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Re: QAAC: discussion, questions, feature requests, etc.

Reply #1250 –
Quote from: korth on
I assume you mean direct conversion flac to m4a as below.

libFLAC version 1.2.1 and greater are compatible with qaac; the win64 bundle should be used with qaac64 and the win32 bundle should be used with qaac. Extract libFLAC.dll from the archive into the same directory as qaac. qaac will look for libFLAC with any of the following names: libFLAC_dynamic.dll, libFLAC.dll, or LibFLAC-8.dll

yes, i wrote wrong. my goal is flac to m4a. wav is just a step to get m4a final file

and BIG thanks for your post. wonderful. find libFLAC.dll now qaac encode direct from flac to m4a. AMAZING
just copy tag from original flac but no cover art ... need to use mp3tag to copy all tags from flac to new m4a files
 

Re: QAAC: discussion, questions, feature requests, etc.

Reply #1251 –
qaac wouldn't copy embedded artworks unless --copy-artwork is specified.

Re: QAAC: discussion, questions, feature requests, etc.

Reply #1252 –
Quote from: nu774 on
qaac wouldn't copy embedded artworks unless --copy-artwork is specified.

mate this is a WONDERFUL news! BIG thanks for your post

Re: QAAC: discussion, questions, feature requests, etc.

Reply #1253 –
Quote from: nu774 on
qaac wouldn't copy embedded artworks unless --copy-artwork is specified.

just why copy-artwork isn't by default? like qaac encoder copy tag from source to target, i think also cover need to be add ...

Re: QAAC: discussion, questions, feature requests, etc.

Reply #1254 –
and what about ogg vorbis? qaac don't support ogg as input

Re: QAAC: discussion, questions, feature requests, etc.

Reply #1256 –
Quote from: korth on
https://github.com/nu774/qaac/wiki/Installation
You need to copy sndfile and Ogg Vorbis Libraries to the qaac folder

explain better (or share all files here)
Installation guide report here https://github.com/libsndfile/libsndfile/releases/download/1.2.2/libsndfile-1.2.2-win64.zip
then i think need to extract some file from bin folder. but which one? i see 11 files on this folder

also: need Ogg Vorbis Libraries to the qaac folder
where i can find ogg libraries ?

Re: QAAC: discussion, questions, feature requests, etc.

Reply #1259 –
You can download libsndfile (either win32 or win64) from here: https://github.com/libsndfile/libsndfile/releases.
In the zip file you only need sndfile.dll under the bin directory, which you can copy to the same directory as qaac.exe(or qaac64.exe).
After you copied the sndfile.dll, run qaac --check (or qaac64 --check) from the command prompt.
If libsndfile is recognized and loaded by qaac, something like "libsndfile-1.2.2" is printed.

Since sndfile.dll at the github is statically linked to libogg and libvorbis, you don't need additional libogg/libvorbis DLLs.
In other words, even if you want to try other libogg/libvorbis binaries, you can't let qaac to use them.

Re: QAAC: discussion, questions, feature requests, etc.

Reply #1260 –
Quote from: nu774 on
You can download libsndfile (either win32 or win64) from here: https://github.com/libsndfile/libsndfile/releases.
In the zip file you only need sndfile.dll under the bin directory, which you can copy to the same directory as qaac.exe (or qaac64.exe)

again thanks for your comment. now all work fine.

just 2 question:
1. from my post above why copy-artwork isn't by default? like qaac encoder copy tag from source to target, i think also cover need to be add by default ...
2. technical question: from ogg 160 which is the right value (for same audio quality) to encode in m4a? 73?

Re: QAAC: discussion, questions, feature requests, etc.

Reply #1261 –
Quote from: w8ub6blw on
1. from my post above why copy-artwork isn't by default? like qaac encoder copy tag from source to target, i think also cover need to be add by default ...
qaac intentionally avoid copying some tags such as replay gain related ones, and coverart is one of them.
Embedding same cover art to each song of an album is redundant. Moreover, after transcoding to AAC, the proportion of the file size occupied by a cover art increases compared to lossless original.
Lossy codec is an art that employs every possible method to conserve bits while avoiding perceptible degradation. You should be spending more bits to audio, not cover arts.
That being said,  --copy-coverart is provided for those who cannot avoid dumb software that is capable of fetching cover art out of complex ISOBMFF structure but completely ignorant of far more simpler folder.jpg / cover.jpg.

Quote from: w8ub6blw on
2. technical question: from ogg 160 which is the right value (for same audio quality) to encode in m4a? 73?
I can't provide "right" value.

Re: QAAC: discussion, questions, feature requests, etc.

Reply #1262 –
thanks for your wonderful infos. about conversion ogg 160 to m4a i think 73 is right value. nvm