[mhconley]

Mike,

I just downloaded version 1.1 beta 3 and I get this error when I try to run the executable:


I am running 32-bit Windows 7 Ultimate, Service Pack 1.  Is this a 64-bit program?

EDIT: I see everyone including you are running it on Itanium systems, i.e. 64-bit.  Can you compile a x86 / 32-bit version for those of us with lowly Core2 Duo systems?

Thanks,

Martin

[mgalusha]

Hmm, I didn't compile it as a 64bit specific version but perhaps the packaging tool created a 64bit version without my assistance. I will investigate and get it sorted out. Thanks for letting me know.

Mike

[mgalusha]

I found the answer and will post an updated version in the morning.

[mgalusha]

The actual program is 32 bit and will run happily on both x86 and x64 processors. The problem was the utility I started using to package the .msi installer and setup.exe into a single executable in order to prevent IE from grumbling about the risks of a .msi file. Turns out the packager defaults to 64 bit when running on an x64 machine, which all but one of mine are.

The install package has been recreated as 32 bit and should run just fine now. Same filename and URL, just overwrite the earlier one. I have run the install and the program on a 32 bit Windows XP machine and did not have any problems.

Sorry for the difficulties.

Mike

[mhconley]

Mike,

Works perfectly - very cool - thanks!

I use a Squeezebox touch for discless playback but am seeking something better.

I just purchased a 24/192 capable DAC and a 24/192 USB to S/PDIF converter.  I plan to use these to play my almost 8,300 track / 250GB and growing FLAC collection.  I have some 24/92 DVD-Audio, 24/88.2 SACD and even a few 24/192 vinyl rips.

I plan on playing them off my PC for now using foobar, foobar controller on my HTC Evo 3D and a longish S/PDIF cable.  I eventually plan to buy a laptop with an SSD to use for playing these files.  I'll use foobar on the laptop to access the files stored on my desktop.  Your nifty little program seems the perfect tool to use on the laptop for pulling and pre-converting the files for playback.

Thanks for putting this together.

Martin

[mgalusha]

I’ve made some updates to the FWL program to allow copying or upsampling of .wav files. Prior to this release the program would only accept files with a .flac extension. Since I have a few things that were ripped as wave files it seemed the little program should know how to digest these as well.

Full details at: http://www.mikegalusha.com/wav-support-added-to-flacwavloader

[WGH]

The FWL is getting close to perfect. How about mp3's? That way I can use one program for all my music.

Many bands like Dead Can Dance are releasing free samplers in mp3, when I pick that folder in FWL the window is blank and I remember I have to go back to Foobar.

Wayne

[mgalusha]

The FWL is getting close to perfect. How about mp3's? That way I can use one program for all my music.

Many bands like Dead Can Dance are releasing free samplers in mp3, when I pick that folder in FWL the window is blank and I remember I have to go back to Foobar.

Glad you find the program useful.

Funny I thought about that today as I do have some mp3's on the storage server that I bought before lossless was available and that were just not available on CD, like Mojo Nixon.

So here is the question, if they are MP3, should they be converted to WAV or just copied straight across? I think convert to WAV as it would help wring everything possible from the source file. It should not be difficult to add but will only work if SoX is in place since it can convert from nearly anything to anything else.

[WGH]

I was thinking copied straight across. To be truthful I never compared a mp3 to a mp3 that was converted to a wav. The only time I convert is when I burn a CD so I can play the music in my Jeep.

[mgalusha]

WGH. I've added support to copy mp3's to the output dir and include them in the play list. Available at the usual place.

[mgalusha]

Yet another update to the little program.

Nothing major in this one. Fixed a bug that would not allow resetting the SOX path once set. Added code to remember window position from session to session, seems to work as expected, even across monitors.

http://www.mikegalusha.com/fwl-version-1-22-released/

Mike

[mgalusha]

It's been a long time but I've made another update to the program.

The code now looks to see if you are using J.River Media Center and if so, the Media Center command utility is used to pass in the playlist. This seems to work as expected, at least under Windows 7 and Windows 8.

Also, for those who have the resources I suggest trying a ram disk for holding the unpacked wav files. I use SoftPerfect RAM Disk, free for personal use and so far trouble free. This is probably not a good choice for those using a CAPS build, not enough ram but if you have at least 8G you should really try this. If I can find time I'll post something of a how to guide.

Latest FWL build here: FlacWavLoader 1.24

mike

[mgalusha]

Yet another update. Since I won a Mytek DSD DAC and Tyson was kind enough to rip my SACD's, I had incentive to add support for DSD and DSF files to the FlacWavLoader program.

Version 1.3 can be found > here.

mike

[Tyson]

The 1.3 version is awesome.  I used to use KORG to convert all my DFF files to FLAC 24-176 and then my Off-Ramp to do the final conversion to 24-96, which is the only sample rate my miniDSP works at (the miniDSP can do the conversion too, but it sounds worse than the Off-Ramp). 

Anyway, when I stopped using KORG to do the DFF to FLAC conversion because it took up too much space on my hard drives, I used Foobar to do the conversion on the fly to FLAC 24-96. 

It sounded very good, but playing back via JRiver was still better.  But JRiver is not free, plus I could never fully get it to stop stuttering in my system.  With the Wav Loader tool 1.3 I use the built in SOX converter to do the DFF to 24-96 conversion before playback starts.  Sounds phenomenal.  At least as good as JRiver.  I'm very happy - thanks Mike!

[mgalusha]

I've added tentative support for DSD .iso files. It should work with players understanding these files but it may fail miserably. Please report any issues in this thread if you try it. The program doesn't unpack them, it simply copies the iso to your local, preferably SSD or RAM disk and passes the playlist to your player. Removes the network latency from playback. Of course it will take some time to copy such a large file over the network, hopefully you have gigabit speed.

http://www.mikegalusha.com/fwl-version-1-31-released/

mike

[mgalusha]

And yet another update. I've added the mulit-threaded flag when calling SoX for the conversion, also upped the buffers used from 8k to 128k. It may be slightly faster on multi-core or hyper-threaded machines, which most are these days.

http://www.mikegalusha.com/fwl-version-1-31a-released/

[bodiebill]

Great idea, and welcome little program!
I just wanted to let youknow that I have it working with Server 2012 R2.
Alas, in core mode it is not possible to change the settings for player, output folder or sox path,ß as FWL does not have its own 'explorer' I guess.
Otherwise a great addition, thanks!