Batch File Conversion feature lacking

[wf41]

I downloaded this software from Give Away Of The Day. It works well. I tried the software on a single disc chosen at random from an audio book and found about a 20% reduction in play time with no discernible loss in listening quality save for a more rapid delivery by the reader/voice actor.

On the whole, while the software is something I will probably find reason to use, as I listen to a lot, and I do mean a lot of audio books, it does not seem to be worth the asking price. If I could treat a whole book at once using a batch file feature which would treat subfolders, much like you do with MP3TAG, then I would probably consider $20 a fair price.

However, from what I can see, one would have to load and speed up each disc of a book separately. Since it is most useful for long, long books, and then not all of them, it would be a pain in the butt to have to do this operation for say 20 discs or folders.

Compare that MP3TAG, which is a fantastic (and free) piece of software which I use every single time I rip an audio book, is worth the monies I voluntarily sent to the program developer. But MP3TAG has the distinct advantage that it finds and loads every mp3 file for meta data editing from within all the subfolders in a directory or master folder. This is the feature that is lacking in Audio Speed Changer Pro.

Specifically, I rip audio books from CDs using a master folder > a subfolder for each disc > individual tracks. Some books can have as many as 99 tracks per disc. Most are under 30 tracks, however.

Can a batch file conversion feature which includes subfolders with individual tracks to be compressed be considered?

[Admin]

Hello wf41 and thanks for your feedback!

Do you mean preserving a folder hierarchy after converting, if an audio book or album was stored among several subdirectories? Or you mean adding/loading all files from certain directory, including its subdirectories, to the list, for processing in Audio Speed Changer Pro?

[wf41]

I mean adding/loading all files from certain directory, including its subdirectories, to the list, for processing in Audio Speed Changer Pro. If ASCP changes the files in place, that is ok as it is easy to just make a copy of an original file structure for shortening under a new or modified name before using ASCP. Or possibly you could include that feature as well by having ASCP create a new file folder with subfolders with the original name plus the initials ASCP to distinguish this from the original.

Thanks for asking for clarification.

[Admin]

You can add files from a certain directory, including all supported audio files from its subdirectories, by dragging and dropping that folder into the file list. Or you can achieve the same results by calling the context menu item "Process in Audio Speed Changer" in the Windows Explorer shell. Please look at the first screenshot, at: http://www.superutils.com/products/audi ... creenshots

The feature of copying the original folder structure is now sheduled for the next release of ASCP. The feature of placing result files in the same folder with some prefix or suffix in the name is quite possible, but probably in the 1.2 version.

[Admin]

wf41, as promised, we added the feature that you've requested. Please check out the new release of our speed listening software, Audio Speed Changer Pro.