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dBpowerAMP Music Converter (dMC) Release 11
Overview :
dBpowerAMP Music Converter (dMC), is one of those must have utilities,
indispensable for converting audio files from one format to another.
Part of dMCs formidable arsenal, is its ability to rip music straight
from Audio CDs!, or LPs [optional install]. Straight out of the box dMC
can convert to and from Wave, Mp3 and from CD Audio (CDA) files. Codec
downloads add Windows Media Audio v8 (WMA), Ogg Vorbis and many more
types to the table. Features include: Volume Normalization - have all
audio tracks use same volume. ID Tag preservation & Editing - keep
those ID tags between conversions, Explorer Audio Info Pop-ups -
display useful information on an audio file in explorer, Convert To -
simplest way of converting right click on a file and select Convert To,
Send audio to your Portable Mp3 Player with Sveta Portable Audio. Fully
compatible with Windows 95/98/ME NT4/2000 and Windows XP. Round of a
perfect package. What's more dMC is free. !! News Just in dMC is the
Fastest Audio CD Ripper !!
What's New:
Significant changes: Auxiliary Input and File Selector included as
standard. Higher quality mp3 decoder, Lame 3.96.1 encoder. Wave IEEE 32
bit support, dbpoweramp can supply column information in Windows
Explorer (much more refined than Windows standard audio columns) ,
Unicode tagging transfers, Power Pack trial included as standard and
mp3 encoder License on power pack trial. Smart install Codecs and New
DSP effects (Graphic Equalizer, dithering down bit depth).
New Mp3 input decoder - mp3 MAD
dMC can add entries to Windows Explorer Columns
CD Input - copy track names to clipboard no longer requires powerpack
M3u & pls playlist popup info - now displays total length for playlist
even if is > 50 entries
Added 'Tagging Options' on dMC Configuration - for updated codecs
Added unicode tagging transfer abilities (for updated codecs), for R11
characters can only be entered as compatible with current user
codepage.
Popup info will display unicode of tags correctly (for updated codecs)
Open file dialog, file types drop list is alphabetic sorted
Configuration Page - sorts the codecs alphabetically on the config page
Power Pack included in default install
Bad Mp3 encoder is now on a License & trial with Power Pack,
Good Aux Input and File Selector now standard
mp3 Encoder is new Lame 3.96.1
Default install switches Power Pack options 'skip finish' and Rip to
Ram on
CD Input - if autodial is on then first try to talk to freedb - if
cannot then autodials
CD Input - on file arrangement form - if a fixed text is entered - ie
'bob-knob' then complain it should be '[artist]...'
Freedb Smart formatting - if have 'Feat. Bob' was changed to 'FeaT.
Bob'
Codecs (such as WMA, Ogg, Monkeys, FLAC) are always present in dMC,
selecting offers to install said codec
Scripting: if user cancel then added to log file (getwaserror will
return true)
Scripting: WMA Settings removed (can no longer access them for WMA v9),
Wave settings now work again, Mp3 blade setting removed
Configuration page changed slightly (show if dAP is installed)
If select a high priority then warnings are given about slowing CD
ripping, or making windows unresponsive
file selector: 'keep path when convert' checked state is remembered
file selector: remembers files excluded
file selector: added uncheck button to remove all selections
file selector: added date modified column
file selector: warns in dMC if 'keep path' option and 'original folder'
in dmc are used together
DSP - All DSP effects are 24 + 32 bit compatible, plus many have speed
improvements
DSP - Add silence - option to add at beginning of track
DSP - added new to 24 bit, 16 bit dither, 8 bit dither
DSP added Graphic Equalizer dsp - say in help need is best to lower
other bars than increase otherwise will clip, or for best - run to 24
bit dSP, volume quieten (say 10%), graphic EQ, then to 16 bit (dither)
DSP - Volume Quieten - say in help that should now use volume normlize
to reduce a loudness (based on normalize)
DSP - new looper dsp (loop xTimes or loop to a certain length)
DSP - channel move revamped - can downsample or upsample number of
channels (with various channel combining options) and move any channel
to any other
DSP - adaptive normalize big speed increases
Wave - support for IEEE 32 bit float decoding
Bug Fixes
DSP - remove silence could mixup channels (ie left channel to right)
DSP - adaptive volume normalize - fixed freeze if had large silence in
file
Sorted out CD Eject (should no longer suck drive draw back in after
eject)
Can display version numbers for Input DLLs
Put catch exception trapping on tag tranfers
mp3 (lame) added specific error about trying to change the frequency if
compression codec could not be opened.
mp3 (lame) writes lame header for CBR files (and xing vbr header)
mp3 lame: vbr header was not being written to certain presets
mp3 XIng VBR Header, searched more in file
mp3 XIng VBR Header length calculation now takes off header
mp3 parser, huge speed increases
Open file dialog was adding .SHUTDOWN (from dAP), causes windows not to
display files
Memory leak when compressing the Wave ACM
Crash when file could not be opened (later in converter)
TCPConnection Socket (freedb) upgraded to fix connection issues
Rip as one - whole CD to Wave - it was getting the PC way wrong!!
Scripting: retrieving the error log list would only return 1st line
When converting huge number, the 2nd line says 'calculating size' but
the top line is some funny characters
Aux Input (or CD Input) could still have the 'Delete Source File(s)'
option checked (obviously it cannot do this)
All programs - buttons could disappear if a sub dialog was opened
Homepage: http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm
For related software, check out: http://www.arjan.org/?Multimedia:Audio
Kind regards,
_____
Arjan
E-mail: (e-mail address removed) (remove NOSPAM)
Homepage: Arjan.org's Absolute Freeware Links (http://www.arjan.org)
Overview :
dBpowerAMP Music Converter (dMC), is one of those must have utilities,
indispensable for converting audio files from one format to another.
Part of dMCs formidable arsenal, is its ability to rip music straight
from Audio CDs!, or LPs [optional install]. Straight out of the box dMC
can convert to and from Wave, Mp3 and from CD Audio (CDA) files. Codec
downloads add Windows Media Audio v8 (WMA), Ogg Vorbis and many more
types to the table. Features include: Volume Normalization - have all
audio tracks use same volume. ID Tag preservation & Editing - keep
those ID tags between conversions, Explorer Audio Info Pop-ups -
display useful information on an audio file in explorer, Convert To -
simplest way of converting right click on a file and select Convert To,
Send audio to your Portable Mp3 Player with Sveta Portable Audio. Fully
compatible with Windows 95/98/ME NT4/2000 and Windows XP. Round of a
perfect package. What's more dMC is free. !! News Just in dMC is the
Fastest Audio CD Ripper !!
What's New:
Significant changes: Auxiliary Input and File Selector included as
standard. Higher quality mp3 decoder, Lame 3.96.1 encoder. Wave IEEE 32
bit support, dbpoweramp can supply column information in Windows
Explorer (much more refined than Windows standard audio columns) ,
Unicode tagging transfers, Power Pack trial included as standard and
mp3 encoder License on power pack trial. Smart install Codecs and New
DSP effects (Graphic Equalizer, dithering down bit depth).
New Mp3 input decoder - mp3 MAD
dMC can add entries to Windows Explorer Columns
CD Input - copy track names to clipboard no longer requires powerpack
M3u & pls playlist popup info - now displays total length for playlist
even if is > 50 entries
Added 'Tagging Options' on dMC Configuration - for updated codecs
Added unicode tagging transfer abilities (for updated codecs), for R11
characters can only be entered as compatible with current user
codepage.
Popup info will display unicode of tags correctly (for updated codecs)
Open file dialog, file types drop list is alphabetic sorted
Configuration Page - sorts the codecs alphabetically on the config page
Power Pack included in default install
Bad Mp3 encoder is now on a License & trial with Power Pack,
Good Aux Input and File Selector now standard
mp3 Encoder is new Lame 3.96.1
Default install switches Power Pack options 'skip finish' and Rip to
Ram on
CD Input - if autodial is on then first try to talk to freedb - if
cannot then autodials
CD Input - on file arrangement form - if a fixed text is entered - ie
'bob-knob' then complain it should be '[artist]...'
Freedb Smart formatting - if have 'Feat. Bob' was changed to 'FeaT.
Bob'
Codecs (such as WMA, Ogg, Monkeys, FLAC) are always present in dMC,
selecting offers to install said codec
Scripting: if user cancel then added to log file (getwaserror will
return true)
Scripting: WMA Settings removed (can no longer access them for WMA v9),
Wave settings now work again, Mp3 blade setting removed
Configuration page changed slightly (show if dAP is installed)
If select a high priority then warnings are given about slowing CD
ripping, or making windows unresponsive
file selector: 'keep path when convert' checked state is remembered
file selector: remembers files excluded
file selector: added uncheck button to remove all selections
file selector: added date modified column
file selector: warns in dMC if 'keep path' option and 'original folder'
in dmc are used together
DSP - All DSP effects are 24 + 32 bit compatible, plus many have speed
improvements
DSP - Add silence - option to add at beginning of track
DSP - added new to 24 bit, 16 bit dither, 8 bit dither
DSP added Graphic Equalizer dsp - say in help need is best to lower
other bars than increase otherwise will clip, or for best - run to 24
bit dSP, volume quieten (say 10%), graphic EQ, then to 16 bit (dither)
DSP - Volume Quieten - say in help that should now use volume normlize
to reduce a loudness (based on normalize)
DSP - new looper dsp (loop xTimes or loop to a certain length)
DSP - channel move revamped - can downsample or upsample number of
channels (with various channel combining options) and move any channel
to any other
DSP - adaptive normalize big speed increases
Wave - support for IEEE 32 bit float decoding
Bug Fixes
DSP - remove silence could mixup channels (ie left channel to right)
DSP - adaptive volume normalize - fixed freeze if had large silence in
file
Sorted out CD Eject (should no longer suck drive draw back in after
eject)
Can display version numbers for Input DLLs
Put catch exception trapping on tag tranfers
mp3 (lame) added specific error about trying to change the frequency if
compression codec could not be opened.
mp3 (lame) writes lame header for CBR files (and xing vbr header)
mp3 lame: vbr header was not being written to certain presets
mp3 XIng VBR Header, searched more in file
mp3 XIng VBR Header length calculation now takes off header
mp3 parser, huge speed increases
Open file dialog was adding .SHUTDOWN (from dAP), causes windows not to
display files
Memory leak when compressing the Wave ACM
Crash when file could not be opened (later in converter)
TCPConnection Socket (freedb) upgraded to fix connection issues
Rip as one - whole CD to Wave - it was getting the PC way wrong!!
Scripting: retrieving the error log list would only return 1st line
When converting huge number, the 2nd line says 'calculating size' but
the top line is some funny characters
Aux Input (or CD Input) could still have the 'Delete Source File(s)'
option checked (obviously it cannot do this)
All programs - buttons could disappear if a sub dialog was opened
Homepage: http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm
For related software, check out: http://www.arjan.org/?Multimedia:Audio
Kind regards,
_____
Arjan
E-mail: (e-mail address removed) (remove NOSPAM)
Homepage: Arjan.org's Absolute Freeware Links (http://www.arjan.org)