Windows Media Format SDK // Windows Media Encoder Question

[willyhoops]

Hi,

Can anyone help please... I am confused about the difference between Windows Media Format 11 SDK and the Windows Media Encoder 9 package and which I should be using to encode to WMA 10 and edit WMA tags... which does dbpoweramp use for example? I got some editing of tags going in WMF11SDK but it's hard work and encoding is even harder.

Thanks,

William
(www.exceltagger.com)

[Spoon]

Re: Windows Media Format SDK // Windows Media Encoder Question

WMF11 SDK is the latest it includes WMA 9.5 and the Pro v10 codecs.

[willyhoops]

Re: Windows Media Format SDK // Windows Media Encoder Question

OK WMFSDK11 is the latest and best to use and that's what dbpoweramp uses.

For the record I think WME9 does also support WMA 10 Pro and is easier to use, can even be used on the command line.

I got this on the command line in WME9:

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C:\Program Files\Windows Media Components\Encoder>cscript.exe wmcmd.vbs -a_codecs

gives:

Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved.


Audio Codecs:
CBR Mode :
[0] WMA9STD : Windows Media Audio 9.2
[1] WMSP9 : Windows Media Audio Voice 9
[2] WMA9PRO : Windows Media Audio 10 Professional
[3] PCM : None (PCM)


Peak Bit Rate-Based VBR Audio Mode :
[0] WMA9STD : Windows Media Audio 9.2
[1] WMA9PRO : Windows Media Audio 10 Professional


Quality-Based VBR Audio Mode :
[0] WMA9STD : Windows Media Audio 9.2
[1] WMA9PRO : Windows Media Audio 10 Professional
[2] WMA9LSL : Windows Media Audio 9.2 Lossless


Bit Rate-Based VBR Audio Mode :
[0] WMA9STD : Windows Media Audio 9.2
[1] WMA9PRO : Windows Media Audio 10 Professional

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However, I can't see how to set all the tags including "ALBUM ARTIST". I will works on this because command line WME is going to be the easiest route and figuring out the Wrappers to use WMF11SDK in C# is killing me :blush:

[willyhoops]

Re: Windows Media Format SDK // Windows Media Encoder Question

No i think it's impossible to edit more than a few tags in WME9. That's after two hours looking on Google. There was one tempting article at:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms867702.aspx

which said:

Metadata in Windows Media Encoder - Windows Media Encoder provides support for the five core attributes as part of the session properties. You can add other attributes as custom values.

but I can't see anyone getting there. I will go back to WMF11SDK. Urgh