TAudioConverter 0.9.7-Multithreaded Audio Converter-Extractor CD ripper [Archive] - Page 7

ozok

26th January 2014, 10:37

Beta build 2819:

added: Max. process count is now 16
added: TCDRipper track infos will be updated as the driver list changes
added: Custom command line options for each codec
added: Dialogue normalization option to ac3
added: Components window
added: CD ripper options are now located under "Settings Window"
added: "User Email" and "Freedb Server" CD ripper options
added: "TotalTracks" tag to Vorbiscomment
improved: Mp3 stream detection when copying audio
fixed: "Disc no" and "Total Disc" tags won't be written if they don't exist in the source
fixed: Mp2 streams were detected as mp3
fixed: Audio extracted from video files were not placed at the output folder
fixed: Title wasn't shown in progress list for tracks ripped from CD
fixed: TCDRipper didn't rip last track
updated: Mediainfo to 0.7.67

Download (https://bitbucket.org/ozok/taudioconverter-audio-converter/downloads)
If this version works well, I plan to release the stable version next.

ozok

28th January 2014, 08:34

Update 0.9.1 changes:
--0.9.1
-Added: Limited CUE Sheet support
-Added: CD ripper
-Added: Max. process count is now 16
-Added: Support for dcaenc (encoding to dts)
-Added: Tag support for APE, TAK and TTA (APEv2)
-Added: Tag support for FLACCL
-Added: Artwork support for WMA
-Added: ReplayGain support for AAC encoders, WavPack, FLAC Encoders, Musepack
-Added: New UI layout
-Added: New codec options window
-Added: Custom command line options for each encoder
-Added: New columns to file list and an option to hide them
-Added: Option to time-strech audio files (thx to hello_hello)
-Added: TAC automatically mixdowns multichannel sources to stereo for mp3 and AAC-HEv2(thx to hello_hello)
-Added: Option to send TAC to tray when encoding
-Added: Double clicking to tray icon will hide/show TAC
-Added: Portable/Installed and 32bit/64bit information will be added to mail body
-Added: Option to disable trimming
-Added: Option to ignore .cue files when adding files
-Added: FFProbe to show information about files
-Added: "Albumartist" is first fallback for "Artist" (thx to jkauff)
-Added: TAC will now use GUID for temp wav files to prevent problems with unicode file names
-Added: "No delay" options to qaac (thx to eahm)
-Added: Option to see codec options summary on main window (thx to whitezombie455)
-Added: Option to filter added files according to duration
-Added: TAC will use 64bit version of refalac when it's possible
-Added: Trimming is now milisecond based
-Added: An option to clear file list after encoding (thx to o-l-a-v)
-Added: Some options for FLAC and TAK (thx to ChronoSphere))
-Fixed: AAC files with ADTS header couldn't be opened
-Fixed: Artwork couldn't be written if copying tags was disabled
-Fixed: Open file dialog filter was broken
-Fixed: "Couldn't find/write to version.txt" errors
-Fixed: Summary for FLACCL was missing
-Fixed: Trimming didn't work for "Extract/Copy audio" (some formats aren't supported) (thx to kolpotoru)
-Fixed: "Index out of bounds" during encode
-Fixed: Huge memory leak when extracting embedded artwork
-Fixed: "Create folder tree" didn't work when file was from a network (thx to ChronoSphere)
-Fixed: TAC detected mp2 streams in video files as mp3
-Improved: Encoding starting speed
-Improved: "Same as source" option will be added to log
-Removed: All animations (minimize, restore etc)
-Updated: FFmpeg to latest shared build from ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/
-Updated: QAAC and refalac to 2.33
-Updated: Opusenc to 0.1.8
-Updated: Wavpack to 4.7.0
-Updated: LossyWAV to 1.3.1g
-Updated: fdkaac to 0.5.1
-updated: MediaInfo to 0.7.67
-Updated: AlphaControls to 8.52 stable

therube

30th January 2014, 19:16

> Trim needs some manner to more accurately set positions.

>> You can click on the slider and use your arrow keys to set its position.

Yes, that works, thanks.

BTW why does TAC need to "decode" the audio when the source files are standard 44100/16bits WAV files ? (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1625124#post1625124)

This issue looks to still exist.

ozok

4th February 2014, 10:15

Update 0.9.2 changes:
--0.9.2
-Added: [General] Tag editor
-Added: [General] An option to specify the depth of the folders to be created in the output (thx to ChronoSphere)
-Added: [Lame/Mp3] Added tag fields "Composer", "Album Artist", "Album Artist Sort" and "Album Sort" (thx to o-l-a-v)
-Added: [Lame/Mp3] "Total Disc" and "Total Track" tags will be written
-Added: [General] An option to show/hide toolbar button captions (thx to midas)
-Added: [AC3] An option to disable "Dialogue Norm."
-Fixed: [General] Embedded arwork couldn't be extracted
-Fixed: [WMA] Couldn't get embedded artwork type
-Fixed: [General] Couldn't extract audio from some MPEG files
-Fixed: [Lame/Mp3] "Comment" tag wasn't written properly (thx to o-l-a-v)
-Fixed: [General] A bug where "Artist" couldn't be extracted from WMA files
-Updated: FDKAAC to 0.5.2
-Updated: AlphaControls to 8.53
-Updated: Monkey's Audio to 4.12
Download page: http://taudioconverter.sourceforge.net/downloads.html

kolpotoru

23rd February 2014, 05:09

ozok

23rd February 2014, 13:01

I found a bug in TAudioConverter 0.9.2.2893 - while extracting audio from video file if the output file exists TAudioConverter 0.9.2.2893 is unable to rename the new output file.
Thanks, I'll try to find a solution for it.

Another question running TCDRipper from TAudioConverter 0.9.2.2893 toolbar is fine but running it directly TCDRipper crashes it. Is it bug or by design.

It's not either. You can run TCDRipper as a standalone program but you must run it with certain parameters. Also it's written to create temp. wav files for TAC, so it isn't that much of a use when used as standalone program.

The Eject/Load button in TCDRipper doesn't work.
I think it ejects but doesn't load. Is this the case with you?

kolpotoru

23rd February 2014, 15:20

It don't work for neither eject or load. gives error driver is not ready.

jkauff

25th February 2014, 03:12

As of today, TAudioConverter is available from MajorGeeks.com, one of the top download sites for freeware and shareware.

Congratulations, ozok!

ozok

25th February 2014, 13:46

Thanks jkauff, that's great news.

ozok

5th March 2014, 14:35

Update 0.9.3 changes:
-Added: [General] An option to write "Tool" tag whenever it's possible (thx to eahm)
-Added: [General] An option to filter file extensions (thx to ChronoSphere)
-Added: [General] Two new skins
-Fixed: [General] A bug where wavpack correction files weren't renamed (thx to ChronoSphere)
-Fixed: [General] A bug that caused "Custom Folder Tree" to fail if %title%, %artist% or %album% keywords were used
-Fixed: [General] If "Close TAudioConverter" post-encode option was selected output files weren't renamed
-Fixed: [General] If "Close TAudioConverter" post-encode option was selected settings weren't saved
-Fixed: [General] A bug where progress would revert back to zero and would show negative values
-Fixed: [General] Some WavPack streams were detected as Wav when copying audio
-Fixed: [General] A bug where over write options were ignored when "Copy Audio" was selected
-Fixed: [TCDRipper] Driver tray eject/close problem (thx to kolpotoru)
-Updated: ID3v2 and FLACTag libraries
-Updated: FDKAAC to 0.5.3
-Updated: QAAC to 2.35
-Updated: RefALAC to 1.35

kolpotoru

6th March 2014, 04:45

Thankyou for the fixes. The Renaming is working correctly now and the cd eject/load also working.

There is a bug in TAudioConverter after disabling skinning when we close TAudioConverter and then reopen it the skinning in the Codec Settings and Tags Dialogs re appears. And when AudioConverter dose not find any component and gives error, the error dialog is also skinned.

There is some problem with ReplayGain setting because when "Auto lower to prevent clipping" is not selected even the default 89 value produces garbage audio.

ozok

6th March 2014, 21:03

...
There is a bug in TAudioConverter after disabling skinning when we close TAudioConverter and then reopen it the skinning in the Codec Settings and Tags Dialogs re appears. And when AudioConverter dose not find any component and gives error, the error dialog is also skinned.
I don't know what causes this, they have the same configuration as the rest of the windows.

There is some problem with ReplayGain setting because when "Auto lower to prevent clipping" is not selected even the default 89 value produces garbage audio.
I'm not sure this is a problem. Maybe you need to increase/decrease the value. I don't understand/use RG much really.

kolpotoru

7th March 2014, 09:12

It seems like the problem with mp3gain is that TAudioConverter is not checking the current gain of the audio file and Applying the 89 gain over the current gain which makes the audio garbage.
For example if the audio files current gain is 85 and i want to apply 89 gain then it should be 85+4=89, but what is happening is 85+89=174.Same thing might also be applicable with aacgain.

Skibicki

7th March 2014, 16:03

Text rendering issue in NeroAAC codec settings.
0.9.3 Build: 2947
http://s30.postimg.org/wolntpskt/TAudio_Converter_Nero_AAC_Text_Bug.png

ozok

7th March 2014, 18:44

@Skibicki it seems two texts were overlapping, I removed the old one and it is fine now. Thanks.

@kolpotoru, RG values are just tags, they do not alter the audio itself. I don't know how mp3gain works, but I doubt that it takes previous tags into account, it just overwrites them. You just set the loudness you want to get; I can do 90dB to 94dB convertion without a problem.

kolpotoru

7th March 2014, 19:17

I have checked with MP3GainPortable
it uses following command to find out the gain -

mp3gain.exe /o /s c C:\m.mp3

the gain is 78.5

then it uses following command to set the gain to 98.6 -

mp3gain.exe /g 14 /t C:\m.mp3

ozok

8th March 2014, 09:33

I've prepared a beta. Self-extracting archives include updated components, so all you need to do is to copy it to TAC's folder and execute it.

Build 2958 changes:

-Fixed: [General] "Tool" tag wasn't written properly
-Fixed: [General] A few minor UI problems
-Fixed: [TTagger] Writing "Tool" tag to AAC files caused other tags to disappear in some rare cases

Download location: https://bitbucket.org/ozok/taudioconverter-audio-converter/downloads

kolpotoru

8th March 2014, 13:57

skinning problem in the codec setting dialog is fixed but other dialogs are not fixed.

ozok

8th March 2014, 15:55

Yes, I'm aware of that. Beta doesn't include fix for them.

therube

24th March 2014, 23:59

.3gpp probably should be a recognized filetype for drag & drop.

Right now you can only add it through 'Add'.

ozok

25th March 2014, 00:18

.3gpp probably should be a recognized filetype for drag & drop.

Right now you can only add it through 'Add'.
Thanks, I'll add it.

ozok

28th March 2014, 22:19

A new beta release build 3302. Hopefully this will be the last one before 0.9.4.
Changes:

Added: Playback function for audio files (using bass library)
Added: CD ripper will now embeds cover art
Added: Cover art downloader for CD ripper (uses Last.fm)
Added: Cover art resizer for CD ripper and embedded cover art sources
Added: A few UI enhancements

Download location: https://bitbucket.org/ozok/taudioconverter-audio-converter/downloads

@therube 3gpp files should be accepted now even if it is not listed in the change log.

therube

3rd April 2014, 23:48

> 3gpp files should be accepted now

Thank you.

therube

3rd April 2014, 23:51

> TAC(0.9.4.3341)setup_64bit.zip
> MD5: 5c9895b9e1174f3fb49daae9c5401311

That installs 32-bit TAudioConverter.exe (MD5: 748ca3c008a35a94294c3231e40bc7af)

Something with sourceforge?
Cause I went back again, & I *know* I tried the portable_64, yet again I got setup_64 (& I think TAudioConverter.exe is different again, but still 32-bit, let me check...).

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/taudioconverter/0.9.4/TAC%280.9.4.3341%29setup_64bit.zip?r=http%3A%2F
%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Ftaudioconverter%2Ffiles%2F0.9.4%2F&ts=1396564332&use_mirror=iweb

Scratch that last part, I think I'm going crazy.

Well not totally crazy, though I can't account for the above quote.

In any case, TAC(0.9.4.3341)portable_64bit.zip (e8b7b99bdc2d2285e9a2c727977f53f0) does still install/extract a 32-bit TAudioConverter.exe, yet it is different (TAudioConverter.exe a5f929ecb5695bab1d8d56c22f590fa7) from that within setup_64.

TAC(0.9.4.3341)portable_32bit.zip extracts the same TAudioConverter.exe (32-bit) as portable_64bit.
Tools are different, 64-bit in 64bit & 32-bit in 32bit (at least checking through some of them).

So it seems you just have the 32-bit TAudioConverter.exe packed in the 64-bit downloads.
(And odd that there is difference between the setup & portable?)

ozok

4th April 2014, 00:15

Well, I was planning to give info when I write about the update but since you asked. 64bit installer/portable includes 32bit TAudioConverter.exe. As you may have noticed, I merged cd ripper into the main window. CD ripping library is 32bit only and I can't compile 64bit TAC.exe while I use it. Encoders in 64bit packages are still 64bit (ofc ones that have 64bit versions). In short,
-In 32bit packages: everything is 32bit
-In 64bit packages: encoders are 64bit, TAudioConverter.exe is 32bit.

ozok

4th April 2014, 00:26

New version 0.9.4

-Added: [General] New UI
-Added: [General] CD ripper is now a part of the main window
-Added: [General] Default codec option is now "Lame VBR 2"
-Added: [General] Audio player
-Added: [General] CD ripper will now download cover art (uses Last.fm)
-Added: [General] CD tracks' tags can be now edited in batch
-Added: [General] An option to resize embedded and CD artwork
-Added: [General] TAC will try to rename files one more time if first attempt fails
-Fixed: [General] "Tool" tag wasn't written properly
-Fixed: [General] A few minor interface problems
-Fixed: [General] Skinned hints weren't disabled even if skinning was disabled
-Fixed: [TTagger] Writing "Tool" tag to AAC files caused other tags to disappear in some rare cases
-Fixed: [General] TAC would create custom file names even if "Custom folder tree" options wasn't selected
-Fixed: [General] "Trim" list menu option was working even if trimming was disabled
-Fixed: [General] "Access violation at address" in file info
-Fixed: [General] TAC didn't delete some temp files/folder in portable mode (thx to eahm)
-Fixed: [TArtworkExtractor] Couldn't extract artwork from Ogg&Opus files (thx to o-l-a-v)
-Fixed: [TArtworkExtractor] Couldn't write artwork to Ogg&Opus files (thx to o-l-a-v)
-Removed: TCDRipper, option summary list in the main window
-Updated: FLAC, ID3, MP4 and WMA tag libraries
-Updated: FFmpeg to N-62058-gfd2bcfc

Download: http://taudioconverter.sourceforge.net/downloads.html

therube

4th April 2014, 00:30

Ah OK.

But why the differences in the TAudioConverter.exe between the setup & portable versions?
Something with the time of the compile or the like?

[grumbles about the "benefits" of, & in particular, in Windows, "64-bits" :-)]

ozok

4th April 2014, 01:16

Yes they are different files. Actually the only difference is a boolean flag (Portable = False/True), that's all.

[grumbles about the "benefits" of, & in particular, in Windows, "64-bits" :-)]
LOL. GUI doesn't do much by itself. So unless you are adding a number of files that'd make TAC use a few GB of ram, using 32bit exe shouldn't make much difference. Well, at least I didn't notice a difference myself.

kolpotoru

4th April 2014, 17:28

The New Gui dose not fit properly in screen resolution 800x600.
Pause button should be used to both starting play and pause.

therube

5th April 2014, 00:12

@kolpotoru, you can resize the window, & if you didn't need tags, sized to overlap the tags icon, it looks like it would be just around 800.
Unfortunately the resize doesn't persist on restart.

therube

5th April 2014, 00:22

Just to note, Temp Folder:, is actually deleted on program close.

Not sure if that is good or bad, but it is different behavior from before.
Before, contents within were removed, but the folder itself was left.

I do set a specifc Temp Folder.

I hadn't thought about it before, & nothing had come of it, but I do run with different Users, & potentially I may have had different instances of TAC running under different User accounts, all using the same Temp Folder.

What did happen with this change, having had 0.9.3 running under a different user account, when I went to exit 0.9.4, is I got an abort.
Took me a little time before I figured out what was going on.

exception message : System Error. Code: 145. The directory is not empty.

Edit:

Hmm...

Looks like there is more to it then that.

Now when I Add a file, I'm getting an error:

exception message : Cannot create file "C:\out\TAudio\fileinfo.ini". The system cannot find the path specified.

If I close TAC, pre-create "C:\out\TAudio\", then I can successfully add a file, but then again on program close TAC has deleted Temp Folder, so when I run TAC again...

Edit:

-Fixed: [General] TAC didn't delete some temp files/folder in portable mode (thx to eahm)

Yes, it is only with portable that this is occurring, best I can tell.
(Started with installer yesterday, thought there were issues, so tried portable, & have used that since, but then went back to installer to see if that was different, & I did not see Temp Folder being delete with that.)

therube

5th April 2014, 00:35

(Separate issues)

On startup I get:

Error: Failed to initialize CDRip (insufficient privileges?)

After the message, TAC then loads just fine.

Possibly related, or maybe I'm just dense, but how do you get the Audio Player to play?
I've got a Pause, Stop, Timeline, & Volume, but nothing to start playback?

Win7 x64

therube

5th April 2014, 00:50

If I had set (& forgotten about) Filters, I am no longer seeing any visual indication prior to starting the encode - unless I specifically click the Filters icon & check?

Prior, in 0.9.3, the Settings window would clue you in, prior to starting the encode.
(In addition, it also showed you the Codec settings, again allowing you to catch a potential error prior to starting an encode.)

ozok

5th April 2014, 13:07

@kolpotoru, I can make height smaller but I cannot change the width without changing current layout. And I don't want to do that.

@therube, in order to make portable version more "stealth" I made TAC to delete temp folder. My intention was to delete only default temp folder (%temp%\TAudioConverter) however I did an overkill and also made TAC to remove the temp folder user specified. I have half a mind to remove temp folder option completely. I don't understand why users set temp folder to a directory where they have important files or files at all. It is for temporary files people.

ini file is created in the temp folder. It's used to get info from the file. I'm guessing temp folder doesn't exists so it cannot be created.

I wasn't aware CDrip needed different privileges. You can double click on a file in the list to start playback or you can use "Play" item in right-click menu.

I'll add an icon or something to indicate that filters are enabled/disabled.

kolpotoru

5th April 2014, 17:04

There is two ways to solve the problem without changing current layout -
Reduce the size of the toolbar icons then all icons will fit in less width.
or
Give user the option to hide unnecessary toolbar icons. Hiding one or two icon can also solve the problem.

Pause button should act same as wmp to start and pause playing.

TAC should remember & restore the window size and position.
Currently it resizing on closing and reopening.

ozok

6th April 2014, 12:42

therube

6th April 2014, 13:42

> I have half a mind to remove temp folder option completely.

Being able to specify where Temp Folder (Parent to Temp Folder, if you will) is located is important.
Some programs (GPAC comes to mind) stores its temp files in %APPDATA%\Local\Temp & that is a terrible place (IMO, & for me) as that is a location with little room to spare.

> I don't understand why users set temp folder to a directory where they have important files or files at all.

Once one realizes & understands just what happens at the end of a session, that the entire (specified) directory contents are removed (& I'm kind of thinking that the directory itself should not be removed?), I wouldn't think they'd set temp to someplace important.

Now, I will say that most would only expect that created files are deleted & anything not specifically created is just left alone. That way one might set Temp Folder to a "generic" %TMP% & be done with it. But what is different here, is the on exit all of %TMP% are removed. And that might be unexpected.

There are times I like to monitor what is going on in Temp Folder (helps if I'm running into a snag, or maybe I'll want to make a quick copy of the temporary .wav, knowing that I'm going to want/need it shortly thereafter).

therube

6th April 2014, 13:43

> ini file is created in the temp folder. It's used to get info from the file.

Right.

> I'm guessing temp folder doesn't exists so it cannot be created.

Correct.

therube

6th April 2014, 13:58

On startup I get:

Error: Failed to initialize CDRip (insufficient privileges?)

After the message, TAC then loads just fine.

I wonder if I'm getting that because I have no physical CD Drive?

therube

6th April 2014, 14:01

Added: [General] Audio player

When I read that, I expected only audio playback.

You can double click on a file in the list to start playback or you can use "Play" item in right-click menu.

Yes I saw that & that, & that does work.

But ... what happens (at least for me) is that the system default application for the particular file extension type, opens. So an .mp4 opens MPUI/MPlayer & an .wma opens WMP. And with that, none of the controls in the TAC gui are effectual?

Is the intended effect to be that TAC plays the file directly with \Tools\ffmpeg\ffplay.exe rather then opening an external application? (Either manner is fine.)

ozok

6th April 2014, 14:34

It's true that temp folder option gives flexibility but it can be dangerous if user doesn't know what she/he is doing. I'm unsure what to do with it.
I wonder if I'm getting that because I have no physical CD Drive?
I don't have access to a PC without a drive but "privileges" makes me think of user rights. I think it would give a different warning if no driver was found. I've looked into libraries source code to see why "privileges" error occurs and it doesn't give much, raises the warning if dll isn't loaded. I've modified library's source to show an error code which can help.
Added: [General] Audio player
English isn't my native language so I'm not sure which form is true. What I meant was a feature that enables playback of audio files. Audio playback sounds as though audio streams from video files are also included.
But ... what happens (at least for me) is that the system default application for the particular file extension type, opens. So an .mp4 opens MPUI/MPlayer & an .wma opens WMP. And with that, none of the controls in the TAC gui are effectual?
Is the intended effect to be that TAC plays the file directly with \Tools\ffmpeg\ffplay.exe rather then opening an external application? (Either manner is fine.)
Using the external player for all file types was the old way. I don't plan to use ffplay, it doesn't have a slave mode like mplayer's. External players are still the better option for the file types bass library (and it's addons) can't handle.

kolpotoru

6th April 2014, 14:42

I tried to make buttons smaller but then controls at the bottom don't fit, especially codec option summary text. I'll try to do something about it anyway.
I don't plan to change the way pause button behaves. Double clicking will start playing. Storing size and location will come with the next release. I thought it was already present, it must have been TEncoder then.

Thankyou for that.

I have half a mind to remove temp folder option completely. I don't understand why users set temp folder to a directory where they have important files or files at all. It is for temporary files people.

The option to specify the temporary dir is important and should not be removed. Because many times the default location may not have sufficient space then it is absolutely necessary to specify alternate location for temp files. In the settings dialog where temp folder can be specified it is written in red color that tac will delete all files in temp folder so It is the USER who should be alert enough not to put important files in TAC temp dir.