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[FinylVinyl]

Hi
I am a little confused, please help.

I have downloaded and installed MJ 8.0.183 into win98 SE with a view to recording vinyl and tape directly into Monkey's Audio APE files, which I will write to CDR. I have a limited time before I have to dispose of my vinyl and tapes, so the idea is to get as much onto CDRW as possible and clean it up etc at a later point. I have downloaded the APE input plugin for MJ 8.0 and gained a "successful install" message.

I am using an Audiophile 24/96 sound card (with phono pre-amp for vinyl), and would like to record at 48kHz/24bit - which I believe Monkeys Audio/APE can cope with. I am hoping I can record directly to APE rather than to WAV and then convert to APE.

This is the main reason I am considering buying Media Jukebox Plus - if I cannot record directly to APE files then it isn't really what I want. I am having some trouble setting this up and have not got too far with the on-line help because of a couple of problems.

First, if I select "Line In" under Tools|Record Sound |Options then the Audiophile card does not appear under recording device. I can however record and adjust volume etc through the associated control panel applet. This card does not seem to use the Windows mixer in any application, so I don't think there is a major problem. But can someone confirm that this card and Media Jukebox do function together properly, and that I can record in MJ at other than 44.1kHz and 16bit?

Second, In the Encoding dialogue I can see no option for Monkeys Audio/APE, and although I downloaded the plugin via the MJ link using the plugin installer I cannot find anything in the MJ plugins folder. Am I going the right way to set-up MJ to write recorded files directly as APE files, or am I barking up the wrong tree?

Many Thanks!

[JimH]

Make sure you have the right APE plugin installed.  For version 7 or 8, depending on what version of MJ you have.  It should show up in the plugin manager once it's installed.

Then take a look at the FAQ here on recording for details.  There is some trial and error involved.

[Charlemagne 8]

FinylVinyl,

"I have downloaded the APE input plugin for MJ 8.0 and gained a "successful install" message."


I believe you also need the APE encoder to rip to APE.

"I am hoping I can record directly to APE rather than to WAV and then convert to APE."

It does go directly into APE very quickly. It doesn't appear to make a WAV file first.

CVIII

[JohnT]

The MJ recorder always records in 44.1khz 16 bit stereo. It feeds wave formatted memory buffers directly to the APE encoder. You do need to install the APE "encoder" plugin.

[Doof]

I've been having some problems doing this as well, but my problems are different.

If I have Rip & Encode Simultaneously checked, and record something from Line-in, SOMETIMES, MJ fails to import the file after recording and if I go find the file under Explorer I can SOMETIMES find it but it will be unplayable.

If I turn Rip & Encode Simulataneously off, the problem goes away.

I've only had this happen using APE - High, but that's the only encoder setting I use for this task.

[JohnT]

Doof-

Your problem will be fixed in the next build. Thanks for reporting it.