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Lossless Audio Compression => FLAC => Topic started by: IrfCore on 2007-08-09 06:30:28

Title: FLAC Frontend doesn't work
Post by: IrfCore on 2007-08-09 06:30:28
I have recently moved from XP 32bit to XP 64bit cuz 4GB RAM isn't supported in 32bit XP.
I'm not sure if it's because I'm on XP x64 or if it's something else.

FLAC Frontend won't decompress to wav or convert wav to FLAC.
the command window appears but only very fast, less than 1 sec.
Does anyone know how to get it working again?
Title: FLAC Frontend doesn't work
Post by: greynol on 2007-08-09 06:40:19
What are the names of the files you're trying to encode/decode (including the full path)?
Title: FLAC Frontend doesn't work
Post by: IrfCore on 2007-08-09 06:43:51
Don't matter, this happens for all wav and flac files...

In Foobar it works but not with FLAC Frontend
Title: FLAC Frontend doesn't work
Post by: greynol on 2007-08-09 06:46:20
Just humor me.
Title: FLAC Frontend doesn't work
Post by: IrfCore on 2007-08-09 06:48:24
How can it matter if it happens to all files!

well the first I tried with was CDImage.wav
Title: FLAC Frontend doesn't work
Post by: greynol on 2007-08-09 06:49:56
And the path?
Title: FLAC Frontend doesn't work
Post by: IrfCore on 2007-08-09 06:52:28
Well it always worked before on these paths
E:\E LL temp
D:\D LL temp

I doesn't even work if I choose "same as input directory"
Title: FLAC Frontend doesn't work
Post by: greynol on 2007-08-09 06:56:51
I asked because FLAC frontend, which is very much unlike foobar2000, generates a batch file and then executes it.  If there is unicode in the path or filename the script will choke.

It doesn't delete the batch after trying to execute it.  Check it out, maybe there's something obvious in there.
Title: FLAC Frontend doesn't work
Post by: IrfCore on 2007-08-09 07:00:48
I've tried deleting go.bat, same thing

Even tried the RAREWARES version...
Title: FLAC Frontend doesn't work
Post by: greynol on 2007-08-09 07:03:27
Of course.  Instead of deleting it, open it up with a text editor.

...sorry if I was misleading earlier.  FLAC frontend doesn't delete the batch after it's done with it whether the result was successful or not.  It simply overwrites go.bat the next time you use the program.
Title: FLAC Frontend doesn't work
Post by: IrfCore on 2007-08-09 07:05:07
ye and creates a new one if you delete the first


in the bat file go.bat

@echo off
C:
cd "C:\ProgCore(x86)\FLAC"
win2dos go.bat
flac -6 "E:\E LL temp\1 1CDImage.wav"
echo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title: FLAC Frontend doesn't work
Post by: greynol on 2007-08-09 07:12:14
from the command line, navigate to

C:\ProgCore(x86)\FLAC

and then run go.bat.

you should be able to see what the problem is without the window closing.
Title: FLAC Frontend doesn't work
Post by: IrfCore on 2007-08-09 07:20:16
running the bat works but not in FLAC frontend
Title: FLAC Frontend doesn't work
Post by: greynol on 2007-08-09 07:25:24
Maybe it has something to do with the vb6 runtime files or mscomctl.ocx in XP64.  I don't think I can provide much help beyond this point, sorry.
Title: FLAC Frontend doesn't work
Post by: IrfCore on 2007-08-09 07:26:08
You done enough, thanx
Title: FLAC Frontend doesn't work
Post by: chelrob on 2007-09-03 05:51:03
Did you try running flac frontend as Administrator?
Title: FLAC Frontend doesn't work
Post by: hollasch on 2007-09-13 03:23:25
I'm having the same problem with FLAC Front End 1.7.1 in Vista.  I run as administrator, and the command line flashes very briefly.  I am able to decipher that it is saying:

'win2dos' is not recognized as a valid internal or external command.

Suggestions?

Kyle
Title: FLAC Frontend doesn't work
Post by: IrfCore on 2007-10-21 06:33:21
chelrob, I only run as admin.

I have switched to Window 2003 Server.
Removed the crap I didn't needed with nLite

On Windows 2003 it works.
Title: FLAC Frontend doesn't work
Post by: GEoMaNTiK on 2007-10-29 11:01:11
chelrob, I only run as admin.

I have switched to Window 2003 Server.
Removed the crap I didn't needed with nLite

On Windows 2003 it works.


I also have been getting this error, so I played with some settings and found that by removing the tick on this option under ReplayGain (Treat input files as one album), all is working perfectly!!!
Title: FLAC Frontend doesn't work
Post by: sabbey on 2008-12-19 00:59:15
Sorry for the bump, wrong thread...
Title: FLAC Frontend doesn't work
Post by: desktop22 on 2009-01-25 06:57:32
Im trying to use flac front end to convert wav to flac but when i tried to convert it says cannot find file don't know why?
Title: FLAC Frontend doesn't work
Post by: eddie the eagle on 2011-12-30 04:14:39
chelrob, I only run as admin.

I have switched to Window 2003 Server.
Removed the crap I didn't needed with nLite

On Windows 2003 it works.


I also have been getting this error, so I played with some settings and found that by removing the tick on this option under ReplayGain (Treat input files as one album), all is working perfectly!!!


Thanks Geo & Kyle.

Exactly the same issue on Win7 32-bit (win2dos not recognised.)

Exactly the same solution. (Just wish I understood why)

Cheers,

eddie
Title: FLAC Frontend doesn't work
Post by: tevez32 on 2012-02-26 02:17:27
You need to add the FLAC installation directory to your program search path.  From Windows Explorer: 

right click on Computer, then select Properties
on the left column, click on Advanced system settings
within the Advanced tab, click on the Environment Variables button
In the System variables section, scroll down and find Path and click on Edit
Append the following at the end of the Variable value input box

;C:\Program Files (x86)\FLAC\

You will need to restart the FLAC front-end application.

Good luck
Title: FLAC Frontend doesn't work
Post by: deramanap on 2013-03-11 03:44:02
I was having this issue with my flac frontend not working & found this forum. I just did the fix to the path & everything works great now.
Thanks for the  HELP!!!!!!!!!! Dan