[WT-support] Followup - Fraunhofer Codec in Windows 8.1

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

Very good, thanks Scott.

I am now being prompted to upgrade to Windows 10.

I would love to know if Win-Test, the Chortkeh fix, and the Fraunhofer
CODEC continue to work OK on Windows 10.

Who will be the first to give it a try and post the results here? :-)

73,
Bob, N6TV
On Jun 2, 2015 12:15 PM, "K0DQ" <k0dq at analog.org> wrote:

> In April, I asked the if anyone was using the Fraunhofer CODEC with
> Windows 8.1 but received no response.  Given the recent discussion re
> recording and CQWW rules on other reflectors, I thought the following
> results might be of general interest.
>
>
>
> Using N6TV’s guidance, I have now installed the Fraunhofer CODEC on both
> Win 7 (32 and 64 bit) and Win 8.1 (64 bit) computers using the Chortkeh fix
> command file (below).   It takes less than a minute if you don’t do the
> registry backup.
>
>
>
> Results:
>
> 1.        It installed easily and works great in the WT recording mode.
>
> 2.       Unlike the LAME CODEC, Fraunhofer seems to be much more stable.
> I can unplug and reinsert the audio feed to the computer input without
> causing the Win-Test crash which occurred when using LAME.
>
>
>
> 73,
>
>
>
> Scott, K0DQ
>
>
>
> N6TV instructions for installing Chortkeh (NOTE:  I did not back up the
> registry.  Tried it on a ‘guinea pig’ laptop first and no problem.  You may
> want to do this if you’re nervous.)
>
>    1. Back up the registry (Microsoft's instructions for backup and
>    restore are here:  https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/322756)
>    2. Download the Chortkeh fix command file
>    <http://www.komeil.com/download/264> and "Run as Administrator" (click
>    the small blue link to download it, *ignore the big green button*)
>    3. Right click on .cmd file and "Run as Administrator" to update the
>    registry
>    4. Reboot Windows
>    5. Start Win-Test
>    6. See if Fraunhofer is listed.  If not, restore the registry and
>    reboot
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Scott K0DQ [mailto:k0dq at analog.org <k0dq at analog.org>]
> *Sent:* Monday, April 13, 2015 9:27 PM
> *To:* support at f5mzn.org
> *Cc:* 'Bob Wilson, N6TV'
> *Subject:* Codecs in Windows 8.1
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> Recent discussions here re QSO audio extraction prompt the following
>
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>
> QUESTION(s):
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> Is anyone successfully using the Fraunhofer CODEC with Windows 8.1?  If
> so, how stable is it (see below) and how did you install it?
>
>
>
> BACKGROUND.
>
>
>
> Several years ago I spent a lot of time messing around and finally
> installing (with N6TV help) CODECS.
>
>
>
> Bottom line:  Fraunhofer seemed to work best with WinXP and VISTA but I
> could only get LAME working on Windows 7 (desktop & 2 x laptops) and 8 (2 x
> laptops).
>
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>
> I now use LAME exclusively on 5 computers with Win 7 & 8.  Win-Test itself
> works extremely well in both (gone are the days of long waits for ComPorts
> to reset and drivers to initialize).
>
>
>
> The problems are in recording audio:
>
> 1.       It’s somewhat unstable in that if I accidentally unplug the
> audio source while recording, Win-Test crashes and has to be restarted
>
> 2.       Although the whole contest will be recorded as an MP3 file, the
> synchronization with the log almost inevitably stops somewhere after 3000
> to 4000 QSOs for unknown reasons.
>
>
>
> I’m using Win-Test 4.16.0 with
>
> -          LAME MP3 Codec v0.9.2 – 3.99.5 on the Win 8 machines and
>
> -          LAME MP3 Codec v0.9.2 – 3.98.4 on the Win 7 machines.
>
>
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> Win-Test settings are: Sample rate 44100 Hz, 128 kBit/s
>
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> On the computer, the recording devices are set for 2 channel, 16 bit,
> 44,100 Hz (DVD Quality).
>
>
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> I’m willing to mess around installing Fraunhofer if someone can tell me
> they have it working in Win 8 and it’s “stable” as above.
>
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> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Scott, K0DQ
>
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