Can't encode audio with meGUI NOR anri-chan

YautjaElder

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YautjaElder: 2008-06-25 08:40:59 am

2008-06-21 03:18:46 am

Speed is the key.

Every time I try to encode audio with meGUI I get this error:

Code:

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Log for job job5

Input: Channels=2, BitsPerSample=16, SampleRate=192000Hz
Command line used: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\neroaacenc\neroAacEnc.exe -ignorelength -lc -br 320000 -if - -of "E:\Video processing\iqaud.mp4"

Error:
*************************************************************
*                                                           *
*  Nero Digital Audio Reference MPEG-4 & 3GPP Audio Encoder *
*  Copyright 2007 Nero AG                                   *
*  All Rights Reserved Worldwide                            *
*                                                           *
*  Package build date: Aug  6 2007                          *
*  Package version:    1.1.34.2                             *
*                                                           *
*  See -help for a complete list of available parameters.   *
*                                                           *
*************************************************************


ERROR: could not open AAC encoder


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End of log for job5
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I've been using it for a long time and it's been working, until I downloaded the latest update (0.2.6.1048), so I guess something must've changed. Is there something I need to do to get it to work, or should I wait for another update?

Thanks for any help...

Thread title:

Every time I try to encode audio with meGUI I get this error:

[code]------------------------------------------------------

Log for job job5

Input: Channels=2, BitsPerSample=16, SampleRate=192000Hz
Command line used: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\neroaacenc\neroAacEnc.exe -ignorelength -lc -br 320000 -if - -of "E:\Video processing\iqaud.mp4"

Error:
*************************************************************
*                                                           *
*  Nero Digital Audio Reference MPEG-4 & 3GPP Audio Encoder *
*  Copyright 2007 Nero AG                                   *
*  All Rights Reserved Worldwide                            *
*                                                           *
*  Package build date: Aug  6 2007                          *
*  Package version:    1.1.34.2                             *
*                                                           *
*  See -help for a complete list of available parameters.   *
*                                                           *
*************************************************************

ERROR: could not open AAC encoder

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End of log for job5
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I've been using it for a long time and it's been working, until I downloaded the latest update (0.2.6.1048), so I guess something must've changed. Is there something I need to do to get it to work, or should I wait for another update?

Thanks for any help...

ballofsnow

2008-06-21 01:57:52 pm

File path to nero may have been reset..?

YautjaElder

2008-06-21 02:16:04 pm

Speed is the key.

Nope, it's the correct path.

YautjaElder

2008-06-23 09:37:18 am

Speed is the key.

Another core update applied... still isn't working. Undecided

YautjaElder

2008-06-24 11:38:16 pm

Speed is the key.

I downloaded anri-chan to see if that would work... but no, gives me the same error; Could not open AAC encoder.

I'm on vista 32 bits, if that helps any.

nate

2008-06-25 08:29:37 am

this is really a mystery to me. something on your system doesn't like nero ... how long has this been going on?

YautjaElder

2008-06-25 08:40:24 am

Speed is the key.

For about a week... was working flawlessly before that. I haven't touched nero in any way, so I guess it must be something else I've done. No idea what though... I'll try to check logs and stuff, but I'm no expert.

nate

2008-06-25 08:58:56 am

don't know much about vista but doesn't it have a more advanced system restore? might check if there's a restore point and if it says anything about what's changed since then.

YautjaElder

2008-06-25 09:23:06 am

Speed is the key.

I checked and restored to the oldest restore point it had (2008-06-20), but it still doesn't work, so something must've happened before then. Sad

nate

2008-06-25 10:38:27 am

have you tried googling that error?

ballofsnow

2008-06-25 10:47:46 am

Is nero not working for any avs scripts?

YautjaElder

2008-06-25 10:56:38 am

Speed is the key.

I've checked my video files and the last time I successfully encoded something was on 2008-06-19 (at 21:49)... first time I got the error was on 2008-06-21 (at 00:04). So basically I must've done something on the 20th... but I don't really remember.

Quote from nate:

have you tried googling that error?

Yup, got 9 hits, but they all seemed to be about something else.

Quote from ballofsnow:

Is nero not working for any avs scripts?

Nope, no avs scripts work (tried 3-4).

nate

2008-06-25 11:18:15 am

that there was a restore point made on the 20th and that the problems seem to have started on that day seem suspicious.

YautjaElder

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YautjaElder: 2008-06-25 12:36:14 pm

2008-06-25 11:39:34 am

Speed is the key.

Quote from nate:

that there was a restore point made on the 20th and that the problems seem to have started on that day seem suspicious.

Yeah, but the restore point was made when I uninstalled a game... that can't really be it, can it?

Edit: Checked through windows update stuff... there was indeed an update I installed on the 20th:

"Definition Update for Windows Defender - KB915597 (Definition 1.35.563.0)

Install this update to revise the definition files used to detect spyware and other potentially unwanted software. Once you have installed this item, it cannot be removed."

I hope that isn't the problem. Roll Eyes

Edit: I've been changing and deleting things here and there... still getting an error, but it's somewhat different:

Code:

Starting job job4 at 20:26:53

Starting preprocessing of job...

Preprocessing finished!

successfully started encoding

Processing ended at 20:27:01

------------------------------------------------------

Log for job job4

Input: Channels=2, BitsPerSample=16, SampleRate=192000Hz
Command line used: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\neroaacenc\neroAacEnc.exe -ignorelength -lc -br 64000 -if - -of "E:\Video processing\lqaud.mp4"

Error:
Denna pipe har avslutats.
*************************************************************
*                                                           *
*  Nero Digital Audio Reference MPEG-4 & 3GPP Audio Encoder *
*  Copyright 2007 Nero AG                                   *
*  All Rights Reserved Worldwide                            *
*                                                           *
*  Package build date: Aug  6 2007                          *
*  Package version:    1.1.34.2                             *
*                                                           *
*  See -help for a complete list of available parameters.   *
*                                                           *
*************************************************************


ERROR: could not open AAC encoder


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End of log for job4
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For some reason that first error is in swedish... roughly transalted it says "this pipe has been ended". What's a pipe?

[quote="nate"]
that there was a restore point made on the 20th and that the problems seem to have started on that day seem suspicious.
[/quote]
Yeah, but the restore point was made when I uninstalled a game... that can't really be it, can it?

Edit: Checked through windows update stuff... there was indeed an update I installed on the 20th:

"Definition Update for Windows Defender - KB915597 (Definition 1.35.563.0)

Install this update to revise the definition files used to detect spyware and other potentially unwanted software. Once you have installed this item, it cannot be removed."

I hope that isn't the problem. ::)

Edit: I've been changing and deleting  things here and there... still getting an error, but it's somewhat different:

[code]Starting job job4 at 20:26:53

Starting preprocessing of job...

Preprocessing finished!

successfully started encoding

Processing ended at 20:27:01

------------------------------------------------------

Log for job job4

Input: Channels=2, BitsPerSample=16, SampleRate=192000Hz
Command line used: C:\Program Files\megui\tools\neroaacenc\neroAacEnc.exe -ignorelength -lc -br 64000 -if - -of "E:\Video processing\lqaud.mp4"

Error:
Denna pipe har avslutats.
*************************************************************
*                                                           *
*  Nero Digital Audio Reference MPEG-4 & 3GPP Audio Encoder *
*  Copyright 2007 Nero AG                                   *
*  All Rights Reserved Worldwide                            *
*                                                           *
*  Package build date: Aug  6 2007                          *
*  Package version:    1.1.34.2                             *
*                                                           *
*  See -help for a complete list of available parameters.   *
*                                                           *
*************************************************************

ERROR: could not open AAC encoder

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End of log for job4
------------------------------------------------------[/code]

For some reason that first error is in swedish... roughly transalted it says "this pipe has been ended". What's a pipe?

nate

2008-06-25 12:52:19 pm

it's |, means one program (on the left side) sends its output to the program on the right side ... i wonder what is on the left side. could be bepipe or avs2wav ... if it's bepipe then it's possible something is broken in .net on your machine. might try reinstalling the latest version of .net.

YautjaElder

2008-06-25 01:09:49 pm

Speed is the key.

Re-installed it, still a no go. Lips Sealed

This feels hopeless.

nate

2008-06-25 01:18:07 pm

i'll keep throwing things at you - have you checked to see whether there's a newer version of naac?

YautjaElder

2008-06-25 02:06:33 pm

Speed is the key.

I have nero digital audio version 1.1.34.2 which is linked to in the kb, and it seems to be the latest version. Or is naac something else?

nate

2008-06-25 02:53:35 pm

does seem to be the latest version. damn. i'm running out of ideas. if you take just a random wav file, open a command prompt and cd into the directory it's in, then do

Code:

"c:\program files\anrichan3_beta2\neroAacEnc.exe" -br 64000 -if name_of_wav_file.wav -of name_of_wav_file.mp4

what happens? same thing?

YautjaElder

2008-06-25 03:12:32 pm

Speed is the key.

That actually worked fine. Shocked

Edit: I'm off to bed for now, I'll keep trying tomorrow.

nate

2008-06-25 03:50:42 pm

ok so you're closer because you know naac is fine now. it's probably something having to do with the pipe between whatever comes before and naac. unfortunately i don't know of anything that could cause problems with that except for wine which you're not running. next test would be to do like before, only:

Code:

"C:\Program Files\anrichan3_beta2\bepipe.exe" --script "DirectShowSource(^c:\test.avs^)" | "c:\program files\anrichan3_beta2\neroAacEnc.exe" -br 64000 -if - -of test.mp4

test.avs is some .avs that you know opens fine in vdub or windoze media player with audio. so when you play it you can hear the audio.

YautjaElder

2008-06-26 07:27:11 am

Speed is the key.

Ok, got this:

Code:

*************************************************************
*                                                           *
*  Nero Digital Audio Reference MPEG-4 & 3GPP Audio Encoder *
*  Copyright 2007 Nero AG                                   *
*  All Rights Reserved Worldwide                            *
*                                                           *
*  Package build date: Aug  6 2007                          *
*  Package version:    1.1.34.2                             *
*                                                           *
*  See -help for a complete list of available parameters.   *
*                                                           *
*************************************************************

***************************************
 BePipe by dimzon
***************************************
Script used:
# BEGIN
DirectShowSource("c:\test.avs")
# END


Scanning for Audio Stream...
Found Audio Stream
Channels=2, BitsPerSample=16, SampleRate=192000Hz
Writing Header...
Writing Data...
0%      ERROR: could not open AAC encoder
Done!

Ok, got this:

[code]*************************************************************
*                                                           *
*  Nero Digital Audio Reference MPEG-4 & 3GPP Audio Encoder *
*  Copyright 2007 Nero AG                                   *
*  All Rights Reserved Worldwide                            *
*                                                           *
*  Package build date: Aug  6 2007                          *
*  Package version:    1.1.34.2                             *
*                                                           *
*  See -help for a complete list of available parameters.   *
*                                                           *
*************************************************************

***************************************
 BePipe by dimzon
***************************************
Script used:
# BEGIN
DirectShowSource("c:\test.avs")
# END

Scanning for Audio Stream...
Found Audio Stream
Channels=2, BitsPerSample=16, SampleRate=192000Hz
Writing Header...
Writing Data...
0%      ERROR: could not open AAC encoder
Done![/code]

nate

2008-06-26 09:47:56 am

so you're sure that test.avs plays audio right? if so then it definitely seems to be a piping issue ... maybe with bepipe?

download this: http://nate.quandra.org/avs2wav.exe

then instead of doing bepipe whatever, do that whatever, so like:

Code:

c:\path\to\avs2wav.exe "c:\test.avs" | nero stuff from before

let me know.

YautjaElder

2008-06-26 11:12:02 am

Speed is the key.

Yeah, test.avs played fine (with audio) in wmp.

I tested with avs2wav.exe:

Code:

c:\>c:\avs2wav.exe "c:\test.avs" | "c:\program files\anrichan3_beta2\neroaacenc.
exe" -br 64000 -if - -of test.mp4
*************************************************************
*                                                           *
*  Nero Digital Audio Reference MPEG-4 & 3GPP Audio Encoder *
*  Copyright 2007 Nero AG                                   *
*  All Rights Reserved Worldwide                            *
*                                                           *
*  Package build date: Aug  6 2007                          *
*  Package version:    1.1.34.2                             *
*                                                           *
*  See -help for a complete list of available parameters.   *
*                                                           *
*************************************************************

avs2wav v1.0 by Jory Stone <jcsston@toughguy.net>
        Input: c:\test.avs
        Output: c:\test.avs.wav
Scanning for Audio Stream...
Found Audio Stream

Writing WAV Headers...
Scanning...

Took 28.82 seconds for the writing pass
ERROR: could not parse WAV file

Yeah, test.avs played fine (with audio) in wmp.

I tested with avs2wav.exe:

[code]c:\>c:\avs2wav.exe "c:\test.avs" | "c:\program files\anrichan3_beta2\neroaacenc.
exe" -br 64000 -if - -of test.mp4
*************************************************************
*                                                           *
*  Nero Digital Audio Reference MPEG-4 & 3GPP Audio Encoder *
*  Copyright 2007 Nero AG                                   *
*  All Rights Reserved Worldwide                            *
*                                                           *
*  Package build date: Aug  6 2007                          *
*  Package version:    1.1.34.2                             *
*                                                           *
*  See -help for a complete list of available parameters.   *
*                                                           *
*************************************************************

avs2wav v1.0 by Jory Stone <jcsston@toughguy.net>
        Input: c:\test.avs
        Output: c:\test.avs.wav
Scanning for Audio Stream...
Found Audio Stream

Writing WAV Headers...
Scanning...

Took 28.82 seconds for the writing pass
ERROR: could not parse WAV file[/code]

nate

2008-06-26 11:34:55 am

sorry - made a typo. try this:

Code:

c:\avs2wav.exe "c:\test.avs" - | "c:\program files\anrichan3_beta2\neroaacenc.exe" -br 64000 -if - -of test.mp4

also make sure you're in a good directory - like your desktop - one you know vista will let you write to (not c:\program files\ or something) when you run the command.