Can't convert flac to mp3 or even wav

[Morts]

Hi,

I'm sure I have the right codecs installed, but whenever I try to convert a standard 16-bit flac file, I get this error message: Error converting to mp3 (Lame), 'C:\Users\User\Desktop\01 - 4.42am (Acoustic).flac' to 'C:\Users\User\Desktop\01 - 4.42am (Acoustic)'
Error: Unable to load decoder for file type '.flac', codec not installed? visit 'Codec Central'. [dBCoreConverter::dBCoreConverter]

Clearly I'm doing something wrong, but what??! Help...

Thanks, Malc

[dbfan]

Re: Can't convert flac to mp3 or even wav

Which version of dBpoweramp do you have?

[Morts]

Re: Can't convert flac to mp3 or even wav

Which version of dBpoweramp do you have?

15.1 64-bit

[Spoon]

Re: Can't convert flac to mp3 or even wav

It is likely your security software is stopping the dll from loading or has quarantined it, check in the dBpoweramp install folder, in Decoder folder should be Flac.dll

[Morts]

Re: Can't convert flac to mp3 or even wav

It is likely your security software is stopping the dll from loading or has quarantined it, check in the dBpoweramp install folder, in Decoder folder should be Flac.dll

Yes, I do have that dll...

[Spoon]

Re: Can't convert flac to mp3 or even wav

What security software do you have?

[Morts]

Re: Can't convert flac to mp3 or even wav

What security software do you have?

Comodo firewall and Avast antivirus. And if it helps, I am getting the 'unable to load decoder for filetype...' error message for EVERYTHING. Should I uninstall and start again?

[Spoon]

Re: Can't convert flac to mp3 or even wav

You can try, but if all the dlls are being blocked dBpoweramp will not be able to load any of them.

[cpprioli]

Re: Can't convert flac to mp3 or even wav

You couls also eliminate security software activity as the cause by temporarily disabling the real-time protection and trying the coversion again. Just don't forget to reset the real-time protection to its active state afterwards...

[Morts]

Re: Can't convert flac to mp3 or even wav

You can try, but if all the dlls are being blocked dBpoweramp will not be able to load any of them.

Mr. Spoon, I have uninstalled dBpoweramp, and reinstalled to a different drive (my system/SSD) - now all works perfectly! Thanks for your time and trouble.