Command line flags ignored with m4a

[spyros@spyros.c]

executing command line converter as follows:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Illustrate\dBpoweramp>coreconverter.exe
-infile="O:\ABBA\Gold- Greatest Hits\01 Dancing Queen.wma"
-outfile="c:\temp\ABBA\Gold- Greatest Hits\01 Dancing Queen.m4a"
-convert_to="m4a Nero (AAC)" -q .95 -ignorelength -if - -of {qt}[outfile]{qt}

The -convert_to string was taken directly from regedit. I can use dbPowerAmp GUI interactively to encode to m4a Nero (AAC) at q .95, to get about 400 VBR. When I use the command line above, it gives me 151kbps encoding instead. No matter what number I use after the -q, I still get 151kbps from a command line encoding (whereas I can vary it fine in the GUI).

Can you point to what I might be doing wrong?
Thanks.

[spyros@spyros.c]

Re: Command line flags ignored with m4a

The same is true if I use dmc in c*blooper*:

dMC.Convert(file.FullName, targetName, "m4a Nero (AAC)", "-q 0.95 -ignorelength -if - -of {qt}[outfile]{qt}", "");

This still produces a 151kbps output file, even though -q 0.95 should produce a 390kbps output file. To reiterate, doing a conversion manually with dbPowerAmp and selecting 0.95 DOES produce a correct 390kbps m4a, so the problem is in the script syntax somehow. Can someone help?

[Spoon]

Re: Command line flags ignored with m4a

See:

http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=18997

To get the correct commandline.

[spyros@spyros.c]

Re: Command line flags ignored with m4a

that's where I got it from, before posting both the command line and the dMC.convert examples. Cut and pasted from there (meaning from the registry location shown by the example):

CodecCLI_m4a Nero (AAC)

-cli_encoder="C:\Program Files (x86)\Illustrate\dBpoweramp\encoder\m4a Nero (AAC)\neroAacEnc.exe" -cli_cmd="-q .95 -ignorelength -if - -of {qt}[outfile]{qt}" -selection="0,10,0"

I tried exact cut and paste, changing .95 to 0.95, and also removing anything after the .95 in the string. All with same result.

[spyros@spyros.c]

Re: Command line flags ignored with m4a

:komisch12 Ah! so the trick was to include the whole -cli_encoder string from the very beginning, not just the -cli_cmd params. Got it working. Thanks! For anyone else who wants to do in C*blooper*, here was the complete command, properly escaped:

dMC.Convert(file.FullName, targetName, "m4a Nero (AAC)", " -cli_encoder=\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Illustrate\\dBpoweramp\\encoder\\m4a Nero (AAC)\\neroAacEnc.exe\" -cli_cmd=\"-q .95 -ignorelength -if - -of {qt}[outfile]{qt}\" -selection=\"0,10,0\"", "");

FYI, running on win 7, 64 bits.

[RNW]

Re: Command line flags ignored with m4a

Hello Spyros,
I have the same problem, but I can't programm in C + +.
How should I handle it using the commandline-converter?

Thanks for your attention...

[RNW]

Re: Command line flags ignored with m4a

Got it.....

C:\Program Files\Illustrate\dBpowerAMP>coreconverter.exe -infile="i:\Source.mp2" -outfile="i:\Destination.m4a" -tag="Artist=Me"{qt} -tag="Title=Titeltje"{qt} -ta
g="Year=2012"{qt} -convert_to="M4a Nero (AAC)" -cli_encoder="C:\Program Files\Illustrate\dBpowerAMP\encoder\m4a Nero (AAC)\neroAacEnc.exe" -cli_cmd="-q .15 -ignorelength -if - -of {qt}[outfile]{qt}" -selection="1,2,0"