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gweefry

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Conversion to wma fails
« on: October 23, 2013, 12:18:48 pm »

When using "Library Tools | Convert Format | Windows Media" to change flac to wma (CBR, VBR or Lossless) it's only possible to convert one file. 

Any subsequent attempts result in a fail, leaving a Temporary Convert File in the target directory. 

Restarting MC19 allows one more successful conversion before failing again.
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Re: Conversion to wma fails
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2013, 04:20:32 pm »

Thanks for the report.

My Windows 8.1 machine doesn't even want to encode to WMA but instead reports a missing codec.

We'll investigate.  I don't believe WMA is a great format choice for most uses, so you might try a more open format.
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Re: Conversion to wma fails
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2013, 05:54:02 pm »

Thanks for that.  I agree about the choice of codec but, unfortunately, my car stereo has a choice of mp3 or wma. 

From experience wma produces the better results although mp3 obviously works as a fall-back.
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Re: Conversion to wma fails
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2013, 06:50:52 pm »

I'm also having this same issue where the conversion from FLAC to WMA fails immediately on a Vista machine.  Unlike, the other user who reported this problem I have not had any success converting a file to WMA.  I have Toyota and Honda vehicles and for both of these cars WMA VBR is the best sounding format supported.
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Re: Conversion to wma fails
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2013, 06:52:54 pm »

Welcome to Interact.

As a workaround, you might try MP3 VBR or 320Kbps.  WAV might also be supported.
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Re: Conversion to wma fails
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2013, 04:15:16 pm »

Next build:
Fixed: WMA encoding was not working properly since build 19.0.34.

It traced back to this change:
Internal: Made usage of COM opt-in instead of opt-out for worker threads.  Please report any issues.

WMA is all COM based, which is unique compared to other encoders.

Sorry for the trouble.
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