BatchEncoder (Audio Conversion GUI)

BatchEncoder is an audio files conversion software.

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Platform	Type	Version	Download
Windows 32-bit	Installer	2.2	BatchEncoder-2.2-Win32.exe
Windows 64-bit	Installer	2.2	BatchEncoder-2.2-x64.exe
Windows 32-bit	Portable	2.2	BatchEncoder-2.2-Win32.zip
Windows 64-bit	Portable	2.2	BatchEncoder-2.2-x64.zip

System requirements

Minimum supported Windows version is Windows 7 SP1 or above, recommended is Windows 10 Anniversary Update.

Provided binaries should work under Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) for x86, Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) for x64.

Minimum supported Linux version is Ubutnu 16.10 (using Wine 2.0).

Command-line tools may have different hardware and software requirements. All tools have been tested under Windows 10 Anniversary Update.

CI Builds

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Mirrors

Language Editor

Download latest version of the language editor from here.

About

BatchEncoder is an audio files conversion software. It supports most of popular audio file formats including lossy and lossless compression. The program is very simple to use. BatchEncoder is basically GUI front-end for command-line tools. All it does is create background processes and pass arguments to it with options set in presets/format menu and additionally adds input and output file paths. For specific options for each format use help available for command-line tools.

Features

• Front-end for command-line tools.
• Supports popular audio formats.
• File transcoding between audio formats.
• Multi-threaded conversion.
• Full UNICODE support.
• Multi-language user interface.
• Out of the box configuration for new users.
• Advanced options for experienced users.
• Open-source, fast and simple.

Screenshots

File list

Conversion progress

Configure presets

Configure formats

Configure tools

Keyboard Shortcuts

File Menu

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl+L	Load List
Ctrl+S	Save List
Ctrl+E	Clear List
Alt+F4	Exit

Edit Menu

Shortcut	Description
F5	Add Files
F9	Add Directory
F2	Rename
F3	Reset Time/Status
F4	Reset Output/Preset
DEL	Remove
INS	Crop
Ctrl++	Remove Checked
Ctrl+-	Remove Unchecked
Shift++	Check Selected
Shift+-	Uncheck Selected
Ctrl+A	Select All
Ctrl+N	Select None
Ctrl+I	Invert Selection

Action Menu

Shortcut	Description
F9	Convert

Options Menu

Shortcut	Description
F7	Configure Presets
F8	Configure Formats
F10	Configure Tools

Supported formats and tools

Encoders

Name	Extension	Version	Executable	In Pipe	Out Pipe	Progress function
SSRC	WAV	1.33	ssrc.exe	no	no	GetProgress_SsrcEnc.progress
LAME	MP3	3.100	lame.exe	yes	yes	GetProgress_LameEnc.progress
MPCENC	MPC	1.30.0	mpcenc.exe	yes	no	GetProgress_MpcEnc.progress
FAAC	AAC	1.28-mod	faac.exe	yes	no	GetProgress_FaacEnc.progress
QAAC	AAC	2.64	qaac.exe	yes	no	GetProgress_QaacEnc.progress
QAAC	M4A	2.64	qaac.exe	yes	no	GetProgress_QaacEnc.progress
NEROAACENC	M4A	1.5.4	neroAacEnc.exe	yes	no	- none -
NEROAACENC	MP4	1.5.4	neroAacEnc.exe	yes	no	- none -
OPUSENC	OPUS	1.2.1-35	opusenc.exe	yes	no	GetProgress_OpusEnc.progress
OGGENC	OGG	2.88	oggenc2.exe	yes	no	GetProgress_OggEnc.progress
AFTEN	AC3	git-2009122	aften.exe	yes	no	GetProgress_AftenEnc.progress
FFMPEG	AC3	3.4	ffmpeg.exe	yes	yes	- none -
FLAC	FLAC	1.3.2	flac.exe	yes	no	GetProgress_FlacEnc.progress
WAVPACK	WV	5.1.0	wavpack.exe	no	no	GetProgress_WavPackEnc.progress
LA	LA	0.4b	la.exe	yes	no	GetProgress_LaEnc.progress
MAC	APE	4.18	mac.exe	no	no	GetProgress_MacEnc.progress
OFR	OFR	5.100	ofr.exe	yes	no	GetProgress_OfrEnc.progress
TTA	TTA	2.3	tta.exe	yes	no	GetProgress_TtaEnc.progress
TAKC	TAK	2.3.0	takc.exe	yes	no	- none -
FFDCAENC	DTS	2.1.3	ffdcaenc.exe	yes	yes	GetProgress_FFdcaEnc.progress
EAC3TO	AC3	3.34	eac3to.exe	no	no	GetProgress_Eac3toEnc
EAC3TO	DTS	3.34	eac3to.exe	no	no	GetProgress_Eac3toEnc
REFALAC	M4A	1.64	refalac.exe	yes	no	GetProgress_RefalacEnc.progress
TWOLAME	MP2	0.3.13	twolame.exe	no	no	GetProgress_TwoLAME.progress

Decoders

Name	Extension	Version	Executable	In Pipe	Out Pipe	Progress function
LAME	MP1	3.100	lame.exe	yes	yes	GetProgress_LameDec.progress
LAME	MP2	3.100	lame.exe	yes	yes	GetProgress_LameDec.progress
LAME	MP3	3.100	lame.exe	yes	yes	GetProgress_LameDec.progress
MPCDEC	MPC	1.0	mpcdec.exe	no	no	GetProgress_MpcDec.progress
MPCDEC	MPP	1.0	mpcdec.exe	no	no	GetProgress_MpcDec.progress
MPCDEC	MP+	1.0	mpcdec.exe	no	no	GetProgress_MpcDec.progress
FAAD	AAC	faad2-20100614	faad.exe	no	yes	GetProgress_FaadDec.progress
QAAC	AAC	2.64	qaac.exe	no	no	GetProgress_QaacDec.progress
QAAC	M4A	2.64	qaac.exe	no	no	GetProgress_QaacDec.progress
NEROAACDEC	MP4	1.5.1	neroAacDec.exe	no	yes	- none -
NEROAACDEC	M4A	1.5.1	neroAacDec.exe	no	yes	- none -
OPUSDEC	OPUS	1.2.1-35	opusdec.exe	yes	no	GetProgress_OpusDec.progress
OGGDEC	OGG	1.10.1	oggdec.exe	no	no	GetProgress_OggDec.progress
FLAC	FLAC	1.3.2	flac.exe	yes	no	GetProgress_FlacDec.progress
WVUNPACK	WV	5.1.0	wvunpack.exe	no	no	GetProgress_WvUnpackDec.progress
LA	LA	0.4b	la.exe	yes	no	GetProgress_LaDec.progress
MAC	APE	4.18	mac.exe	no	no	GetProgress_MacDec.progress
MAC	MAC	4.18	mac.exe	no	no	GetProgress_MacDec.progress
OFR	OFR	5.100	ofr.exe	yes	no	GetProgress_OfrDec.progress
TTA	TTA	2.3	tta.exe	no	yes	GetProgress_TtaDec.progress
TAKC	TAK	2.3.0	takc.exe	no	yes	- none -
FFMPEG	AC3	3.4	ffmpeg.exe	yes	yes	- none -
FFMPEG	EAC3	3.4	ffmpeg.exe	yes	yes	- none -
FFMPEG	DTS	3.4	ffmpeg.exe	yes	yes	- none -
FFMPEG	DTSHD	3.4	ffmpeg.exe	yes	yes	- none -
FFMPEG	TRUEHD	3.4	ffmpeg.exe	yes	yes	- none -
FFMPEG	MKA	3.4	ffmpeg.exe	yes	yes	- none -
AVSDEC	AVS	2.3	AvsDec.exe	no	no	GetProgress_AvsDec.progress
REWAVI	AVS	0.06	rewavi.exe	no	yes	GetProgress_ReWaviDec.progress
REWAVI	AVI	0.06	rewavi.exe	no	yes	GetProgress_ReWaviDec.progress

Tool downloads

To get required command-line tools use Configure Tools dialog. Use the Download Selected button to download selected tools.

For more information about tools please see the wiki page.

There is also available PowerShell download script for all supported tools.

Open up a Powershell prompt and execute the download script:

PS> .\download.ps1 -Path "Tools"

The -Path parameter is optional and if not provided the script will download to the current directory.

If you having problems running the PowerShell download.ps1 script see this instructions.

Name	Downloads
SSRC	http://shibatch.sourceforge.net/
LAME	http://rarewares.org/mp3-lame-bundle.php
MPPENC	https://musepack.net/index.php?pg=win
MPCDEC	https://musepack.net/index.php?pg=win
FAAC	http://rarewares.org/aac-encoders.php
FAAD	http://rarewares.org/aac-decoders.php
OPUSENC	https://sourceforge.net/projects/muldersoft/files/Opus%20Tools/
OPUSDEC	https://sourceforge.net/projects/muldersoft/files/Opus%20Tools/
OGGENC	http://rarewares.org/ogg-oggenc.php
OGGDEC	http://rarewares.org/ogg-oggdec.php
AFTEN	https://github.com/wieslawsoltes/wavtoac3encoder/releases
FLAC	https://xiph.org/flac/download.html
WAVPACK	http://www.wavpack.com/downloads.html
WVUNPACK	http://www.wavpack.com/downloads.html
QAAC	https://sites.google.com/site/qaacpage/cabinet
LA	http://www.lossless-audio.com/download.htm
MAC	http://www.monkeysaudio.com/download.html
OFR	http://losslessaudio.org/Downloads.php
TTA	https://sourceforge.net/projects/tta/files/tta/ttaenc-win/
TAKC	http://www.thbeck.de/Tak/Tak.html
NEROAACENC	http://www.videohelp.com/software/Nero-AAC-Codec
NEROAACDEC	http://www.videohelp.com/software/Nero-AAC-Codec
FFMPEG	https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/
FFDCAENC	https://github.com/filler56789/ffdcaenc-2
EAC3TO	http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=125966
AVSDEC	https://github.com/wieslawsoltes/AvsDec/releases
REWAVI	https://github.com/wieslawsoltes/rewavi/releases
REFALAC	https://sites.google.com/site/qaacpage/cabinet
TWOLAME	http://www.rarewares.org/mp3-others.php#twolame

Configuration files

• Program configuration files are stored in %appdata%\BatchEncoder folder for installed version.
• Downloaded tool are stored in %appdata%\BatchEncoder\tools folder for installed version.
• To enable portable mode create empty file BatchEncoder.portable in same directory as BatchEncoder.exe file.
• Program configuration files are stored in .\BatchEncoder folder for portable version.
• Downloaded tool are stored in .\BatchEncoder\tools folder for portable version.
• System registry is not used to store program settings.
• Configuration file are in XML text format with UTF-8 encoding.

Files extensions:

• .xml - Any configuration file
• .options - Program options
• .formats - Encoder and decoder formats definition
• .format - Encoder and decoder format definition
• .presets - Predefined format presets definition
• .tools - Encoder and decoder tools definition
• .tool - Encoder and decoder tool definition
• .items - Input file items
• .progress - Progress function Lua scripts
• .language - Language translation strings

Use only UTF-8 compatible text editors (e.g. Notepad) to edit xml configuration files.

Default configuration files

The default configuration files can be found here.

Output path format

Possible output path configurations:

• "" -> empty string is same as $SourceDirectory$
• $SourceDirectory$ -> same as SourceDirectory\$Name$.$Ext$
• $SourceDirectory$\$Name$.$Ext$
• $SourceDirectory$\$Name$_converted.$Ext$
• $SourceDirectory$\Converted\$Name$.$Ext$
• C:\Output -> same as C:\Output\Path\$Name$.$Ext$
• C:\Output\$Name$.$Ext$
• C:\Output\$Name$_converted.$Ext$

Variables:

• $SourceDirectory$ - input file path.
• $Name$ - input item name.
• $Ext$ - output format extension.

You can add also custom text inside output path.

Valid output path configurations:

• If output path is empty only input file directory is used (name and extension are added automatically).
• If $SourceDirectory$, $Name$ and $Ext$ variables are missing full output path must be provided by user (ignore input file path and variables)
• If $SourceDirectory$, $Name$ and $Ext$ variables are present input source file path is used with item Name and output format extension.
• If $SourceDirectory$ is missing and $Name$ and $Ext$ variables are present item Name and output format extension are used (full output path must be provided by user, if not program writes output files to the BatchEncoder directory).
• If only $SourceDirectory$ variable is present input source file path is used (name and extension are added automatically)

Format specification

Template format

Variable	Description
$EXE	Executable path replaced with format path attribute.
$OPTIONS	Executable command-line options replaced with preset options attribute.
$INFILE	Input file path (if pipes are supported - is automatically used).
$OUTFILE	Output file path (if pipes are supported - is automatically used).
$OUTPATH	Output path.

The output file name is generated from the combination of output path, item name attribute and output format extension attribute.

Default template format order is $EXE $OPTIONS $INFILE $OUTFILE.

You can also add custom options (additional command-line parameters) and text inside the template string.

Type, input and output extensions

BatchEncoder does support file trans-coding. To enable this you have to configure proper Decoder formats.

BatchEncoder will chech input file extensions and if Encoder format Input extensions (multiple extension are supported, separated by comma , e.g.: WAV,WV,CAF,W64,DFF,DSF, but only one Output extension e.g. WV) does not match the input file extension than BatchEncoder will search for Decoder that does support this input file extension.

Pipes configuration

Pipes configuration provides information to BatchEncoder whether the command-line tool has support to read/write data from/to stdin/stdout pipes.

• The input pipe means that encoder/decoder can directly read dat from stdin and does not need input file name.
• The output pipe means that encoder/decoder can directly write data to stdout and does not need output file name.
• When encoder/decoder supports input pipe BatchEncoder reads file data and streams this data into encoder/decoder input pipe (stdin).
• When encoder/decoder supports output pipe BatchEncoder writes data to a file using encoder/decoder output pipe stream (stdout).
• Usually you can specify pipe support in command-line options by using "-" instead of input/output file name.

The input pipes support allows BatchEncoder to get current progress status by counting read bytes, instead of relying on console text output (this is done by reading encoder/decoder stderr pipe output).

To get console output BatchEncoder is parsing text read from stderr pipe and uses provided GetProgress function for specific tool. There are cases when stderr output is delayed by tool (stderr pipe buffer is not flushed) and resulting in progress status can be delay.

Also when you want to do more complicated operations like transscoding you can for example connect pipes between one encoder output (stdout) and others decoder input (stdin). This case is not yet support by BatchEncoder.

The best case scenario is when encoder/decoder tool does support both input and output pipes, this gives BatchEncoder more control over encoding/decoding and trans-coding processes, also in case of trans-coding you do not need temporary files as data can be streamed between tools directly without temporary storage and in result you can get much better performance.

Unfortunately not all command-line tools provide support for pipes, some only support stdin pipes (mainly encoders) and some support only stdout pipes (mainly decoders). In this cases BatchEncoder depending on pipes input/output and progress function configuration selects best possible option to do conversion process.

Sometimes you will not get nice progress during conversion, nonetheless you will successfully convert files.

Progress function format

Progress function are simple Lua scripts with defined GetProgress function. The progress file extension is used instead of lua.

The progress function signature:

function GetProgress(s)

Most of the Lua progress scripts are using string manipulation with patterns.

For a quick start use one of the existing progress scripts.

Default progress functions

The default progress functions sources can be found here.

Translations

• English (en-US) by Wiesław Šoltés
• Polish (pl-PL) by Wiesław Šoltés
• Korean (ko-KR) by JaeHyung Lee
• Spanish (es-ES) by Overdrive80, tebasuna51
• Japanese (ja-JP) by nihongoka.com

Use only UTF-8 compatible text editors (e.g. Notepad or Visual Studio Code) to edit xml language files and use special characters in XML.

Language files have to be placed in the same directory as the BatchEncoder.exe executable to be loaded automatically.

Language files can also be edited in dedicated LanguageEditor program. LanguageEditor requires .NET Framework 4.5 and Windows 7 SP1 or above.

The default language files can be found here.

Troubleshooting

To report issues please use issues tracker.

For more informations and help please visit this forum thread.

Sources

Sources are available in the git source code repository.

Build

Prerequisites

git clone https://github.com/wieslawsoltes/BatchEncoder.git
cd BatchEncoder
git submodule update --init --recursive

Install Visual Studio 2017

• VS 2017

Windows 7 SDK

For Windows XP compatibility program is compiled using Platform Toolset for Visual Studio 2017 - Windows XP (v141_xp).

For more details please read Configuring Programs for Windows XP.

Build Solution

Open BatchEncoder.sln in Visual Studios 2017 or above.

Dependencies

• MfcToolkit
• AvsDec
• TinyXml-2 v5.0.1
• Lua v5.3.4
• sol2 v2.18.7

License

BatchEncoder (Audio Conversion GUI) is licensed under the MIT license.