can't convert mp3's

[midfi101]

When I try to convert mp3's that I've recently downloaded from Amazon and mp3va from 320k to 192k I get the message "The CODEC required to compress 'D:\Audio\whateversong.mp3.TEMP.mp3' could not be opened".
I've used this program for quite sometime now but I've been getting that a lot here lately. What do I need to do to correct this.

[Spoon]

Re: can't convert mp3's

What is D: ? a hard drive?

Converting to mp3 Lame or mp3 Fraunhofer?

[midfi101]

Re: can't convert mp3's

yes, D: is my hard drive and attempting use Lame

[Spoon]

Re: can't convert mp3's

Is it always the same files which fail to convert? where other files work?

[midfi101]

Re: can't convert mp3's

any and all that are downloaded from the net (bearshare, amazon, mp3va, etc.) will give this error message. Ripped music converts fine.

[Spoon]

Re: can't convert mp3's

Please email one mp3 file with reference to this thread:

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/email.htm

[midfi101]

Re: can't convert mp3's

never emailed a mp3 before, do I just do it as an attached file?

[LtData]

Re: can't convert mp3's

Yes, just attach it to the e-mail.

[midfi101]

Re: can't convert mp3's

ok, just sent it via my personal email AND transferbigfiles.com just in case... its an Iron Maiden song.

[midfi101]

Re: can't convert mp3's

thanks LtData, the blade version seems to be doing the trick!

[midfi101]

Re: can't convert mp3's

knew I should have left well enough alone. Upgraded to dmc-r13.2 and now Blade is gone, how do I get it back?

[LtData]

Re: can't convert mp3's

Spoon was actually the one that replied to your e-mail, btw, not myself. How did he have you install blade before? What version of dMC were you using?

[Spoon]

Re: can't convert mp3's

The file he sent converted fine to mp3 Lame in R13.2

Actually thinking about it, the rest of the message "The CODEC required to compress 'D:\Audio\whateversong.mp3.TEMP.mp3' could not be opened" might be about the mp3 encoder expiring, check the registered status of dBpoweramp.

[midfi101]

Re: can't convert mp3's

sorry for the delay. my old one was dmc r-10. I have r-13.2 now, it works on ripped files and my mp3va.com downloaded music but not on my Bearshare downloads. the conversion errors say:
Error converting to mp3(Lame), 'D:\music dwnld\the song.wma' to 'D:\music dwnld\the song.mp3'
This WMA is protected and cannot be decoded, file 'D:\music dwnld\the song.wma' [clDecoder::Open]

I put in the song.wma instead of putting in the lengthy band name and song title.

[LtData]

Re: can't convert mp3's

If the file is a WMA file, can you play it in Windows Media Player?