Discussion of dMC R13

[Spoon]

Re: Discussion of dMC R13

Joint Stereo will be of a higher quality at 320kbps than Stereo at the same bitrate.

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@fukurou: It is possible now to upgrade to Ref R13 from Power Pack (on retrieval page).

[ffm76600]

Re: Discussion of dMC R13

>force iso compatibility

This would probabbly inhibit the lame header from being written (which would be correct as ISO compatibiliy would not have a lame header), as to why the R12.4 wrote a lame header with iso compatibility, looks like it is bug in r12 not r13...

It's ok now for gapless but not for the joint stereo problem.

I have : channels : 2 "stereo" CD but the final mp3 file is in joint stereo ! Why ?

[Spoon]

Re: Discussion of dMC R13

>force iso compatibility

This would probabbly inhibit the lame header from being written (which would be correct as ISO compatibiliy would not have a lame header), as to why the R12.4 wrote a lame header with iso compatibility, looks like it is bug in r12 not r13...

[ffm76600]

Re: Discussion of dMC R13

What settings are you encoding to? for me R13 final is writing the lame header (we now use lame.exe, so that writes the header, previously we had to write it ourselves).

The same with the 12.4 version

Encoding : slow
CBR Bitrate : 320 kbps
Frequency : 44,1 khz (cd)
Channels : 2 'stereo' (CD)
Copyright, Original, Crc error protection & force iso compatibility are activate !

Very strange !

[fukurou]

Re: Discussion of dMC R13

Now that R13 Powerpack is available, I wonder how I can update from R12 Powerpack? There is no possibility on the Registration retrival page, only an upgrade to R13 Reference is offered.

[Spoon]

Re: Discussion of dMC R13

What settings are you encoding to? for me R13 final is writing the lame header (we now use lame.exe, so that writes the header, previously we had to write it ourselves).

[ffm76600]

Re: Discussion of dMC R13

Your new mp3 lame encoder (mp3 (Lame).dll) and your mp3 encoder.exe file are very buggy but your software is ok !

I change the mp3 (Lame).dll file (version 13) by the last version mp3 (Lame).dll file (12.4) and now it's ok ! :D

[ffm76600]

Re: Discussion of dMC R13

Run dbpoweramp Configuration >> Music Converter Tab >> 'Advanced' (next to Enable Popup information tips)

Under 'Extended (Reference)' enable MPEG Technical, Ok, Ok then hold the mouse over a R13 mp3 file, it should say:

MPEG Technical: Header: Lame [delay: 576 padding: 1764] Bits: Original

If it does, then the gapless information is in the header.

With the final version 13, i have in (MPEG Techical), mp3 files :
Header: (none) Bits:CRC, Copyright, Original Free-Format

And no in the Gapless column

Strange because I have this with the version 12.4 :
MPEG Technical: Header: Lame [delay: 576 padding: 1932] Bits:CRC, Copyright, Original Free-Format

And yes in the gapless column

Strange in winamp my new files are joint stereo (option is stereo mode) and the encoder change lame 3.97 (dmc 12.4) to 3.97u or 3.97a (dmc 13)

This new version is very buggy :-(

[Spoon]

Re: Discussion of dMC R13

There are issues with [Encode Local], you are best not using it ATM if it is not working 100% for you.

R13 (released shortly has support for making sure the file is tagged, what happens is a virus checker might look at the file after writing and the tagging fails, I have seen it myself).

[jhovesen]

Re: Discussion of dMC R13

In using the dBpoweramp Batch Converter, I have experienced a few issues. I have been using dBC to convert from flac to lossless wma [Encode Local]. The issues are as follows:
1) Very often the first or second file to be converted has to be re-converted due to an error, e.g.
"Error converting to [Encode Local], 'D:\!! Music\Boston_-_Greatest_Hits_(1997)[1]\01. Tell Me.flac' to 'D:\Multimedia\Music\Boston\Greatest Hits\Greatest Hits - 01 - Boston - Tell Me.IGNORE'
Windows Media Audio 10: Error unable to open File 'D:\Temp\149238715-dblocalencode.wma' for writing. [clEncoder::BeginConversion]". "Reconvert failed" fixes the issue.
2) Often one or two of the converted files from a batch is not tagged; re-converting fixes the issue.
3) The "Reset" button doesn't work.

If converting directly (not using [Encode Local]) the second issue happens more often, whereas the first never happens.

I run dBC in Windows Vista Ultimate on a Intel E8400 Core2 Duo CPU.

[LtData]

Re: Discussion of dMC R13

AMG access comes in a year max, you do not get 2 years of access at a time.

[Spoon]

Re: Discussion of dMC R13

Any upgrades do not come with AMG licenses, so you are free to purchase the AMG license as required. Any AMG license is good for perfect meta with R13.

[Salem874]

Re: Discussion of dMC R13

Hi

I've just seen that dBMC R13 is just about ready for release, and that the prices have been announced.

Is there any estimate on when it is expected to become available? I'm a dBMC R12 PowerPack & MP3 user, and want to purchase an AMG license. However i don't want to waste money in buying a license for AMG if R13 is gonna be available soon as i wanted to buy dBMC R13 Reference anyway (which includes PerfectMeta license).

Or, if i was to purchase an AMG license now, giving me 12 months, then purchase R13 Reference would i then have a 24 months access to the meta data services? And, if I was to buy an AMG license now, and decide not to purchase R13 Ref, would my AMG license be good for the new R13 PerfectMeta?

Thanks in advance

[Porcus]

Re: Discussion of dMC R13

I have revised the prices slightly.

Wow/thanks ;-)

[Spoon]

Re: Discussion of dMC R13

I have revised the prices slightly. For individual / non commercial, we allow the same license to be used on multiple machines, as long as it is not used simultaneously as other machines. This excludes the AMG license.