I have just installed EasyLame 1.4 and used it to convert a folder of wav files, previously ripped by EAC.
The resulting MP3 files will not import into Media Jukebox, cannot be recognised by Encspot etc.
I've found some info on certain Lame front-ends causing some problems. I used the --alt preset standard settings.
The header info appears to be incorrect,
Can someone point me in the right direction to research this further. Unforunately that folder of wavs was not backed up (real low space).
Thanks.
Edit: I have used EAC, RazorLame etc before, and had no problems. The system is W2k, SP4. There was plenty of disk space on the PC doing the encoding (12GB+).
In case it helps, the settings file (alt preset standard) contents is shown, in case there is an error in there. Can't think what is different to before apart from the actual preset file used. Apologies for the size of the posting.
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I've tracked the problem down further.
There were some 180 files processed in the folder. About 25 went through OK, and the rest actually ended up as 1.3KB or so files. The name was correct, they had an MP3 ending, so they all looked OK. But they were rubbish, nothing in there, which was why EncSpot, Media Jukebox, and Tag&Rename didn't recognise them.
I have since processed a few 'batches' of 30 or so files (with no changes to the previous settings I used), so all I can think is that RazorLame gagged on the number of files.
Now I think about it, the PC was told to shut down at the end of the encoding, which it estimated initially at 5 hours. It turned off after a bit over an hour. Much too soon.
EasyLame is just a bundle of RazorLame 1.1.5 and LAME 3.90.3, in a simple install package, with some pre-defined presets.
So I guess it must have been RazorLame that had the problem with the 180 files. I'm sure I have used it before with lots of files, maybe never that many.
(Oh, and I recovered nearly all of the lost wavs as the hard drive had had nothing written to it in the meantime).
So be careful of processing too many files at once (and do keep the wavs until you know the encoding was 100%).