Windows 7 and NeroAACEnc problem

[TwoToad]

I am having a problem encoding an audio file from within both MeGUI and foobar2000. I get an error saying "could not open AAC encoder" from MeGUI and a similar error from foobar. I know the problem has nothing to do with either, and it must be coming from Windows 7 permissions/ownership/etc, but I am sadly lacking in knowledge in this area. I was hoping someone could help. Here is the log from MeGUI:


[Error] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[NoImage] MeGUI Version : 0.3.1.1056
--[NoImage] OS : Windows Seven x86 (6.1.0.7600)
--[NoImage] Latest .Net Framework installed : 2.0 (2.0.50727.0)
-[Information] Hardware
--[NoImage] CPU : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6400+
-[Error] Log for job6 (audio, test.ac3 -> test.mp4)
--[Information] [10/30/2009 10:51:37 AM] Started handling job
--[Information] [10/30/2009 10:51:37 AM] Preprocessing
--[NoImage] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] NicAc3Source("test.ac3", DRC=1)
---[NoImage] Normalize()
---[NoImage] return last
--[NoImage] Commandline used: -ignorelength -lc -br 192000 -if - -of "{0}"
--[Information] [10/30/2009 10:51:37 AM] Encoding started
--[Information] [10/30/2009 10:51:37 AM] Encode thread started
--[Information] [10/30/2009 10:51:37 AM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Information] [10/30/2009 10:51:37 AM] Script loaded
--[Information] Output Decoder
---[NoImage] Channels: 5
---[NoImage] Bits per sample: 32
---[NoImage] Sample rate: 48000
--[NoImage] Commandline: neroAacEnc.exe -ignorelength -lc -br 192000 -if - -of "test.mp4"
--[Information] [10/30/2009 10:51:37 AM] Encoder process started
--[Error] An error occurred
---[NoImage] Exception message: The pipe has been ended.
---[NoImage] Stacktrace
----[NoImage] at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
----[NoImage] at System.IO.FileStream.WriteCore(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count)
----[NoImage] at System.IO.FileStream.Write(Byte[] array, Int32 offset, Int32 count)
----[NoImage] at MeGUI.AviSynthAudioEncoder.encode()
---[NoImage] Inner exception: null
--[NoImage] Output from encoder via stderr
---[NoImage] *************************************************************
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] * Nero AAC Encoder *
---[NoImage] * Copyright 2008 Nero AG *
---[NoImage] * All Rights Reserved Worldwide *
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] * Package build date: Sep 17 2008 *
---[NoImage] * Package version: 1.3.3.0 *
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] * See -help for a complete list of available parameters. *
---[NoImage] * *
---[NoImage] *************************************************************
--[NoImage] Output from encoder via stdout: ERROR: could not open AAC encoder
--[Information] [10/30/2009 10:52:20 AM] Job completed


Here is the foobar error:


1 out of 1 tracks converted with major problems.

Source: "test.ac3"
An error occurred while writing to file (The encoder has terminated prematurely with code 1; please re-check parameters) : "test.mp4"
Additional information:
Encoder stream format: 48000Hz / 5ch / 32bps
Command line: "C:\Program Files\megui\tools\neroaacenc\neroAacEnc.exe" -br 192000 -ignorelength -if - -of "test.mp4"
Working folder: C:\

Conversion failed: The encoder has terminated prematurely with code 1; please re-check parameters

[TwoToad]

Well, I may have found the problem... I tried on another ac3 that was 6 channels instead of 5 and it worked fine... I also tried converting the original to wav, then encoding, but that still failed. Anyway, I'll go figure out how to add the .1 channel and go from there.

[b66pak]

here is your answer:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1244650#post1244650
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[TwoToad]

Ah thank you! That is perfect!

The solution I found was to run the 5ch ac3 through BeLight and convert it to a 5.1 wav.