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Using pipe in custom converter problem

Hi, If I use a pipe in custom encoder
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sox.exe -t wav --ignore-length - -G -b 16 -t wav - rate -v -L 48000 dither | flac.exe - -o %d --best
it causes errors. I have compared to raw command from prompt with emulated stdin (flac -d -c input.flac | sox -t wav --ignore-length - -G -b 16 -t wav - rate -v -L 48000 dither | flac - -o output.flac --best), where the output is made
What's the problem with foobar?

Re: Using pipe in custom converter problem

Reply #2 –
Got what you mean, thx. Now the converter binary is cmd and all encoders are in param. However I still get error:

Source: "C:\Users\Anakunda\AppData\Local\Temp\Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown (1974) [FLAC 24-192]\01. Somewhere U.S.A..flac"
  An error occurred while writing to file (The encoder has terminated prematurely with code 0 (0x00000000); please re-check parameters) : "C:\Users\Anakunda\AppData\Local\Temp\Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown (1974) [FLAC]\01 - Somewhere U.S.A..flac"
  Additional information:
  Encoder stream format: 192000Hz / 2ch / 24bps
  Command line: "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" sox.exe -t wav --ignore-length - -G -b 16 -t wav - rate -v -L 48000 dither | flac.exe - -o "01 - Somewhere U.S.A..flac" --best --replay-gain
  Working folder: C:\Users\Anakunda\AppData\Local\Temp\Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown (1974) [FLAC]\

Re: Using pipe in custom converter problem

Reply #3 –
Try -o %d instead of the predefined filename.

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Reply #4 –
Quote from: lvqcl on
Try -o %d instead of the predefined filename.
That'ss what I already have. Exact parameters field is
sox.exe -t wav --ignore-length - -G -b 16 -t wav - rate -v -L 48000 dither | flac.exe - -o %d --best --replay-gain
sox and flac are within converter's lookup paths

Re: Using pipe in custom converter problem

Reply #5 –
No ideas why the chain isn't working? I need it piped. Thanx

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Reply #6 –
Check "Do not convert in multiple threads" in encoding settings.

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Reply #7 –
Quote from: lvqcl on
Check "Do not convert in multiple threads" in encoding settings.
This apparently doesn't help. Plz. try to replicate the converter profile

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Reply #8 –
LossyWAV settings have /d /c switches, and you didn't add them.
Try this:
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/d /c sox.exe -t wav --ignore-length - -G -b 16 -t wav - rate -v -L 48000 dither | flac.exe - -o %d --best --replay-gain

Re: Using pipe in custom converter problem

Reply #9 –
Thanks, you're right, I forgot the switches. Now the conversion goes fine.
I have one additional problem, if I try to make the command more flexible, I use this formatting string
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/d /c sox.exe -t wav --ignore-length - -G -b 16 -t wav - rate -v -L $ifequal($mod(%samplerate%,48000),0,48000,44100) dither | flac.exe - -o %d --best
in the error console I see that the functions are not interpolated. Is there some possibility to use foobar's macros in tool's arglist?
I see that tags alone are expanded.

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Reply #11 –
Maybe Peter could consider adding another checkbox to converter dialog for evaluating param string as title formatting?
 

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Reply #12 –
I have one more foobar command problem however: If I try to chain these 3 commands in Run Services profile, they're not executed. What is wrong with the command line?
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C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k /d mediainfo "$directory_path(%path%)\*.flac" | pcregrep "MQA" && for %i in ("$directory_path(%path%)\*.flac") do is_mqa.py "%~fi" && metasize.pl "$directory_path(%path%)\*.flac"