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I downloaded DMC this morning to try to convert some .rm files to .mp3. There are two problems I've encountered, both reproducable in the release (11.0) and current beta (11.5) versions. I am using the DirectShow codec and Real Alternative download link from this site.
For reference, here are some links to .rm files I want to transcode:
both of these files are about 1 hour long, and about 7 megabytes in .rm format. I chose these files because they well-illustrate the issues I'm seeing. In total, I have about 250 of these files to transcode, all about 1 hour, about half are 7 megs each, the other half are roughly 44 megs each. These problems occur in both the 7 meg and 44 meg versions, so I linked to the 7s. These files play fine in Media Player Classic.
I am using the following settings:
Preset: voice
Bitrate: 56k ABR (should be the preset anyway)
Problem 1:
I can easily create the message "The CODEC required to compress '[file]' could not be opened." All I need to do is set Frequency to be "As Source." This probably isn't a bug, but a clearer error message would be nice.
Problem 2:
When I change from As Source to Mono/44100, conversion works perfectly ... for some files. In the above cases, 128.rm completes to 100%. 100.rm, however, silently aborts after 2:17 of audio have been transcoded. The very strange thing is, the other files that fail also fail at 2:17 or 2:18! (The progress bar indicates that this is 2% of the file.) About 1/3 of the RealAudio files work, while 2/3 do not.
I haven't done much other testing, but may add to this post later today if I find anything significant.
If anyone has any thoughts, especially about problem #2, they would be appreciated. I'm going to crosspost this to the support forum; I'm hoping that nobody says "Try using the old (realtime) converter." In any case, I think it's a bug that, at the very least, there's no failure message.
I downloaded DMC this morning to try to convert some .rm files to .mp3. There are two problems I've encountered, both reproducable in the release (11.0) and current beta (11.5) versions. I am using the DirectShow codec and Real Alternative download link from this site.
For reference, here are some links to .rm files I want to transcode:
both of these files are about 1 hour long, and about 7 megabytes in .rm format. I chose these files because they well-illustrate the issues I'm seeing. In total, I have about 250 of these files to transcode, all about 1 hour, about half are 7 megs each, the other half are roughly 44 megs each. These problems occur in both the 7 meg and 44 meg versions, so I linked to the 7s. These files play fine in Media Player Classic.
I am using the following settings:
Preset: voice
Bitrate: 56k ABR (should be the preset anyway)
Problem 1:
I can easily create the message "The CODEC required to compress '[file]' could not be opened." All I need to do is set Frequency to be "As Source." This probably isn't a bug, but a clearer error message would be nice.
Problem 2:
When I change from As Source to Mono/44100, conversion works perfectly ... for some files. In the above cases, 128.rm completes to 100%. 100.rm, however, silently aborts after 2:17 of audio have been transcoded. The very strange thing is, the other files that fail also fail at 2:17 or 2:18! (The progress bar indicates that this is 2% of the file.) About 1/3 of the RealAudio files work, while 2/3 do not.
I haven't done much other testing, but may add to this post later today if I find anything significant.
If anyone has any thoughts, especially about problem #2, they would be appreciated. I'm going to crosspost this to the support forum; I'm hoping that nobody says "Try using the old (realtime) converter." In any case, I think it's a bug that, at the very least, there's no failure message.
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