Topic: "Convert Format" fails for hundreds of my files (Read 1167 times)

nickeaston · « **on:** April 25, 2015, 10:53:02 am »

Attempting to convert hundreds of my files from m4a, flac, wav, wv, etc to mp3 fails in MC. At my age I am less interested in sound quality than reclaiming HD space for my 350,000+ files...

JimH · « **Reply #1 on:** April 25, 2015, 11:08:25 am »

Try converting a single file type at a time. If you find something that won't convert, save it and let us know. Something may not be thread safe. Probably m4a.

nickeaston · « **Reply #2 on:** April 25, 2015, 05:20:47 pm »

Thanks for the tip; hundreds converted without a hiccup...

rs55 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 25, 2015, 10:58:38 pm »

MC20 shut down repeatedly trying to convert 2500 files ( mix of FLAC and MP3) - to FLAC with DSP.

jmone · « **Reply #4 on:** April 25, 2015, 11:12:45 pm »

Does it always stop on one file? Try segmenting into batches to see if you can find the offending one(s).

JimH · « **Reply #5 on:** April 26, 2015, 07:11:07 am »

Quote from: rs55 on April 25, 2015, 10:58:38 pm

MC20 shut down repeatedly trying to convert 2500 files ( mix of FLAC and MP3) - to FLAC with DSP.

Are you using something in DSP that isn't thread safe? A VST filter perhaps?

Converting MP3 to FLAC isn't a good idea. It won't improve the sound.

Neither is applying DSP to FLAC when you encode. You're modifying the original file.

But you may know that...

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nickeaston

"Convert Format" fails for hundreds of my files

JimH

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