User Manual

WAVELAB
13 – 304 Batch file encoding
Basic procedure
WaveLab can open and play both uncompressed and compressed files in a
number of different formats, including WAV, AIFF, MP3, WMA (Windows
Media Audio) and OSQ (Original Sound Quality), which is WaveLab’s pro-
prietary lossless audio format.
It’s also possible to convert WAV or AIFF files to another format. While
this can be done by opening a file and selecting “Save As” or “Save Spe-
cial/Encode” on the File menu, you can also convert several files in one go
(batch conversion). This is much like a simplified version of the Batch Pro-
cessor, for when only batch file conversion is needed (no processing).
Proceed as follows:
1. Select “Batch file encoding…” from the Tools menu.
The “Encode audio files” dialog opens.
2. Click on the green “plus” symbol.
A file selector opens, where you can select the desired audio files (WAV or AIFF). Files
must have the same sample rate and number of channels (e.g. stereo/mono).
Click here to add files.
3. In the file type pop-up select one of the available formats (WAV or AIFF)
and then – in the file list – select the desired files. If necessary, use the
[Ctrl] and/or [Shift] keys to select several files. Confirm your selection by
clicking “Open”.
This brings you back to the “Encode audio files” dialog.
Note that it is possible to simultaneously batch encode audio files of differ-
ent formats, given that all the files have the same sample rate and number
of channels.
4. Select the destination folder for the converted files from the correspond-
ing pop-up menu.