Hi,
I want to convert files into ogg via the command line function in foobar! What do I need (which encoder) and which settings do I have to set to get the perfect sound quality at at least ~ 97 kbps ogg (for my Iriver). Thank you very much in advance for your help!
Greetz,
Rucksacksepp

You'll need Oggenc. It can be found at Rarewares.
http://www.rarewares.org/ogg.html

Also needs setting at : Preferences > Components > Diskwriter

I use the following when converting FLAC files to Ogg. I use q6 when encoding

ENCODER: oggenc.exe aka: Ogg Vorbis 1.0.1 http://www.vorbis.com

EXTENSION: .ogg

PARAMETERS: -q6 - -o %d

P.S. OggDrop is another useful program

fb2k is all I need!!!!

Thank you both so far! I also got the commands now to set a minimum bitrate, but there's still a problem: I want to convert mostly mp3 and ogg files which oggenc does not support. Is there some kind of plugin to do so?

It doesn't matter what oggenc supports.

Foobar will pipe the raw decoded audio date to oggenc.exe.

It doesn't matter what format the audio data starts in - Foobar will decode it first.

Edit: spelling

Are you sure that it also works with the command line encoder? Why do I get the following error (with parameters set: -m97 %d)
NFO (foo_clienc) : CLI encoder: D:\Programme\foobar2000\components\oggenc2.exe
INFO (foo_clienc) : Destination file: file://D:\Converted oggs for mp3-Player\001 15.Looptroop_-_Trincest-PDC.ogg
INFO (foo_clienc) : Source file: file://D:\Downloads\Musik\Looptroop_-_Fort_Europa-2005-PDC\15.Looptroop_-_Trincest-PDC.mp3
INFO (foo_clienc) : 44100Hz 16bps 2ch
ERROR (foo_clienc) : Writing to encoder failed
ERROR (foo_clienc) : Encoding failed
ERROR (foo_diskwriter) : Conversion failed.

Ok, now it works, forgot to add %s to the command...
But it sounds like it loses some quality (more than converting it without commandline), because it gets convert from mp3 to wav and then to ogg. Is there a way not to lose that much quality or doesn't it really lose quality at all??

You're posting in the wrong forum. Take a look at the stick-thread in the ogg-forums. Also read the ha.org FAQ concerning transcoding, because you have a really wrong impression of how lossy encoders work and what reencoding is. You will also find information in the FAQ concerning how to compare soundquality in a reliable way.

- Lyx

Ok, thank you, will read everything you suggested! Sorry, I'm a noob in such things...

I believe oggenc.exe supports STDIN - so you should be able to use "-" instead of "%s", e.g.:


This will stop the need for Foobar to decode to a temporary WAVE file - it will just decode the source and pipe the data directly to oggenc - which is faster while producing the same result.

As to you believing this sounds worse than using oggenc on the command line, I can only concur with Lyx.

Edit: added "-o" to suggested command line, as I see that STDOUT is assumed otherwise.

Thanks Synthetic Soul, that's the best solution I think! I doesn't take that much time!
Thanks to all for your support!
Greetz
Rucksacksepp