utahman3431 Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 (edited) I came across this wonderful place yesterday when trying to find answers to my problems. This is a great community!I'm not really new to the ATRAC arena, but my new computer is. I just put Sonicstage 4.3 on my new computer (Windows XP Media Center 2005), and imported my 9700+ mp3's into the program. I was able to convert some of my collection on my old computer with Sonicstage 3.4 without any problems. When I installed Sonicstage on my new computer, I had the OpenMG module can't be found problem, but with the help of this forum I was able to fix that.The main problem I'm having now is when I start to convert a number of MP3's to ATRAC3Plus (any bitrate) it will encode a few songs and then just close. There is no error message. The program just quits. It seems to be randomly converting files from my selection, but gives up part way through.Has this been heard of before? I read about codec packs causing playback problems, so I uninstalled all of my Codec packs. Any other suggestions??EDIT: After checking out the rules for posting in this forum, I offer the following: My computer has an AMD Athlon 64x2 3800+ CPU, 2 GB of ram, 1 HDD of 320 GB and 2 of 500 GB ea. I didn't have any other software running when I started this, and am fully up to date on all windows updates. I reinstalled all of the MDAC files, and windows had some additional updates for me to install. I have tried going back to Sonicstage 3.4, and then back up to 4.3 with no success. I have a Sony CDX-510 CD player in my car, and already have one ATRAC cd I have used for the last 6 months or so.I hope this new info is helpful Edited August 5, 2007 by utahman3431 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juli_ Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 (edited) utahman - Welcome, yes, this is a great community, one of the best around. I think of it as the hidden 'Narnia' in the wardrobe!OK, this is going to sound silly, but when you say you tried to convert a 'number' of mp3s - was it a huge batch? I'm only asking because I vaguely recall someone else mentioning something along the same lines as you, and it turned out they had to convert in smaller batches in order for SS to cope. Someone else will be able to help you, I'm sure of that - but in the meantime it might help to start by reducing the amount to convert into more manageable sizes. If you've tried that already - ignore this and wait for some real help! Edited August 5, 2007 by juli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utahman3431 Posted August 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 Thanks for the welcome! I have a total of 9700 mp3s I need to eventually convert. I tried around 80 at a time, and it choked after about 25 or so. I'm currently doing 20 at a time, and so far its working (fingers crossed!). Hopefully there's something that can be done so I can convert more at a time, but for now I guess I'll just keep at the small numbers.Any ideas from some of the gurus on the board? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zizone_ Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 By the way, why do you wish to convert MP3? Since few years back, Walkmans play MP3 natively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utahman3431 Posted August 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 I want to convert mp3 because my car stereo will play atrac cd's. I want to have a cd that can hold 300 or so songs as opposed to just 100 or so. I'm just a techno-geek that way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zizone_ Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 I want to convert mp3 because my car stereo will play atrac cd's. I want to have a cd that can hold 300 or so songs as opposed to just 100 or so. I'm just a techno-geek that way Oh, Ok. I was just wondering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atown8605 Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 (edited) It sounds like you need to register your computer with connect.Those are the kind of problems I get when I forget to register a computer.Everything works but it's really glitchy. Edited August 5, 2007 by atown8605 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dura_ Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 utahman - Welcome, yes, this is a great community, one of the best around. I think of it as the hidden 'Narnia' in the wardrobe!This must be one of the cutest sentences I ever saw on the net, thanks juli, seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juli_ Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 RE: NarniaThis must be one of the cutest sentences I ever saw on the net, thanks juli, seriously.Well, that's the first time I've ever been complimented on a 'cute' sentence. How sweet, thank you Dura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utahman3431 Posted August 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 I tried "registering" my computer with connect, but I couldn't tell that it really changed anything. I tried encoding 10 mp3's, and it crashed right after I was done registering.Are there any alternatives to sonicstage for converting? I tried sound forge, but couldn't find any type of conversion options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atown8605 Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 Are the mp3s on a usb or firewire drive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utahman3431 Posted August 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2007 Nope. They are on one of my internal hard drives. They are all SCSI drives. Would that matter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pata2001 Posted August 7, 2007 Report Share Posted August 7, 2007 Do you have things like Community Codec pack installed? Those multiple codecs can really screwed windows and other programs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atown8605 Posted August 7, 2007 Report Share Posted August 7, 2007 Nope. They are on one of my internal hard drives. They are all SCSI drives. Would that matter?It shouldnt but I thought there might be a cable or ps issue.Sounds like it is a software issue/conflict.Maybe listing all the software/programs on the computer will help someone identify a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utahman3431 Posted August 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2007 I had the k-lite codec pack installed, but I took that off when I saw that it can conflict with sonicstage. I run my computer as a web/file server as well. I use MS Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, and that is the same version I had on my other computer. I use AVG Antivirus and Antispyware. I use WinFTP for my ftp server, I have apache and MS IIS 5.1 on the www side of serverville. The only other program that is ever running in the background is noIP. I can post a Hijackthis log if that would help anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pata2001 Posted August 8, 2007 Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 I had the k-lite codec pack installed, but I took that off when I saw that it can conflict with sonicstage.Sometimes those codecs will do enough damage to windows that even uninstalling them won't reverse the condition. Of course, I think your problem is more of the stability of SS itself instead of the codec problems since SS managed to transcode few of the MP3s. Sorry, but there is just too factors to consider for a stability problem (especially in windows). Do you try to use SS while your PC is acting as a server at the same time? Maybe SS just doesn't play nice in heavy multi-tasking environment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utahman3431 Posted August 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 I've tried encoding when everything is closed as well. I'll try a clean reboot "nothing else starting at all", and let y'all know what's going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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