Hi. Suddenly my Switch Plus has stopped converting files to .mp3 stating that the conversion of the file has failed because "the encoder used to create the file has quietly failed. It's possible the choice of encoder settings produced the issue". The encoder settings used are the same I have been using for years and I cannot understand what the problem is. Could you help understand what the problem is?
Hi, N_C_H_josh. I've tried to convert .flac, .mp3 and .m4a to .mp3. All failed. I don't think the problem would be with the file per se. I'm using Windows 10 and the last update was made today (KB890830). I think I don't have the Creator Update installed.
Same problem. I've been using Switch to convert MIDI to MP3 for some time. I hadn't updated Switch but just recently the conversions started failing with exactly the message reported by the OP. Updating from 5.28 that I was using to 5.29 hasn't made any difference. I have the Creators' Update installed.
I just purchased the Switch Sound Format Converter (Plus - Commercial License) and my WMA files will not convert to mp3 - this is the main reason I purchased your software. I created the audio files myself via audio recorder on my PC; but now I have a Mac
I have two versions of this software, the newest I bought today v8.03 and v4.33, the new version will not convert, I just get "Conversion Failed" when trying to convert .dss/.ds2 files to .mp3. What gives? This thread started in 2017 with no answers?
I installed v8.03 on our Server 2008 r2 box because that's where our dictations are. I've already opened a ticket, hoping to find an answer somewhere though. I've tried running in compatibility mode and even installed the k-lite codec pack, thought maybe that'd fill the gap somewhere.
It was working fine, but now it gives me an error for every file I try to convert (and I've tried well over 50 at this point): "An error has been encountered when converting the file "/Users/macName/Library/Caches/0sJ9D5e/OKmIRCp.flac". Do you wish to continue converting files?" Then in the converter window under the Extended Information column, it says "No audio detected in the file", but there's definitely audio, because all files play in QuickTime Player with no issues. I'm guessing the problem has more to do with the fact that the location shown in the error message is definitely not where the file is located though...
I've been using the free version of Switch for years but now, suddenly, when I try and convert from MP4 to MP3, it goes through the motions of converting, but when I put it into Express Scribe it shows zero minutes of audio available. I don't get any error messages. It suddenly started converting into 'Groove' which I thought might be the issue, but I changed my default settings to Windows Media and it didn't make any difference.Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Do you get the same problem with all the converted files you load onto Scribe or just some of them? What version of Switch and Scribe do you have? You may try to reinstall them and confirm if the issue persists.
I have just had the same issue. I have converted thousands of files from FLAC to AIFF in the past as well as many other conversion types, now it tells me that the conversion failed all of a sudden and no explanation why, nothing out of the ordinary being attempted.
You may want to convert the files using different encoding settings, you may try to change the sample rate, sample size or bitrate to see if it makes a difference. In case you still have issues, you can reinstall the program using this link: -8-11-2020-06-02(intel).zip
Thanks for your recommendations. I would like to share mine with you guys. I use the AudKit AAX to MP3 Converter Mac to convert Audible audiobooks. The converting speed is really fast that can up to 100X or faster in the general situation. I convert a 30-hour-audiobook in only 15 mins.
Thanks for your sahring! I also own such a tool and want to share with you here. The tool I use is DRmare AAX Audio Converter. It works great for Audible books and output high quality audios. And it can batch convert audio files at a time in a fast speed.
Thanks for sharing this tool. But for me, I prefer to use AudFree Audible Converter from: AudFree Apple Music Converter & Audible Converter
It can not only convert Audible audiobooks, but also iTunes audiobooks and common audiobooks. Besides, it also allows me to split audiobooks by chapters. It could make the book playback easier and more convenient.
You can also try it to see whether it better for you.
ViWizard Audio Converter is a one-stop audio solution to convert any audio, including Apple Music, iTunes M4P songs and M4A audiobooks, and Audible audiobooks to MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC, and more without quality loss.
Thanks for sharing! Instead, I used another Audible converter to help me convert Audible books to MP3 and other common formats. After conversion, all audiobooks are saved in my wanted formats and they are DRM free!!! So amazing.
I wish to do off-line conversion of Mp3 files to DSD (or for that matter any PMC file to DSD). Is there a freeware converter out there please. I think it is possible using the Foobar dsd plug-in, but I think this only runs in J Rivers and may need an iFi DAC, neither of which I have. There also may be a couple of professional audio software suites that could do the conversion but they are very expensive. Ideally I would like to do it in Foobar.
Also, we need to remember that with .mp3 even at 320Kilobits CBR the best we can hope for is normally a frequency response to 19KHZ if we are lucky . Lower Bitrates will further markedly reduce this bandwidth.
How a Digital Audio file sounds, or a Digital Video file looks, is governed to a large extent by the Power Supply area. All that Identical Checksums gives is the possibility of REGENERATING the file to close to that of the original file.
Thanks guys - I will try the search. A very helpful member on Hydrogen Audio suggested that the new SoX on source forge does PMC - DSD so will try that too. I am also told that the Foobar dsd plug in will do 'on the fly' conversion - but not sure how. I had rather wanted to do it off-line and convert PMC files to DSD files.
It is interesting that no one on this forum, or Hydrogen Audio has actually said - 'yes, I have tried this and it does not work'. What if (only a 'what it' you understand) that because of the way DSD is processed the conversion, although it dosn't produce a better sound, might produce a different sound (like some kind of filter) - a sound that some people might find more pleasing? If that were so, would it not be worth trying to find out? (Way out of my depth here, but for example, what if the way the noise floor is handled in DSD makes a small difference?). The only people who seem to have actually tried it are the iFi team who have done blind listening tests and say that there is a difference:
It is interesting that no one on this forum, or Hydrogen Audio has actually said - 'yes, I have tried this and it does not work'. What if (only a 'what it' you understand) that because of the way DSD is processed the conversion, although it dosn't produce a better sound, might produce a different sound (like some kind of filter) - a sound that some people might find more pleasing? If that were so, would it not be worth trying to find out? (Way out of my depth here, but for example, what if the way the noise floor is handled in DSD makes a small difference?).
What reason does Windows Defender give? If it's just that the file is from an untrusted source, it should be fine. That's not my server, however, so I can't be certain there's nothing nefarious there.
Don't know if this will help you or not but a while back as a test I converted some 16/44.1 wav files to dsd 64 using Korg's AudioGate software and could not discern any difference in playback between the wav & dsd files played through a dsd capable dac without upsampling or the use of filters. Using HQPlayer I can definitely hear a difference when a PCM file is upsampled to DSD 128 or higher but I suspect the filters used are an important part of that difference.
Several years ago I created very poor performance 44.1kHz 16bit WAV to 2.8MHz 1bit converter (IIRC 2nd order noise shaper) and found the sound difference, constantly annoying noise is heard from 2.8MHz 1bit
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