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Phixion

Nov 27 2007, 18:47

Hi there, I am trying to convert my FLAC's to the latest version (1.2.1b), I know of the risks and I'm only doing this because I have everything backed up safely incase anything goes wrong.

I'm using flac-113.bat to do this, I've read the help file @ http://www.synthetic-soul.co.uk/files/flac-113.txt and still can't seem to get it to work.

The only part I've changed in the .bat are the following:

CODE

REM ######################################################
SET pathToFLAC="C:\Program Files\FLAC\flac.exe"
SET flacOptions=-8 -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" %s
SET retainListOfFailedFiles=1
SET retainListOfProcessedFiles=0
SET retainListOfSuccessfulFiles=0
SET flacVersion=121b
REM ######################################################

I've got flac 1.2.1b installed to C:\Program Files\FLAC\flac.exe and I'm using '-V -8 -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T" to encode in the FLAC options.

When I drag and drop a flac onto the .bat I get the following error:

CODE

Testing: "G:\(2007) Elect The Dead\CD1\01 - Empty Walls.flac"
________________________________________________________________________

flac 1.2.1, Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007  Josh Coalson
flac comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.  This is free software, and you are
welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.  Type `flac' for details.

01 - Empty Walls.flac: ok

Encoding: "G:\(2007) Elect The Dead\CD1\01 - Empty Walls.flac"
________________________________________________________________________
ERROR: -o/--output-name cannot be used with multiple files
Type "flac" for a usage summary or "flac --help" for all options

File failed encoding.

Missing operand.
________________________________________________________________________

1 file(s) processed
0 file(s) encoded
1 file(s) returned an error

Files that failed:

  "G:\(2007) Elect The Dead\CD1\01 - Empty Walls.flac" [E]

Settings used: FLAC v.121b '-8 -T "artist=t" -T "album=y" -T "tracknumber=m" s'
Bytes Saved:    bytes

Press any key to exit

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

EDIT: OK so I removed the "-8 -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" %s" and substituted it with "-8", it worked great and converted the file to version 1.2.1b. Also shaved a few MB's off the album.

I guess my question now, is it okay for me to go ahead and convert my entire library like this?

Synthetic Soul

Nov 28 2007, 01:19

The script has some issues with certain filename characters, e.g.: "%". There's only one or two that I know of.

There should be no problem using the script: if it encounters filenames it does't like it will report an error at the end and you can leave those files or re-encode manually.

Alternatively, you may just want to use foobar.

Phixion

Nov 28 2007, 09:18

Thanks alot, I left it going overnight and managed to get them all done. I guess encoding it with just the -8 option was okay? Being as the files were already tagged etc.

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