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Codecs Included with dBpoweramp Reference

	AIFF	Uncompressed Apple Format  [.aif .aiff]
	AAC	Advanced Audio Compression (LC, HE, HEv2)  [.m4a]
	Apple Lossless	Apple's own Lossless (ALAC)  [.m4a]
	CDA	Audio CDs  [.cda]
	Core Audio Format	Uncompressed Apple Format (decoder)  [.caf]
DSD	DSD	Direct Stream Digital  [.dsf]
	FLAC	Popular Lossless  [.flac]
	m4a	Container format (AAC, Apple's own Lossless)  [.m4a]
	mp3	dBpoweramp uses the excellent mp3 Lame    [.m2a  .mp1  .mp2  .mp3  .mpga  .mpa  .mpx  .mpg]
	Monkeys Audio	Lossless codec  [.ape]
	Musepack	High quality lossy codec above 128Kbps (decoder)  [.mpc,  .mp+,  .mpp]
	Ogg Vorbis	Open source, high quality  [.ogg]
	Opus	New internet delivery codec  [.opus]
	Speex	Speech Only Codec  [.spx]
	Wave	Windows wave  [.wav]
	Wavpack	Lossless codec  [.wv  .wvc]
	Windows Media Audio (WMA)	Microsoft V10 Pro, standard, lossless & voice. Windows Only  [.wma, .asf, .wmv]

Utility Codecs Included with dBpoweramp Reference

These Codecs do not compress or read audio, rather perform useful actions, on tags, filenames or audio.

	[Arrange Audio]	Arrange audio tracks based on ID Tags (Requires Reference)
	[Audio Info]	Extract audio details to list, or a tab delimiter table (for Excel)
	[Calculate Audio CRC]	Compare tracks for differences in the audio component
	[Channel Split]	Extract multi-channel audio to single files
	[ID Tag Update]	Update tag version, manipulate or delete ID Tags without re-encoding, process whole library in a batch
	[Length Split]	Split tracks into smaller chunks
	[Multi Encoder]	Encode to two formats simultaneously
	[ReplayGain]	Non-destructive volume normalization calculation (requires compatible player)
	[Tag From Filename]	Set ID tags from filename or folder names

Why complicate design? dBpoweramp is designed for ease of use: Select audio tracks(s) in Windows Explorer / macOS Finder, right click, dBpoweramp, Convert To: Encoder is set as AAC, fine tune options, flexible file-naming options, click Convert: Multi CPU Core encoding using the full potential of your system. Modern computers have multiple cores, an 8 core system is effectively 8 computers-in-one, dBpoweramp can encode to AAC eight times as fast. Have an 32 core CPU?, encoding will fly. Dynamically add and remove cores whilst converting.

Music Converter also includes CD Ripping abilities, from the inventors of AccurateRip, rip once, rip right.

Lots of files to convert? Batch Converter has you in mind, one click to select the whole music tree, include or exclude individual folders. Filter based on type (include or exclude mp3, flac, aac, etc). With advanced naming capabilities the converted files are organised exactly as you require. List can sort on any supported ID Tag, want to find all the tracks without an Album tag? easy.

dBpoweramp's tag editor is integrated into Windows Explorer / macOS Finder Right click on an one or more audio track(s), dBpoweramp, Edit ID Tags. In the tag editor, change common values for all selected tracks in one go, such as album, with auto-fill in album names for known artists. Cycle the individual tracks to enter track details.

Album Art Internet Art search functionality is integrated into ID Tag editor, add high resolution art to your tracks:

Windows Integration Property, Thumbnail Handlers and Shell Integration extend windows. Especially useful is the ability for dBpoweramp to add support for file types Windows does not natively support. Album art display and extensive popup info tips are also provided, dBpoweramp is so much more than a simple converter.



Highest quality frequency resampler, dBpoweramp employs one of the best sample rate converters available, check the test results yourself.



Digital Signal Processing (DSP) effects which can be applied whilst converting, many effects such as EBU R128 volume normalize, or Sample Rate Conversion.



Command Line Encoding & Scripting invoke dBpoweramp from the command line (Windows only), or script using the COM object.