Problem converting .mp3 files - only getting first track

[JerryK]

Hello all.

I have an mp3 album that plays in Real Player but nowhere else.

I was hoping to convert it to .wav and then back to .mp3. When I convert, the converted .wav file plays, but it is only grabbing the first track.

While it is converting, the remaining time says that it still has a few minutes to go and the status bar shows that it is about 1/10 done. Then it just ends.

I checked the Playback Statistics in Real just to verify that it is really an mp3. It shows "MPEG Audio".

I'm guessing that it was encoded by something similar to AlbumWrap and that it has embedded info to mark the tracks. It looks like it is stopping when it hits the first one.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Jerry

[LtData]

Re: Problem converting .mp3 files - only getting first track

If the CD is just mp3s, why not just copy them directly off of the CD?

[JerryK]

Re: Problem converting .mp3 files - only getting first track

I would if I had the CD.

The mp3 is all I have.

Thanks.

[LtData]

Re: Problem converting .mp3 files - only getting first track

You have a CD that's all mp3s, right?

[JerryK]

Re: Problem converting .mp3 files - only getting first track

Lt,

No. I have a file. It's one mp3 file that contains multiple tracks. Like an Albumwrap. It's a concert bootleg that was given to me. One of those bands that lets you trade concerts.

Thanks for your interest.

jerry

[LtData]

Re: Problem converting .mp3 files - only getting first track

Ahhh, OK. What size is the mp3 file? Have you tried a test conversion? To test convert, put your "rip to" setting as "Test Conversion (no write)" to make sure dMC can read the file. I remember it has trouble with mp3 files of around 100MB or so.

[JerryK]

Re: Problem converting .mp3 files - only getting first track

I did try a test conversion. It also went just partway and no error messages.

the file is not that big. around 40 meg.

[ChristinaS]

Re: Problem converting .mp3 files - only getting first track

Well, you could try this http://www.infamus.com/albumwrap/extractor.html to extract your individual files.

[JerryK]

Re: Problem converting .mp3 files - only getting first track

Thanks Christina.

If I strike out with the conversion, I'll try that next.

[LtData]

Re: Problem converting .mp3 files - only getting first track

If the test conversion also failed, then dMC cannot properly read the file.

[lion]

Re: Problem converting .mp3 files - only getting first track

hello
im having a similar problem - i have an 8hour, 170 meg audiobook in mp3 format(not an album wrap). ive tried test converting, it seems to work ok (it finishes at about 50% then disappears)
however i cannot get the full file encoded into aac format (the file finishes at 3 hours)
whilst encoding, dbpower seems to be going fine, saying that there is still about an hour to go (which is understandable, seeing as its such a big file) but then it just disappears, leaving me with the above 3 hour file
i have got all necessary codecs
help!

[ChristinaS]

Re: Problem converting .mp3 files - only getting first track

hello
im having a similar problem - i have an 8hour, 170 meg audiobook in mp3 format(not an album wrap). ive tried test converting, it seems to work ok (it finishes at about 50% then disappears)
however i cannot get the full file encoded into aac format (the file finishes at 3 hours)
whilst encoding, dbpower seems to be going fine, saying that there is still about an hour to go (which is understandable, seeing as its such a big file) but then it just disappears, leaving me with the above 3 hour file
i have got all necessary codecs
help!

Yours is a different kind of problem. The file is so big that during conversion,as it needs to be first converted to wav before it's converted to anything else, the wav gets huge and it cannot be handled due to its size.

I don't knwo what specs your mp3 has, but you can easily guestimate the corresponding wav file size.

Your mp3 files therefore is about 300kb for each minute. That probably means it is 40kbps mono, perhaps 22KHz. This would translate into 5MB for 1 minute of wav. 8 hours = 480 minutes = 2.4GB =====>>>> I think that's too big for dMC to handle. It might be possible if it dealt internally with in 8-bit mono, 22KHz freq as that would be 4 times smaller.

It depends on the available ram and temporary disk space as well I'd think.

[lion]

Re: Problem converting .mp3 files - only getting first track

so... are you saying i should perhaps make the file into a smaller wav (the one you listed above) then convert into x format?
ive got 512mb ddr ram and still about 60 gigs of harddrive space
nice guess btw :p its 48kbpsmono
thanks

[ChristinaS]

Re: Problem converting .mp3 files - only getting first track

so... are you saying i should perhaps make the file into a smaller wav (the one you listed above) then convert into x format?
ive got 512mb ddr ram and still about 60 gigs of harddrive space
nice guess btw :p its 48kbpsmono
thanks

Well, I don't know if this would help. I feel that internally it still may go through an intermediate step involving the full size wav, especially when going from that to th next file type. You could try, except it's likely to take long until you find ou the outcome.

You could maybe edit the file, chop it down into smaller chunks of say 1-2 hours each. But then again I'm not sure what program can do that. There was a reference not long ago to one, but I'll have to find it again.

[lion]

Re: Problem converting .mp3 files - only getting first track

well i tried making it into a smaller wav, but the file still stops at the 3 hour mark (even though dmc says its 100 percent complete)
if you would be so kind, could you please find that program
thank you