How may I crop all files to 5s length regardless of .EXT?

[chrisjj]

This



ignores the DSP effect!

[Dat Ei]

I guess that using "ID Tag Update" isn't the right way to go. "ID Tag Update" is just for updating the metadata of your files. I would try to use a converter to the same codec format as the source in combination with the maximum length (and the "ID Tag Update" if neccessary).


Dat Ei

[chrisjj]

"ID Tag Update" is just for updating the metadata of your files.

That seems unlikely. It offers DSP effects.

I would try to use a converter to the same codec format as the source

Thanks, but As I said, I want to process files regardless of .EXT.

[mville]

That seems unlikely. It offers DSP effects.

If you are using the ID Tag Update Utility Codec, then see here:
dBpoweramp Codec Central: Utility Codecs

("Utility Codecs do not compress or read audio, but rather perform useful actions")

[chrisjj]

If you are using the ID Tag Update Utility Codec, then see here:
dBpoweramp Codec Central: Utility Codecs

("Utility Codecs do not compress or read audio, but rather perform useful actions")

Thanks. It seems then that the offer of DSP effects such as Maximum Length is a bug. I'll report it in a separate message. EDIT: Done https://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthr...881*post170881

[chrisjj]

Anyone got a solution to: How may I crop all files to 5s length regardless of .EXT?

[chrisjj]

Please??

[Dat Ei]

Why don't you try to convert the files from the original codec into the original codec and add the "Maximum lenght" DSP to the conversion?


Dat Ei

[chrisjj]

Why don't you try to convert the files from the original codec into the original codec and add the "Maximum lenght" DSP to the conversion?

Because there's no "convert to original codec" option that I can see.

[Spoon]

When converting lossy formats, such as mp3, the mp3 is uncompressed, then recompressed. The original format does not really matter any more, in that if you had a aac file and mp3 file, you would not have to reconvert each to its respective format.

[chrisjj]

if you had a aac file and mp3 file, you would not have to reconvert each to its respective format.

Except I need to preserve the format. I can find no way of processing different formats (.EXTs) to set the length whilst preserving the format... except by running dBpa separately for each format.

[Spoon]

You could probably do it with Multi-encoder with the DSP effect 'Conditional Encode', if we update multi-encoder to work with the dsp effect conditional encode (such as add a mp3 encoder and dsp effect conditional encode to only encode if the source ext is .mp3)

I think we will do for the next dBpoweramp beta.

[chrisjj]

I take it then that there's no way at the moment.

I think we will do for the next dBpoweramp beta.

Thanks.