Paul P
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[Solved] LAME mp3 encoder, again
I'm attempting to get the LAME mp3 encoder to work withing X3e Producer. I put both lame.exe and lame_enc.dll in a folder under Shared Utitilities. This is version 3.99.5 (64 bit). If I run the encoder directly within the folder using a command prompt it works fine. I used the Cakewalk External Audio Encoder Setup program which looks like this : I have a project with one audio track containing 2 minutes of audio. I select <File/Export/Audio> : I click Export, see "Mixing Down Audio" then a brief flash of a window probably from lame. The mp3 file is produced, it's only 2k in size and it contains .026 seconds of nothing. Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong ? I've read most of the threads on setting up this encoder and thought I did everything right.
post edited by Paul P - 2014/12/26 16:29:30
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Teds_Studio
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Re: LAME mp3 encoder, again
2014/12/26 15:51:50
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Did you select "all"....CTRL+A ? I have ran into this before by accident. If you only have a small portion of the audio "selected"....that is all that will render.
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Paul P
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Re: LAME mp3 encoder, again
2014/12/26 16:15:27
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Teds_Studio Did you select "all"....CTRL+A ? I have ran into this before by accident. If you only have a small portion of the audio "selected"....that is all that will render.
I believe if you have nothing selected, you get the whole track ? I just tried with the entire audio selected and there's no difference. Sure wish I could see what lame is telling me, but the window just flashes and is gone before I can read anything. There is some text in the window.
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Re: LAME mp3 encoder, again
2014/12/26 16:23:52
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Create a wav file and run it a the command line. Not sure why dithering is being applied to a 64bit file. I know the integrated mp3 encoder expects a 16bit file. The command line lame can encode 24bit files. I have not tried 64bit files.
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Paul P
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Re: LAME mp3 encoder, again
2014/12/26 16:33:25
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scook Create a wav file and run it a the command line. Not sure why dithering is being applied to a 64bit file. I know the integrated mp3 encoder expects a 16bit file. The command line lame can encode 24bit files. I have not tried 64bit files.
Thanks scook/Steve !! As usual, your sharp eye saves the day. The threads I read didn't say anything about the Channel Format / Sample Rate / Bit Depth / Dithering part of the export dialogue. So I didn't touch them. I don't know why it was set to 64 Bit Depth but changing it to 16 solved everything. Cheers !
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Re: LAME mp3 encoder, again
2014/12/26 16:38:43
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External encoders and the integrated mp3 encoder use a temporary wave file, the %I in the command line. This interim wave file is created like any other exported wave file.
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Paul P
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Re: LAME mp3 encoder, again
2014/12/26 16:46:40
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scook External encoders and the integrated mp3 encoder use a temporary wave file, the %I in the command line. This interim wave file is created like any other exported wave file.
Ah, that explains why I was getting both a wav file and a broken mp3 before I unselected the "Keep Source File" option. I sure wondered where the wav file was coming from. I didn't know what that option in the dialogue did, but one post mentioned deselecting it.
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