Running SoftEncode in commandline

[maduser74]

Hi friends,

Has anybody used SoftEncode using commandline? I have lots of WAV files that i want to convert to AC3 files, but doing that individually is lots of time and work. So if anybody has done this, i appreciate if they could post a sample of the command line and the INI file they used for converting.

Here is the syntax of the command line and the INI file that i am using...

D:\"<fullpath>\SFTENCDD.EXE" -A -P "<fullpath>\SoftEncode.ini"
-o "song1.ac3" -L "song1.wav" -R "song1.wav"

INI file has couple of entries in the following syntax...
[Parameters]
DataRate=224
CodeName=1

Appreciate your help.

Thanks

[maduser74]

I found the way to do it. Here is the link to the message that describes the details from Doom9 forum, if anybody wants to do the same.

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=f61acfeb203a089b21cb356c3504fafa&threadid=5878...de+commandline

Thanks

[duhmez]

thx for the l33t tip. Saved me the hassle os posting this exact thread.

[duhmez]

Help a brother out here please. I made an ini file with same information. Whenever softencode runs it deletes everything in the ini file and crashes almost immediately. (About 5 seconds or so) resulting in an 884K bunk ac3 file.

If I set the ini file to read only it does not delete the contents, but it still does not work.

here is my commandline

sftencdd.exe -A -P c:\sonic\softenc.ini -o c:\test.ac3 -L g:\tpb\1.wav -R g:\tpb\1.wav

And here is my ini file in c:\sonic

[Parameters]
DataRate=224
SampleRate=0
UseLFE=Off
CodeMode=2
BSMode=0
DlgNorm=-27 dB
DolbySurround=0
CopyRight=On
Original=On
CompressionType=1
Deemphasis=Off
DCFilter=On
BandWidthFilter=On
RFCmpInUse=On

What is wrong here? the encode fails just as soon as it estimates the time remaining.

1.wav is a stereo, 16-bit, 48 000 hz audio file

[lordsmurf]

I gave up and started to use BESWEET some months back. If you ever get this to work, PM me with the fix. I'd rather use SOFTENCODE too, but we work with what we have.

[duhmez]

Currently I have been using ffmpeg as DSPguru has said it has better)but not perfect) compatibility.

I put this line in a batch file.

c:\ffmpeg -i %1 -acodec ac3 -ab 224 -ar 48000 -ac 2 %1.ac3

Then I just drag a wav onto the batch and it encodes and drops the ac3 in the same folder as the wav.