Apple AAC: 7.1 FLAC is converted to 5.1 in R2026-09-13 (2) on macOS

[Teunis]

I appear to be seeing a regression or limitation when converting 7.1 FLAC to Apple AAC with dBpoweramp Music Converter for macOS.

dBpoweramp version: Release 2026-09-13 (2)

Source file according to macOS afinfo:
Data format: 8 ch, 48000 Hz, flac, from 24-bit source...

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Running Release 2026-09-13. While batch converting on multiple cores to FLAC with DSP (Bit Depth -> Resample -> Bit Depth), Core Converter crashed.

Spoon - I have 5 crash dumps. Do you want them?...

[TheProfosist]

I have a mixed collection like many. However, for portable I go to the Apple encoders ALAC for iPod and Apple iTunes AAC for Portable/Phone, etc. Both of these really need to go down to 16bit 48/44.1khz from multiple high res sources.

I was wondering if there is (or I guess could be) a...

[calebst]

Hi, been a user of the dBpoweramp suite of softwares for a while now, but I've had one issue that I have not been able to figure out for myself.

For context, Windows Media Player added small.jpg album covers to all my media sub folders and it was messing with my music players, so:
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[SirAtilla]

I see some slight differences between filenames when I use the same Dynamic Naming formula between a FLAC encoder and an Arrange Audio converter. This has to do with restricted character replacement set in advanced settings. Do the two encoders not use the same source of truth? I could send example...

[RW65]

Morning:
I built a new Win 11 box and I am trying to import the dBpoweramp settings into the new dbpoweramp install I previously exported from my old box. If you have any suggestions, they would be appreciated.
Thanks
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[Ren]

Today I ordered the payed version of Asset. When clicking the link I come to the page where I can download the specific file. I downloaded the file and it's on my disk now. Asset-Linux-x64-2026-08-19.tgz
When I try to place this file in my Synology NAS. It says it's the wrong file. How do I get...

[EliC]

Would be nice to have built in support for flaccl:

http://www.cuetools.net/wiki/FLACCL...