp3 conversions are done by .exe's that dMC calls. Look through your firewall options and see if you find something about limiting the ability of programs to launch other programs.

[gubbins]

Re: Conversion gives zero size m4a & mp3 files

Thanks for the pointer. The firewall was indeed the problem. I uninstalled it and dMC worked again. Reinstalled the firewall and dMC is still working :-)