Direct dBpoweramp Music Converter 2022.09.28 Reference -=TeamOS=-

[Mirkec]

Review
dBpoweramp Music Converter is an intuitive app for converting to and from Wave, mp3, and from CD Audio (CDA) files, rip audio CDs, view ID3 tag information, and more. It is a tool that can encode several audio formats (including CDA, FLAC, MP4, MPEG, MP3, WAV) to others (e.g., AIFF, M4A, FLAC, MP3, WAV).

Once the user installs the application, it will see that there are three separate parts installed - "Music Converter," "Batch Converter," and "CD Ripper." In "Music Converter," a user first needs to select the audio track to encode, after which can configure settings and initiate the conversion process. So, user can choose the output format, audio settings (e.g., quality, bit rate, sample frequency rate, channels, bit depth), set the output destination (original folder or custom) and optionally select "Dynamic" to set the file name format (artist, title).

Furthermore, users can add DSP effects but have to separately install an application (dBpowerAMP Music Converter points the way). "CD Ripper" has a similar process. In the "Batch Converter," users can use a tree view to search for files and select which ones to convert. Also, the user can select entire folders and optionally encode the content of their sub-folders as well.

Files are converted very quickly, while the software uses a low amount of system resources and comes with an online help file. The software is an excellent tool for converting audio tracks and is recommended to all users.

Spoiler: Key features:

• mp3 Converter - Convert mp3, m4a (iTunes & iPod), WMA, WAV, AIFF, AAC, FLAC, Apple Lossless (ALAC) to name a few;
• Batch Convert - Large numbers of files with one click, filter on mp3 or another file type, filter artist or albums;
• High-Speed Conversions - look for an mp3 converter which encodes using all CPU cores simultaneously, get the job done in double-quick time;
• DSP Effects - Process the audio with Volume Normalize, or Sample / Bit Rate Conversion, with over 30 effects dBpoweramp is a fully featured mp3 Converter.
• No Malware - Free converters come with a little extra (a spying toolbar, Trojan, malware, or virus); dbpoweramp has never bundled in 20 years; those wanting an mp3 converter get just that and only that. No Trojan, no malware, no viruses;
• Simplicity - dBpoweramp integrates into Windows Explorer, an mp3 converter that is as simple as right-clicking on the source file >> Convert To. Popup info tips, Edit ID-Tags, are all provided.

Spoiler: CHANGELOG:

dBpoweramp Music Converter (dMC): Version Changes
What is new in 2022.09.28 (Released on September 28, 2022):

• FLAC 1.4.1 - Encoding and decoding of 32-bit PCM is now possible, 1MHz sample rates;
• Monkeys audio 8.70;
• Wavpack encoder can now accept DoP data;
• Code signed part of the installer;
• Windows 11 - old right click menu items created for when shown through right context menu key;
• If cannot write to file (Music Converter or CD Ripper) then outputs a more verbose reason why (such as drive does not exist).

What is new in R17.7 (Released on March 18, 2022):

• bug fix: m4a decoder could add silence into the decoded file;
• bug fix: floating point put through certain DSP effects would corrupt the audio.

What is new in R17.6 (Released on February 24, 2022):

• Batch Converter: speed up, and handles modified / access / creation dates for symbolic linked files;
• R128 Volume normalize (adaptive), algorithm improved to stop the track going quieter a number of seconds before a change in main sound occurs;
• CD Ripper: "delete source file", "ReplayGain (Apply)", "Folder.jpg Preserve" and "preserve source attributes" DSPs hidden from dsp list;
• Monkeys Audio Codec updated to v7.33 supports 32 channels and 32 bit integer;
• ogg updated to v1.3.5;
• FLAC updated to 1.3.4;
• CD Ripper: adds tags from %appdata%\dBpoweramp\DefaultTagEdit.txt to the Tag list in CD Ripper for easy filling;
• CD Ripper: better communication if premium metadata is disabled because of non-reference version;
• CD Ripper: secure log will not add v1 matches if v2 matched;
• CD Ripper: secure log will no longer duplicate AccurateRip entries in the log;
• CD Ripper: autorefresh display when adding certain DSP effects which rely on gap detection;
• Tag editor: Catalog # added to standard tag list (when adding new tag selection);
• dBpoweramp Control Centre: added on advanced options an edit shortcut to DefaultTagEdit.txt and Genres.txt (this list used in various parts of dBpoweramp);
• Better presentation in popup info tip for tags such as comment with carriage return in the tag value;
• bug fix: m4a tagging could on some systems not write title and other tags;
• bug fix: wavpack decoder could crash because of a corrupted file;
• bug fix: manually looking up discogs releases works again after they changed the url;
• bug fix: CD Ripper view fullsize art, if the art was too big for screen it would not be all shown, it is now sized to fit;
• bug fix: Resampler could theoretically crash;
• bug fix: Time presentation in local time;

What is new in R17.3 (Released on January 29, 2021):

• New Low Pass filter code, does not attenuate lower frequencies;
• New DSP effects: High pass, and Bandpass filters;
• wavpack updated to 5.4.0;
• CD Ripper: Added Catalog # to the new tags list. Also sorted the list;
• CD Ripper: Added secure option to mark track as error "if not verified by accuraterip";
• CD Ripper: filename column - if multi encoder then says for each track {multi-encoder cannot show filename};
• CD Ripper: will show error if try to use Multi Encoder with "[sourcexxx]" naming elements;
• ID Tag Processing DSP: "delete all" and "all except" actions are removed for naming processing;
• Tag editor when choosing art from internet, if does not have album title then track name is used instead;
• Multi Encoder: removes the "As Source" naming options multi-encoder naming selection;
• ID3v2 tags: updated itunescompilation field handling, supports multi-value TLAN + TPUB;
• APEv2 tag: properly remove multiple album art entries;
• Bug fix: property handler and thumbnail provider would not read the tag if inprocess tag reading was checked;
• Bug fix: Choosing After Conversion >> "shutdown / hibernate / etc" would not happen unless "skip finish" as also selected;
• Bug fix: can write DSD tags when ripping to ._ files;
• Bug fix: CD Ripper: ID Tag processing DSP effect was not being used to pre-process the ID Tags when creating filenames with [Multi Encoder];
• Bug fix: Music Converter: ID Tag processing was not being used for Multi-encoder.

What is new in R17.2 (Released on September 29, 2020):

• Ensures only codecs for dBpoweramp loaded, previously caching could make dBpoweramp use PerfectTUNES codec;
• FLAC Encoder: extra error logging details;
• CD Ripper: quicker at processing metadata album art once retrieved from online;
• Ogg Vorbis updated to Ogg v1.3.4 Vorbis V1.3.7;
• Shell installs right-click the icon for dBpoweramp Batch Convert and dBpoweramp Edit ID-Tags;
• Tag Editor: when moving between files with arrows, it reselects the same tag previously editing;
• Installer removed older install program to remove property handler on XP (XP is no longer supported);
• Batch Converter: if drag-drop audio tracks from file explorer, they are automatically selected, drop a folder, and it is automatically chosen;
• Bug Fix: Salamander Window Manager passed an invalid Window handle which dBpoweramp was trying to center on;
• Bug Fix: CD Ripper - title at the top would not show correctly in all resolutions when ripping;
• Bug Fix: Flac, Ogg, Opus, and m4a can now store disc and track count only without the corresponding disc or track number;
• Bug Fix: Music Converter - renaming a file before conversion with List & Rename was not working correctly;
• Bug Fix: Batch Ripper was showing the CD Ripper page always for each disc ripped;
• Bug Fix: Control Center: label, if cannot connect, was incorrectly displayed.

What is new in R17.1 (Released on July 02, 2020):

• Better handling of centering when opened from Total Commander;
• ID Tag editor: if set a tag value to "" then it is removed;
• File Properties >> Audio Property Tab - for multiple selected files displays the art from the first file;
• File Properties >> ID Tags, '...' button is placed on the next line;
• File Properties >> ID Tags Art Description Shortened;
• Batch Converter: lists file sizes for symbolic linked files;
• Naming, if using [origdrive]\[origpath]\[origfilename] then filename not touched (previously a filename 'ABC .flac' would change to 'abc.flac' and not overwrite existing;
• New Naming value [multitag], if had multiple album artists and want the whole list in the filename then can use [multitag]album artist[] and it would return Artist1; Artist2;
• Replaygain: advanced page option to set the maximum gain value, previously a very quiet track would not have track gain or album gain written.

CD Ripper:

• Graphics overlap improvements;
• Smarter handling of metadata if read from CD-Text, UPC, and ISRC when blending with PerfectMETA;
• New option >> options >> active providers >> 'manual metadata search if no metadata' on by default;
• Defaults to Windows Built-in if ripping on Windows Server;
• Manual metadata search will read album art from MusicBrainz;
• Reads artists better from Discogs on various artist CDs.

Codecs:

• Preserves carriage returns in the tags for CUESHEET and EACLOG tags;
• Wavpack updated to 5.3.0;
• m4a FDK updated to 2.0.1;
• Ogg Vorbis updated to (Ogg v1.3.4 Vorbis V1.3.6);
• m4a decoder: works with symbolic linked files;
• DSD Tag writer, saves in Unicode;
• ID3v2 tags TBPM is now mapped to BPM.

Bug Fixes:

• Scripting was not working;
• If the option to use a specific temporary folder was used, it was possible for temporary files to be saved not in this folder (in %tmp%), which could fail when later in the encoding process;
• Flac was detailed as '1.3.3 beta' when in fact, it was 1.3.3;
• Music Converter, when finishing, would leave old 'Writing ID Tags' message under the CPU encoder line;
• Multi-encoder was not working correctly always with dynamic naming for music converter;
• CD Ripper can rip directly to .dsf files if the option to write to temp ._ files is on;
• If installed 32-bit dBpoweramp in 64 bit Windows, they would not allow edit id tags;
• CD Ripper track listed could still show composer if removed from the manual metadata review page;
• Manual Discogs release lookup could fail;
• Naming [REPLACE] and [SPLIT] now use <comma_> rather than, to signify comma to replace or split on, this allows empty strings to be set for replacing, to replace space with nothing: [replace],,[artist][];
• Flac and m4a tagging can write tags where is no tracking number, but only a track count;
• Batch Converter 'reset' button would crash the program;
• Pre-emphasis was not always working;
• DSP Move Destination File On Error not working correctly with default naming (missing drive).

What is new in R17.0 (Released on April 13, 2020):
Improved:

• This new release features many enhancements, it is 20% faster on multi-core machines and is future-proofed through handling 64 cores. A new DSD encoder is included as standard (Reference), as well as many previously optional codecs, which are all updated to the latest releases. A new Quick Convert right explorer right-click menu is a welcome addition to those who have many conversions to run a day, skipping over the codec options page, saving time. CD Ripper gains a manual metadata search page, de-emphasis CDs handling and improvements to metadata searching;
• Minimum supported Windows: Vista (XP no longer supported);
• New explorer right-click option 'Quick Convert' which invokes the converter without showing the options page;
• CD Ripper & Music Converter handle [Multi-Encoder] internally, this allows file overwrite and proper CPU resource allocation;
• All programs - added a crash reporter;
• All Programs - Graphics upgraded to be independent of display resolution;
• All programs - better handle High Contrast Theme.

Support for an artist in m3u playlist:

• dBpoweramp Control Centre: Tests if Windows defender is limiting access to the system and warns;
• dBpoweramp Control Center: can exclude popup info tips, and right-click 'Convert To,' for set file types;
• High-quality SSRC (frequency resampler) enabled for all frequency conversions;
• Right Click >> Edit ID Tags option in art menu to resize existing art to a maximum KB size;
• Added a new Screen Reader Option in Control Centre to enable non-graphical buttons;
• Converter + Tag Editor: if select all files in a folder, right-click, convert to or edit id tags, any non-audio files are excluded;
• Naming added [GROUP] so for example, if an artist were 'Drake' and [group]4,[artist][] would generate 'a-d' the first letter of the tag is used, and number signifies the letters to group together, two would be a-b c-d e-f;
• Naming added [SPLIT] for example artist was 'A1/A2/A3/A4' [split]/,[artist],2[] would return 'A2' to split on comma enter [split],[artist],2[];
• Naming updated [REPLACE] can replace with, or search, buy setting a blank entry: [REPLACE],@,[artist][] would replace, with @;
• Updated naming dlg for Move File On Error DSP effect;
• New conversion option: substitute Unicode spaces and remove leading or ending spaces in tags - there are various non-standard Unicode space characters (such as thin space), these will be replaced with a standard space. Also, white spaces at the start or end of tags are removed;
• Popup info: if a zero byte file then says so;
• Edit ID Tags >> Art Menu >> Added 2000x2000, 1800x1800, 1600x1600, 1400x1400, 1200x1200 options;
• Menu checkmarks larger on higher dpi screens;
• Fixes a bug in various Window Managers (such as total commander) which do not follow Windows API specification;
• Added option in the configuration to hide specific unused encoders;
• Popup Info: rating range is shown 0-10 range the same as ID Tag editor.

New DSP effect: speed up, slow down:

• Utility codecs [ID Tag Update] and [Replaygain] included as standard;
• ID Tag Processing: option to set multi-artist to '; ' for non-multi-artist aware programs now works with Artist Sort and Album Artist Sort;
• Multi Encoder, allows sub encoders to be utility codecs;
• ID3v2 COMM tag, now works again for iTunes;
• m4a grup tag renamed to @grp as it was causing issues for iTunes;
• FLAC updated to 1.3.3;
• Encoders added as standard: Opus, m4a AAC (dBpoweramp reference), m4b, Monkeys Audio (v4.81), WMA 10, Wavpack, Ogg Vorbis;
• Decoders added as standard: DSD, Speex, Ogg Vorbis, Musepack;
• Added DSD Encoder (dBpoweramp reference);
• DSD - shows 1 bit and DSD frequency in dBpoweramp Popup Info & Audio Properties page;
• AAC Decoder better able to read non-standard files;
• mp3 lame encoder supports 64-bit float source;
• m4a FDK supports 64-bit float source;
• Opus files in .ogg now supported;
• Codec Update Wavpack to 5.2;
• Codec Update - Opus 1.3.1;
• Codec Update - m4a FDK updated to v2;
• Added new Apple Core Audio Format (CAF) decoder;
• ID Tag Editor - popup suggestion now appears 1/3 to the right of the box, so as not to get in the way;
• ID Tag Editor - resizing auto sizes the edit box;
• ID Tag Editor - can drag and drop art on id tag editor;
• ID Tag editor - supports embedding PNG album art, also resizing existing PNG stays as PNG;
• ID Tag editor - buttons could overlap at certain resolutions;
• Music Converter - can handle 64 cores;
• Music Converter - will use 100% of CPU capacity by default (around 20% faster encoding on a 4 core system);
• Music Converter - output to box shows <not required for encoder> for encoders such as multi-encoder;
• batch converter added filter on a date - last week, yesterday, last month, last year;
• Batch Converter, when generating conversion list, shows the number of files already discovered;
• Batch Converter added new profile option to not store file selections with a profile (only Extension exclusions and later in music converter DSPs and Encoder auto-selected);
• batch converter lists correct frequency and bits for DSD.

CD Ripper:

• Improved drive speed detection;
• Manual Metadata review, added replace text option (replace fixed string value in all metadata);
• Album art improvements: Discogs art, PerfectTUNES art priority;
• HDCD detection for technical column improved;
• Album title shown on title bar when ripping;
• shows which metadata providers are remaining on lookup;
• Added Style to toolbar;
• added de-emphasis option to CD ripper, and DSP effect for music converter;
• when adding a technical column, the tracklisting is refreshed;
• displays on the info page the AccurateRip status icon;
• Added manual metadata search form, auto shown if a disc has no metadata;
• if screen resolution changes and is showing maximized or too big for the screen, then make maximized again;
• art menu redesigned, new Add Additional Art menu, default actions replace main art;
• art added from files if PNG is then left as PNG. New option in Metadata options 'Store Scanned Art as PNG';
• default allowed maximum album art size is now 1000x1000 and 750KB;
• naming box shows <not required for encoder> for encoders such as multi-encoder;
• CD Text and ISRC metadata takes preference over other providers;
• custom ID Tags are applied now if on manual metadata review a specific provider is chosen;
• default naming changed to [MAXLENGTH]80,[IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[IFCOMP]Various Artists[][IF!COMP][artist][][][][MAXLENGTH]80,[album][][MAXLENGTH]80,[track] [artist] - [title][];
• default secure log saved to [rippedtopath]Secure Ripping Log.txt;
• dbpoweramp implemented own freedb server to combat the retiring of the old freedb.org

Bug Fixes:

• Edit ID Tags removed a small white line in album art;
• cd ripper - if reading previously ripped disc metadata from DB cache, would not set compilation check based on last time;
• Thumbnail and Property Handler exclusions were not working;
• Opus tag reader could crash on malformed tags;
• Batch Converter was reading file metadata, even if no filtering was in place;
• ID Tag processing does not export folder.jpg when doing filename check (DMC or multi-encoder);
• musicbrainz was not always looking up discs;
• Replaygain now writes iTuneNORM, which is compatible with the latest iTunes;
• Ogg Decoder - fixed issue where Ogg-FLAC would trigger a memory error;
• RunIDTagsThroughDSPEffects possibly altering Orig filename etc.;
• All programs - if the taskbar is set to hidden, maximizing (CD Ripper, or Batch Converter) would stop it appearing;
• Network share reliability fixes.

System requirements:
OS: Microsoft Windows® Vista, Windows® 7, Windows® 8, Windows® 8.1, Windows® 10 (both 32 & 64-bit).


Install notes:
1. Kindly read the "Readme.txt" file given in the download zip file;
2. Enjoy!


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[Zoloft]

Exactly what I came looking for, thanks!

 

[mullinx]

Thanks a lot for the updated version, Mirkec