wma to aiff cuts the track short on most players

[dj2thew]

I'm running XP, I've downloaded and installed the wma codec and rebooted. Every time I convert, the newly converted track is about half the length in media player and real player. It only holds its original lengnth in quicktime.

When I manipulate the bitrate low enough, it gets the whole track but sounds like poop.

what am I doing wrong?

[RossRoy]

Re: wma to aiff cuts the track short on most players

Have you noticed if the file plays faster/slower than the original? If so, you might have an encoding frequency issue that dBPowerAmp might not be picking up.

[dj2thew]

Re: wma to aiff cuts the track short on most players

Thank you for the speedy response.

The track is audibly identical to the original in quality (when the sample rate is up) and speed. It plays well then simply stops. The higher the bit rate, the shorter the output track and vice versa. This leads me to believe that there is some inverse relationship between quality (sample rate) and length of the track.

Striking a happy medium between the two doesn't work because the quality suffers too much to allow for the length.

Any other thoughts?

[RossRoy]

Re: wma to aiff cuts the track short on most players

Could you send the file to me? I'll see what I can do..

dbpoweramp at dynagroup-tech.com

[dj2thew]

Re: wma to aiff cuts the track short on most players

I sent it to:
dbpoweramp at dynagroup-tech.com

was that the email?

[RossRoy]

Re: wma to aiff cuts the track short on most players

Yes, that was the right email. I edited your message to take out the actual email to prevent bots from grabbing it and start spamming me.

[RossRoy]

Re: wma to aiff cuts the track short on most players

This is the original file and you want to make an AIFF out of it?

[Spoon]

Re: wma to aiff cuts the track short on most players

>media player and real player

Sounds like the bugs are with these two.

[RossRoy]

Re: wma to aiff cuts the track short on most players

I just tried converting the file with a few different settings and it is fine all the time. Now I can't tell for the quality though, I'm on cheap HP speakers so..