porsche959 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Hi there, Im using imgburn to burn audio CDs. This morning I attempted to burn some FLAC files (normally all my burned CDs are sourced from MP3 files). The CD burned fully and verified without errors. The problem is that the playback sounds very scratchy and also like the sound you get when you turn music up too loud for your speakers to handle. Its kind of hard to explain but the final result is horrible. The only track on the disc that started as an MP3 sounds crystal clear. (if need be I can rip one of the tracks and upload it as a sample, I just wasnt sure if that was a breach of copyright) I should mention that I can play my FLAC files without a problem through wmplayer or mplayerc so I have the right codecs installed to listen, which I beleived was the only requirement for IMGBURN to create an Audio CD. Can anyone possibly tell me what I have done wrong? Id rather use IMGBURN than some other software solution if possible. -Porsche959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Load one of your flac files into the 'Create CUE' window, then right click it and display the directshow filter list. Press CTRL+C when the message box is still on the screen and then CTRL+V (paste) the info into a reply. i.e. ---------------------------ImgBurn --------------------------- File Name: C:\Users\Richard\Desktop\01 From Me To You.flac DirectShow Filter List: 1. -> madFlac (01 From Me To You.flac) (Vendor Info: Unknown) 2. -> Sample Grabber (Vendor Info: Unknown) 3. -> Null Renderer (Vendor Info: Unknown) --------------------------- OK --------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porsche959 Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 thanks mate, heres the output you requested: --------------------------- ImgBurn --------------------------- File Name: Z:\music\BEATLES\The BEATLES Stereo USB\Music\FLAC\Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band\13 - A Day In The Life (2009 Digital Remaster).flac DirectShow Filter List: 1. -> madFlac (13 - A Day In The Life (2009 Digital Remaster).flac) (Vendor Info: Unknown) 2. -> ffdshow Audio Decoder (Vendor Info: Unknown) 3. -> MONOGRAM AMR Encoder (Vendor Info: Unknown) 4. -> MONOGRAM AMR Decoder (Vendor Info: Unknown) 5. -> ffdshow Audio Decoder 0003 (Vendor Info: Unknown) 6. -> ACM Wrapper (Vendor Info: Unknown) 7. -> Sample Grabber (Vendor Info: Unknown) 8. -> Null Renderer (Vendor Info: Unknown) --------------------------- OK --------------------------- -porsche959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Ok, there's your problem. Your machine is pulling in 5 additional filters that simply aren't required and they're messing up the output. If you've installed one of those codec packs, remove it. They're more trouble than they're worth. All you need is madFlac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porsche959 Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 ok I had K-lite installed but I removed, rebooted, reinstalled madflac, rebooted and i get this: --------------------------- ImgBurn --------------------------- ConnectFilters(Source, Sample Grabber) Failed! File Name: Z:\music\BEATLES\The BEATLES Stereo USB\Music\FLAC\Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band\13 - A Day In The Life (2009 Digital Remaster).flac Reason: No combination of intermediate filters could be found to make the connection. Hint: You may need to install some additional DirectShow filters in order to support files of this type or the file might be corrupt. --------------------------- OK --------------------------- what have i done now? also files work in mplayerc but not wmplayer (win7 x64 home premium). thanks mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 You probably didn't install madFlac properly. It's a pain if you have UAC enabled Try this... Ok so here’s what you do... Download madFlac 1.10 from http://madshi.net/madFlac.rar Extract the rar (using something like WinRAR from www.rarsoft.com ) to ‘C:\Program Files\madFlac’ (or ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\madFlac’ if you’re using a 64 bit operating system). Now navigate to that folder in Explorer and locate the ‘madFlac.ax’ file. Select it and drag+drop it onto the ‘InstallFilter.exe’ file. You should get a message come up (possibly after a UAC prompt you have to click ‘Yes’ to) saying: “The DirectShow filter "C:\Program Files\madFlac\madFlac.ax" was registered successfully.” Now try loading your Flac files into ImgBurn’s ‘Create CUE File’ window again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porsche959 Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) thanks mate. I followed the instruction to the letter, got the little window that said this: --------------------------- Information... --------------------------- The DirectShow filter "C:\Program Files (x86)\Madflac\madFlac.ax" was registered successfully. --------------------------- OK --------------------------- but when i try imgburn i still get the same message: --------------------------- ImgBurn --------------------------- ConnectFilters(Source, Sample Grabber) Failed! File Name: Z:\music\BEATLES\The BEATLES Stereo USB\Music\FLAC\Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band\13 - A Day In The Life (2009 Digital Remaster).flac Reason: No combination of intermediate filters could be found to make the connection. Hint: You may need to install some additional DirectShow filters in order to support files of this type or the file might be corrupt. --------------------------- OK --------------------------- **also if I try to play the file it loads straight up in mplayerc, wmplayer tells me it can try to play, and then does perfectly. I was also just looking at a codec tweak tool and one of the options was to activate my inactive filter: Madflac.ax .however activating it made no difference Edited March 10, 2012 by porsche959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Ah I think it might be because they're 24bit. Maybe madFlac doesn't support 24bit flac files... or at least not when it's being asked to output in 16bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porsche959 Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 You nailed mate cheers. I just tried several other flac files and all imported, burned and played back perfectly. All 16 bit. Being that flac is lossless I'll simply convert my 24 bit files to wav before importing to imgburn. Thanks for your efforts mate, I've been using your softwares for years and have recommended them to many. Great support -porche959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 I'd expect 24 bit files to be a problem in general. Certainly, the wav file created by decoding the flac file (using the flac command line tool) will not load either - because it's still 24 bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts