ImTOO Audio Encoder Readme

Introduction

ImTOO Audio Encoder provides an easy and completed way to convert between all of popular audio formats, such as MP3, WAV, WMA, MP4, M4A, MP2, VQF, APE, OGG, AAC and FLAC. The audio converter supports ID3 tag, all ID3 tags in the original files can be reserved after conversion. In addition, you also can convert video formats including AVI, MPEG, WMV, ASF to popular audio files.

Features include:

Convert audio files between MP3, M4A, WAV, WMA, MP4, MP2, VQF, APE, OGG, AAC and FLAC;
Convert video files AVI, MPEG, WMV, ASF to audio files such as MP3, WAV, WMA, and so on;
Support batch conversion;
Copy ID3 tag between audio formats (reserve ID3 tag during conversion);
Compression method, sample rate, bitrate, stereo or mono are adjustable;

Quick Start

Click "Add" button to select and load the original file from the folder. The button can be found on the right part of the main interface. You can choose "Add" from the File menu to load the original file too.
After you successfully load the file, information of the file, such as "Name", "Type" and "Size" will be shown in the list.
Highlight your loaded file, select the target file format from "Encoder" combo-box, where you can find all encoders. The output format can be recognized by the name of the encoder, such as "Lame MP3 Encoder" for MP3, "ImTOO MP2 Encoder" for MP2, etc. For example, if you want to convert the original audio file to MP3 format, you should select "Lame MP3 En-coder".
Set "Output Folder" by clicking "Browse" to select folder or entering the path directly to decide where to save the output file ; "C:\temp" is the default one.
Click the "Settings..." button or open the "Encoder Properties..." windows in the Settings menu, you may adjust settings of Channel, Compression level, etc., nevertheless, default setting is okay for most of cases.
Click "Encode" button to start converting. After a successful conversion, the "Status" column of the list will show "OK".
What to do now? Just enjoy your music. Our software keeps the quality as good as the original files.

System Requirements

OS Supported:

Windows 98/ME/NT4/2000/XP

Hardware Requirements:

Intel Pentium II 350MHz or above, or any Athlon
64 MB RAM or above

Supported File Formats

Supported Input formats:

MPEG (mpg, mpeg, dat), MP3, MP2, M4A, MP4;
WAV, AU;
WMA, WMV, ASF;
AVI;
AAC;
OGG;
APE;
VQF;
FLAC;

Supported output formats:

MP3, MP2;
WAV;
WMA;
AAC, M4A;
OGG;
APE;
FLAC;
VQF;

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: I have many files to convert. How can I import them simultaneous? It means I want to import many files by one time.

A: You'd better put all your files into one folder and open it with our software. Multi-selection is available by pressing "CTRL" key and highlight them at same time.

Q: Why cannot I import my FLAC files?

A: To import your FLAC files, please set "Files of type" from default setting (Supported Files) to "All files", then you can see your FLAC files in the folder and import them.

Q:How to create the m4a files?

A: To create the m4a files, please select "FAAC DLL Encoder" in the "Encoder" combo-box, then click the adjacent "Settings..." button and select "MPEG4 (*.m4a)" in the "Output AAC File Format" combo-box.

Q: I want to encode the music from an AVI file, but I get a noisy result. What should I do?

A: Different AVI files may contain different codecs, compressing methods, such as mjpeg codec, which would not provide a good quality. Our another product ImTOO MPEG Encoder can detect the codec of the file and convert it from one codec to another, such as to mpeg4, with better quality.

Q: My files are from iTunes. I can not open it with ImTOO Audio Encoder. I get an error message: "Can not open input file". What should I do?

A: The M4P files from iTunes are protected, you need to convert them to the M4A format with other software like iOpener, then our software can read them. Or you also can use the HYMN (http://hymn-project.org) to remove the encryption from the .m4p file.

Q: I have some WMA files purchased from Napster. But I get an error message "Protected files can not be decoded without license" and the conversion fails. Why?

A: WMA files from Napster are under the protection of license, which only permit playing the file on one PC. So you can not convert them to other formats.