now i've done it -

[savagcl]

Somehow i managed to get two (2, count'em) mp3 Lame codec into dbpoweramp.........

Looking under dbpoweramp>Compression I have a folder named: Lame and a folder
named: mp3(Lame.exe).
These folders breakdown as having:
Lame folder files = copying and lame enc.dll
mp3Lame folder files = lame.exe and options.txt

Which folder do i need to get rid of??

Also, under the compression folder there are 2 .dll's as named: Mp3(Lame).dll and mp3(lame.exe).dll.
Do i need to get rid of one of them? Which one??

Have no idea how this happened or if this is the way its supposed to be....

I tried the 24bit, 48khz, 5.1 wav on an mp3 file (It worked and sounded great but a very large file.
When i tried to convert that wav back to an mp3 file, i got an error msg as:
"The CODEC required to compress 'E:\NM2\AmesBrothersRagMop.mp3.TEMP.mp3' could not be opened."
Seeing this error, i looked at the folder and saw the duplicate(?) codex.

Thanks for all help,
savagcl

[ChristinaS]

Re: now i've done it -

Somehow i managed to get two (2, count'em) mp3 Lame codec into dbpoweramp.........

Looking under dbpoweramp>Compression I have a folder named: Lame and a folder
named: mp3(Lame.exe).
These folders breakdown as having:
Lame folder files = copying and lame enc.dll
mp3Lame folder files = lame.exe and options.txt

Which folder do i need to get rid of??

Also, under the compression folder there are 2 .dll's as named: Mp3(Lame).dll and mp3(lame.exe).dll.
Do i need to get rid of one of them? Which one??

Have no idea how this happened or if this is the way its supposed to be....

I tried the 24bit, 48khz, 5.1 wav on an mp3 file (It worked and sounded great but a very large file.
When i tried to convert that wav back to an mp3 file, i got an error msg as:
"The CODEC required to compress 'E:\NM2\AmesBrothersRagMop.mp3.TEMP.mp3' could not be opened."
Seeing this error, i looked at the folder and saw the duplicate(?) codex.

Thanks for all help,
savagcl

Hmmm... all the programs and codecs related to dBpowerAMP must be installed (but not necessarily downloaded) to the same folder from the start it appears.

As for your not being able to encode your 24-bit wav file to mp3 - can you encode anything at all to mp3?

[xoas]

Re: now i've done it -

Somehow i managed to get two (2, count'em) mp3 Lame codec into dbpoweramp.........

Not a problem. You downloaded the mp3 lame.exe codec which provides extra command line flexibility to the built-in lame codec. You do not need to worry about either the double folders or the double .dll files.

As for not convertring the 24 bit 5.1 channel wav to mp3, I don't know as you can (the exception might be using the lame command line exe with which I am not familiar save for downloading and installing it to confirm the information in the first paragraph).
Try converting the wav to 16 bit, 44.1 khz, 2 channel wav and then to mp3.

Best wishes,
Bill Mikkelsen

[savagcl]

Re: now i've done it -

Well, at least now i understand what happened.

I remembered that i had a zipped backup. I just wiped out everything and
unzipped it. All back to normal (for now).

I got to learn to keep my fingers out of things that are working already!!

:blush: :blush:

savagcl
(clif)