Actually, you should not decompress and recompress lossy jpeg files. Is it not possible to maintain the original image quality?

Its a good point. I should probably just be storing the jpeg as a byte array or something, instead of reading it in to an image (bitmap) object.

There seems to be a pretty severe bug which has existed for several versions and is still present in 1.4.2 on Windows XP SP2. When trying to convert tracks from two different folders (adding them to the list with "Add Folder"), when it hits the files from the second folder, rather than decoding them, Omni Encoder stalls and returns:

An error occurred while writing the track:
filenameoftrack

(with "filename of track" replaced with the actual filename, that is)

...and everything stops. It is very annoying trying to transcode 400-some files only to be stopped every 10, remove the first folder's contents from the list, and start again.

Edit: Correction. It's when the destination folder changes.

are they one different drives? Could you give me some path examples?

I'm attempting to do Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, which has three different composers, changing from song to song. When I attempt to use the third option ("Create a tag-based folder structure in..."), it'll decode everything by the first Artist and convert fine, then hang up when it starts on the second. It creates the first and second Artist's destination folder fine, but then doesn't want to decode the second Artist's songs.

The source folder is the same for the entire album.

I'm trying to transcode from FLAC to Apple AAC (though this problem occurs during any transcoding), from H:\Lossless Discographies\Castlevania\Akumajo Dracula -Gallery of Labyrinth-\ to C:\Castlevania\Michiru Yamane\Akumajo Dracula -Gallery of Labyrinth\ (first Artist) and C:\Castlevania\Yuzo Koshiro\Akumajo Dracula -Gallery of Labyrinth-\ (second Artist).

Like I said...it'll do Yamane just fine, but then when it hits Koshiro's tracks, it hangs and won't decode. Bizarre.

Edit: Correction. It did the same thing at the same time when I chose "Mirror the Source Location(s) to...", which leads me to believe it's whenever anything changes other than the Title field. (That is...it worked fine doing all the Yamane tracks, but then returned the error when Koshiro came up.) I can run some experiments if you want me to test different situations or anything, just let me know what.

Does this program support unicode?

I have the same problem on any multiple artist cd's omni encoder fails when the artist changes. You can delete the songs that have already been encoded and start again and it works. However on a compilation cd that doesn't work to well.

No. Well, technically MY code all supports unicode, but i'm calling command-line programs which don't.

Version 2.0 (which i'm working on now) will have full internationalization support, because I'm writing the tagging algorithms myself instead of calling external console apps.



Yeah compilations are too difficult to implement with the 1.x codebase (hey i'm learning as I go here...). Version 2.0 supports them natively.

Here's a screenshot, by the way, of the new interface. Feedback is appreciated.

Hey looks good, thanks for working on this.


If you ever need a beta tester

I will very much need beta testers, but not for a little while. version 2 is substantially more complex, so it will require some sort of beta period for sure. I really want it to be a lot more stable than version 1.



I'm working on the conversion code now... its pretty cool. Completely multithreaded. Breaks up the conversion operation into chunks, and then works on as many as you want, concurrently. (will default to the # of processor cores, but will be configurable). This should MASSIVELY reduce the amount of time required to convert a large library.

Can this option be used with iTunes?

I'm pretty sure not... although at least things like album wavegaining (and other kinds of processing) can happen in a separate thread while itunes does its thing.

Sounds nice and complex. It sounds like it should be a lot faster when it is complete.

Is it me or the download link is broken ?

add me to the "not working".

Unfortunately the server had a hard-drive failure yesterday and I haven't had a chance to replace it yet... check again late Saturday or possibly Sunday.

Lost some data... eep! Currently setting up RAID so this doesn't happen again... will work on the web server this aft/tomorrow.

Would it be possible to put up a temp hosting of just the install files?

If your interrested i can provide mirroring and ftp access to you until you get your server working again.

Yeah sorry... i'll put up the files later today. Just an FYI I'm in Victoria visiting family now. I do have access to the server though.

Thanks a lot :-)

Hope you have a nice holiday with your family

Sorry everyone...



The download link is back up now. Combination of exploding hard drives, lost data, and being away for 2 weeks made getting the site back up difficult.



Cheers!

@Jebus
Maybe you can implement a feature to set the process priority for the program?


Gottkaiser

I've never found that setting the priority is all that helpful, have you? All it seems to do is make multitasking unresponsive, and if you aren't trying to multitask then it doesn't really have any benefit anyhow (higher priority than what?)



Unless you disagree

Hi there, I just found out about Omni Encoder, downloaded 1.4.2. Switched to mp3 encoder, added a folder with flac files (an album, separate flac files). Omni automatically found Cover art. I selected all tracks and pressed the green button.

Once the upper bar was filled twice (1st track of 13) and I would expect the 2nd track to begin decoding, I got an error message. (.Net error). I have .Net 2.0 and 3.0 installed (not 1.1):


Moderation: Please use "codebox" for long logs like this.

I didn't mean higher priority. I thought about lower priority. So the PC doesn't slow down as much.
When I lower the priority, I'll still be able to use other programs while it's transcoding. If I don't lower the priority other programs run so slow.

For me it would be useful. I don't know about others.
Anyway, thanks for considering.

Gottkaiser

That makes sense. It is easy to include, for sure. Will be a 2.0 feature though (i've sort of abandoned 1.x).







Some questions:



Are the FLAC files tagged completely, or is some information missing?

Where are they located? (full path please).

My understanding is that this crash occurred during the decoding phase, correct?

Do you have replaygain analysis enabled?



That particular error would tend to be thrown if the xml configuration file (where settings are stored) was manually edited with incorrect parameters. Did you try uninstalling and then reinstalling? Did you alter any settings from the FLAC or MP3 defaults?

Good questions!

Actually, I tried it again and it really happens after ENcoding first track. So Decoding goes fine, Encoding goes till the end of the first track, then the error shows. I can see the mp3 file has been created. (I tried several tracks from different flac albums).

Settings I changed: selected mp3 encoder, checked the quality and it was set to 2 so I left that one like it was.
I did checked the box "Add cover art as metadata" in the ID3 tagging options.

The flac files I tried all have tags, at least Artitst, album and title. Some miss track number. and 1 of the 5 albums had cover art in tag.
2 didn't but Omni automatically found the cover art (great feature btw!) for one.
Strangely, it didn't find the cover art for Buena Vista Social Club - Rhythms del Mundo: Cuba. I did found the art on Amazon, added it with Winamp to the tag. After that, I tried flac -> mp3 with omni and got the same error.

I unchecked the add cover art... checkbox, same results!
And I did not enabled anything about replaygain.

path to the flac files:
D:\Music\Albums\[FLAC] Alicia Keys - As I Am
D:\Music\Albums\[FLAC] Buena Vista Social Club - Rhythms Del Mundo
D:\Music\Albums\[FLAC] Katie Melua - Pictures
D:\Music\Albums\[FLAC] Kanye West - Graduation
D:\Music\Albums\[FLAC] Katie Melua - Call Off The Search

Any approximate date in sight for v2.0? :-)

hey what happened? Is this project dying?
I've used BonkEnc for now... but I like Omni encoder...

Omni Encoder looks great, it's just what I was looking for.

However, something grieves me : can't we select a "source folder" and a DIFFERENT "destination folder" ???

I have just received a new HD and I need to copy ALL my music library (FLAC) to it. But I'd like to seize this opportunity to re-encode all my files to latest FLAC and copy them to the new HD, in a single operation.

If Omni Encoder can't do this, could you please advise me another utility that could ?
- Select a "source folder"
- Scan all its contents, including all its (numerous) sub-folders
- Re-encode all its FLAC files
- Write the re-encoded files to a "destination folder", respecting the same folder hierarchy of course.

Thanks in advance.

I'm pretty sure that foobar2000's converter can do this... although I'm *not* certain if it will satisfy your last point of retaining the folder hierarchy.

EDIT: I just tested, and foobar indeed does not preserve folders by default. However, by mucking around with the "Output File Names" converter options, you should be able to get what you desire. (This reference for all the possible values & expressions should be helpful.)

Using Omni Encoder 1.4.2.0 on Windows XP64. The following error (see end) occurs when going from .flac to .m4a aac lossless.

In the past this has worked. The only changes that might have any impact have been itunes updates.

The file it is looking for briefly appears in the location it is looking in, but vanishes once the "encoding done" chime sounds. This is also the point at which the error dialog box appears.

.flac to lame .mp3 works.

I have tried the various tag/itunes options on and off.
I have tried running oe in Win XP compat mode as well.
Even a file simply named test.flac failed (incase it was some combo of odd characters in the filename)
Fails on a x86 system as well (vmware guest)

Please let me know if you need any more information.

Thanks,
Chris



See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file 'C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music\Unknown Artist\Unknown Album\01-Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 I. Lento -.m4a'.
File name: 'C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music\Unknown Artist\Unknown Album\01-Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 I. Lento -.m4a'
at OmniEncoder.Frontend.ConvertForm.converter_ConversionCompleted(Object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
at OmniEncoder.Converter.worker_RunWorkerCompleted(Object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///c:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
OmniEncoder
Assembly Version: 1.4.2.0
Win32 Version: 1.4.2.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Omni%20Encoder/OmniEncoder.exe
----------------------------------------
System
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Configuration
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Runtime.Remoting
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Runtime.Remoting/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Runtime.Remoting.dll
----------------------------------------
FLACModule
Assembly Version: 2.0.1.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.1.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Omni%20Encoder/FLACModule.DLL
----------------------------------------
iTunesModule
Assembly Version: 2.0.1.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.1.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Omni%20Encoder/iTunesModule.DLL
----------------------------------------
AxInterop.QTOControlLib
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Omni%20Encoder/AxInterop.QTOControlLib.DLL
----------------------------------------
Interop.QTOLibrary
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Omni%20Encoder/Interop.QTOLibrary.DLL
----------------------------------------
LAMEModule
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Omni%20Encoder/LAMEModule.DLL
----------------------------------------
MACModule
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Omni%20Encoder/MACModule.DLL
----------------------------------------
MetaMP3Module
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Omni%20Encoder/MetaMP3Module.DLL
----------------------------------------
TagModule
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Omni%20Encoder/TagModule.DLL
----------------------------------------
VorbisModule
Assembly Version: 2.0.1.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.1.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Omni%20Encoder/VorbisModule.DLL
----------------------------------------
WavPackModule
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Omni%20Encoder/WavPackModule.DLL
----------------------------------------
Interop.iTunesLib
Assembly Version: 1.9.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.9.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Omni%20Encoder/Interop.iTunesLib.DLL
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

I have the same problem (file not found on flac->m4a lossless) using windows vista 32 - only since most recent itunes update...

Glad its not just me!


help us baby jeebus help us

Oh man, really didn't want to dig up 1.4.2 any more... i don't even have visual studio 2005 installed! I'll see what i can do though... might import it into VS2008. There are a few bugs now that need fixing and v2.0 is still a ways off.

which iTunes broke it? 7.6?

Yes,

7.6.0.29 Is the current version I have installed.

Also, the Make A Donation link from the Help menu 404's. Is there another link, or what email addy should be used.


Thanks,

Yeah I changed the website urls but didn't update the app... you can donate off the main website. Thanks for the donation, and the reminder to fix that as well

Hi -

I am having an issue as well. A fresh install did not help. .net 1.1 and 2.0 is installed.

Thanks!

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem
at OmniEncoder.Frontend.ConvertForm.converter_ConversionCompleted(Object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
at OmniEncoder.Converter.worker_RunWorkerCompleted(Object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
at System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.OnRunWorkerCompleted(RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
at System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.AsyncOperationCompleted(Object arg)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.832 (QFE.050727-8300)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINNT/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
OmniEncoder
Assembly Version: 1.4.2.0
Win32 Version: 1.4.2.0
CodeBase: file:///F:/Omni%20Encoder/OmniEncoder.exe
----------------------------------------
System
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.832 (QFE.050727-8300)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINNT/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.832 (QFE.050727-8300)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINNT/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.832 (QFE.050727-8300)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINNT/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Configuration
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.832 (QFE.050727-8300)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINNT/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.832 (QFE.050727-8300)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINNT/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Runtime.Remoting
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.832 (QFE.050727-8300)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINNT/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Runtime.Remoting/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Runtime.Remoting.dll
----------------------------------------
MetaMP3Module
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///F:/Omni%20Encoder/MetaMP3Module.DLL
----------------------------------------
MusepackModule
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///F:/Omni%20Encoder/MusepackModule.DLL
----------------------------------------
FLACModule
Assembly Version: 2.0.1.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.1.0
CodeBase: file:///F:/Omni%20Encoder/FLACModule.DLL
----------------------------------------
WavPackModule
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///F:/Omni%20Encoder/WavPackModule.DLL
----------------------------------------
TagModule
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///F:/Omni%20Encoder/TagModule.DLL
----------------------------------------
LAMEModule
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///F:/Omni%20Encoder/LAMEModule.DLL
----------------------------------------
VorbisModule
Assembly Version: 2.0.1.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.1.0
CodeBase: file:///F:/Omni%20Encoder/VorbisModule.DLL
----------------------------------------
MACModule
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///F:/Omni%20Encoder/MACModule.DLL
----------------------------------------
Accessibility
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINNT/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Accessibility/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Accessibility.dll
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

Bad news, guys. I went to look into these issues last weekend and sorta kinda discovered that my only 1.x source code was on a hard drive that failed a few months back



The good news is, 2.0 is coming along nicely though there is still lots of work to do. In the meantime, I'm afraid I won't be able to fix the iTunes thing.



In regards to "invalid configuration" errors... check in your documents and settings folder under "Application Data" (you might need to turn on hidden/system files) and delete the "Jeremy Herbison" and/or "Omni Encoder" folders. Then reinstall the app and see if it works again.



All configuration is done in there... there is nothing else on the system that could be causing the problem. I'd recommend not checking the iTunes option during installation though.

Is this project dead?

No, the new version is just a lot more complex, and i'm doing it the right way with unit testing and whatnot to avoid the myriad bugs in the 1.x releases. Unfortunately as my real job has been really busy, i've had little energy for coding when I'm home. This has been improved somewhat as of late and I am again working on it quite a bit. Sorry though - I won't be able to fix/improve version 1.x.

Thank you, because I really like the program.

NH

will add iTunes AAC true VBR mode support?

Thanks! Good to hear. The new version will definitely stick to the principles of version 1, just be a lot more useful, faster and more stable.

Absolutely.

Will there be a release before September?

What's in September?

I'm not going to commit to dates, sorry! Depends entirely on how much time I spend indoors this summer

Sorry sorry sorry... DNS issues for a few weeks now and I just got around to fixing it. Download links are working again.

I recently discovered this program. Pretty nifty.

It would be nice if, in the next version, one could just drop in an .EXE file to update to the latest LAME or FLAC, just like dropping in the latest Nero .EXE.

Keep up the good work!

-jb

Can we expect an update anytime soon?