Re: [Gwc-general] Encoding to MP3 problem, byte swapping occurs

[Alister H. <ali...@gm...>]

Hi John,

I've found the current version of gwc (I'm not sure about old ones) 
freezes if I try to "Encode Selection As..." mp3 or ogg, but "Simple 
encode selection as mp3" works fine.
FWIW I currently have lame 3.99.5

John Cirillo wrote, On 24/09/14 03:47:
> I just installed gwc on my work computer and when I go to encode to 
> mp3, I see a message in the command line that:
> Assuming raw pcm input file : Forcing byte-swapping
> As a result the mp3 is garbage, just a loud hiss.
> I remember that this started happening long ago at home, and has 
> persisted ever since then, persisting through complete reinstalls.  It 
> is not dependent on the version of gwc.
> I am currently at 0.21.18 at work because 0.21.19 freezes when I try 
> to save anything.
> At home I think I'm using 0.21.05.
> I seem to remember having reported this problem before, and  so far 
> the only solution has been to uninstall lame and force an install of 
> lame 3.97 which I kept from my old Squeeze install (or before).
> The newer lames work fine when encoding a .wav from command line but 
> from gwc this byte-swapping happens.
> Is there something I can do, maybe something I can set in gwc?
> I can't believe I'm the only one who has encountered this. Happens 
> consistently on three computers (work, home, and laptop).  I think it 
> started happening on or after Squeeze. I've gone through Wheezy and 
> now at Jessie with the same problem.  Installing lame 3.97 seems the 
> only solution.  I don't understand.
>
> Thanks,
> John Cirillo