INSTALLATION:

- Unzip into the directory where you keep mppenc.exe, mppdec.exe, replaygain.exe (and tag.exe)
- If you want to tag the encoded files, Tag.exe and Tag.cfg needs to be in the same directory as the frontend (or in the path). Get Tag.exe here: http://www.saunalahti.fi/~cse/
- Run MPC Batch Encoder.exe

Additional files you might need:

If you get an error when you try to run MPC Batch Encoder you need one (or more) of the following files, depending on the error message: 

- Visual Basic 6 Runtime files. Get it here: http://download.microsoft.com/download/vb60pro/Redist/sp5/WIN98Me/EN-US/vbrun60sp5.exe
- mscomctl.ocx. Get it here: http://home.wanadoo.nl/~w.speek/download/MSCOMCTL.ZIP
- tabctl32.ocx. Get it here: http://home.wanadoo.nl/~w.speek/download/tabctl32.zip


USAGE:

Encoding:

- Drag and drop wave files from Windows Explorer into the MPC Batch Encoder file list or press the "Add files" button and put files on the list with the "Open" dialog.
- Select preset switches or write your own command-line.
- Select an output directory. If you leave the output directory box empty the output file will be put in the same directory as the input file is in.
- Press "Go"
- Note that all that MPC Batch Encoder does is create and launch a batch file (mpcbatch.bat). This is done on the moment you press the "Go" button. So after that you can safely exit MPC Batch Encoder.

Tag configuration:

Tags are derived from the filename of the encoded file. Auto detection of filename schemes will work fine in most cases. If it doesn't work for you, you can enter your own filename scheme. Note that it should be the filename scheme of the encoded files! The scheme is constructed using the following parameters (these parameters can also be found in the tooltip of the textbox where they must be entered):
T = title
A = artist
L = album
Y = year
C = comment
N = track number
G = genre
X = disregard

Example:
The encoded files are named like this:
C:\Music\U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind\U2 - 01 - Beautiful Day.mpc
The scheme is: A - L\A - N - T

If some tag items cannot be found in the filename then enter it in the applicable field.

Decoding:

- Drag and drop MPC files from Windows Explorer into the MPC Batch Encoder window or add files with the "Open" dialog (press the "Add files" button).
- Select the Decoder tab.
- Select preset switches or write your own command-line.
- Select the kind of output you want. Normally this will be "wave file".
- Select an output directory. If you leave the output directory box empty the output file will be put in the same directory as the input file is in.
- Press "Go"
- Note 1: You should rename your decoder binary to mppdec.exe if it has another name.
- Note 2: If you are going to edit the file output.cfg, don't change the words "wave file". 

Presets:

- Save a command line by pushing the + button.
- Remove a command line from the presets by selecting it and pushing the - button.
- Alternatively you can edit the .cfg files with Notepad. If you are going to edit the file output.cfg, don't change the words "wave file". 

ReplayGain:

- Select the ReplayGain tab.
- Select a ReplayGain switch. If you set the value 0, the ReplayGain settings will be reset to the original values.
- Select a ReplayGain directory. Note that ReplayGain will NOT be run on the files on the list, but on all MPC files in the selected ReplayGain directory.
- Press "Go"

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What's new:
v2.2.6:
* Changed replaygain command-line when "include subdirectories" is selected.
v2.2.5:
* Added an option to use APE v1.0 tags (instead of APE v2.0 tags).
v2.2.4: 
* Option for custom filename scheme in the Tag configuration dialog. 
v2.2.3:
* Help command for encoder has changed to "--longhelp" (mppenc.exe v1.06 and newer)
* "Include subdirectories" checkbox with Replaygain
* APE v 2.0 tags (let me know if you need more fields)
* Tags are created from the filename with the "--autoscheme" option of Tag.exe. The filename scheme is auto-detected.
* In version 2.2 the feature was added that an output directory was created automatically if it didn't exist. However this gave an annoying message when the directory did exist, so I removed this feature. I hope to find a better way in a future version.

v2.2.2:
* When using ReplayGain the MPC Batch Encoder directory is added to the Path. No more need to put replaygain.exe in the Windows directory. Thanks to Jansemanden for this good idea.

v2.2.1:
* Added all other supported file formats (LPAC, APE/MAC, OptimFROG, Shorten) to the Open dialog. Yes, I forgot SZIP. Try it and you'll know why :-)

v2.2:
* Option to encode and tag in one step. Case's neat console tagger Tag.exe needs to be in the same directory as the frontend (or in the path). Download Tag.exe here: http://www.saunalahti.fi/~cse/Tag.zip
* The batch file that MPC Batch Encoder creates is translated to ASCII by another neat program made by Case: win2dos. Filenames that contain accented characters (umlaut, accent aigu, grave, circonflexe, etc.) can now also be processed. Cyrilic, Greek, Chinese and other none latin characters are still not recognized. Sorry...
* If the output directory does not exist it is created automatically.
* If you are upgrading from a previous version of MPC Batch Encoder you can delete the file output.cfg. It's not needed anymore.

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MPC website: http://www.uni-jena.de/~pfk/MPP/

Tag website: http://www.saunalahti.fi/~cse/

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Visit the MPC Batch Encoder homepage at: http://home.wanadoo.nl/~w.speek/batch_encoder.htm

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