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    FLAC to MP3

    Hi Guys

    I hop someone can help me out with this small issue

    For some reason when im converting it only seems to do in twos where last week it was doing 4 tracks ??

    Can any one help me please

    Cheers

    gallorgs

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    Re: FLAC to MP3

    Quote Originally Posted by gallorgs View Post
    For some reason when im converting it only seems to do in twos where last week it was doing 4 tracks ??
    In the dBpoweramp Conversion window >> Options >> Encoding
    is Using 4 Cores ticked?

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    Re: FLAC to MP3

    Hi Mville

    Thanks in getting back to me

    I don't seem to have a options choice? as such

    There is a box called options with DSP Effects/Actions

    Am i in the right window??

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    Quote Originally Posted by gallorgs View Post
    I don't seem to have a options choice? as such

    There is a box called options with DSP Effects/Actions

    Am i in the right window??
    No, I think you are in the dBpoweramp Music Converter window.

    I am referring to the following window, after you click the Convert >> button.

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    Re: FLAC to MP3

    Hmm ok if we are talking about the actual converting page where the tracks get converted then i dont have a Options choice at all, if it helps im on Version 15.3?

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    Re: FLAC to MP3

    Quote Originally Posted by gallorgs View Post
    Hmm ok if we are talking about the actual converting page where the tracks get converted then i dont have a Options choice at all, if it helps im on Version 15.3?
    I refer to dBpoweramp Reference R16.4.

    What do you have, bottom left of that window?

    ... if you have a small black triangle, try clicking that.
    Last edited by mville; 01-16-2018 at 01:45 PM.

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    Re: FLAC to MP3

    This is from Music Converter help:

    dmc-converting.png

    "dBpoweramp Reference encodes using multiple CPU cores at the same time (in the above example 7 cores are used), however multiple CPUs are sometimes not used depending on audio format (such as a lossless format, as the hard disk is likely to be the bottleneck not CPU)."

    You can click the Option button at the bottom during a conversion. I haven't figured out how to get to it any other way.
    Last edited by Jailhouse; 01-16-2018 at 02:12 PM. Reason: Additional info

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    Re: FLAC to MP3

    Thanks Guys

    Looks like im going to upgrade to 16.4

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    Re: FLAC to MP3

    Ok so i have upgraded to 16.4 but when i go to Options - Encoding there is no option to tick 4 cores, it just has 1 core or 2 cores?

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    Re: FLAC to MP3

    I use 16.4 with all eight of my cores available for all encoding priority settings (above the "cores" settings). I'm at a loss as to why you can't choose more than two.

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    Re: FLAC to MP3

    Quote Originally Posted by gallorgs View Post
    Ok so i have upgraded to 16.4 but when i go to Options - Encoding there is no option to tick 4 cores, it just has 1 core or 2 cores?
    I assume you are on Windows as you have R16.4 installed.

    01. Go to Windows Control Panel >> Device Manager >> Processors
    How many items are listed under Processors?
    02. What cpu do you have?
    03. Have you made any changes to your PC hardware, recently?
    04. Have you edited/updated you BIOS/UEFI Firmware, recently?
    Last edited by mville; 01-17-2018 at 03:27 AM. Reason: added other questions

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    Re: FLAC to MP3

    Your computer must have only 2 cores....

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    Quote Originally Posted by mville View Post
    I assume you are on Windows as you have R16.4 installed.

    01. Go to Windows Control Panel >> Device Manager >> Processors
    How many items are listed under Processors? - There's only 2 but are exactly the same
    02. What cpu do you have? - Intel (r) core (TM) 2 Duo CPU E4400 @ 2.00GHZ
    03. Have you made any changes to your PC hardware, recently? - Actually my pc died but the guy removed tghe grapics card & replaced a processor(i think from Memory)
    04. Have you edited/updated you BIOS/UEFI Firmware, recently?
    - No & i dont know how to either

    Answers are by the questions

    cheers

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    Re: FLAC to MP3

    You have a 2 core CPU, converting using 4 cores would not speed up your conversion as you only have 2 cores. Perhaps previously you had a 4 core CPU.

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    Re: FLAC to MP3

    Quote Originally Posted by gallorgs View Post
    Actually my pc died but the guy removed tghe grapics card & replaced a processor(i think from Memory
    So, the previous CPU either had 4 cores or had 2 cores and supported hyper-threading (allows 2 processing threads per core), hence you were able to convert 4 tracks at a time.

    The new PC only has 2 cores, but does not support hyper-threading, hence you are now only able to convert 2 tracks at a time.

    What was your previous CPU? Perhaps have a word with your guy?

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