WAV to AC3 Encoder 5.3 (Using Aften A/52 Audio Encoder)

==ABOUT==

WAV to AC3 Encoder is an audio encoder which generates compressed 
audio streams based on ATSC A/52 specification. This type of audio 
is also known as AC-3 or Dolby® Digital and is one of the audio codecs 
used in DVD-Video content. The program is a simple GUI for Aften A/52 
audio encoder  created by Justin Ruggles. WAV to AC3 Encoder 
project was started on 27th January 2007 by Wiesław Šoltés and is still
maintained and actively developed.

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===Main Program Features===

  * High-quality output audio files.
  * Vary fast encoding.
  * Multi-threaded encoding.
  * Milti-channel file input.
  * Multiple-mono file input.
  * Advanved MUX wizard.
  * Optimized for modern CPUs.
  * Small program size.
  * Load and save program settings.
  * Load and save encoder presets.
  * Avisynth scripting support (32 bit & 64 bit).
  * Full UNICODE support.
  * Very simple to use.
  * Options for advanced users.
  * Sources available under GNU GPLv2 license.
  * Support for multi-language user interface.
  * Portable and installer packages available.

==CONFIGURATION==

All confguration files are in plain text format. Each configuration file 
has different structure. Edit the files and check the sources to find 
out more about how this files are created. Each configuration file is 
automaticaly loaded/saved by program every time the program is started/closed.

Program configuration is stored in EncWAVtoAC3.config file.

Presets for encoder are stored in EncWAVtoAC3.presets file.

Paths to libaften.dll engines are stored in EncWAVtoAC3.engines file.

User interface trasnlation files are located in Lang sub-directory.

Translation files must be saved with Unicode charset and BOM header.

==AviSynth==

To run 64-bit version you need to install avisynth64:
  * http://code.google.com/p/avisynth64/

Additional help and informations is available here: 
  * http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=152800

Running avisynth requires properly setup  Input Options (e.g. override wave header settings).

You can double-click in the file list on avisynth script to get e.g. number of audio channels.

==Troubleshooting==

Please first check the *.log file in program directory for more information.

To report issues please use: 
  * https://code.google.com/p/wavtoac3encoder/issues/list

For more informations and help please visit:
  * http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=113074

==SOURCES==

Source code is available in Subversion repository.

svn checkout http://wavtoac3encoder.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ wavtoac3encoder-read-only

==BUILD==

  * Download latest Aften sources and binaries from http://code.google.com/p/wavtoac3encoder/

  * Extract them in aften sub-directory in project source tree.

  * Use Miscroft Visual Studio 2010 to build Release binaries.

  * Distribute Release binaries with libaften.dll.

  * You can also build installer using Inno Setup.

==LICENSE==

WAV to AC3 Encoder
Copyright (C) 2007-2014 Wiesław Šoltés <wieslaw.soltes@gmail.com>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

==COPYRIGHTS==

WAV to AC3 Encoder, Copyright (C) 2007-2014 Wiesław Šoltés

Aften, Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Justin Ruggles <justinruggles@bellsouth.net>
                     2006-2007 Prakash Punnoor <prakash@punnoor.de>

==WEBSITES==

===WAV to AC3 Encoder===

  * http://code.google.com/p/wavtoac3encoder/

===Aften===

  * http://aften.sourceforge.net/
  * http://sourceforge.net/projects/aften/

==DOWNLOAD MIRRORS==

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$Id: ReadMe.txt 159 2014-01-07 14:03:55Z wieslaw.soltes@gmail.com $