Sonnox Fraunhofer Codec Toolbox - Manual (Page 2)

Contents
1 Introduction.................................................................................................................................................. 1
2 Supported Codecs and Formats................................................................................................................ 2
3 Summary of Codec Features and Applications.........................................................................................3
4 Terminology................................................................................................................................................. 4
5 Codec Details............................................................................................................................................... 5
6 The Codec Toolbox Plug-In......................................................................................................................... 6
6.1.1 NMR Meter.................................................................................................................................... 8
6.1.2 Bit-stream OVERS Meter............................................................................................................... 9
6.1.3 Channel Configuration................................................................................................................. 10
6.1.4 Dither........................................................................................................................................... 10
6.1.5 Data Compression....................................................................................................................... 10
6.1.6 Internal Buffer Sizes..................................................................................................................... 11
6.2 Creating your Final Mix..................................................................................................................... 11
7 The Codec Toolbox Manager.................................................................................................................... 13
7.1 Folder Browser.................................................................................................................................. 14
7.1.1 Setting up a Root Folder.............................................................................................................. 14
7.1.2 Finding Audio Files on your System.............................................................................................15
7.1.3 Supported File Types................................................................................................................... 16
7.2 File List............................................................................................................................................... 16
7.2.1 Selecting Multiple Files – Batch Processing................................................................................17
7.3 Encode-Decode Section.................................................................................................................... 18
7.3.1 Encoding...................................................................................................................................... 19
7.3.2 Dither........................................................................................................................................... 19
7.3.3 Decoding...................................................................................................................................... 20
7.4 Auditioning Audio Files in the Manager...........................................................................................20
7.5 The Metadata Editor.......................................................................................................................... 21
7.5.1 Overview...................................................................................................................................... 21
7.5.2 Supported Tag Formats............................................................................................................... 23
7.5.3 Supported Tags............................................................................................................................ 24
7.5.4 Editing Text Tags.......................................................................................................................... 25
7.5.5 Adding Cover Art.......................................................................................................................... 25
7.5.6 Importing Tags from Another File.................................................................................................26
7.5.7 Saving and Loading Metadata Presets........................................................................................27
7.5.8 The Metadata Lock Mechanism...................................................................................................29
8 Keyboard Shortcuts................................................................................................................................... 30
9 Workflow Example..................................................................................................................................... 31
10 Specifications.......................................................................................................................................... 32
10.1 Metadata Text Encoding.................................................................................................................. 32
10.2 Sample Rate and Bit Depth............................................................................................................. 33
10.3 Codec Sample Rate vs. Bit Rate..................................................................................................... 33
10.3.1 Sample Rate: 32 kHz................................................................................................................. 33
10.3.2 Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz.............................................................................................................. 35
10.3.3 Sample Rate: 48 kHz................................................................................................................. 38
11 Copyright and Acknowledgements........................................................................................................ 41
12 Commercial use of mp3 content............................................................................................................ 42
13 Supported Platforms............................................................................................................................... 43
14 System Requirements............................................................................................................................. 43