I bump this thread in hopes of more help, even while I seem to have found a work-around while writing this (see NOTE below). I'm sorry if this asks for further work with what is implied to be a finished version of MC9.1, but it has been an exasperating holiday, especially when I wanted to create some gifts for friends.
(1) Ogg problemI selected an existing album of Ogg tracks, all of which play normally and are audio gain analyzed. I then converted them all to MP3 and kept the intermediate WAV files. I then imported all files, and analyzed the audio gain for the WAVs.
[... It's curious to note ... if I analyze the WAVs, the gain properties are the same, EXCEPT the 'BPM' for the WAVs is different than for the original Oggs and subsequent MP3s, and is much as 2x ... e.g., 146 for the WAV and 74 for the MP3/Oggs ...]
My first test is to burn the Oggs, and the parameters are ... "audio CD", speed=4x, "test the write", "decode direct to CD", and disable "apply cross-fade and DSP effects". The result is "cannot start the write".
Next ... do the same for the MP3s ... and the result is "Test mode recording completed OK".
(2) Problem with enabling "apply cross-fade and DSP effects"All parameters for again burning the MP3s are the same as above, except for enabling the "... DSP effects" option. Also note ... for this test I have enabled "... DSP effects", BUT I have disabled all plugins in the "DSP studio" ... cross-fade is smooth and set to 1 second ... "decode files direct to CD" is enabled, ... and "omit silent selections" is disabled. The result is an immediate fatal error message "Media Jukebox.e.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need to restart the program". (Note ... the reference to the executable is not a typo.)
I get the same error for any cross-fade option (e.g., standard, gapless).
I get the same error if I try to burn the WAVs.
Finally ... as I implied before, these problems seem to have simply appeared. I successfully burned one CD for a friend, with "DSP effects" enabled, and then the very next day wanted to burn an identical CD ... and the fatal error (2) was the result. I noticed the problem with Ogg tracks while trying to troubleshoot the fatal error ... and I have no idea if the 2 problems are related.
The problem does however seem to be with MC9.1.316 because I can burn a CD if I simplify the parameters. The failure to burn the Oggs is a mystery because they play properly, and because MC is able to properly convert them to WAVs. Both problems may still be my installation because I haven't yet tried another earlier version (e.g., how far back would I need to investigate?), and I haven't yet fully un-installed 9.1.316 before re-installing (e.g., how do I do this without violating my registration?). However, I have tried simply re-installing MC9.1.316.
NOTE: If I disable "decode direct to CD", the all writes (enabling DSP effects, Oggs) will be successful, but it's curious I hadn't disabled this before(?) It doesn't explain how these two apparently independent problems are somehow connected, and it doesn't explain why one error message or why the other. If I claim that this is no remedy, and JRiver figures it out, then I hope the effort will go towards understanding many of the CD burning problems I see on the forum.
JRiver ... please (1) fix this, ... or (2) let me know what additional info you need, ... or (3) let me know how to re-install MC9.1, or with which build.
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