dbmpower 15.8 crashes on open

[ahmonhotep]

I've been running dbpoweramp 15.8 on my M1 Mac for a few years just fine. Currently on Tahoe 26.5.

Lately, whenever I open it, it immediately crashes and the OS says:

dBpoweramp Music Converter quit unexpectedly. Click Reopen to open the application again. Click report to see...

[ConnyT]

Hi,

I been a long term user of DB poweramp as it works great for ripping my CD's. I tried some of the features and hope I don't have to re-rip individual tracks. So here is my question.

I'm trying to create playlist from my CD collection that is ripped to wav.files. I have...

[jncordwell]

I don't understand what to do in response to the message from Apple: "Rosetta enables a Mac with Apple silicon to run Intel-based apps. Support for Rosetta will end in a future version of macOS, so check with the app’s developer for an updated version"

[Jaay]

I'm on macOS Ventura (which might be the cause). The menu options aren't updating to show or hide the 'checkmarks' immediately after I select or deselect them. It’s a minor issue, but I wanted to check if this is a bug with the app or specifically related to my OS. Thanks!

[jpnaweb]

Hi. When I convert a file that has the same name, I click on "Unique Name," and the date and time appear at the end of the name. When I click on "Unique Name," the time appears with a colon ( : ), but after conversion, the time appears with a semicolon ( ; ). I think this might be...

[Hadron]

My Avira antivirus program has flagged the following files from within dBpoweramp as containing a malware called DR with the following description "The term 'DR' denotes a program that is able to place a virus or malware discretely on a system." They have been put into quarantine within Avira....

[bwriter]

message:
After I installed the registered of dBpoweramp, I clicked on CD Ripper and received a message from Norton 365 Deluxe. Here is what was in the Norton 360 Deluxe moved Ogg Vorbis.dll to Quarantine because it was infected with Win64:MalwareX-gen[drp]. It wasremoved from C:\Program Files\dBpoweramp\encoder.....

[dypsis]

Prior to 2026-01-31, an information log would pop up after converting.
I still have "Display Error Log" and "Display Information Log" selected, but no log is displayed.

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[kswanson]

I replaced my windows 10 desktop with a new laptop running windows 11. I downloaded the latest version of dbPoweramp but I can't make the connection to my NUC server with my music storage. I have the path in dbPoweramp set to the server IP address as I did before but now I get a message asking me to...

[Spoon-]

The following lists security software which is not performing as it should, that is blocking legitimate programs (such as dBpoweramp) from running. There is nothing we can do on our side, we produce legitimate software, virus free for the last 20 years, never once have we supplied a virus, Trojan, spyware...