mppenc is mpcenc?

scottydog90 · 04 December 2007, 08:14 pm

at the risk of being repeatedly slapped about the head..
have downloaded the new sv8 package to start testing and both eac and foobar ask me to tell it where mppenc is and i can't cos its now called mpcenc.
if i rename mppenc to mpcenc it will not encode.
sorry if this is a basic question but have been using musepack for a long time and i never work in the dos arena...i rely totally on windows frontend gui's
(be gentle with me)
cheers for any advice

Antonski · 04 December 2007, 11:00 pm

It is not important at all what will be the name of the encoder.
I've just tried with EAC (v0.99pb3) and it works with arbitrary file name of the external encoder (EAC -> External Compression).
If you use some older version of EAC, there could be some discrepancy in the command line parameters that the EAC sends to the encoder, though.
In Foobar you probably have to define a new converter (Preferences -> Tools -> Converter -> Add new -> Encoder -> Custom). Then browse to encoder location (again no matter what name does it have) and in the parameter field set for example "--extreme --silent - %d".
~

scottydog90 · 05 December 2007, 09:45 pm

thanks for your reply.
tried as you say eac and seemed to encode nicely but none of the tracks will play. i get an error dialogue box saying "file uses intensity stereo,not supported anymore! please decode with command line tool."
foobar i've given up on as its gonna taken an hour and a half to do a 3 minute track (encoding at 0.00-0.4)
getting frustrated so may just stick with sv7 unless someone like yourself can help

Antonski · 05 December 2007, 11:05 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by scottydog90

thanks for your reply.
tried as you say eac and seemed to encode nicely but none of the tracks will play. i get an error dialogue box saying "file uses intensity stereo,not supported anymore! please decode with command line tool."
help

It seems that you try to play them with old sv7 plugin for Winamp.
Download the new plugin for sv8 and give a try, it should work.

scottydog90 · 06 December 2007, 08:29 pm

many thanks for your help antonski
eac seems to rip flawlessly (average 20.42x)have put latest winamp plugin in and am listening away as we speak.
i wasn't trying to play the files in winamp before as i don't like winamp (it can't do gapless mix cd's-dispite what people say-theres always a slight hesitation no matter what settings you employ)
i was using quintessential player and that won't touch the files.i suppose i'll have to wait for them to catch up!
i'd also rather use dbpoweramp for cd ripping and at present that don't work either.
seems i'm excitedly jumping the gun.
foobar still don't work for me but then again i don't like it so i'll bin it anyway.
(anything that can't scroll playing song in taskbar just doesn't cut for me)
once again thanks for your help...i'll just have to wait for the other apps to catch up
scott

Antonski · 06 December 2007, 08:57 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by scottydog90

many thanks for your help antonski

Hi Scott,

I'm glad that I was able to help you, even with my poor english

.
As of the wider musepack sv8 support, maybe you can write to support staff of your favorite programs and suggest them to upgrade their products?

CU

TheaSiX · 02 June 2009, 08:27 pm

MPC Encoder 1.30
EAC 0.99

I've been going mad for the last two hours. After a formatting my system I wanted to rip some CDs to MPC again and suddenly I have problems (never happened before!).

Settings I use:

Command line: - --quality 8 --xlevel --artist "%a" --title "%t" --album "%g" --year "%y" --track "%n" --genre "%m" %s
Add ID3 tag - unchecked
Use external program for compression - checked
Parameter passing scheme - User Defined Encoder
Encoder - 32bit
Use Offset Correction - unchecked

The problem is that I got the message "File uses Intensity Stereo, which is not supported anymore. I'm using SV8 package and Winamp 5.5.4.2189. I've spent two hours looking for some answers but no results so far. Tried different settings, different command lines but nothing seems to be working. Any help would be very much appreciated as I can't rip my CDs to anything other than MPC !

Antonski · 03 June 2009, 01:03 pm

First, you should not use --xlevel anymore,

Code:

D:\Util\MusePack\sv8>mpcenc --xlevel "test.wav"
MPC Encoder 1.30.0 --stable-- (C) 1999-2009 Buschmann/Klemm/Piecha/MDT
Built Feb 26 2009 20:33:36

Xlevel coding not needed anymore, --xlevel ignored.

Second, which plugin do you use? If you try to play the files with the Nullsoft plugin, you'll definitely have troubles. It just doesn't support SV8.

TheaSiX · 03 June 2009, 10:24 pm

The thing is everything worked fine before formatting. I had SV8 plugin and Winamp 5.54 and I had no problems.. now suddenly Winamp doesn't support it? Why's that? I had to switch back to SV7 to be able to rip&listen to..

Wish MPC was known much better so people would support it finally..

Antonski · 05 June 2009, 03:24 pm

Could you send me some of those files? I'm just curious, I checked with WA 5.551 and everything is working fine. So, some file could be corrupted. If your doubts are about WA, you should make a clean reinstall, I've fixed some times very strange problems by reinstalling. Or just switch to another player. Foobar suports Musepack SV8 since the very beginning. If you need a complete music library organizer, I would suggest you MusicBee, perfect rapid development/bugfixing and no problems with SV8.
Cheers.

04 December 2007, 08:14 pm	#1
scottydog90 Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3	mppenc is mpcenc? at the risk of being repeatedly slapped about the head.. have downloaded the new sv8 package to start testing and both eac and foobar ask me to tell it where mppenc is and i can't cos its now called mpcenc. if i rename mppenc to mpcenc it will not encode. sorry if this is a basic question but have been using musepack for a long time and i never work in the dos arena...i rely totally on windows frontend gui's (be gentle with me) cheers for any advice

03 June 2009, 01:03 pm	#8
Antonski Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 102	First, you should not use --xlevel anymore, Code: D:\Util\MusePack\sv8>mpcenc --xlevel "test.wav" MPC Encoder 1.30.0 --stable-- (C) 1999-2009 Buschmann/Klemm/Piecha/MDT Built Feb 26 2009 20:33:36 Xlevel coding not needed anymore, --xlevel ignored. Second, which plugin do you use? If you try to play the files with the Nullsoft plugin, you'll definitely have troubles. It just doesn't support SV8.

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04 December 2007, 11:00 pm	#2
Antonski Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 102	It is not important at all what will be the name of the encoder. I've just tried with EAC (v0.99pb3) and it works with arbitrary file name of the external encoder (EAC -> External Compression). If you use some older version of EAC, there could be some discrepancy in the command line parameters that the EAC sends to the encoder, though. In Foobar you probably have to define a new converter (Preferences -> Tools -> Converter -> Add new -> Encoder -> Custom). Then browse to encoder location (again no matter what name does it have) and in the parameter field set for example "--extreme --silent - %d". ~

05 December 2007, 09:45 pm	#3
scottydog90 Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3	thanks for your reply. tried as you say eac and seemed to encode nicely but none of the tracks will play. i get an error dialogue box saying "file uses intensity stereo,not supported anymore! please decode with command line tool." foobar i've given up on as its gonna taken an hour and a half to do a 3 minute track (encoding at 0.00-0.4) getting frustrated so may just stick with sv7 unless someone like yourself can help

06 December 2007, 08:29 pm	#5
scottydog90 Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3	many thanks for your help antonski eac seems to rip flawlessly (average 20.42x)have put latest winamp plugin in and am listening away as we speak. i wasn't trying to play the files in winamp before as i don't like winamp (it can't do gapless mix cd's-dispite what people say-theres always a slight hesitation no matter what settings you employ) i was using quintessential player and that won't touch the files.i suppose i'll have to wait for them to catch up! i'd also rather use dbpoweramp for cd ripping and at present that don't work either. seems i'm excitedly jumping the gun. foobar still don't work for me but then again i don't like it so i'll bin it anyway. (anything that can't scroll playing song in taskbar just doesn't cut for me) once again thanks for your help...i'll just have to wait for the other apps to catch up scott

02 June 2009, 08:27 pm	#7
TheaSiX Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 4	MPC Encoder 1.30 EAC 0.99 I've been going mad for the last two hours. After a formatting my system I wanted to rip some CDs to MPC again and suddenly I have problems (never happened before!). Settings I use: Command line: - --quality 8 --xlevel --artist "%a" --title "%t" --album "%g" --year "%y" --track "%n" --genre "%m" %s Add ID3 tag - unchecked Use external program for compression - checked Parameter passing scheme - User Defined Encoder Encoder - 32bit Use Offset Correction - unchecked The problem is that I got the message "File uses Intensity Stereo, which is not supported anymore. I'm using SV8 package and Winamp 5.5.4.2189. I've spent two hours looking for some answers but no results so far. Tried different settings, different command lines but nothing seems to be working. Any help would be very much appreciated as I can't rip my CDs to anything other than MPC !

03 June 2009, 10:24 pm	#9
TheaSiX Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 4	The thing is everything worked fine before formatting. I had SV8 plugin and Winamp 5.54 and I had no problems.. now suddenly Winamp doesn't support it? Why's that? I had to switch back to SV7 to be able to rip&listen to.. Wish MPC was known much better so people would support it finally..

05 June 2009, 03:24 pm	#10
Antonski Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 102	Could you send me some of those files? I'm just curious, I checked with WA 5.551 and everything is working fine. So, some file could be corrupted. If your doubts are about WA, you should make a clean reinstall, I've fixed some times very strange problems by reinstalling. Or just switch to another player. Foobar suports Musepack SV8 since the very beginning. If you need a complete music library organizer, I would suggest you MusicBee, perfect rapid development/bugfixing and no problems with SV8. Cheers.