Music Media Helper (Tools for Multichannel Audio & Music Videos)

[himey]

EAC3 (DD+) has the Atmos metadata encoded in it.

You mentioned the issue is with decoding. Do you mean encoding and not decoding? I decode to WAV, not EAC3.

 

[Arth Attack]

You mentioned the issue is with decoding. Do you mean encoding and not decoding? I decode to WAV, not EAC3.

I also decode to wav.

 

[himey]

I also decode to wav.

Thankfully I don't have that issue. Good luck.

 

[HomerJAU]

MMH 9 Beta 3 now uploaded:

Version 9.0.0 beta 3 (February 2 2025) - Changelog from current MMH 8 release:
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New:
MMH updated to .NET 9 Desktop runtime including 3rd Party .NET libraries (faster processing)
Media File Manager tool: Added support new Reporting option that includes cover art for Music, Music Videos/Concerts, Movies, TV series and - new
Media File Manager tool: Now reads additional metadata from Kodi nfo files for Movies & TV Series (adds: Genre, Plot, Cast, Director, IMDB Rating etc)
Channel Volume tool: Added support for viewing & editing wavpack (.wv) file channel volumes (up to 16 channels supported)
Chapter Editor tool: Now tags MKA files with MusicBrainz & other tags compatible with Kodi's recent releases supporting for MKA music tags (no need for a CUE file)
Chapter Editor tool: Now supports viewing and editing MKA & MKV music tags
Batch Audio tools: Getting/Creating DR readings - Added support for wavpack (.wv) files
Remix Channel layout tool: Added new option to Remix Multichannel to Stereo (experimental - Remixes 7.1, 5.1, 5.0 and Quad to stereo (resampling option included)
Atmos Helper Encoder: New Encoder Queue implemented, allowing users to define new Encode Options and add to existing queued encodes
Atmos Helper Decoder: Added new option to Decoder: 'Auto add Decoded WAV files to the Encoder dialog' - allows for automatic Decode then Re-encode
Atmos Helper Decoder: Added a progress bar for file decode progress, replacing the window showing progress in previous versions
Tagging from Musicbrainz: Added new 'Format' dropdown to filter releases by 'Blu-ray', 'DVD', 'SACD' or 'DualDisc'. The 'All' applies no filter (link MMH 8 & earlier)
MMH Tag Editor control: Now dynamically updates any manual data entry for each tag directly to the selected file row(s) in real time. Instant updates.
MMH Tag Editor control: Added support for Musicbrainz tag editing/viewing. (previously MB tags were only visible in the grid (those columns hidden by default)
New MMH Auto Update features:
- Added new 'Opt in to Beta Release notifications' option in Application Preferences - users will get in app notifications of new Beta releases
- Added new light weight update system to quickly download only changed files and auto-unzip into user's MMH Program Files folder (no full MSI installer)

Changes:
MMH 9 settings are no longer stored in Windows Isolated Storage. Now in user's '..\AppData\Roaming\Music Media Helper' folder
MMH 9 copies MMH8 settings on first run (keeps user's MMH 8 settings)
Added support for getting year from file and folder names with square brackets '[1970]' - previously only '(xxxx)' was supported
Media File Manager tool: Now attempts to get music data from untagged files (based on file and folder naming)
When MMH creates a Dynamic Range file it no longer changes the album folder's Last Modified timestamp
Batch Audio tools: When running option 'Check Cover Art...' a new sub-option added to extract embedded art to 'folder.jpg' if art file does not exist
Chapter Editor tool: Dialog layout changed for clarification on command functionality. Add new 'Edit/View Tags' command
Chapter Editor tool: Now tags files on 'Save' if user has used 'Get Tracks from Musicbrainz' option (previously tags only saved if 'Save CUE' was used
Extract Audio from MKV tool: When user loads a file from 'Open MKV/MKA/M4A' button before the conversion starts a new dialog pops to Confirm output type
Tagging from Musicbrainz: If an album has tracks with different multiple artists, MMH no longer prefixes the track title with Artist name (only the track's artist is updated)
Tagging from tools with grid view: Reduce space to display many tags; Track & TrackCount now displayed as combined in single 'Track' column (e.g. 1/10, 2/10 etc). Same for Disc fields
Atmos Helper Encoder: Added support for 'Optimised Bit Rate' encoder option for TrueHD Atmos encodes (new toggle switch added to Encoder dialog)
Atmos Helper Encoder: Now deletes all temporary files after Encode

MMH Application Preferences: Added new file naming separator option of space ' ' between track number and song name (example use gives: '01 Track Name.flac' formatted file names)
Channel Volume tool: Peaks > 0 are now highlighted. Double-clicking on a Channel gain value resets to 0.0, Double-clicking on file's 'Gain (db) label resets all channel gain to 0.0
Multiple tools: MMH file conversions: When copying existing source file tags, additional tags are now supported: All Musicbrainz tags & tagged album covers

Updated 3rd party UI controls to latest 24.2.3
Updated MKVToolnix to 89.0
Updated PDF docs

Fixes:
Chapter Editor tool: Failed to load Matroska chapters if a chapter has more than 3 tags - fixed
Chapter Editor tool: Now always saves chapter end times - fixed (better compatibility with some apps)
Channel Layout Remix tool: User Defined Channel mappings fails to create correct ffmpeg filter string if user's Locale has comma as decimal point - fixed
Removed last few stray NET 4.8 Framework Controls, replaced by DevExpress UI (.NET 9)

NOTE: MMH 9 uses the .NET 9 Desktop Runtime (x64). Please download and install this first:
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/...u/runtime-desktop-9.0.1-windows-x64-installer

MMH 9 beta 3 installer:
https://reva.blob.core.windows.net/mmh9/beta/MMHInstaller.msi

Please provide feedback on an problems and with suggestions. I would have liked another few days on this release but its time for users to give it a go and do some beta testing

MMH 9 official release is still a couple weeks away at the earliest, so plenty of time to have you say and report any issues.

 

[M-K]

I did the update (thank you) and it shows update available...

 

[HomerJAU]

Thanks Mike, I’ll fix first thing tomorrow.

 

[niunduro]

@HomerJAU can you add the program to convert wav audio to adm/bwf?thanks

 

[HomerJAU]

@HomerJAU can you add the program to convert wav audio to adm/bwf?thanks

It can’t be done. ADM BWF for Atmos contains metadata that can’t be created without Atmos authoring software. Way beyond what MMH is offering.

 

[whoareyou]

Is Tag and Rename Media Files supposed to accept .wv files ( It accepts .wavpack )? Thanks

 

[HomerJAU]

Is Tag and Rename Media Files supposed to accept .wv files ( It accepts .wavpack )? Thanks

It should support .wv files. Does it not? I can fix if it doesn’t.

 

[whoareyou]

It should support .wv files. Does it not? I can fix if it doesn’t.

Does not support either via drag n drop or selection.

 

[HomerJAU]

Thanks.

I’ll fix today along with incorrect update available message and re-upload.

 

[HomerJAU]

Does not support either via drag n drop or selection.

I did the update (thank you) and it shows update available...

Both these issues fixed in a new Beta 3 installer just uploaded (same link as yesterday's post above)

 

[cdheer]

@HomerJAU a minor issue: when I change the skin and interface, it doesn't actually change. Looking at the settings file (the new location) I see this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<frmLauncherWindowState>0</frmLauncherWindowState>
<frmLauncher>703,2426,677,804</frmLauncher>
<LookAndFeelSkinStyle>Office 2019 White</LookAndFeelSkinStyle>
<FolderDialogStyleCompact>False</FolderDialogStyleCompact>
<SaveLevelsToDRFile>False</SaveLevelsToDRFile>
<UseArtistInFileName>True</UseArtistInFileName>
<FileNameTrackSeparator> -</FileNameTrackSeparator>
<ChannelVolAutoSaveDRfile>True</ChannelVolAutoSaveDRfile>
<CellUpdateFromTagEditorMode>EditValueChanged</CellUpdateFromTagEditorMode>
<OptInToBetaReleseNotifications>True</OptInToBetaReleseNotifications>
</configuration>
But:

 

[HomerJAU]

a minor issue: when I change the skin and interface, it doesn't actually change. Looking at the settings file (the new location) I see this:

Thanks, I'll take a look now

 

[HomerJAU]

@cdheer I decided to remove the old skins so both 'Office 2019 Black' and 'Office 2019 White' are no longer supported in MMH 9.

If you want a light skin you'll need to use one of these:
WXI Clearness
WXI Sharpness
WXI Office White
WXI Office Colorful

Your reported issue is this:
I forgot to remove the old 'Office 2019' names from the dropdown list in MMH 9
If MMH doesn't recognise the skin name being used, it defaults to 'WXI Darkness'

The next release will no longer have 'Office 2019' names in the dropdown

WXI Sharpness is a hybrid 'Dark + Light' skin that's worth a try IMO

 

[HomerJAU]

Another update to MMH 9 Beta 3 just now:

Change since this mornings update:
Atmos Helper Encoder: Now supports encoding ADM BWF files (previously MMH Atmos Encoder would have ignored the ADM BWF metadata) - fixed

NOTE: I didn't think anyone would use MMH with ADM BWFs but I did see a post over on Audio Science forum where someone found MMH was ignoring AD BWF metadata - actually MMH creates its own presuming users are doing channel based encoding so the channels are in fixed positions. Those of you that saw the original post on MMH Atmos Encoder would know it was created to allow enthusiasts to do Atmos mixes with > 8 channels from wav without needing Atmos object Authoring. The Dolby Encoder won't do Atmos encoding of wavs > 8 channels. Anyway, now MMH supports ADM BWFs

 

[marpow]

Good morning, my current version is Beta 1, when I Check For Updates-You are using the current version.
Do I need to go to Beta 3?

 

[HomerJAU]

If you are using MMH 9 Beta 1 or Beta 2, then Yes. Download from the direct link I gave.

MMH 9 has a new updater that’s not full operational so use the direct link to the installer download and run that please. The new updater will have smaller file sizes.

 

[marpow]

Done and OK.
Reinstalled .net and MMH 9 Beta 3 per your instructions post #2644.
One note: every time I open it says update available, but I check for updates and goes away, probably just a bug fix.