Advanced WMA Workshop 2.3 - User Guide and FAQ

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. Q: I added files to Batch Queue, changed Output folder options, but when batch process finished, I found all my files in a source folder or in some other place. Why did it happen?
   A: You have to set Output Folder option before you add files into Batch Queue. Actually, you should do all set ups before adding files into Batch Queue.
   
   
2. I want to convert huge amount of files at once using Batch Queue, but I would prefer to keep a folder structure. How can I do it in Advanced WMA Workshop?
   A: If you want to keep a folder structure during conversion process, you should use Output filename template option. It can be found in [Menu | Options | General] dialog. In the appropriate edit control you may enter items like {SOURCE_FILE}, {FOLDER_LEV1}, {FOLDER_LEV2} and etc. till {FOLDER_LEV10}. Then {SOURCE_FILE} will be replaced by the filename of original file (without path), {FOLDER_LEV1} by the subfolder of original file, {FOLDER_LEV2} by the subfolder's name of the second level and etc. till {FOLDER_LEV10}. For example, you have WMA audio file with filename like: C:\My Music\Pop\Elvis Presley\02-Fever.wma You want to convert this file into MP3 and place it on disk D into folder MP3. You also want to preserve the rest part of path. In other words, the filename of output MP3 file will be like this: D:\MP3\Pop\Elvis Presley\02-Fever.mp3 To achieve the goal in this example, you have to: determine Output folder as "D:\MP3" specify Output filename template as {FOLDER_LEV2}\{FOLDER_LEV1}\{SOURCE_FILE} Then {SOURCE_FILE} is replaced by the filename of the original file (for our example, by "02-Fever"), {FOLDER_LEV1} by the subfolder of the original file (for our example, by "Elvis Presley") and {FOLDER_LEV2} by the subfolder's name of the second level (by "Pop").
   
   
3. Q: I want to sort out converted files into specified folders automatically using tag information. What should I do?
   A: You are to use Output filename template option. It can be found in [Menu | Options | General] dialog. In the appropriate edit control you may enter items like {TITLE}, {ARTIST}, {ALBUM}, {YEAR}, {GENRE} and {TRACK}. These items determine the rule of forming output filename. Using a specified rule {TITLE} will be replaced by the title of song, {ARTIST} by the artist, {ALBUM} by the album's name, {YEAR} by the year of an album, {GENRE} by the genre of an album, {TRACK} by the track's number. All this information will be extracted from tag of appropriate file. For example, you may specify template like this: {ARTIST}\{ALBUM}\{TRACK} - {TITLE} As a result, after conversion process finishes, you will get file with the path and name like: C:\ ...\Elvis Presley\Elvis Is Back!\02-It's Now Or Never.mp3 Information about the artist, album, title and track number was extracted from tag info. If the appropriate field of tag is empty, in filename it will be replaced by "Unknown Artist", "Unknown Album", etc.
   
   
4. Q: Is it true, that when I convert files of my mp3 collection to WMA format with high bit rate they will sound better?
   A: It's not true. Generally, all conversions to lossy format decrease sound quality in comparison with source audio file. These are two main reasons to make lossy-to-lossy conversion: 1) To make your audio files compatible with your player device, like a CD-player with mp3 disc support, mobile digital audio player etc. 2) To save your hard drive space, e.g. if you have big high-bitrate mp3 file collection you can convert your files to WMA files with lower bitrate. Sound quality loss won't be audible with proper settings and you will save a lot of hard drive space. Actually, increasing sample rate in most cases only increases size of resulting file, but its quality is not affected.
   
   
5. Q: What does lossless format mean and what's the difference between lossless and lossy formats?
   : When you use lossless formats like WMA Lossless, Monkey's Audio (APE) or FLAC, there's no quality loss during conversion. If you compress WAV file with lossless codec and then decompress it, you will get WAV file completely identical to primary one. And if you compress WAV file with lossy codec (WMA, MP3, OGG etc.), compression rate will be greater, but audio content after compression will differ from original. The greater compression rate you choose the worse compressed audio sounds. But this loss of quality is almost not audible when you use high conversion bitrates with lossy codecs.