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    m4a QAAC Encoder (iTunes) not working.

    When I try to convert a 4 min. wav file, all I get is an error:

    Error converting to m4a QAAC (iTunes), 'C:\Users\Allan\Desktop\18-1-2020.wav' to 'C:\Users\Allan\Desktop\18-1-2020.m4a'
    Error writing audio data to StdIn Pipe [clEncoder::EncodeBlock]


    iTunes version:
    12.10.4.2 (latest)

    Using tVBR, Quality 63

    7 GB space left on my drive.

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    Re: m4a QAAC Encoder (iTunes) not working.

    The wave file is 16 bit, 2 channel, 44KHZ?

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    Re: m4a QAAC Encoder (iTunes) not working.

    Yes.
    And I have no success converting any other file using the m4a QAAC Encoder (iTunes)

    The details for this file are:
    Duration : 4:17.945 (11 375 354 samples)
    Sample rate : 44100 Hz
    Channels : 2
    Bits per sample : 16
    Bitrate : 1411 kbps
    Codec : PCM
    Encoding : lossless
    Last edited by cinnabardk; 02-06-2020 at 04:53 AM.

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    Re: m4a QAAC Encoder (iTunes) not working.

    I am not sure how you can debug this issue, perhaps disable security software?

    I created a fresh Windows 10 machine, added iTunes latest, installed dbp + qaac and it encoded correctly.

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    Re: m4a QAAC Encoder (iTunes) not working.

    Sorry to bring back a dying thread, but...

    I'm getting the same error as cinnabardk when trying to convert from FLAC to QAAC. I tried each of the 4 presets to no success. Below is a snippet of the error log from trying to convert the whole album.

    Code:
    Error converting to m4a QAAC (iTunes), 'C:\Users\ruscra\Music\Nujabes\Spiritual State\01 Nujabes feat. Uyama Hiroto - Spiritual State.flac' to 'C:\Users\ruscra\Desktop\01 Nujabes feat. Uyama Hiroto - Spiritual State.m4a'
    Here are the audio properties of this file

    Code:
    Artist Nujabes feat. Uyama Hiroto
    Title Spiritual State
    Album Spiritual State
    Track 1/14
    Disc 1/1
    Genre 
    Year 2011-12-03
    Rating 
    Composer 
    Size 39.62 MB  (40% Compressed)
    Original Size 65.93 MB
    Length 6 minutes 31 seconds
    Channels 2  (stereo)
    Sample Rate 44.1 KHz; 
    Sample Size 16 bit
    Bit Rate 1,411 kbps
    Encoder 
    Encoder Settings 
    Audio Quality Perfect (Lossless)
    Contains Album Art, CRC, ID Tag [Vorbis Comments]
    Channel Mapping 
    File 01 Nujabes feat. Uyama Hiroto - Spiritual State
    Type FLAC Audio    [.flac]

    I am running

    • Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, build 18363
    • dBpoweramp R16.6 64-bit
    • iTunes 12.10.4.2.


    The only security software I have running is 10's built-in antivirus. I disabled real-time protection and tried to convert the above file again -- no success. Test conversion worked without a hitch. I was also able to convert to MP3 VBR -v2 with no problems either.

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    Re: m4a QAAC Encoder (iTunes) not working.

    Not sure what to suggest, this plug-in was developed by a 3rd party so we are not involved in that. You would have to test other QAAC scripts (perhaps try a command line version and a wave file) to see if that works.

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