dbpoweramp core converter has stopped working

[Gum56]

:(Hi
I am hoping someone can help me with a problem I am having first let me say I'm running Vista 64 bit & a core 2 duo processorwith the latest version of dbpoweramp. While doing a batch conversion of mp3's (converting 128 to 160). While doing the batch conversion this keeps popping up even though the program is still running, all I do is close the prompt. It's very annoying. I left the program running and went to bed when I came back it had 542 of these prompts. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

dbpoweramp core converter has stopped working
--->Check online for a solution
---> Close the program

If you view problem details this is what you get.

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: CoreConverter.exe
Application Version: 13.1.0.2
Application Timestamp: 48c6a62a
Fault Module Name: mp3.dll
Fault Module Version: 13.1.0.2
Fault Module Timestamp: 48c6bb05
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00033376
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: fd00
Additional Information 2: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
Additional Information 3: fd00
Additional Information 4: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160

[Spoon]

Re: dbpoweramp core converter has stopped working

It is a known issue with writing ID3v2 unicode tags (where there is a www. source tag), a new beta this week will fix this issue.

[Gum56]

Re: dbpoweramp core converter has stopped working

:o

It is a known issue with writing ID3v2 unicode tags (where there is a www. source tag), a new beta this week will fix this issue.

Thanks for the advice spoon, where will the new beta be and can i get it? cause i got over 98,000 files i need to convert!

[Spoon]

Re: dbpoweramp core converter has stopped working

Yes will be an open beta.

[LtData]

Re: dbpoweramp core converter has stopped working

Betas are always in the Beta section of the forum.

[dvdr]

Re: dbpoweramp core converter has stopped working

@Gum56
Sorry for busting into this discussion: but I am asking myself, why you'd want to do this conversion - I would encourage you to not do it, since you will not receive a better sound quality, but an even worse one instead.

The reason for this: mp3 is a lossy format. Encoding @ 128 will mask (and loose) certain parts of the original (@128 that's quite much!) that cannot be restored or improved by re-encoding an mp3 to a higher bitrate.
Instead, when recompressing (even at higher bitrates, like you planned to), you will introduce artifacts, that will deteriorate the sound even more than leaving the files as they are right now.
So, the only way to make your old files sound better (if you want to achieve that) is recompressing them from the original CD's/Wav's/lossless originals.