FFmpeg with dBpoweramp?

[Makm]

Is it possible to setup ffmpeg as a cli encoder in dBpoweramp?

I have tried many combinations of cli string but none of them yielded any result.
-i [infile] options [outfile]
-i "[infile]" options "[outfile]"
-i - options [outfile]
etc...

Any help will be appreciated.

[Spoon]

Re: FFmpeg with dBpoweramp?

First take a wave file, and get it so FFmpeg can convert it on the command line, on its own, then post the command line you used please.

[Makm]

Re: FFmpeg with dBpoweramp?

First take a wave file, and get it so FFmpeg can convert it on the command line, on its own, then post the command line you used please.

Original file
Name: 0.wav
Channels: 2
Sample Rate: 44.1khz
Bit depth: 16 bit

Command used with ffmpeg in command line:
ffmpeg -i 0.wav -vn -c:a aac -b:a 256k 0.m4a

Command used with dbpoweramp:
-i [infile] -vn -c:a aac -b:a 256k [outfile]
with 'pass wave header' selected and everything left as default

converting with dbpoweramp creates a .m4a file of 0 bytes.

[Spoon]

Re: FFmpeg with dBpoweramp?

-i "[infile]" -vn -c:a aac -b:a 256k "[outfile]"

[Makm]

Re: FFmpeg with dBpoweramp?

-i "[infile]" -vn -c:a aac -b:a 256k "[outfile]"

I already tried that. Still produces a file with 0 bytes.

[Spoon]

Re: FFmpeg with dBpoweramp?

Try:

-i "[infile_long]" -vn -c:a aac -b:a 256k "[outfile_long]"

[Makm]

Re: FFmpeg with dBpoweramp?

Try:

-i "[infile_long]" -vn -c:a aac -b:a 256k "[outfile_long]"

Nope, still didn't work. :/

[Spoon]

Re: FFmpeg with dBpoweramp?

In Configure dBpoweramp is an option to enable debugging in music converter, enable it and do a conversion, it should show the exact filenames command line passed to the cli encoder in the debug log.

[Makm]

Re: FFmpeg with dBpoweramp?

In Configure dBpoweramp is an option to enable debugging in music converter, enable it and do a conversion, it should show the exact filenames command line passed to the cli encoder in the debug log.

Everything seems fine, but still no idea why it's not producing any output.

Splitting Command Line:Done
->-> [dBCoreConverter::ReaddBCommandFile]
<-<- [dBCoreConverter::ReaddBCommandFile]
Decodes [clDecoder::Get]
BatchID [clDecoder::Set]
->-> [cldBCodecHandler::LoadEncoder]
Loading Encoder 'D:\Program Files\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]
->-> [clDecoder::Open]
Opening file 'C:\Users\Makm\Desktop\0.wav' for read access: Opened
Reading Audio Information
->-> [clWaveDecoder::Initialize]
<-<- [clWaveDecoder::Initialize]
->-> [clRIFFHandler::Initialize]
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
<-<- [clRIFFHandler::Initialize]
->-> [clRIFFHandler::ScanFile]
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
RIFF Header 'RIFF' Length: 42865414 FormType 'WAVE'
Got Chunk 'fmt ' Length: 16 RiffSizeLeft: 42865402 ChunkPosition: 12
Got Chunk 'data' Length: 42865360 RiffSizeLeft: 42865378 ChunkPosition: 36
Got Chunk 'id3 ' Length: 10 RiffSizeLeft: 10 ChunkPosition: 42865404
clRIFFHandler::CalcAllChunks: Ok
<-<- [clRIFFHandler::ScanFile]
Read Audio Information
->-> [clWaveDecoder::ReadIDTags]
->-> [clWaveDecoder::PullOutFMTnDATA]
Finding 'fmt ' chunk.
Finding 'data' chunk.
Assigning 'fmt ' chunk to WFX
<-<- [clWaveDecoder::PullOutFMTnDATA]
2 ID Tags:
_riff_1: DATA Length: 4 fmt
_riff_2: DATA Length: 4 data
<-<- [clWaveDecoder::ReadIDTags]
->-> [clWaveDecoder::FillAudioProps]
Audio Quality: CD (Lossless)
Encoder Settings: PCM
Wave Header: Wave Format PCM
Channel Mapping: Left, Right
Sample Count: 10,716,340
Riff Chunks: 'fmt ' 16 bytes, 'data' 40.88 MB, 'id3 ' 10 bytes
ID Tag: ID3
Contains: ID Tag [ID3]
Gapless: Yes
<-<- [clWaveDecoder::FillAudioProps]
Writing Audio Information
->-> [clWaveDecoder::FillAudioInfo]
Audio Length: 243000 mili-seconds 42865360 bytes 1411 kbps
<-<- [clWaveDecoder::FillAudioInfo]
Written Audio Information
Preparing to Decode
->-> [clWaveDecoder::PrepareToDecodeAudio]
Calling ACMDecoder.CreateNewConverter
Compressed WFX (on file): Format Tag: 1 Channels: 2 Bits per Sample: 16 Samples Per Second: 44100 Bytes Per Second: 176400 Block Align: 4 CB Size: 0
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
Setting Position in File
<-<- [clWaveDecoder::PrepareToDecodeAudio]
Prepared Decoding
<-<- [clDecoder::Open]
SendOverReplayGainTags [clEncoder::Get]
->-> [clEncoder::BeginConversion]
Converting to 'C:\Users\Makm\Desktop\0.m4a' encoder settings ' -cli_encoder="C:\Users\Makm\Desktop\ffmpeg.exe" -cli_cmd="-i {qt}[infile]{qt} -vn -c:a aac -b:a 256k {qt}[outfile]{qt}" -nodbtag'
Using Encoder 'C:\Users\Makm\Desktop\ffmpeg.exe'
Command Line '-i "C:\Users\Makm\Desktop\0M4ATM~1.WAV" -vn -c:a aac -b:a 256k "C:\Users\Makm\Desktop\0.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: No
dBpoweramp Writing Tags: No
<-<- [clEncoder::BeginConversion]
Communicate [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate [clEncoder::Get]
Encoding To: CLI Encoder
Encoder Cmd Line: -cli_encoder="C:\Users\Makm\Desktop\ffmpeg.exe" -cli_cmd="-i {qt}[infile]{qt} -vn -c:a aac -b:a 256k {qt}[outfile]{qt}" -nodbtag
============= CONVERSION BEGIN =============
============= CONVERSION END =============
Communicate [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate [clEncoder::Get]
->-> [dBCoreConverter::CloseDecoder]
->-> [clDecoder::Close]
->-> [clWaveDecoder::Close]
<-<- [clWaveDecoder::Close]
<-<- [clDecoder::Close]
->-> [clEncoder::EndConversion]
Running program after conversion 'D:\Program Files\dBpoweramp\encoder\CLI Encoder\' Command Line:
Program completed
<-<- [clEncoder::EndConversion]
File Size Check : 0 bytes Filename: C:\Users\Makm\Desktop\0.m4a
Communicate [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate [clEncoder::Get]
Conversion completed in 156 mili-seconds x1557 realtime encoding
File Size Check (core converter exit): 0 bytes Filename: C:\Users\Makm\Desktop\0.m4a

I got ffmpeg to work with foobar2000, and here is the command line: -i %s -vn -c:a aac -b:a 256k %d
Using it with dbpoweramp would be more convenient for me since I can directly convert from right click menu.

[Spoon]

Re: FFmpeg with dBpoweramp?

It might be failing because dBpoweramp creates a zero byte file, which is needed for the short path name, see if ffmpeg has an option to overwrite existing files.