Author Topic: xACT 0.4 for windows (Read 9136 times)

scb · « **on:** November 03, 2005, 08:03:19 PM »

bagged the old pcmtool idea. xACT now lives for windows

http://199.224.117.240/~scb/index.php?path=xactwin/

i'll finsh up main functionality tomorrow with flac tagging and some more goodies

app might be best when the window is maximized

JasonSobel · « **Reply #1 on:** November 04, 2005, 09:10:40 AM »

Scott,
for us Windows users who are a bit unfamiliar with xACT, this is just for compressing/decompressing SHN/FLAC, etc, etc...

Am I right that this does not include the DVD-Audio stuff? is that going to be a seperate GUI unrelated to this stuff for seeding shows? just curious, and thanks for all your time, energy, and effort.

- Jason

scb · « **Reply #2 on:** November 04, 2005, 10:20:51 AM »

this is for compressing/decompressing shn/flac, for creating/verifying md5s, for creating/checking ffps, verifying flac, and it's also a full GUI for shntool. it has some other cool things in it, like tracklisting creation for info files, complete with names and lengths. just cut and past to your info file...

Scooter · « **Reply #3 on:** November 07, 2005, 09:09:16 PM »

Works great man! +T

mmedley. · « **Reply #4 on:** November 08, 2005, 11:05:19 AM »

Cool. Looks very nifty. I will give it a spin tonight. Thanks!

scb · « **Reply #5 on:** November 16, 2005, 12:08:25 PM »

0.5 at http://199.224.117.240/~scb/index.php?path=xactwin/

JasonSobel · « **Reply #6 on:** November 16, 2005, 04:42:33 PM »

care to share what you've updated/added/fixed with 0.5 ?

thanks

scb · « **Reply #7 on:** November 17, 2005, 08:02:41 AM »

fixed a bug with "len by disc" and by fileset

also put the clear/add buttons below the file list.

not much. i'll add the rest of the shntool functions and maybe aiff support next

mmedley. · « **Reply #8 on:** November 20, 2005, 08:10:56 PM »

Just wanted to say thanks for this tool. I have used it quite a bit in the past few days and loving the shit out of it. Infinite T's to you.

macdaddy · « **Reply #9 on:** January 03, 2006, 12:18:33 PM »

yes. many thanks...

a thought - is there any way to incorporate the tag/rename stuff..?

or, make it so when "banyan2005-12-28d1t01.wav" becomes "banyan2005-12-28d1t01.flac" instead of "banyan2005-12-28d1t01.wav.flac"

or is this stuff already there, and i just missed something obvious..?

another t in 12

rowjimmy · « **Reply #10 on:** January 03, 2006, 12:35:13 PM »

Thats a cool little app. I'll second macdaddy's request for tagging/renaming. With those components this would be the true killer app...

scb · « **Reply #11 on:** January 03, 2006, 12:48:36 PM »

woops, i had forgottten to strip out the .wav extension when converting to flac. i can do that easily

i haven't put in the time in to setting flac tags yet. i'll get to that sometime soon.

i can put a batch rename tab in there if you want. it'll ask for a prefix, then rename all the files in there with the prefix + number (from 1 - however many files). that sound good? it's the same way the mac xACT works (mac version does a lot more..windows version is still very incomplete)

i still may add my own java version of EAC but i haven't fully tested it yet

jibooer · « **Reply #12 on:** January 03, 2006, 01:17:40 PM »

great all-in-one app., vers 5 works great, thanks!

scb · « **Reply #13 on:** January 09, 2006, 08:43:43 AM »

http://crush.epix.net/~scb/index.php?path=xactwin/

grab 0.5.3. bug fixes. i had some dumb bugs in there before

mmedley. · « **Reply #14 on:** January 09, 2006, 07:22:41 PM »

Quote from: scott brown on January 09, 2006, 08:43:43 AM

http://crush.epix.net/~scb/index.php?path=xactwin/

grab 0.5.3. bug fixes. i had some dumb bugs in there before

You mean like not updating the About screen to show the right version number?

.5.3 shows .5.2 version in the about screen FYI.

Thanks for this. I have been loving this app.

scb · « **Reply #15 on:** January 09, 2006, 11:33:12 PM »

did you just copy it into the old dir?

it said 0.53 on my work machine when i decompressed the zip into a fresh dir

mmedley. · « **Reply #16 on:** January 09, 2006, 11:59:19 PM »

Yeah, I just copied over my old folder. I just did it again and still shows .5.2.

I then created a new folder name and it shows .5.3 now.

macdaddy · « **Reply #17 on:** January 27, 2006, 12:28:22 PM »

any chance we can get the fix sbe to process just one file, or to at least fix the last file in the set..?

now i just get the "need two or more files to process" which means i have to leave that last sbe in there. the command line will fix this last guy...

+t

i swear i am not bitching - i figured you wanted a bit of feedback...and thanks for stripping the "wav" outta the filename when encoding...

scb · « **Reply #18 on:** January 28, 2006, 06:31:38 PM »

"fixing" takes samples from the previous or next track. you can't just "fix" 1 file. you can pad it with zeros, though.

i can add the pad funtion when i get back to finishing it...

macdaddy · « **Reply #19 on:** January 28, 2006, 06:51:35 PM »

thanks scott...

also, any chance of having the option to delete WAV files when encoding to flac..?

Will_S · « **Reply #20 on:** January 28, 2006, 08:20:10 PM »

Quote from: scott brown on January 28, 2006, 06:31:38 PM

"fixing" takes samples from the previous or next track. you can't just "fix" 1 file. you can pad it with zeros, though.

i can add the pad funtion when i get back to finishing it...

In the meantime, couldn't one simply add a dummy last track that is nothing but silence?

dnsacks · « **Reply #21 on:** February 03, 2006, 05:50:45 PM »

I've run into a possible issue with xACT -- I have a 300gig drive full of flacs and wanted to test all of the flacs before backing up the drive by overwriting a prior archive on another drive.

I searched the drive for *.flac (finding around 9,000 flac files), selected all 9,000 files, dragged 'em into xACT and selected the test option from within xACT
Around 30 hours later, xACT completed its testing and I copied its test log into a word document (200 pages long).

Reviewing the log, I was shocked to find a significant number of failed tracks (probably 1 out of 50-60 tracks failed).

To play it safe, I fired up the windows flac frontend and started individually testing each failed track from within the flac frontend. Almost all of the trackes that failed in xACT passed without problem when tested in flac frontend.

So, I'm trying to determine whether this is an xACT issue . . . .

scb · « **Reply #22 on:** February 03, 2006, 06:45:41 PM »

i've been extremely busy at work lately, so the last thing i've wanted to do in spare time is more coding. when things settle down a bit, i'll finish it up and redo the interface a bit...

what happens when you try those same failed flacs in xACT a second time? that could show if it's an xACT thing

macdaddy · « **Reply #23 on:** February 03, 2006, 06:50:12 PM »

Quote from: scott brown on February 03, 2006, 06:45:41 PM

what happens when you try those same failed flacs in xACT a second time? that could show if it's an xACT thing

they pass...

this has happened to me on an apple (osx) testing with ffp and md5, too...

but they always pass, either on a subsequent try or with another program doing the verifying...

dnsacks · « **Reply #24 on:** February 03, 2006, 07:11:41 PM »

Scott -- no worries, just thought I'd provide some feedback.

Macdaddy -- glad to hear I'm not alone

Great program for "normal" uses for sure. I'm planning on creating md5 checksums of all of my flacs once I've confirmed verification to simplify the archive confirmation process . . .

Thanks

scb · « **Reply #25 on:** February 04, 2006, 08:29:57 PM »

i'll check into it...

scb · « **Reply #26 on:** February 17, 2006, 01:07:56 PM »

i retooled the interface to make it like the mac (and get it closer to a real release)

http://crush.epix.net/~scb/index.php?path=xactwin/

v0.5.4 there

macdaddy · « **Reply #27 on:** February 17, 2006, 09:39:47 PM »

assuming i get out to record tonight, i will give it a whirl when i get home to transfer...

thanks again. +t

JasonSobel · « **Reply #28 on:** February 18, 2006, 05:15:25 PM »

I like the new interface, but it doesn't seem to be working.
I pretty much only use this program for shntool, and so far, the only part that I've tested is the shntool "len" function

I can drag the files (they're 16/44.1 FLAC files) into the little window, but when I press the "get len" button, nothing happens.
also, when I click on the "clear files" button, again, nothing happens. and when I click on the "add files" button, nothing happens.

as always, thanks for all the effort into this project

scb · « **Reply #29 on:** February 18, 2006, 07:14:03 PM »

hah. maybe when i moved stuff around i disconnected some buttons. i never tested since it was while i was doing "real" stuff at work and couldn't be too obvious in my "other" activities

scb · « **Reply #30 on:** February 18, 2006, 07:20:00 PM »

hah, i defintitely did, and on most tabs. woops. i'll get to it monday most likely, and improve the interface a bit more. i want to eventually base the mac code off this one...

JasonSobel · « **Reply #31 on:** February 18, 2006, 07:26:24 PM »

cool, thanks for checking into it

mmedley. · « **Reply #32 on:** February 20, 2006, 12:46:08 PM »

Yeah, I have the same problems. None of the buttons work. Add files, remove files, shntool, FFP, etc.

I was a fan of the other layout better. Just my opinion though.

Thanks for the hard work!

scb · « **Reply #33 on:** February 20, 2006, 02:00:22 PM »

this is closer to the mac layout, though a little different. i'm going to get it looking just like the mac one...

the file list doesn't need to take up so much space (like in the first versions for windows) so that's why the mac version has always had a smaller file list

i'll post a working version later today maybe...

scb · « **Reply #34 on:** March 09, 2006, 12:51:06 PM »

haven't tested anything other than to see if decoding works, but

http://crush.epix.net/~scb/xactwin/xACT0.5.5.zip

Crumbo · « **Reply #35 on:** March 09, 2006, 04:43:31 PM »

thanks Scott

JasonSobel · « **Reply #36 on:** March 09, 2006, 05:32:41 PM »

although I haven't doen thorough testing, the SHNtool stuff appears to work great. thanks for this program

JasonSobel · « **Reply #37 on:** March 20, 2006, 10:00:34 AM »

ok, with the latest version, 0.5.5, I've noticed a couple of things.

when fixing SBE, using the "round option" and the WAV output format, when I check off the "Remove '-fixed' suffix", all the fixed file names still have the '-fixed' suffix. not the end of the world, but probably pretty easy to fix.

also, I've found with the new version, the output windows aren't wide enough, and you need to scroll to the left/right. with previous versions, the output window would be wide enough to view the whole output without scrolling. again, not a deal breaker, but probably something that would be easy to fix and would certainly make it more convenient. in case I'm not being clear, I've attached a screen shot below:

thanks again for putting together this great GUI

scb · « **Reply #38 on:** March 20, 2006, 01:04:23 PM »

woops, i had commented out the -remove-fixed code

http://crush.epix.net/~scb/xactwin/xACT0.5.6.zip

it has that fixed and the output window growing as wide as needed

JasonSobel · « **Reply #39 on:** March 20, 2006, 02:01:12 PM »

wow, thanks for the very quick response time on that one

Simp-Dawg · « **Reply #40 on:** April 18, 2006, 03:10:45 AM »

scott, this is very nice...just downloaded and played with it for the first time and it's great having everything you need for compression etc in one handy tool!

here's a feature request...could you add the ability to create a .cue file from a list of wav's or flac's based on track time? that way, if i forget to save the cue file on a 24-bit wav (like i always do), when i go back to split the 16-bit file i can just load the 24-bit wav's, create a .cue list, and then apply it to the 16-bit version in cd wave without having to track it again. i think programs that do this do exist...can xACT?

scb · « **Reply #41 on:** April 18, 2006, 07:40:39 AM »

i can add the shntool cue function, which creates a cue sheet from a list of files. so you can create a cue sheet from your 24 bit files using xACT and then split the large 16 bit file using the split function in xACT by feeding it the cue sheet. it should also split on sector boundaries by default

looks like today is a sick day for me, so i should be able to put this in sometime today. the mac version has had this functionality for a while now, so it's easy to do

Simp-Dawg · « **Reply #42 on:** April 20, 2006, 05:04:02 PM »

awesome! +T and thanks Scott. Got a link?

Also, does anyone know why 24bit files recorded by the MT2496 have weird header file size issues in cd wave and what is the appropriate action to take? i can't nail it down because i never remember what i pick, but if i split the file in cd wave (either trusting the header or not, can't remember which) then dvd-audiofile doesn't pick up any track times when i drag the wav's over. i know, totally off topic!!

Ed. · « **Reply #43 on:** April 21, 2006, 02:06:42 AM »

Quote from: Simp-Dawg on April 20, 2006, 05:04:02 PM

Also, does anyone know why 24bit files recorded by the MT2496 have weird header file size issues in cd wave and what is the appropriate action to take?

It shouldn't matter if you pick yes or no. I remember reading that in another thread somewhere on here. Also, make sure to check "Alternative 24bit Source" (i think thats what it is) when you save. I don't know why dvd-audiofile doesn't pick up the track times though.

scb · « **Reply #44 on:** April 25, 2006, 10:22:47 PM »

sorry i ended up sleeping all day on my sick day. but i'll get to it one of these days