dbPoweramp with Powerpack: Can't Change LAME Settings

[fairyliquidizer]

Hi!

Any changes I make under Advanced for the LAME codec do not take effect. I cannot use a preset or VBR or ABR. Everything just goes back to CBR when I leave the advanced and go back to the LAME settings. Please help?

This is the dialog whose settings wont take effect:


Fairy

Version Information
dBpowerAMP Music Converter: Release 11.5
Power Pack & Mp3 License: [ Registered: Yes ]
dBpowerAMP Audio Player: Not Installed 'music Player like no other'
dBpowerAMP CD Writer: Not Installed 'easy way to burn audio cds'
Sveta Portable Audio: Not Installed 'enhance your portable player'

Contact Information
Web Site: http://www.dbpoweramp.com
Support: http://www.dbpoweramp.com/support.htm
Support Forum: http://forum.dbpoweramp.com
Codec Central: http://www.dbpoweramp.com/codec-central.htm
Add extra [en/de]coding abilities such as m4a, wma, etc.

Smart Install Codecs
Windows Media Audio: .wma
Ogg Vorbis: .ogg
Musepack: .mpc
Mp4 (AAC): .mp4
Flac: .flac
Monkeys Audio: .ape
OptimFROG: .ofr
Shorten: .shn
WavPack: .wv
Advanced Audio Compression: .aac


===Shell Integration===
Convert To (right click): On
Edit Tag (right click): On
Popup information Tips: On
Explorer ID Tag Property Page: On
Explorer Columns: On


===Codecs===
Installed Compression Codecs (Write)
Mp3 (Lame): Lame Version 3.96.1 [ .mp3 ]
Test Conversion (No Write)
Wave: [ .wav ]


Installed Input Codecs (Read)
Auxiliary Input Decoder: .aux
CD Input Decoder: .cda
Mp3 Input Decoder: .mp3; .mp2; .mpga; .mpa; .mpx; .mpg; .mp1
Wave Input Decoder: .wav


===Options===
dBpowerAMP Reference Options
Pro. Frequency Conversion: Off (faster but less quality)

Mp3 Input Decoder
CRC Errors: Ignore
Decode To: 16 bit (dithered)

Wave Compression Codec
More than 16 bit or 2 Channels: Write WaveFormatEx Header



===ID Tag Options===
Mp3
Tag Creation: ID3v2
Write ID3v1 Version: v1.1
ID3v1 UTF8 Read: Yes
ID3v1 UTF8 Write: No
Write ID3v2 Unicode: No
Write ID3v2 Version: v2.3

[ChristinaS]

Re: dbPoweramp with Powerpack: Can't Change LAME Settings

Did you install when signed in as administrator and are you using it when signed in as administrator or at least power user?

Can you use No Preset and manipulate all the settings yourself?

[fairyliquidizer]

Re: dbPoweramp with Powerpack: Can't Change LAME Settings

Did you install when signed in as administrator and are you using it when signed in as administrator or at least power user?


Can you use No Preset and manipulate all the settings yourself?

yes and yes

and No (no preset doesn't work either) basically I can select whatever I want but when I hit OK the settings screen that is behind this dialog is unchanged and their is no effect on the LAME encoding if I continue to use the Music Converter.

Thanks for the suggestions though Any other ideas?

Uninstalled, rebooted, reinstalled. No joy :(

[LtData]

Re: dbPoweramp with Powerpack: Can't Change LAME Settings

Try the total uninstall mentioned here: http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=6828

[Spoon]

Re: dbPoweramp with Powerpack: Can't Change LAME Settings

Select a preset and go back into the advanced page, did it stick?

[fairyliquidizer]

Re: dbPoweramp with Powerpack: Can't Change LAME Settings

Select a preset and go back into the advanced page, did it stick?

nope :-(

[fairyliquidizer]

Re: dbPoweramp with Powerpack: Can't Change LAME Settings

I also followed the uninstall procedure linked above. Then ran CCleaner to clean my registry. Then reinstalled Power Pack then installed dbPoweramp. Same problem :-S

[fairyliquidizer]

Re: dbPoweramp with Powerpack: Can't Change LAME Settings

I knew the problem would make me feel stupid when I worked out what it was... it did the last time too. I disabled Title Bar skinning for CDGrab.exe in WindowBlinds and Hey Presto! It works as intended now!

Update: looks better excluded from all skinning than just the titlebar but I thought you may be interested in the specific widget that was causing problems.

Sorry for wasting your time.

[Wayne]

Re: dbPoweramp with Powerpack: Can't Change LAME Settings

This problem was reported by someone else a while ago I wonder if he was using WindowBlinds as well?

Wayne

[Spoon]

Re: dbPoweramp with Powerpack: Can't Change LAME Settings

Wierd, must be some kind of message blocking (a message that dMC needs).