Skip to main content ↑ ↓

Notice

Please note that most of the software linked on this forum is likely to be safe to use. If you are unsure, feel free to ask in the relevant topics, or send a private message to an administrator or moderator. To help curb the problems of false positives, or in the event that you do find actual malware, you can contribute through the article linked here.
Topic: Extraction & Compression With MusePack (Read 2197 times) previous topic - next topic
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Extraction & Compression With MusePack

I've noticed a strange problem when ripping tracks to MP+ files with EAC.

When I extract and compress a track in one action,  Extraction/Compression using mppenc.exe, EncSpot shows it as bad quality and shows 0 as the value for Bitrate, Length, and Frames, it also shows it as "Unknown" for Profile ( Profile was Xtreme) and Mpeg Plus Stream SV616.

But when I extract the same track as a wav file, and then manually use the Compress Wav action, using mppenc.exe, EncSpot shows it as good quality, and shows 201 Bitrate, 3:07 Length, and 7185 Frames, it also shows the correct Profile (Xtreme), and Mpeg Plus Stream SV7.

Anyone know why this happens ?

Extraction & Compression With MusePack

Reply #1 –
It's simple. You probably have ID3v2 tags enabled in EAC.

Since ID3v2 isn't part of the MPC file spec - it's a dumb 'hack' that some people insist on using, and that's the reason it is ignored by the Winamp plugin - the file is regarded by EncSpot as being corrupt.

Please, uncheck "Aditionally add ID3v2 tags" (compression options) from EAC settings and try again.

Regards;

Roberto.
 

Extraction & Compression With MusePack

Reply #2 –
Thanks, that's sorted it, live and learn.

Regards.

Stu.