Hi everyone, In the past few days, I’ve been working on a script that will attempt to get the smallest FLAC file size possible. I’ve been playing around several FLAC encoder options and determined that by changing the block size, it is possible to get a smaller file size. However, it seems that depending on the audio file, we may need to use try different block size combination in order to get the smallest size, and this is what this…
Hi everyone, Today, I am releasing ResultsForm. This is my first .NET 6 project. ResultsForm is a .NET 6 Windows Forms class that you can use to pass a List(Of String) object to show your software output or results in a nice, simple form. It can save its output as a log file and the form can be customized. To use this form, you can simply call it like this in VB.NET This will have the following output: You can…
Hi everyone, Today, I’m publishing a new MP3 Graphical User Interface software to encode audio files to MP3. This software uses ffmpeg’s libmp3lame or libshine encoding libraries in order to produce MP3 files. These provides you an option to choose between quality or speed encoding. For quality MP3 files, there’s libmp3lame, while for speed (and a lower quality) there is libshine. It also provides the option to encode files using a variable bitrate when using libmp3lame, and allows choosing a…
Hi everyone, Today, I have released CMIX GUI v1.9: This new version adds the cmix v19 compressor version released last month. cmix v19 brings the following improvement: For a benchmark and compression results on this new cmix version, check the cmix forum post at the encode.su forum here. You can download this new version on GitHub by clicking here. Enjoy! Post Views: 12
Hi everyone, It’s been a long time since I’ve shared some news on my DLNA Player software. Truth is, I’ve been taking a break on working on personal projects. I’ve been mostly watching movies and resting, but these days I’ve decided to start working on some software again. In this post, I’d like to tell you what have been integrated in the software. In terms of the user interface, not much has changed. There’s now a new Options menu where…
Hi everyone, Today, I’m pleased to announce the first version of my HEIC To JPG Converter tool. This is a simple tool that will convert your HEIC images and photos to the more common and supported JPEG format. In today’s world, newer phones can take advantage of the HEIC image codec that will save you space, theatrically, but it’s also true that JPEG is still the dominant format whereas HEIC still have limited support. This is why I wrote this…
Hi everyone, Today, I have released Audio MD5 Checker v0.9: This release adds support for .aiff files. You can download this new version on GitHub by clicking here. Support the project If you like this project, consider buying me a coffee! It will help me continue developing this and other awesome projects. Enjoy! Post Views: 6
Hi everyone, Today, I have released Audio MD5 Checker v0.8: This release adds support for .ape files. You can download this new version on GitHub by clicking here. Support the project If you like this project, consider buying me a coffee! It will help me continue developing this and other awesome projects. Enjoy! Post Views: 3
Hi everyone, Today, I have released rav1e GUI v1.17: This new version will encode files without producing huge .y4m temporary files. It also disables 2-pass encoding in quantizer mode, which is not supported by rav1e. You can use 2-pass encoding in bitrate mode. You can download this new release on GitHub by clicking here. Enjoy! Post Views: 11
Note: This guide is obsolete. Please refer to the new guide to download ffmpeg by clicking here. Hi everyone, In this post, I’ll guide you through the steps to download ffmpeg and use it in Exhale GUI. This is needed if you want to encode files in formats other than WAV. To download ffmpeg, follow these easy steps: Go to https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/: We will leave everything as is and press the Download Build button: Once downloaded, click on the file:: Navigate…