NCH Software Switch Sound File Converter

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1 NCH Software Switch Sound Fie Converter This user guide has been created for use with Switch Sound Fie Converter Version 5.xx NCH Software

2 Technica Support If you have difficuties using Switch Sound Fie Converter pease read the appicabe topic before requesting support. If your probem is not covered in this user guide pease view the up-to-date Switch Sound Fie Converter Onine Technica Support at If that does not sove your probem, you can contact us using the technica support contacts isted on that page. Software Suggestions If you have any suggestions for improvements to Switch Sound Fie Converter, or suggestions for other reated software that you might need, pease post it on our Suggestions page at Many of our software projects have been undertaken after suggestions from users ike you. You get a free upgrade if we foow your suggestion.

3 Switch Sound Fie Converter Contents Switch Overview... 2 How to Use Switch... 3 What Formats Does Switch Support?... 5 Converting Audio Streams or Difficut Fies... 8 Editing Audio in WavePad... 9 Adding and Editing Tags Program Options Using the Switch Command-ine Too Encoder Options Same as source Converting M4P fies Shortcut Keys Reference NCH Software Suite Software License Terms Screen References Opus Encoder Options Choose Base Foder to Mirror Speech Recognition Settings

4 Switch Overview Switch is a program for converting audio fies from one format to another. A major audio fie formats can be oaded and converted using this program as we as some ess we known formats. Features Loads a variety of different audio fie formats incuding Wave, MP3, Ogg, WMA and ReaAudio + many others. Converts to a variety of output formats incuding Wave, MP3, AIFF, Vox, Raw, and many others. Aso supports converting to Ogg, AAC, M4A and Fac formats (Pus version ony). Abiity to pay tracks prior to conversion. Aows drag and drop of both fies and foders. Perform batch conversions. Normaize whie converting(evens out the voume eve on convertings from different sources). Simpe and intuitive interface. System Requirements Windows 98/2000/Me/XP/2003/Vista/Win7/Win8/Win10. Switch is just one component of the NCH Software Sound suite of audio software for business. If you have not done so aready, pease visit to downoad many other audio reated programs. 2

5 How to Use Switch This is an overview of how to use Switch to convert your fies from one format to another. Adding and Removing Fies To convert your audio fies into the desired format, begin by adding fies into the fie ist window. Either cick the "Add" button, or seect Fie -> Add from the menu. In the browse window that opens, you can ook for fies of types mentioned on this page: Once your fies have been added, if you wish to remove any of them, seect the fies and either cick the "Remove" button, or seect Fie -> Remove from the menu. To seect mutipe fies at once, press the Ctr key and eft-cick on the fies you want to seect. To highight a the fies, either seect Fie -> Seect A from the menu, or press Ctr + A. Paying Fies To pay a fie, doube cick it or eft-cick on the desired fie and either cick the "Pay" button, or seect Fie -> Pay from the menu. Seecting an Output Foder Near the bottom of the main window, there is a fied abeed "Save to Foder", where you can enter the fie directory into which you wish to store the converted fies. You can either type in the desired foder, or you can cick the browse button on the right of the fied. Doing so wi bring up a window where you can browse for the destination directory on your hard drive. The ast severa directories you have chosen in the past are stored in a drop-down ist, and can be accessed by cicking the arrow on the right side of the text fied. Seecting an Output Format and Configuring Encoder Options The fied abeed "Output Format" is where you can seect the desired output fie format for your fies. Switch currenty supports conversion to the fie formats mentioned on this page: Once you have seected a format to convert to, you can cick the "Encoder Options" button to configure the settings for the format (see Encoder Options for more information on configuring options for any fie format). Converting Fies Once you have set the output foder and format, you can then seect the fies from the ist you want to convert, and either cick the "Convert" button, or seect Convert -> Convert Fies from the menu. If you hit the convert button without any fies seected, a fies in the ist wi be converted by defaut. View Interna Fie Information 3

6 For those who are interested in the attributes or interna information of wave and mp3 fies, Switch now has a feature that ets you access that information. For any wave, mp3 or dct fie oaded into the software, right-cick on the fie and seect 'View Interna Fie Information' from the right-cick menu. View Extended Information If you attempt to convert a fie and something goes wrong with the conversion process, a short message wi be dispayed in the 'Extended Information' coumn in the Switch main window. This message gives a brief summary of the specifics of the probem. If you wish to see a more detaied version of that message, right-cick the fie you attempted to convert and seect 'View Extended Information'. You wi see a pop-up window appearing that contains the more detaied message. 4

7 What Formats Does Switch Support? Pease refer to the foowing ink for a ist of formats currenty supported by Switch: Cick here to find out the formats supported by Switch There are a number of fie formats that are ony supported in the Switch Pus paid software version. These formats are aso avaiabe, however, during the 14-day tria period of Switch Pus and during the first 14 days of Switch Free. These formats are as foows: Convert From: aac act/rcd/rec (newer version of format not supported) amr aif aifc aiff ape asf au caf cda dct ds2 dss dvf (not a dvf recorders are supported) fac gsm/aiff m3u m4a m4r (iphone ring tone) mid (Genera MIDI ony) mpc mpga mp2 mp3 moh msv (not a msv recorders are supported) ps ogg opus ra ram raw rec rcd rm 5

8 rmj shn spx voc vox wav wma wv Video formats: 3gp asf avi fv mkv mod mov mpg mpeg wmv Convert To: aac ac3 aif aifc aiff amr ape au caf cda fac gsm m3u m4a m4r mp3 mpc ogg opus ps raw rss spx txt vox wav wma wp 6

9 If you have fies to convert of the above format types, we strongy encourage you to make the most of the tria period to ensure the software does what you want it to do. Switch does not have extra supported formats that are ony accessibe after purchasing a icense, a supported formats are avaiabe during the tria. What you see during the tria is exacty what you get after a icense purchase. 7

10 Converting Audio Streams or Difficut Fies Switch now makes use of the SoundTap Streaming Audio Recorder as an option for converting fies which it has probems with. To make use of this feature, seect the option 'Convert Audio Stream' from the 'Convert' menu in Switch, then foow the three-step Wizard to convert your audio fie. Step 1: cick the 'Start SoundTap Recorder' button to start SoundTap. If you do not have SoundTap instaed, it wi automaticay downoad and insta for you. Step 2: choose whether you want to convert an audio stream through your web browser or a norma fie off your computer's hard drive. If seecting to pay a stream, enter the URL or web address of the page where you can normay hear the fie being payed in your web browser. If paying a fie off your computer, oad the fie into any payer that can pay it, such as Windows Media Payer. You can et the payer start paying the fie straight away, SoundTap wi detect it paying and automaticay start a new recording as appropriate. Step 3: hit the 'Stop Recording Now' button to stop SoundTap recording the fie. Next, go to the SoundTap main window and cick the 'Find and Pay' button to access your newy created fie. Note that SoundTap wi record ony if there is audio paying, if you started the software too eary or stopped it too ate, then the extra gaps of sience wi not be incuded in the recording. 8

11 Editing Audio in WavePad You may edit the seected fie in the conversion ist with an audio editor before conversion. To do so, cick the Edit menu and seect Edit Audio in WavePad. WavePad wi open and your audio fie wi be oaded so you can perform basic editing, add sound effects, remove background noise, adjust frequencies, and more. Be sure to save any changes if you want the edited version to be converted in Switch. To earn more about WavePad Audio Editing software, visit 9

12 Adding and Editing Tags Switch supports adding and editing tags to fies of certain formats, such as ID tags for MP3 fies. It aso supports preserving tag information when converting from and to any supported formats. To open the tag editor, seect a fie in the conversion ist, cick the Edit menu and seect Edit Audio Tag. Pease refer to the foowing artice for more information and to find out what fie formats are currenty supported: 10

13 Program Options Open the Program Options by seecting Fie -> "Options" from the menu. In the window that pops up, you can configure the foowing options. Overwrite Seect the course of action to take when the destination fie exists whie converting fies. The options are: Prompt for What to Do - aways prompts whether you want to overwrite the fie or not. Overwrite the fie - overwrites the specific fie being converted. Don't Convert the Origina Fie - does not overwrite the specific fie being converted Abort current and remaining conversions - cances current fie conversion and aborts a subsequent conversions as we. Append number to fiename - appends a number to the fiename of the converted fie using a format that you can seect. The format must incude the strings "%fiename%" and "%number%", but they may be in any order you ike. You can add extra characters into the string and those characters wi aso appear in the converted fie's fiename. Conversions This diaog contains a options reated to converting fies. It is divided into a "Formats" section and an "Errors" section. Formats Specify what to do if the fie being converted is of the same format as the output format. The options are: Convert Anyway - converts the fie as norma. Check the sub-option if you don't want to recompress a fie that has a source with a better compression rate Copy Fie Directy to Destination Foder - copies the fie to the destination foder in its origina non-converted form. Do Not Convert - do not convert the fie at a. Notes: The options in "Formats" wi aways be over-ridden by the options specified in the "Overwrite" tab. For exampe, if you specify the "Convert Anyway" option in "Formats", but in "Overwrite" you specify "Don't Convert the Origina Fie", then if the fie exists the conversion wi not go ahead. 11

14 Deete source fie after conversion - if the conversion of the fie was successfu, then the origina fie wi be deeted. If the conversion faied, the fie wi NOT be deeted. A successfu conversion aso incudes copying of the fie to the destination foder, as seen in the above option "Copy Fie Directy to Destination Foder". Remember settings for reading fies(ony appicabe to formats.raw and.vox) - If you are converting from.raw/.vox fie. You can choose to use defaut Codec Settings for a other fies of this type or set codec settings individuay. Errors Specify what to do if there is an error produced with the fie being converted. The options are: Prompt for What to Do - prompts whether you want to continue converting other fies or abort converting atogether. Ignore Error and Continue Converting Other Fies - continues converting other fies even if any particuar fie produces errors. Abort Fie Conversions - cances current fie conversion and aborts a subsequent conversions as we. Notes: If errors are produced on any fie, they wi be reported in the "Other Information" coumn for that fie in the fie ist. To view extra information about the error, right cick on the specific fie and seect "View Other Extended Information" from the menu (shortcut key Ctr+E). Audio Processing Here you can choose if you woud ike to perform a Normaization on the audio being converted. This is usefu if you have fies of varying voume that you woud ike to convert to simiar voume eves. Normaizing adjusts the voume so that the oudest peak is equa to (or a percentage of) the maximum signa that can be used in digita audio. Normaize fies to 100% as the fina stage in production to make audio the oudest possibe without distortion. CD Tracks (Switch Pus feature ony) These options define how you wish to structure the output format of.cda fies.the option 'Access Internet database to retrieve CD Abum Detais' wi use your Internet connection to access the.cda Abum and Track name detais from the freedb onine database. These detais wi not be viewabe in Switch, and can ony be seen once the.cda fies are converted. If you have seected the freedb Internet ookup option, the Fiename Format radio buttons aow you to seect the naming format of the output fies. You can choose between using the foowing formats: Artist - TrackName.ext

15 2. Abum - Artist - TrackName.ext 3. Custom Setup (see beow) The Custom Setup is an advanced setting that aows you to decide how the output fies wi be stored on your computer. This invoves the writing of a string of characters that denote information reated to the.cda fie. An exampe of how to write a string is as foows: [%artist% %abum% %genre%]\{%tracknumber% %trackname% %year%} This wi convert your.cda fies to a foder named "Artist - Abum - Genre", with fiename "Tracknumber. Trackname - Year.fieextension". A the arguments that can be used to form the custom string are as foows: %artist% - the artist name %abum% - the abum name %extratrackinfo% - extra track information (may not exist in a cases) %genre% - the genre of the abum (e.g. rock, jazz) %tracknumber% - the track number (the first track isted on the CD is track number 1) %trackname% - the name of the extracted track %year% - the year the abum was reeased [] - anything inside these brackets wi be treated as a foder {} - anything inside these brackets wi be treated as a fiename Note that you can have mutipe eves of foders set up, but you are ony aowed to have one fiename specified in the string. Automatic Tag Writing - You can choose to copy track information from the CD database into the output fie audio tags and preview track information before writing to audio tags. 13

16 Other This diaog contains genera options that can't be grouped into a specific category. Run in Background - Seect the option "Run Switch in Background Mode" if you want Switch to convert your fies but not sow down the performance of other appications you are using. Pease note that this option may increase the time it takes for Switch to convert fies, depending on the number of other appications you have running concurrenty. Sound Payback - Here you can seect which audio device to use. Usefu for computers with mutipe sound cards instaed. Context Menu - Seect this option to add a "Convert with Switch" option to the right-cick Windows Exporer menu. Confirmation - Seect these options to be notified by Switch when you remove fies from the ist, or when your hard drive space drops beow the specified amount. Dupicate Fies - To prevent sowing of the program when working with ong ists, seect this option to prevent dupicate fies from being added to the ist. Finishing Notification - When converting a ong ist of fies, you may find it usefu to use the finishing notification options to aert you to competion. Right Cick Use this options page to define some customized shortcut commands which you can access from your windows exporer right cick menu. Check the boxes beow to add the shortcut to the right cick menu. Use the pu down ists to specify which conversion format each customized shortcut shoud use. Each command wi be executed using your current settings for the conversion format you have seected. For exampe: et's say you seect '.wav' as your conversion format. You can now right cick on a supported audio fie and cick 'Convert to.wav using Switch'. Switch wi now automaticay convert the seected fie using your ast.wav conversion settings. Right cick option 1 Check this box to add customized command number 1 to your windows exporer right cick menu. Right cick option 2 Check this box to add customized command number 2 to your windows exporer right cick menu. Right cick option 3 Check this box to add customized command number 3 to your windows exporer right cick menu. 14

17 Using the Switch Command-ine Too The Switch command-ine too aows you to use Switch to convert fies from the Windows command ine. This can be used to et other software convert fies with Switch or to automate batch conversion. The Switch executabe is usuay ocated at "C:\Program Fies\NCH Software\Switch\switch.exe" Usage: switch.exe [options] [fies to add] "Options " is where you can issue a series of commands to Switch. The options are: -convert - convert a fies oaded into Switch. -cear - remove a fies oaded into Switch. -addfoder [FOLDER_NAME] - add a foder of fies into Switch. -format [FORMAT_NAME] - specify the output fie format for which to convert the oaded fies. The format names are the fie extensions for each format (e.g..wav,.mp3). -outfoder [FOLDER_NAME] - specify the output foder to store the converted fies. Do NOT end the foder path with a backsash '\' character. -settempfoder [FOLDER_NAME] - specify the temporary foder that Switch wi store fies in when paying or converting fies. If the specified foder is not vaid then no action wi take pace. -overwrite [OVERWRITE_FLAG] - specifies what to do when the converted fie aready exists. The fags are "PROMPT" (Prompt for What to Do), "ALWAYS" (Overwrite the Fie), "NEVER" (Don't Convert the Origina Fie), "CANCEL" (Abort A Conversions), "APPENDNUMBER [format]" (Append number to fiename - [format] is optiona, if bank it wi use the format aready specified in the program). -settings [FORMAT_NAME] [SETTINGS_OPTIONS] - specifies the settings configuration to use for the specified format. For more detai on what parameters to use, see further down the page. -insettings [FORMAT_NAME] [SETTINGS_OPTIONS] - specifies the settings configuration to use for formats requiring decoding prior to conversion (e.g..vox,.raw) For more detai on what parameters to use, see further down the page. -hide - hide the Switch window. -show - show the Switch window. -exit - exit Switch. "Fies to Add" is where you type in the fies you want to oad into Switch. A typed fienames must use the fu fiepath of the name, and circumfixed with inverted commas. 15

18 Exampes: switch.exe -format MP3 switch.exe -outfoder "C:\My Music"; switch.exe -hide switch.exe "C:\My Documents\sound.mp3" switch.exe -convert "C:\My Music\music.mp3" -format.wav -overwrite ALWAYS switch.exe -convert "C:\My Music\music.ogg" -format.mp3 -overwrite APPENDNUMBER "%fiename%-%number%" Uness you are in the Switch foder you wi need to repace "switch.exe" from above with the fu path "C:\Program Fies\NCH Software\Switch\switch.exe" ike this: "C:\Program Fies\NCH Software\Switch\switch.exe" -convert "C:\My Music\music.mp3" -format WAV Settings Options: The foowing detais what parameters to enter when using the "-settings" and "-insettings" options. Note the order in which the parameters are written is the order in which they must be typed. Additionay, a parameters must be entered otherwise the command wi not take effect. WAV [CODEC] [SAMPLE_RATE] [CHANNELS] CODEC - either "PCM8", "PCM16", "ALAW" or "MULAW" (note ADPCM is not supported at this time) SAMPLE_RATE - entered in Hz e.g CHANNELS - either 1 or 2 Note the possibe combination of vaues that can be entered depend argey on the codec, so you woud have to open Switch and determine beforehand what vaues you can use for the codec in question. Exampe: -settings.wav PCM MP3 ENCODER_TYPE CBR[BITRATE] [HIGH_QUALITY] VBR[MIN_BITRATE] [MAX_BITRATE] [QUALITY] [CHANNEL_MODE] [ERROR_PROTECT] ENCODER_TYPE - either "CBR" or "VBR" CBR OPTIONS: 16

19 BITRATE - entered in kbps e.g. 128 HIGH_QUALITY - either "TRUE" or "FALSE" VBR OPTIONS: MIN_BITRATE - entered in kbps e.g. 128 MAX_BITRATE - entered in kbps e.g. 192 QUALITY - a vaue from 0 to 9 CHANNEL_MODE - either "STEREO", "JOINT", "FORCE" or "MONO" ERROR_PROTECT - either "TRUE" or "FALSE" Exampes: -settings.mp3 CBR 128 TRUE STEREO TRUE -settings.mp3 VBR MONO FALSE OGG ENCODER_TYPE Quaity[QUALITY] VBR[MIN_BITRATE] [MAX_BITRATE] [CHANNELS] [STRIP_COMMENTS] ENCODER_TYPE - either "Quaity" or "VBR" Quaity OPTIONS: QUALITY - a vaue between 0 and 10 VBR OPTIONS: MIN_BITRATE - entered in kbps e.g. 128 MAX_BITRATE - entered in kbps e.g. 192 CHANNELS - either 1 or 2 STRIP_COMMENTS - either "TRUE" or "FALSE" Exampes: -settings.ogg Quaity 5 2 TRUE -settings.ogg VBR FALSE WMA [CODEC_INDEX] [SAMPLE_RATE] [BITRATE] [CHANNELS] 17

20 CODEC_INDEX - this vaue shoud be an integer of 0 or greater. The maximum vaue wi depend on which wma codecs you have instaed on your computer. The vaue you specify corresponds directy to the index of the WMA codec pudown ist in the WMA settings diaog. For exampe, if you prefer to use the first vaue isted in the pudown ist, specify 0 here. If you prefer to use the second specify 1. SAMPLE_RATE - Specify the target sampe rate of the conversion in Hz. eg BITRATE - Specify the target bitrate of the conversion in bps. eg CHANNELS - Specify 1 for Mono or 2 for Stereo. Exampes: -settings.wma SPX [MODE] [VALUE] ([AGC] [DENOISE]) MODE - Defines what mode of encoding to perform. Must be one of the foowing vaues: Preset CBR (Constant Bitrate defined in bps) VBR (Variabe Bitrate defined in bps) ABR (Average Bitrate defined in bps) VALUE - This parameter depends on the MODE you specified in the first parameter: Preset - a vaue between 0 (owest quaity and highest compression) and 10 (highest quaity and owest compression). CBR - the bitrate at which the audio wi be encoded at. VBR - the maximum bitrate at which to encode the audio. ABR - the average bitrate at which to encode the audio. AGC - this is an optiona parameter which wi turn the Speex encoder's Adaptive Gain Contro on. Denoise - this is an optiona parameter which instructs the Speex encoder to denoise the input before encoding. Exampes: -settings.spx Preset 1 Denoise -settings.spx VBR AGC Denoise -settings.spx CBR MPC [QUALITY_PRESET] QUALITY_PRESET - one of the foowing: Thumb, Radio, Standard, Extreme, Insane 18

21 Exampe: -settings.mpc Standard APE [QUALITY_PRESET] QUALITY_PRESET - one of the foowing: Fast, Norma, High, Extra High, Insane Exampe: -settings.ape Norma AIFF [SAMPLE_RATE] [CHANNELS] SAMPLE_RATE - one of the foowing: 6000, 8000, 11025, 16000, 22050, 32000, 44100, 48000, 64000, 88200, 96000, CHANNELS - either 1(Mono) or 2(Stereo) Exampe: -settings.aiff AAC/M4A ENCODER_TYPE ABR[BITRATE] VBR[QUALITY] [FORCE_MPEG2] [TNS] ENCODER_TYPE - either "ABR" or "VBR" ABR OPTIONS: BITRATE - entered in kbps e.g. 128 VBR OPTIONS: QUALITY - a vaue between 0 and 10 FORCE_MPEG2 - either "TRUE" or "FALSE" TNS - either "TRUE" or "FALSE" Exampes: -settings.aac ABR 128 FALSE FALSE -settings.m4a VBR 100 TRUE TRUE FLAC [COMPRESSION_LEVEL] [SAMPLE_RATE] [CHANNELS] COMPRESSION_LEVEL - a vaue between 0 and 8 SAMPLE_RATE - entered in Hz e.g CHANNELS - either 1 or 2 Exampe: -settings.fac

22 VOX/RAW [CODEC] [SAMPLE_RATE] [CHANNELS] (Note: appies to both "-settings" and "-insettings" commands) CODEC - a number between 0 and 8, representing the codec type. The codecs on offer are (in order): Diaogic ADPCM G.711 ulaw G.711 alaw 16 bit PCM (Inte Endian) 8 bit unsigned 8 bit signed 16 bit PCM (Big Endian) 32 bit foat (Inte Endian) 32 bit foat (Big Endian) SAMPLE_RATE - entered in Hz e.g CHANNELS - either 1 or 2 Exampes: -settings.vox settings.raw insettings.vox insettings.raw AMR [BITRATE] BITRATE - the bitrate at which you want to encode the AMR fie (in kbps). The choices are 4.75, 5.15, 5.9, 6.7, 7.4, 7.95, 10.2 and Exampes: -settings.amr settings.amr 10.2 M3U/PLS/WPL/RSS [URL] URL - the URL of the site where you wi host the payist fie. URLs shoud start with the or ftp:// protoco string as appropriate. 20

23 To configure the settings for the generated MP3 fie, use the standard MP3 settings syntax to configure it (i.e. -settings.mp3 etc. etc.) Exampes: -settings.rss " -settings.m3u " -settings.ps "ftp://atinmusic.net/samba/" 21

24 Encoder Options This page provides inks to our knowedge base pages for information on the settings avaiabe for each encoder suppied with Switch. aac / m4a / m4r encoder options caf encoder options aiff encoder options au encoder options fac encoder options rss / m3u / ps / wp encoder options mp3 encoder options ogg encoder options opus encoder options raw / vox encoder options wav encoder options amr encoder options ape encoder options mpc encoder options spx encoder options wma encoder options 22

25 Same as source For some formats, this is an encoder option when you want the sampe rate and number of channe(s) of output fie to be the same as input source. Pease be carefu when using this option because the specific sampe rate and number of channe(s) on the input may not be avaiabe for the output format. In this case, the convertion may fai or just use a defaut vaid encoding option. 23

26 Converting M4P fies M4P fie is an Appe itunes purchased song which uses Appes "Fairpay" DRM (Digita Rights Management). Unprotected fies downoaded from itunes have an extension M4A. M4P fies can ony be opened with itunes on a computer or devices such as ipod, iphone or ipad. The computer or device shoud be authorised using an itunes account prior to paying, transferring or burning the fies. Switch cannot pay or convert an M4P fie but you can obtain an unprotected (M4A) version of the fie using itunes. There are two ways to unprotect an M4P fie: 1. Using itunes Pus Pease foow the steps in the Appe web page Appe information about itunes Pus 2. Burn Audio CD in itunes and convert the audio CD using Switch Pease foow the steps beow to burn the M4P fies to an Audio CD using itunes. 1. Open itunes and ogin using Appe ID and password. 2. Make a new Payist and add MP4 fies you wish to convert. 3. Insert a bank CD or a virtua CD.(see Note) 4. Seect the Payist. 5. Seect menu Fie->Burn Payist to Disk. 6. In the Burn Settings diaog seect Audio CD and Gap between songs set to None. 7. cick Burn to start writing to CD and wait unti itunes finishes writing the CD. 8. Open Switch. 9. Seect menu Fie->Add CD to import the CD into Switch. 10. Seect desired output format and cick Convert. Switch wi convert a tracks in the CD to the new format. Note: It is possibe to use a Virtua CD by instaing a virtua CD software. In this case no rea CD is required. In Burn Settings (Step 6) seect a virtua CD drive instead of a rea CD drive. 24

27 Shortcut Keys Reference Add Fies Add Foder Add CD Add DVD Remove Remove A Fies Pay Fie Pause Fie(Too Bar) Cose Pay Window Seect A Options Convert Fies Edit Audio Tag Convert Audio Stream Normaize Voume when Converting View Interna Fie Information View Extended Information Exit Program Hep Documentation Edit fie (in WavePad) At+A At+F F4 F6 Deete At+E Space Space Esc Ctr+A Ctr+O F3 Ctr+T Ctr+N Ctr+B Ctr+F Ctr+E At+F4 F1 F8 25

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29 Software License Terms 1. The copyrights in this software and any visua or audio work distributed with the software beong to NCH Software and others isted in the about box. A rights are reserved. Instaation of this software and any software bunded with or instaed-on-demand from this software is icensed ony in accordance with these terms. 2. By instaing, using or distributing this software you, on your own behaf and on behaf of your empoyer or principa, agree to be bound by these terms. If you do not agree to any of these terms, you may not use, copy, transmit, distribute, nor insta this software - return it to the pace of purchase within 14 days to receive a fu refund. 3. This software, and a accompanying fies, data and materias, are distributed "as is" and with no warranties of any kind, whether express or impied except as required by aw. If you intend to rey on this software for critica purposes you must test it fuy prior to using it, insta redundant systems and assume any risk. 4. We wi not be iabe for any oss arising out of the use of this software incuding, but not imited to, any specia, incidenta or consequentia oss. Your entire remedy against us for a caims is imited to receiving a fu refund for the amount you paid for the software. 5. You may not use this software in any circumstances where there is any risk that faiure of this software might resut in a physica injury or oss of ife. You agree to indemnify us from any caims reating to such unauthorized use. 6. You may copy or distribute the instaation fie of this software in its compete unatered form but you may not, under any circumstances, distribute any software registration code for any of our programs without written permission. In the event that you do distribute a software registration code, you wi be iabe to pay the fu purchase price for each ocation where the unauthorized use occurs. 7. Use of statistics coected by the software is subject to the NCH Software Privacy Statement which aows automatic anonymized coection of usage statistics in imited circumstances. 8. The contract arising out of this agreement is governed by the aws and courts of the Austraian Capita Territory. 27

30 Screen References - Opus Encoder Options Encode audio into the Opus format. Bitrate Target bitrate in kbit/sec (6-256 per channe) In VBR mode this specifies the average rate for a arge and diverse coection of audio. In CVBR and Hard-CBR mode it specifies the specific output bitrate. Defaut for >=44.1kHz input is 64kbps per mono stream, 96kbps per couped pair. Use defaut bitrate encoding In defaut mode, encoder wi choose bitrate automaticay. For >=44.1kHz input is 64kbps per mono stream, 96kbps per couped pair. Use variabe bitrate encoding In VBR mode the bitrate may go up and down freey depending on the content to achieve more consistent quaity. Use constrained variabe bitrate encoding Outputs to a specific bitrate. This mode is anaogous to CBR in AAC/MP3 encoders and managed mode in vorbis coders. This deivers ess consistent quaity than VBR mode but consistent bitrate. Use hard constant bitrate encoding With hard-cbr every frame wi be exacty the same size, simiar to how speech codecs work. This deivers ower overa quaity but is usefu where bitrate changes might eak data in encrypted channes or on synchronous transports. Down mix(none) Don't down mix, keep the channes same as source. Downmix to mono Force to Downmix to mono. Downmix to stereo Downmix to stereo if input channes > 2. 28

31 Screen References - Choose Base Foder to Mirror This feature aows you to copy the foder structure (foders and their subfoders) of your "base" foder into another ocation. This is idea for if you want to convert your entire music ibrary, incuding it's foder structure, to a new ocation. Choose base foder to mirror Cick this checkbox if you want the foders that contain the fies you have added to Switch to be copied with the newy converted fies. When you hit the convert button a window wi open asking you to choose your base foder to copy. This foder needs to contain (at some point) a the fies you have added to switch for conversion. For exampe, if you have added a the fies in "C:\MyMusic\artists\abums\" your choices for base foder woud be "MyMusic", "Artists" and "Abums." The new base foder and a its subfoders wi be copied to the output ocation you have specified in the output fied in Switch. So if your output foder has been set to "C:\Documents\Converted Music\" and you specify your base foder as "C:\MyMusic" the converted fies wi be copied to "C:\Documents\Converted Music\MyMusic.." with the foders that contain your music being recreated there. 29

32 Screen References - Speech Recognition Settings Switch uses a speech recognition engine to generate a rough approximation of the words spoken in an audio fie. Choose a engine and profie from the ist. 30