QAAC CLI Encoder errors.

[tscolin]

I made a qaac.exe cli encoder script, everything seems fine, yet i get this one persistent error.

Error converting to CLI Encoder, 'Y:\Adele\2008-19\12-Hometown Glory.flac' to 'd:\aacout\Adele\2008-19\12-Hometown Glory.m4a'
   Error writing audio data to StdIn Pipe  [clEncoder::EncodeBlock]

The script is as follows.

[codec]
.m4a
qaac.exe

[msgifnoencoder]
Before using this encoder a seperate component must first be installed from https://sites.google.com/site/qaacpage/ .

[image]
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66
itunes9icon.bmp
yes

[radio&slider]
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10
0
Quality (tVBR)

5
Q0 (lol)
-V 0
Q4 (~40kbps)
-V 4
Q13 (~45kbps)
-V 13
Q22 (~75kbps)
-V 22
Q31 (~80kbps)
-V 31
Q40 (~95kbps)
-V 40
Q49 (~105kbps)
-V 49
Q58 (~115kbps)
-V 58
Q63 (~128kbps)
-V 63
Q68 (~135kbps)
-V 68
Q77 (~150kbps)
-V 77
Q86 (~165kbps)
-V 86
Q95 (~195kbps)
-V 95
Q104 (~225kbps)
-V 104
Q113 (~255kbps)
-V 113
Q122 (~285kbps)
-V 122
Q127 (~320kbps)
-V 127 
[/sliderend]
80
0
Bit Rate (ABR)

9
Average Bit Rate: 16 Kbps
-a 16000
Average Bit Rate: 24 Kbps
-a 24000
Average Bit Rate: 32 Kbps
-a 32000
Average Bit Rate: 48 Kbps
-a 48000
Average Bit Rate: 56 Kbps
-a 56000
Average Bit Rate: 64 Kbps
-a 64000
Average Bit Rate: 80 Kbps
-a 80000
Average Bit Rate: 96 Kbps
-a 96000
Average Bit Rate: 128 Kbps
-a 128000
Average Bit Rate: 144 Kbps
-a 144000
Average Bit Rate: 160 Kbps
-a 160000
Average Bit Rate: 192 Kbps
-a 192000
Average Bit Rate: 224 Kbps
-a 224000
Average Bit Rate: 256 Kbps
-a 256000
Average Bit Rate: 320 Kbps
-a 320000
[/sliderend]
154
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Bit Rate (cVBR)

9
Constrained Bit Rate: Auto
-v 0
Constrained Bit Rate: 16 Kbps
-v 16000
Constrained Bit Rate: 24 Kbps
-v 24000
Constrained Bit Rate: 32 Kbps
-v 32000
Constrained Bit Rate: 48 Kbps
-v 48000
Constrained Bit Rate: 56 Kbps
-v 56000
Constrained Bit Rate: 64 Kbps
-v 64000
Constrained Bit Rate: 80 Kbps
-v 80000
Constrained Bit Rate: 96 Kbps
-v 96000
Constrained Bit Rate: 128 Kbps
-v 128000
Constrained Bit Rate: 144 Kbps
-v 144000
Constrained Bit Rate: 160 Kbps
-v 160000
Constrained Bit Rate: 192 Kbps
-v 192000
Constrained Bit Rate: 224 Kbps
-v 224000
Constrained Bit Rate: 256 Kbps
-v 256000
Constrained Bit Rate: 320 Kbps
-v 320000
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Constant Bit Rate (CBR)


Constant Bit Rate: 16 Kbps
-c 16000
Constant Bit Rate: 24 Kbps
-c 24000
Constant Bit Rate: 32 Kbps
-c 32000
Constant Bit Rate: 48 Kbps
-c 48000
Constant Bit Rate: 56 Kbps
-c 56000
Constant Bit Rate: 64 Kbps
-c 64000
Constant Bit Rate: 80 Kbps
-c 80000
Constant Bit Rate: 96 Kbps
-c 96000
Constant Bit Rate: 128 Kbps
-c 128000
Constant Bit Rate: 144 Kbps
-c 144000
Constant Bit Rate: 160 Kbps
-c 160000
Constant Bit Rate: 192 Kbps
-c 192000
Constant Bit Rate: 224 Kbps
-c 224000
Constant Bit Rate: 256 Kbps
-c 256000
Constant Bit Rate: 320 Kbps
-c 320000
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[label]
10
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low quality (smaller file)
808080

[label]
216
44
high quality (larger file)
808080

[combo]
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Force LC AAC

Force HE AAC (< 84 kbps)
-he

[clistring]
-o [outfile] --no-optimize -q2 -

[highestqualitydecode]

[minfreq]
8000

[maxfreq]
96000

[maxchannels]
6

Any help is appreciated.

[Spoon]

I know very little about QAAC, does it accept data by standard in (that is what you have configured dBpoweramp to do) or by temp files?

[tscolin]

It accepts data through a pipe. It's very odd, if I pass -o [outfile] -q2 -he -v 128 -

It will fail.

If I pass -o [outfile] -q2 -v 128 -

It will run. If I pass the failing argument in command line with a .wav. It works. It's very peculiar.

[dbfan]

He mode possibly does not work at 128kbps

[tscolin]

per the encoder it should apply HE to anything except tVBR. The HE encoding can and will be lower than the specified bitrate if over say... 160.

I'm curious, is there a way to enable debugging that i may see exactly what arguments dbpoweramp is giving the encoder?

[tscolin]

Ok, i found the debug option.

Splitting Command Line:Done
->->  [dBCoreConverter::ReaddBCommandFile]
<-<-  [dBCoreConverter::ReaddBCommandFile]
Decodes  [clDecoder::Get]
BatchID  [clDecoder::Set]
->->  [cldBCodecHandler::LoadEncoder]
  Loading Encoder 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Illustrate\dBpoweramp\encoder\CLI Encoder.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 'Y:\Adele\2008-19\12-Hometown Glory.flac' for read access: Opened
  Init FLAC: 
  Reading Meta Data: 
  Contains picture block, size (bytes): 22933 type: 3
   contained 13 tags:
			ALBUM: 19
			ARTIST: Adele
			Artistsort: Adele
			ASIN: B000YIXBUO
			Year: 2008
			GENRE: soul
female vocalists
british
singer-songwriter
indie
			ORGANIZATION: XL Recordings
			TITLE: Hometown Glory
			Track: 12
			replaygain_album_gain: -7.80 dB
			replaygain_album_peak: 1.000000
			replaygain_track_gain: -8.83 dB
			replaygain_track_peak: 0.994934
  ->->  [clDecoder::ReadIDTags]
  <-<-  [clDecoder::ReadIDTags]
  ->->  [clDecoder::FillAudioProps]
	Encoder: FLAC reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
	Sample Count: 11,961,096
	ID Tag: Vorbis Comments
	Contains: Album Art, CRC, ReplayGain, 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: 271226 mili-seconds  25556408 bytes  1411 kbps
  <-<-  [clDecoder::FillAudioInfo]
  Creating Decode Buffers: Created
<-<-  [clDecoder::Open]
SendOverReplayGainTags  [clEncoder::Get]
->->  [clEncoder::BeginConversion]
  Converting to 'd:\aacout\Adele\2008-19\12-Hometown Glory.m4a.tmp.m4a' encoder settings ' -cli_encoder="C:\Program Files (x86)\Illustrate\dBpoweramp\encoder\CLI Encoder\qaac.exe" -cli_cmd="-a 64000-he-o [outfile] --no-optimize -q2 -" -selection="1,5,1"'
  Using Encoder 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Illustrate\dBpoweramp\encoder\CLI Encoder\qaac.exe'
  Command Line '-a 64000-he-o d:\aacout\Adele\2008-19\12-HOM~4.M4A --no-optimize -q2 -'
  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: CLI Encoder
Encoder Cmd Line:  -cli_encoder="C:\Program Files (x86)\Illustrate\dBpoweramp\encoder\CLI Encoder\qaac.exe" -cli_cmd="-a 64000-he-o [outfile] --no-optimize -q2 -" -selection="1,5,1"
============= CONVERSION BEGIN =============
*** Error: Error writing audio data to StdIn Pipe  [clEncoder::EncodeBlock]
============= CONVERSION END =============
Communicate  [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate  [clEncoder::Get]
->->  [dBCoreConverter::CloseDecoder]
->->  [clDecoder::Close]
<-<-  [clDecoder::Close]
->->  [clEncoder::EndConversion]
<-<-  [clEncoder::EndConversion]
  File Size Check (before overwrite final): 0 bytes   Filename: d:\aacout\Adele\2008-19\12-Hometown Glory.m4a.tmp.m4a
Communicate  [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate  [clEncoder::Get]
  Conversion completed in 125 mili-seconds x2169 realtime encoding
  File Size Check (core converter exit): 0 bytes   Filename: d:\aacout\Adele\2008-19\12-Hometown Glory.m4a
->->  [clDecoder::Close]
<-<-  [clDecoder::Close]

TLDR

Encoder Cmd Line:  -cli_encoder="C:\Program Files (x86)\Illustrate\dBpoweramp\encoder\CLI Encoder\qaac.exe" -cli_cmd="-a 64000-he-o [outfile] --no-optimize -q2 -" -selection="1,5,1"

*edit*

I've appended spaces to every line after arguments yet im still getting errors in the pipe. The same error that is.

[tscolin]

Ok all problems seem to be fixed now. No stdin errors, HE encoding is working.

For HE encoding to work at maximum HE quality choose cVBR Highest Quality (-v0 or Slider all the way to the left)

[codec]
.m4a
qaac.exe

[msgifnoencoder]
Before using this encoder a seperate component must first be installed from https://sites.google.com/site/qaacpage/ .

[radio&slider]
4
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1
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Quality (tVBR)

5
Q4 (~40kbps)
-V 4 
Q13 (~45kbps)
-V 13 
Q22 (~75kbps)
-V 22 
Q31 (~80kbps)
-V 31 
Q40 (~95kbps)
-V 40 
Q49 (~105kbps)
-V 49 
Q58 (~115kbps)
-V 58 
Q63 (~128kbps)
-V 63 
Q68 (~135kbps)
-V 68 
Q77 (~150kbps)
-V 77 
Q86 (~165kbps)
-V 86 
Q95 (~195kbps)
-V 95 
Q104 (~225kbps)
-V 104 
Q113 (~255kbps)
-V 113 
Q122 (~285kbps)
-V 122 
Q127 (~320kbps)
-V 127 
Q0 (Highest Possible)
-V 0
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80
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Bit Rate (ABR)

9
Average Bit Rate: 16 Kbps
-a 16 
Average Bit Rate: 24 Kbps
-a 24 
Average Bit Rate: 32 Kbps
-a 32 
Average Bit Rate: 48 Kbps
-a 48 
Average Bit Rate: 56 Kbps
-a 56 
Average Bit Rate: 64 Kbps
-a 64 
Average Bit Rate: 80 Kbps
-a 80 
Average Bit Rate: 96 Kbps
-a 96 
Average Bit Rate: 128 Kbps
-a 128  
Average Bit Rate: 144 Kbps
-a 144  
Average Bit Rate: 160 Kbps
-a 160  
Average Bit Rate: 192 Kbps
-a 192  
Average Bit Rate: 224 Kbps
-a 224  
Average Bit Rate: 256 Kbps
-a 256 
Average Bit Rate: 320 Kbps
-a 320 
Average Bit Rate: Highest Possible
-a 0
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154
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Bit Rate (cVBR)

9
Constrained Bit Rate: Auto
-v 0
Constrained Bit Rate: 16 Kbps
-v 16 
Constrained Bit Rate: 24 Kbps
-v 24 
Constrained Bit Rate: 32 Kbps
-v 32 
Constrained Bit Rate: 48 Kbps
-v 48 
Constrained Bit Rate: 56 Kbps
-v 56 
Constrained Bit Rate: 64 Kbps
-v 64 
Constrained Bit Rate: 80 Kbps
-v 80 
Constrained Bit Rate: 96 Kbps
-v 96 
Constrained Bit Rate: 128 Kbps
-v 128 
Constrained Bit Rate: 144 Kbps
-v 144 
Constrained Bit Rate: 160 Kbps
-v 160 
Constrained Bit Rate: 192 Kbps
-v 192 
Constrained Bit Rate: 224 Kbps
-v 224 
Constrained Bit Rate: 256 Kbps
-v 256 
Constrained Bit Rate: 320 Kbps
-v 320 
Constrained Bit Rate: Highest Possible
-v 0 
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Constant (CBR)


Constant Bit Rate: 16 Kbps
-c 16 
Constant Bit Rate: 24 Kbps
-c 24 
Constant Bit Rate: 32 Kbps
-c 32 
Constant Bit Rate: 48 Kbps
-c 48 
Constant Bit Rate: 56 Kbps
-c 56 
Constant Bit Rate: 64 Kbps
-c 64 
Constant Bit Rate: 80 Kbps
-c 80 
Constant Bit Rate: 96 Kbps
-c 96 
Constant Bit Rate: 128 Kbps
-c 128 
Constant Bit Rate: 144 Kbps
-c 144 
Constant Bit Rate: 160 Kbps
-c 160 
Constant Bit Rate: 192 Kbps
-c 192 
Constant Bit Rate: 224 Kbps
-c 224 
Constant Bit Rate: 256 Kbps
-c 256 
Constant Bit Rate: 320 Kbps
-c 320 
Constant Bit Rate: Highest Possible
-c 0 
[/sliderend]

[label]
10
44
low quality (smaller file)
808080

[label]
216
44
high quality (larger file)
808080

[combo]
60
66
80
1
Force LC AAC
 
Force HE AAC (< 84 kbps)
--he 

[clistring]
-o [outfile] --no-optimize -q2 -

[minfreq]
8000

[maxfreq]
96000

[maxchannels]
6

Thank you for the help guys! Where should i post this so people can easily find it if they want to use qaac?

[dreamslides]

How do I use this script with the CLI encoder? I want to try it!

[tscolin]

Just overwrite everything in CLI Encoder\encoder.txt with my last post. Google qaac and download the latest qaac release and extract into the same folder.

[dreamslides]

Just overwrite everything in CLI Encoder\encoder.txt with my last post. Google qaac and download the latest qaac release and extract into the same folder.

Alright now THAT IS COOL as heck. I was using a command line before but lost it, this script makes it SO MUCH easier OMG. WOW.

[obazavil]

Thanks a lot for the script!

[johnk]

Thank you for the script, tscolin. Exactly what I was looking for.

[Doug in Calgary]

This works great! Is there a way to make it use the 64 bit QAAC encoder with DB15?

[Spoon]

The CLI Encoder has a 64 bit version it will work with the 64 bit version of QAAC.

[Doug in Calgary]

The CLI Encoder has a 64 bit version it will work with the 64 bit version of QAAC.

How do I modify the script posted in this thread to use the 64 bit encoder? Should I expect much performance benefit from the 64 bit encoder?