Software will not save converted files

[dfr111]

I started today with the trial version, which worked very well and quickly converted some m4a files I had to wav files so I could make DVD-A's. I was so happy with the results that I bought the reference version. When I attempted to do additional conversions following installation of the reference version over the trial version, the converted versions would not save, despite the appearance that the conversion process had been completed. I uninstalled everything, rebooted, then deleted everything other than the codecs and reinstalled the software. Still, the converted files will not save. There was a similar problem discussed previously, but there was never a clear solution indicated. What do I do next?

Here's a log file from one of my attempts:

Splitting Command Line:Done
->-> [dBCoreConverter::ReaddBCommandFile]
<-<- [dBCoreConverter::ReaddBCommandFile]
->-> [cldBCodecHandler::FindDecoder]
Checking Decoder 'C:\Program Files\Illustrate\dBpoweramp\decoder\m4a.dll' for extension '.m4a'
Decodes [clDecoder::Get]
<<< Match, using decoder
Using Registry Cached Decoder: C:\Program Files\Illustrate\dBpoweramp\decoder\m4a.dll
<-<- [cldBCodecHandler::FindDecoder]
BatchID [clDecoder::Set]
->-> [cldBCodecHandler::LoadEncoder]
Loading Encoder 'C:\Program Files\Illustrate\dBpoweramp\encoder\Wave.DLL'
<-<- [cldBCodecHandler::LoadEncoder]
BatchID [clEncoder::Set]
->-> [dBCoreConverter::StripCoreConverterCmds]
<-<- [dBCoreConverter::StripCoreConverterCmds]
SendRawUnCompressed [clEncoder::Get]
Communicate [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate [clEncoder::Get]
NeedHQAudio [clEncoder::Get]
Decode As [clDecoder::Set]
->-> [clDecoder::Open]
->-> [clDecoder::Close]
<-<- [clDecoder::Close]
Opening file 'C:\Users\Dave\Desktop\BITTORRENT FILES 1\Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Berliner Philharmoniker - Johan Strauss in Berlin 24-96 Stereo from DVD-A (not hdtracks)\Johan Strauss in Berlin 24bit DVD-A\01 1. Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437.m4aOpened
Opening tag reader / writer: Opened
->-> [clMP4Handler::ScanFile]
Got Chunk 'ftyp' Length: 28 ChunkPosition: 0
Got Chunk 'moov' Length: 109602 ChunkPosition: 28
Got Chunk 'free' Length: 686 ChunkPosition: 109630
Got Chunk 'mdat' Length: 221434302 ChunkPosition: 110316
<-<- [clMP4Handler::ScanFile]
->-> [clMP4Handler::ScanFile]
Got Chunk 'mvhd' Length: 108 ChunkPosition: 36
Got Chunk 'trak' Length: 75262 ChunkPosition: 144
Got Chunk 'udta' Length: 34224 ChunkPosition: 75406
<-<- [clMP4Handler::ScanFile]
->-> [cliTunesTag::Initialize]
Looking for meta block...
->-> [cliMemoryAtomParse::Initialize]
<-<- [cliMemoryAtomParse::Initialize]
Found meta, looking for ilst block...
->-> [cliMemoryAtomParse::Initialize]
<-<- [cliMemoryAtomParse::Initialize]
Found ilst.
<-<- [cliTunesTag::Initialize]
->-> [clDecoder::ReadIDTags]
Contains 7 ID Tags
Encoded by: X Lossless Decoder 20100117, QuickTime 7.6.3
_albumart_1: DATA Length: 32022 .PNG........IHDR....
Artist: Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Berliner Philharmoniker
Album: Johan Strauss in Berlin 24bit DVD-A
Title: 1. Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437
Track: 1/10
Composer: JOHANN STRAUSS (1825 - 1899)
<-<- [clDecoder::ReadIDTags]
Creating AAC decoder: Created
Setting AAC configuration: Set
Searching for AAC Track:
not found, trying ALAC:
->-> [clMP4Handler::ScanFile]
Got Chunk 'tkhd' Length: 92 ChunkPosition: 152
Got Chunk 'mdia' Length: 75162 ChunkPosition: 244
<-<- [clMP4Handler::ScanFile]
->-> [clMP4Handler::ScanFile]
Got Chunk 'mdhd' Length: 32 ChunkPosition: 252
Got Chunk 'hdlr' Length: 34 ChunkPosition: 284
Got Chunk 'minf' Length: 75088 ChunkPosition: 318
<-<- [clMP4Handler::ScanFile]
->-> [clMP4Handler::ScanFile]
Got Chunk 'smhd' Length: 16 ChunkPosition: 326
Got Chunk 'dinf' Length: 36 ChunkPosition: 342
Got Chunk 'stbl' Length: 75028 ChunkPosition: 378
<-<- [clMP4Handler::ScanFile]
->-> [clMP4Handler::ScanFile]
Got Chunk 'stsd' Length: 88 ChunkPosition: 386
Got Chunk 'stts' Length: 32 ChunkPosition: 474
Got Chunk 'stsc' Length: 40 ChunkPosition: 506
Got Chunk 'stsz' Length: 69088 ChunkPosition: 546
Got Chunk 'stco' Length: 5772 ChunkPosition: 69634
<-<- [clMP4Handler::ScanFile]
Created
->-> [clDecoder::FillAudioProps]
Encoder: Apple Lossless (ALAC)
Sample Count: 70,724,320
ID Tag: Apple iTunes
Contains: Album Art, ID Tag [Apple iTunes]
<-<- [clDecoder::FillAudioProps]
->-> [clDecoder::FillAudioInfo]
Uncompressed WFX (sent to db): Format Tag: 1 Channels: 2 Bits per Sample: 16 Samples Per Second: 96000 Bytes Per Second: 384000 Block Align: 4 CB Size: 0
Audio Length: 736711 mili-seconds 221544618 bytes 3072 kbps
<-<- [clDecoder::FillAudioInfo]
Creating Decode Buffer: Created
<-<- [clDecoder::Open]
SendOverReplayGainTags [clEncoder::Get]
->-> [clEncoder::BeginConversion]
Converting to 'G:\2496\01 1. Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437.wav' encoder settings ' -compression="PCM" -bits="24" -freq="96000" -channels="2"'
Wave output WaveFormat: Format Tag: 1 Channels: 2 Bits per Sample: 24 Samples Per Second: 96000 Bytes Per Second: 576000 Block Align: 6 CB Size: 0
->-> [clRIFFHandler::InitializeNewWAV]
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
->-> Adding Chunk 'fmt ' Length: 16 [clRIFFHandler::AddChunk]
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
<-<- [clRIFFHandler::AddChunk]
->-> Adding Chunk 'data' Length: 0 [clRIFFHandler::AddChunk]
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
<-<- [clRIFFHandler::AddChunk]
->-> [clRIFFHandler::WriteChunkHeaders]
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
Writing Chunk Header 'fmt ' Length: 16 ChunkPosition: 12 ChunkDataPos: 20
Writing Chunk Header 'data' Length: 0 ChunkPosition: 36 ChunkDataPos: 44
<-<- Exit as only write to data chunk [clRIFFHandler::WriteChunkHeaders]
Writing Chunk Data 'fmt ' Length: 16 ChunkPosition: 12 ChunkDataPos: 20
<-<- [clRIFFHandler::InitializeNewWAV]
<-<- [clEncoder::BeginConversion]
Communicate [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate [clEncoder::Get]
Encoding To: Wave
Encoder Cmd Line: -compression="PCM" -bits="24" -freq="96000" -channels="2"
============= CONVERSION BEGIN =============
============= CONVERSION END =============
Communicate [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate [clEncoder::Get]
->-> [dBCoreConverter::CloseDecoder]
->-> [clDecoder::Close]
<-<- [clDecoder::Close]
->-> [clEncoder::EndConversion]
->-> [clRIFFHandler::WriteChunkHeaders]
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
Writing Chunk Header 'data' Length: 424345920 ChunkPosition: 36 ChunkDataPos: 44
<-<- [clRIFFHandler::WriteChunkHeaders]
<-<- [clEncoder::EndConversion]
->-> [dBCoreConverter::IDTagWriter]
->-> [cldBCodecHandler::FindDecoder]
Checking Decoder 'C:\Program Files\Illustrate\dBpoweramp\decoder\Wave.dll' for extension '.wav'
Decodes [clDecoder::Get]
<<< Match, using decoder
Using Registry Cached Decoder: C:\Program Files\Illustrate\dBpoweramp\decoder\Wave.dll
<-<- [cldBCodecHandler::FindDecoder]
IDTags [clDecoder::Set]
->-> [clWaveDecoder::WriteIDTags]
->-> [clRIFFBEXTChunk::TagsToBEXT]
Encoding BEXT chunk [clRIFFBEXTChunk::TagsToBEXT]
<-<- [clRIFFBEXTChunk::TagsToBEXT]
Opening file 'G:\2496\01 1. Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437.wav' for write access: Opened
->-> [clRIFFHandler::Initialize]
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
<-<- [clRIFFHandler::Initialize]
->-> [clRIFFHandler::ScanFile]
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
RIFF Header 'RIFF' Length: 424345956 FormType 'WAVE'
Got Chunk 'fmt ' Length: 16 RiffSizeLeft: 424345944 ChunkPosition: 12
Got Chunk 'data' Length: 424345920 RiffSizeLeft: 424345920 ChunkPosition: 36
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
<-<- [clRIFFHandler::ScanFile]
->-> [clRIFFLISTChunk::TagsToLIST]
<-<- [clRIFFLISTChunk::TagsToLIST]
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
->-> [clRIFFHandler::WriteChunkHeaders]
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
Writing Chunk Header 'LIST' Length: 184 ChunkPosition: 424345964 ChunkDataPos: 424345972
<-<- [clRIFFHandler::WriteChunkHeaders]
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
->-> [clRIFFHandler::WriteChunkHeaders]
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
Writing Chunk Header 'id3 ' Length: 32768 ChunkPosition: 424346156 ChunkDataPos: 424346164
<-<- [clRIFFHandler::WriteChunkHeaders]
<-<- [clWaveDecoder::WriteIDTags]
<-<- [dBCoreConverter::IDTagWriter]
Communicate [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate [clEncoder::Get]
Conversion completed in 22.2 seconds x33 realtime encoding
->-> [clDecoder::Close]
<-<- [clDecoder::Close]

[Spoon]

Re: Software will not save converted files

Your file is too big to store as a Wave file, wave has a hard limit of 4GB, many software can only open Wave files of 2GB or less.

Split the file you have up. Then encode.

[dfr111]

Re: Software will not save converted files

What I was trying to batch convert (m4a to WAV) totalled 1.08 gigs in 10 separate files (movements). I tried converting only one of the files, still won't save. I then went to the same set of files I successfully batch converted with the trial version (1.6 gigs in ten separate files) and got no save. I tried only one of the files (99 megs) and got no save. The 4 gig hard limit isn't the problem. Why would the trial version do what it's supposed to do and the paid version won't?

[Spoon]

Re: Software will not save converted files

Post the log of the conversion of the 99 Meg file please.

[dfr111]

Re: Software will not save converted files

... turned out to be 94 meg once I got my glasses on. Here's the log file:


Splitting Command Line:Done
->-> [dBCoreConverter::ReaddBCommandFile]
<-<- [dBCoreConverter::ReaddBCommandFile]
->-> [cldBCodecHandler::FindDecoder]
Checking Decoder 'C:\Program Files\Illustrate\dBpoweramp\decoder\m4a.dll' for extension '.m4a'
Decodes [clDecoder::Get]
<<< Match, using decoder
Using Registry Cached Decoder: C:\Program Files\Illustrate\dBpoweramp\decoder\m4a.dll
<-<- [cldBCodecHandler::FindDecoder]
BatchID [clDecoder::Set]
->-> [cldBCodecHandler::LoadEncoder]
Loading Encoder 'C:\Program Files\Illustrate\dBpoweramp\encoder\Wave.DLL'
<-<- [cldBCodecHandler::LoadEncoder]
BatchID [clEncoder::Set]
->-> [dBCoreConverter::StripCoreConverterCmds]
<-<- [dBCoreConverter::StripCoreConverterCmds]
SendRawUnCompressed [clEncoder::Get]
Communicate [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate [clEncoder::Get]
NeedHQAudio [clEncoder::Get]
Decode As [clDecoder::Set]
->-> [clDecoder::Open]
->-> [clDecoder::Close]
<-<- [clDecoder::Close]
Opening file 'C:\Users\Dave\Desktop\BITTORRENT FILES 1\Alfred Brendel - Mozart Piano Sonatas, analogue SACD rip 24-96 (not hdtracks)\Mozart Piano Sonatas analogue SACD rip 24-96\05 Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, K. 282 II. Menuetto.m4aOpened
Opening tag reader / writer: Opened
->-> [clMP4Handler::ScanFile]
Got Chunk 'ftyp' Length: 28 ChunkPosition: 0
Got Chunk 'moov' Length: 66346 ChunkPosition: 28
Got Chunk 'free' Length: 4184 ChunkPosition: 66374
Got Chunk 'mdat' Length: 96527351 ChunkPosition: 70558
<-<- [clMP4Handler::ScanFile]
->-> [clMP4Handler::ScanFile]
Got Chunk 'mvhd' Length: 108 ChunkPosition: 36
Got Chunk 'trak' Length: 28182 ChunkPosition: 144
Got Chunk 'udta' Length: 38048 ChunkPosition: 28326
<-<- [clMP4Handler::ScanFile]
->-> [cliTunesTag::Initialize]
Looking for meta block...
->-> [cliMemoryAtomParse::Initialize]
<-<- [cliMemoryAtomParse::Initialize]
Found meta, looking for ilst block...
->-> [cliMemoryAtomParse::Initialize]
<-<- [cliMemoryAtomParse::Initialize]
Found ilst.
<-<- [cliTunesTag::Initialize]
->-> [clDecoder::ReadIDTags]
Contains 6 ID Tags
Encoded by: X Lossless Decoder 20110312, QuickTime 7.6.6
_albumart_1: DATA Length: 35846 ......JFIF.....H.H..
Artist: Alfred Brendel
Album: Mozart Piano Sonatas analogue SACD rip 24-96
Title: Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, K. 282 II. Menuetto
Track: 5/10
<-<- [clDecoder::ReadIDTags]
Creating AAC decoder: Created
Setting AAC configuration: Set
Searching for AAC Track:
not found, trying ALAC:
->-> [clMP4Handler::ScanFile]
Got Chunk 'tkhd' Length: 92 ChunkPosition: 152
Got Chunk 'mdia' Length: 28082 ChunkPosition: 244
<-<- [clMP4Handler::ScanFile]
->-> [clMP4Handler::ScanFile]
Got Chunk 'mdhd' Length: 32 ChunkPosition: 252
Got Chunk 'hdlr' Length: 34 ChunkPosition: 284
Got Chunk 'minf' Length: 28008 ChunkPosition: 318
<-<- [clMP4Handler::ScanFile]
->-> [clMP4Handler::ScanFile]
Got Chunk 'smhd' Length: 16 ChunkPosition: 326
Got Chunk 'dinf' Length: 36 ChunkPosition: 342
Got Chunk 'stbl' Length: 27948 ChunkPosition: 378
<-<- [clMP4Handler::ScanFile]
->-> [clMP4Handler::ScanFile]
Got Chunk 'stsd' Length: 88 ChunkPosition: 386
Got Chunk 'stts' Length: 32 ChunkPosition: 474
Got Chunk 'stsc' Length: 40 ChunkPosition: 506
Got Chunk 'stsz' Length: 25628 ChunkPosition: 546
Got Chunk 'stco' Length: 2152 ChunkPosition: 26174
<-<- [clMP4Handler::ScanFile]
Created
->-> [clDecoder::FillAudioProps]
Encoder: Apple Lossless (ALAC)
Sample Count: 26,220,032
ID Tag: Apple iTunes
Contains: Album Art, ID Tag [Apple iTunes]
<-<- [clDecoder::FillAudioProps]
->-> [clDecoder::FillAudioInfo]
Uncompressed WFX (sent to db): Format Tag: 1 Channels: 2 Bits per Sample: 24 Samples Per Second: 96000 Bytes Per Second: 576000 Block Align: 6 CB Size: 0
Audio Length: 273125 mili-seconds 96597909 bytes 4608 kbps
<-<- [clDecoder::FillAudioInfo]
Creating Decode Buffer: Created
<-<- [clDecoder::Open]
SendOverReplayGainTags [clEncoder::Get]
->-> [clEncoder::BeginConversion]
Converting to 'G:\2496\05 Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, K. 282 II. Menuetto.wav' encoder settings ' -compression="PCM" -bits="24" -freq="96000" -channels="2"'
Wave output WaveFormat: Format Tag: 1 Channels: 2 Bits per Sample: 24 Samples Per Second: 96000 Bytes Per Second: 576000 Block Align: 6 CB Size: 0
->-> [clRIFFHandler::InitializeNewWAV]
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
->-> Adding Chunk 'fmt ' Length: 16 [clRIFFHandler::AddChunk]
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
<-<- [clRIFFHandler::AddChunk]
->-> Adding Chunk 'data' Length: 0 [clRIFFHandler::AddChunk]
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
<-<- [clRIFFHandler::AddChunk]
->-> [clRIFFHandler::WriteChunkHeaders]
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
Writing Chunk Header 'fmt ' Length: 16 ChunkPosition: 12 ChunkDataPos: 20
Writing Chunk Header 'data' Length: 0 ChunkPosition: 36 ChunkDataPos: 44
<-<- Exit as only write to data chunk [clRIFFHandler::WriteChunkHeaders]
Writing Chunk Data 'fmt ' Length: 16 ChunkPosition: 12 ChunkDataPos: 20
<-<- [clRIFFHandler::InitializeNewWAV]
<-<- [clEncoder::BeginConversion]
Communicate [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate [clEncoder::Get]
Encoding To: Wave
Encoder Cmd Line: -compression="PCM" -bits="24" -freq="96000" -channels="2"
============= CONVERSION BEGIN =============
============= CONVERSION END =============
Communicate [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate [clEncoder::Get]
->-> [dBCoreConverter::CloseDecoder]
->-> [clDecoder::Close]
<-<- [clDecoder::Close]
->-> [clEncoder::EndConversion]
->-> [clRIFFHandler::WriteChunkHeaders]
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
Writing Chunk Header 'data' Length: 157320192 ChunkPosition: 36 ChunkDataPos: 44
<-<- [clRIFFHandler::WriteChunkHeaders]
<-<- [clEncoder::EndConversion]
->-> [dBCoreConverter::IDTagWriter]
->-> [cldBCodecHandler::FindDecoder]
Checking Decoder 'C:\Program Files\Illustrate\dBpoweramp\decoder\Wave.dll' for extension '.wav'
Decodes [clDecoder::Get]
<<< Match, using decoder
Using Registry Cached Decoder: C:\Program Files\Illustrate\dBpoweramp\decoder\Wave.dll
<-<- [cldBCodecHandler::FindDecoder]
IDTags [clDecoder::Set]
->-> [clWaveDecoder::WriteIDTags]
->-> [clRIFFBEXTChunk::TagsToBEXT]
Encoding BEXT chunk [clRIFFBEXTChunk::TagsToBEXT]
<-<- [clRIFFBEXTChunk::TagsToBEXT]
Opening file 'G:\2496\05 Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, K. 282 II. Menuetto.wav' for write access: Opened
->-> [clRIFFHandler::Initialize]
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
<-<- [clRIFFHandler::Initialize]
->-> [clRIFFHandler::ScanFile]
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
RIFF Header 'RIFF' Length: 157320228 FormType 'WAVE'
Got Chunk 'fmt ' Length: 16 RiffSizeLeft: 157320216 ChunkPosition: 12
Got Chunk 'data' Length: 157320192 RiffSizeLeft: 157320192 ChunkPosition: 36
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
<-<- [clRIFFHandler::ScanFile]
->-> [clRIFFLISTChunk::TagsToLIST]
<-<- [clRIFFLISTChunk::TagsToLIST]
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
->-> [clRIFFHandler::WriteChunkHeaders]
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
Writing Chunk Header 'LIST' Length: 194 ChunkPosition: 157320236 ChunkDataPos: 157320244
<-<- [clRIFFHandler::WriteChunkHeaders]
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
->-> [clRIFFHandler::WriteChunkHeaders]
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
Writing Chunk Header 'id3 ' Length: 36864 ChunkPosition: 157320438 ChunkDataPos: 157320446
<-<- [clRIFFHandler::WriteChunkHeaders]
<-<- [clWaveDecoder::WriteIDTags]
<-<- [dBCoreConverter::IDTagWriter]
Communicate [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate [clEncoder::Get]
Conversion completed in 8.5 seconds x32 realtime encoding
->-> [clDecoder::Close]
<-<- [clDecoder::Close]

[Spoon]

Re: Software will not save converted files

Looking at the log file, the Wave file seems to have written with a ~ 157MB size.

There is no file at:

G:\2496\05 Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, K. 282 II. Menuetto.wav

?

[dfr111]

Re: Software will not save converted files

No - nothing there, and a complete system search doesn't turn it up anywhere else. I'm baffled!

[dbfan]

Re: Software will not save converted files

Something is deleting or moving the file and I do not think it is dbpoweramp, security software, or a media player looking for new files and moving them.

[dfr111]

Re: Software will not save converted files

I'll systematically disable everything that runs in the background and run a short conversion after each. So as not to reinvent the wheel, could you tell me if any conflicts with other software have been identified already, and if so, what software? Thanks!

[Spoon]

Re: Software will not save converted files

No anti-virus software should be touching Wave files.

See:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645

This will list every file system change made, look at the end of the list for what happens to the wave file.

[dfr111]

Re: Software will not save converted files

Thanks for the info. I've eliminated quite a few possibilities by doing this: batch converted all 10 24/96 m4a files to WAV and successfully saved to my laptop via my network, then dragged and dropped them onto the main PC (where dbpoweramp resides) and made a perfect DVD-A from them! Thus the converted files themselves aren't the problem - something is keeping dbpoweramp from saving the files to a HD on my main computer but not to the laptop. Antivirus, firewall, etc., are ruled out because I have the current Avast Internet Security on both computers. So on we go from here. I'll let you know how it goes.

[dfr111]

Re: Software will not save converted files

Process monitor shows every save to be successful. Go figure.