Multi-Encoder not working properly?

[Broken Hope]

Is the Multi-Encoder supposed to work from the right click Convert to menu? I set Multi-Encoder as the codec, select Nero AAC and Lame MP3 as the codecs and tell it to convert 1 of my Flac files and it finishes in around 1 second and produces 2 tiny files roughly 60KB in size.

Any ideas why this isn't working properly? I'm using 14.2 Reference.

[Spoon]

Re: Multi-Encoder not working properly?

Make sure you have no DSP effects running (on the Music Converter Page, and Multi-Encoder Page).

[Broken Hope]

Re: Multi-Encoder not working properly?

I have no DSP effects running on either page. I've tried having each encoder output to a separate folder, though that shouldn't matter since the file extension will be different for each file. I've tried outputting to the default Music folder.

Still not working properly.

[Spoon]

Re: Multi-Encoder not working properly?

And if you do not use multi-encoder (to either of the formats) it works, try Nero AAC as this one you have to extra installing to get working.

[Broken Hope]

Re: Multi-Encoder not working properly?

Both formats work perfectly separately, just not with the multi-encoder.

Doesn't seem to matter which codecs I'm choosing, just done a test with Flac and Wave selected, still exits after a second and produces 2 tiny files in the output folder.

[edit]

Screenshot of it converting to Nero AAC.

[Spoon]

Re: Multi-Encoder not working properly?

Try mulit-encoder with only Wave encoder within.

[Broken Hope]

Re: Multi-Encoder not working properly?

Still not working.

Settings for the Multi-Encoder



The file that is produced.



I tried disabling my Anti virus with no change in behaviour.

[Broken Hope]

Re: Multi-Encoder not working properly?

Just adding some debug data if that helps at all

Conversion that fails.

Splitting Command Line:Done
->->  [dBCoreConverter::ReaddBCommandFile]
<-<-  [dBCoreConverter::ReaddBCommandFile]
->->  [cldBCodecHandler::FindDecoder]
    Checking Decoder 'D:\Stuff\Misc\dBpoweramp\decoder\FLAC.dll' for extension '.flac'
Decodes  [clDecoder::Get]
  <<< Match, using decoder
  Using Registry Cached Decoder: D:\Stuff\Misc\dBpoweramp\decoder\FLAC.dll
<-<-  [cldBCodecHandler::FindDecoder]
BatchID  [clDecoder::Set]
->->  [cldBCodecHandler::LoadEncoder]
  Loading Encoder 'D:\Stuff\Misc\dBpoweramp\encoder\[Multi Encoder].DLL'
<-<-  [cldBCodecHandler::LoadEncoder]
BatchID  [clEncoder::Set]
->->  [dBCoreConverter::StripCoreConverterCmds]
<-<-  [dBCoreConverter::StripCoreConverterCmds]
SendRawUnCompressed  [clEncoder::Get]
Communicate  [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate  [clEncoder::Get]
NeedHQAudio  [clEncoder::Get]
->->  [clDecoder::Open]
  Opening file 'D:\Music\Eminem\The Slim Shady LP\Eminem - My Name Is.flac' for read access: Opened
  Init FLAC: 
  Reading Meta Data: 
   contained 7 tags:
			Artist: Eminem
			Title: My Name Is
			Album: The Slim Shady LP
			Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
			Year: 1999
			Track: 2
			album artist: Eminem
  Contains picture block, size (bytes): 118977 type: 3
  ->->  [clDecoder::ReadIDTags]
  <-<-  [clDecoder::ReadIDTags]
  ->->  [clDecoder::FillAudioProps]
	Encoder: FLAC reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
	Sample Count: 11,836,440
	ID Tag: Vorbis Comments
	Contains: Album Art, CRC, ID Tag [Vorbis Comments]
  <-<-  [clDecoder::FillAudioProps]
  ->->  [clDecoder::FillAudioInfo]
    Uncompressed WFX (sent to db): Format Tag: 1  Channels: 2  Bits per Sample: 16  Samples Per Second: 44100  Bytes Per Second: 176400  Block Align: 4  CB Size: 0
    Audio Length: 268400 mili-seconds  27688942 bytes  1411 kbps
  <-<-  [clDecoder::FillAudioInfo]
  Creating Decode Buffers: Created
<-<-  [clDecoder::Open]
SendOverReplayGainTags  [clEncoder::Get]
->->  [clEncoder::BeginConversion]
  Converting to 'D:\Music\Eminem\The Slim Shady LP\Eminem - My Name Is.IGNORE' encoder settings ' -enc1="m4a Nero (AAC)= -cli_encoder={mqt}D:\Stuff\Misc\dBpoweramp\encoder\m4a Nero (AAC)\neroAacEnc.exe{mqt} -cli_cmd={mqt}-q .5 -ignorelength -if - -of {qt}[outfile]{qt}{mqt} -selection={mqt}0,5,0{mqt}" -encMopt1=" -tofolder={mqt}D:\Stuff\Misc\Converted Music\{mqt}" -enc2="mp3 (Lame)=-V 2" -encMopt2=" -tofolder={mqt}D:\Stuff\Misc\Converted Music\{mqt}"'
  Encoder 1: m4a Nero (AAC), settings ' -cli_encoder="D:\Stuff\Misc\dBpoweramp\encoder\m4a Nero (AAC)\neroAacEnc.exe" -cli_cmd="-q .5 -ignorelength -if - -of {qt}[outfile]{qt}" -selection="0,5,0"', encoder options ' -tofolder="D:\Stuff\Misc\Converted Music\"', output filename:D:\Stuff\Misc\Converted Music\Eminem - My Name Is.m4a
  Encoder 2: mp3 (Lame), settings '-V 2', encoder options ' -tofolder="D:\Stuff\Misc\Converted Music\"', output filename:D:\Stuff\Misc\Converted Music\Eminem - My Name Is.mp3
<-<-  [clEncoder::BeginConversion]
Communicate  [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate  [clEncoder::Get]
Encoding To: [Multi Encoder]
Encoder Cmd Line:  -enc1="m4a Nero (AAC)= -cli_encoder={mqt}D:\Stuff\Misc\dBpoweramp\encoder\m4a Nero (AAC)\neroAacEnc.exe{mqt} -cli_cmd={mqt}-q .5 -ignorelength -if - -of {qt}[outfile]{qt}{mqt} -selection={mqt}0,5,0{mqt}" -encMopt1=" -tofolder={mqt}D:\Stuff\Misc\Converted Music\{mqt}" -enc2="mp3 (Lame)=-V 2" -encMopt2=" -tofolder={mqt}D:\Stuff\Misc\Converted Music\{mqt}"
DSP Effects:
    _MultiEncoder (non-live): 

============= CONVERSION BEGIN =============
============= CONVERSION END =============
Communicate  [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate  [clEncoder::Get]
->->  [dBCoreConverter::CloseDecoder]
->->  [clDecoder::Close]
<-<-  [clDecoder::Close]
->->  [clEncoder::EndConversion]
<-<-  [clEncoder::EndConversion]
  File Size Check : 0 bytes   Filename: D:\Music\Eminem\The Slim Shady LP\Eminem - My Name Is.IGNORE
  Multi-FileNames Reported Back to CoreConverter:
  D:\Stuff\Misc\Converted Music\Eminem - My Name Is.m4a
  D:\Stuff\Misc\Converted Music\Eminem - My Name Is.mp3
  
Communicate  [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate  [clEncoder::Get]
->->  [clDecoder::Close]
<-<-  [clDecoder::Close]

Conversion that Succeeds.

Splitting Command Line:Done
->->  [dBCoreConverter::ReaddBCommandFile]
<-<-  [dBCoreConverter::ReaddBCommandFile]
->->  [cldBCodecHandler::FindDecoder]
    Checking Decoder 'D:\Stuff\Misc\dBpoweramp\decoder\FLAC.dll' for extension '.flac'
Decodes  [clDecoder::Get]
  <<< Match, using decoder
  Using Registry Cached Decoder: D:\Stuff\Misc\dBpoweramp\decoder\FLAC.dll
<-<-  [cldBCodecHandler::FindDecoder]
BatchID  [clDecoder::Set]
->->  [cldBCodecHandler::LoadEncoder]
  Loading Encoder 'D:\Stuff\Misc\dBpoweramp\encoder\m4a Nero (AAC).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]
  Opening file 'D:\Music\Eminem\The Slim Shady LP\Eminem - My Name Is.flac' for read access: Opened
  Init FLAC: 
  Reading Meta Data: 
   contained 7 tags:
			Artist: Eminem
			Title: My Name Is
			Album: The Slim Shady LP
			Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
			Year: 1999
			Track: 2
			album artist: Eminem
  Contains picture block, size (bytes): 118977 type: 3
  ->->  [clDecoder::ReadIDTags]
  <-<-  [clDecoder::ReadIDTags]
  ->->  [clDecoder::FillAudioProps]
	Encoder: FLAC reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
	Sample Count: 11,836,440
	ID Tag: Vorbis Comments
	Contains: Album Art, CRC, ID Tag [Vorbis Comments]
  <-<-  [clDecoder::FillAudioProps]
  ->->  [clDecoder::FillAudioInfo]
    Uncompressed WFX (sent to db): Format Tag: 1  Channels: 2  Bits per Sample: 16  Samples Per Second: 44100  Bytes Per Second: 176400  Block Align: 4  CB Size: 0
    Audio Length: 268400 mili-seconds  27688942 bytes  1411 kbps
  <-<-  [clDecoder::FillAudioInfo]
  Creating Decode Buffers: Created
<-<-  [clDecoder::Open]
SendOverReplayGainTags  [clEncoder::Get]
->->  [clEncoder::BeginConversion]
  Converting to 'D:\Stuff\Misc\Converted Music\Eminem\The Slim Shady LP\Eminem - My Name Is.m4a' encoder settings ' -cli_encoder="D:\Stuff\Misc\dBpoweramp\encoder\m4a Nero (AAC)\neroAacEnc.exe" -cli_cmd="-q .5 -ignorelength -if - -of {qt}[outfile]{qt}" -selection="0,5,0"'
  Using Encoder 'D:\Stuff\Misc\dBpoweramp\encoder\m4a Nero (AAC)\neroAacEnc.exe'
  Command Line '-q .5 -ignorelength -if - -of "D:\Stuff\Misc\CONVER~1\Eminem\THESLI~1\EMINEM~1.M4A"'
  Input Wave Format:Format Tag: 1  Channels: 2  Bits per Sample: 16  Samples Per Second: 44100  Bytes Per Second: 176400  Block Align: 4  CB Size: 0
  Output Wave Format:Format Tag: 1  Channels: 2  Bits per Sample: 16  Samples Per Second: 44100  Bytes Per Second: 176400  Block Align: 4  CB Size: 0
  Passing Wave Header: Yes
  Using StdInput Pipe: Yes
  dBpoweramp Writing Tags: Yes
<-<-  [clEncoder::BeginConversion]
Communicate  [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate  [clEncoder::Get]
Encoding To: m4a Nero (AAC)
Encoder Cmd Line:  -cli_encoder="D:\Stuff\Misc\dBpoweramp\encoder\m4a Nero (AAC)\neroAacEnc.exe" -cli_cmd="-q .5 -ignorelength -if - -of {qt}[outfile]{qt}" -selection="0,5,0"
============= CONVERSION BEGIN =============
============= CONVERSION END =============
Communicate  [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate  [clEncoder::Get]
->->  [dBCoreConverter::CloseDecoder]
->->  [clDecoder::Close]
<-<-  [clDecoder::Close]
->->  [clEncoder::EndConversion]
  Running program after conversion 'D:\Stuff\Misc\dBpoweramp\encoder\m4a Nero (AAC)\' Command Line: 
  Program completed
<-<-  [clEncoder::EndConversion]
  File Size Check : 5355088 bytes   Filename: D:\Stuff\Misc\Converted Music\Eminem\The Slim Shady LP\Eminem - My Name Is.m4a
  File Size Check (before ID Tags Written): 5355088 bytes   Filename: D:\Stuff\Misc\Converted Music\Eminem\The Slim Shady LP\Eminem - My Name Is.m4a
  ->->  [dBCoreConverter::IDTagWriter]
    ->->  [cldBCodecHandler::FindDecoder]
        Checking Decoder 'D:\Stuff\Misc\dBpoweramp\decoder\m4a.dll' for extension '.m4a'
Decodes  [clDecoder::Get]
      <<< Match, using decoder
      Using Registry Cached Decoder: D:\Stuff\Misc\dBpoweramp\decoder\m4a.dll
    <-<-  [cldBCodecHandler::FindDecoder]
IDTags  [clDecoder::Set]
  <-<-  [dBCoreConverter::IDTagWriter]
->->  [clDecoder::Close]
<-<-  [clDecoder::Close]
Communicate  [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate  [clEncoder::Get]
  Conversion completed in 6.9 seconds x38 realtime encoding
  File Size Check (core converter exit): 5476349 bytes   Filename: D:\Stuff\Misc\Converted Music\Eminem\The Slim Shady LP\Eminem - My Name Is.m4a
->->  [clDecoder::Close]
<-<-  [clDecoder::Close]

[Spoon]

Re: Multi-Encoder not working properly?

Have a look in the folder:

C:\Program Files\Illustrate\dBpoweramp\DSPs

there is a file:

_MultiEncoder

?

[Broken Hope]

Re: Multi-Encoder not working properly?

I've not installed dBpoweramp into the default location, but no, there's no _MultiEncoder in the DSP folder, should there be? I'm running beta 8 of the DSP plugins.

[Spoon]

Re: Multi-Encoder not working properly?

Yes, try reinstalling the multi-encoder

[Broken Hope]

Re: Multi-Encoder not working properly?

That fixed the problem, no idea why that file wasn't present.