3delite's MP4 Stream Editor

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Main window

Tool bar icons from left to right:
Load stream: Open a file for editing in sample display. Same as selecting a stream on the stream list and clicking 'Sample' above the stream list.
Show/hide: Stream list, Encode list, Multi tag list, Cut list, Repair list, Audio CD ripper, Direct stream recording, Log and Settings.
To the right is the status panel, which displays information about the current process and it's progress. The upper progress bar shows batch progress, the lower progress bar displays the current task's progress. On the right you can cancel batch or task.
For more information about events check the Log.

File browser: (left)

Here you can add audio files and playlists to the currently displayed list (stream list, encode list, multi tag list or repair list).

Folder icon with magnifier: switch to folder browsing mode. Selecting a folder will list it's contents in the stream list.
Next to it is the drive/location selector. You can change the drive to browse.
Green arrow up: go up on folder (back).
CD icon: when selected and adding a single file to the list if it contains a cover art or has subsongs an 'album info' window is shown where you can select a single subsong or you can choose to add the whole album to the stream list.
With the combobox next to it selects which file formats to browse. When loading a folder (select a folder and click the + button) only file formats selected here are added to the lists.
With the green '+' the selected files and folders can be added to the list. If no file is selected the whole folder will be added. If a folder is selected, the content of the folder will be added. When the destination is the stream list and if the file is a play list file, it will be loaded, and the play list's entries will be added to the stream list.

Stream list: (center)

Magnifier icon: show/hide the file browser.
Up/down arrows: move selected stream(s) up and down on the list.
List mode icons: selects between animated, thumbnail view or list view mode. List view mode allows sorting the stream list items by clicking on a column header. So you can switch to list view mode sort the list and switch back to thumbnail list mode. With menu: Stream list/Select columns to display... you can customize the list view mode to display particular columns.
Full-screen currently playing song info display: Turn on the display, a dialog will pop-up to select a display. The appearance of this display can be greatly customized in it's editor, menu: Window/Full-Screen Song Information Settings...
Look-up on internet button: search for selected song's details on internet that is selected on the stream list. Click the 'down arrow' for more options.
Quick search: quick search 'favourite folders' (can be specified in settings) by artist, album and title. If any of that 3 contain the string the file is added to the stream list. For more detailed search use the menu: Stream list/Advanced search....
Sample button: open the selected stream for editing (display it's sample view).
Tag details button: pop-up detailed tag editor for selected stream(s). Note that you can select multiple files and edit their tags at once, but only select streams that have the same tagging format. When editing multiple file's tags you can use the lock icon in the detailed tag editor window to lock all fields and then use the lock icon beside a particular field to unlock that field and only this field will ba changed when editing multiple files. The 'Tag details' button will automatically choose a tagging format, to edit a particular tag format right click on the stream and select menu: 'Detailed tag editor' and select a desired tagging format.
Close button: close the selected stream's sample window if opened.
Quick clear: the stream list's first column header 'x' can be used to quickly clear the list.
Right mouse clicking on the stream list pops-up the stream list pop-up menu.

Plugins: (center-right)

The plugins work in 2 mode: for the selected stream or if no stream is selected then in global mode. Basically global mode means that the plugin is applied to the output. In per stream mode the plugin list header shows 'Plugins Stream' or in global mode 'Plugins Global'. The plugins' order can be changed only in global mode, and thay are applied as top first (for DSP plugins: first the top DSP is applied then the next DSP plugin on the list is applied).
To apply a plugin checkmark it, to display the plugins' configuration window double-click a plugin on the list.
Additional WinAmp and VST plugins can be added to this list by copying the plugin files to eg. 'C:\Program Files\MP4 Stream Editor\Plugins\WinAmp Plugins\', 'C:\Program Files\MP4 Stream Editor\Plugins\VST\' or Sonique visualisation plugins to 'C:\Program Files\MP4 Stream Editor\Plugins\Sonique Plugins\'. You can find many such plugins on the internet.
Recording channels can have DSPs or visualisation assigned as well. The recorded stream will have the DSPs applied. To add a recording channel to the stream list, initialize the recording in the direct stream recording window and click 'Add' in the lower-right corner of the direct stream recording window. The recording channel will appear in the stream list which you can control via the mixer controls.
A simpler solution is to use the 'record' button in the mixer to record the output.

Mixer: (right)

Control the playlist playing of the stream list or a selected stream channel.

A stream channel can be acquired by clicking on the 'Acquire' button.
Acquired stream(s) can be played, or click 'Release' to free a stream channel (release handle to the file).
Clicking the green sphere icon selects the currently playing stream and scrolls the stream list item to view.
Follow: the stream list selection will follow the currently playing stream.
Loop: loop the playlist - after the last item the playback starts from the beginning (first item).
Shuffle: randomly play the stream list forever.
Shutdown: after finished playing the last item perform a shutdown. Shutdown mode can be specified in settings (close program, shutdown computer, etc.).
Below 'Acquire/Release' is the playback speed track bar to control the playback speed.
Again below is the cross-fade slider to specify how long to cross-fade between streams when playing them.
Moving the track bar to 0 (completely to the left) means gapless playback, the audio filea are played continuously one after the other without any added silence between them.
The longest track bar displays stream's current playback position and can be used to seek backward/forward.
Below is the playback position time display - click on it to toggle elapsed/remaining time.

Using MP4 tag templates

Tag templates can be used to apply a collection of tags that are needed multiple times to the MP4 files. For example if regularly publishing MP4 video files, it's possible to create a tag tamplate with an URL, a copyright and an e-mail address, etc. and apply these tags every time when publishing a new video (or multiple videos).
To create a new tag template use the menu item "Template/Create New MP4 Tag Template..." or open an existing MP4 file in the detailed tag editor and use the "Export..." button at the top-left corner of the window and export the tags to a new file. To edit this file use the menu item "Template/Edit An Existing MP4 Tag Template...". Note that these tamplate files are actually MP4 files with just the tags (no audio/video), so they can be managed just like ordinary MP4 files.
When a template is ready add the MP4 files that are to be tagged to the stream list, use the menu item "Stream List/Select All" then the menu item "Apply MP4 Tag Template To All Selected MP4 Files...". A dialog will pop-up to specify the template file and the merge mode to be used to batch tag these files.

Stream list pop-up menu items:

Add...: Browse and add audio files to the stream list with a file dialog.
Chat...: Pop-up chat window if connected to an MP4 Stream Editor cast server.
Download Currently Playing Song...: Download currently playing song from the server, if connected to an MP4 Stream Editor cast server and downloads are enabled for this login.
Downloads...: Pop-up downloads window if connected to an MP4 Stream Editor cast server.
Album Info...: Display the stream's album cover art and some basic meta data information. When an album stream's info is viewed the subsongs are also listed.
Detailed Media Info...: Show detailed media information for file selected on the stream list.
Remove Subsongs: If stream is an album stream (one audio file with subsong information) this command will remove all subsong items from the stream list.
Find Root Stream: If item is a subsong this command will highlight (select) the root stream.
Stream Subsong (Stream Copy)...: Only available for MPEG (MP3, MP2), Ogg Vorbis, Opus and DSD audio files, decodelessly copies the selected subsong to a new file.
Remove Album: Remove an album stream with all it's subsongs from the stream list.
Set Rating: Set rating of the selected audio file. Also works with subsongs (not .CUE sheet subsongs).
Remove: Remove an item from the stream list.
Delete File or Subsong...: Permanently delete a file from the computer or delete a subsong from an album stream. Use with care!
Sample Display...: Open the audio file for editing. Same as clicking on 'Sample' button.
Detailed Tag Editor...: Note that you can select multiple files and edit their tags at once, but only select streams that have the same tagging format. When editing multiple file's tags you can use the lock icon in the detailed tag editor window to lock all fields and then use the lock icon beside a particular field to unlock that field and only this field will ba changed when editing multiple files. The automatic function will automatically choose a tagging format, to edit a particular tag format choose the desired sub-menu item.
Open in External...: Open the selected audio stream in the specified external application which can be specified in settings.
Context Menu For File...: Pop-up the Windows context menu for the selected file.
Add to Encode List: Add selected stream(s) to the encode list.
Add to Cut List: Add selected stream(s) to the cut list.
Add to Mluti Tag List: Add selected stream(s) to the multi tag list.
Add to Repair List: Add selected stream(s) to the repair list.
Add To DSD DFF to DSF Convert List: Add selected DSD file(s) to the convert DFF to DSF list.
ID3v2 Options: Some useful tools and commands for manipulating ID3v2 tag data.
Remove Tags: Remove specific tags completely from the selected files.
Change MPEG frame Header Bits...: Change the copyrighted/original, etc. flags in MPEG (MP3, MP2) files.
Find Stream...: Search the stream list for a specified string.
Selection Filter...: Select streams matching some basic criteria on the stream list.
Invert Selection: Items selected will be deselected and deselected items will become selected.
Deselect All: No items will be selected.
Randomize List: Randomly re-order the stream list.
Plugins: Show/hide the plugin list.
Clear List: Clears the stream list completely (releases all resources associated with streams). Same as clicking on X in the stream list's upper left corner (below the magnifier icon).

Main window menu items

File:

Open: Same as Load stream: Open a file for editing. Same as clicking 'Sample' for a stream in the stream list.
Open URL...: Add a streaming (MP3, OGG, WMA, etc.) audio from internet to the stream list. Note that you can listen to one and save another at the same time. Just use the stream control 'Play' button in the mixer to start recording and mute it.
Exit: Close MP4 Stream Editor. Stream list will be saved automatically and plugin order and assigned global plugins too. Play list playback will resume when starting the application again.

Stream list:

Load Playlist...: Load play list (eg. Winamp play list) PLS, M3U, B4S formats.
Save Playlist...: Save play list (eg. Winamp play list) PLS, M3U, B4S formats. Subsong entries probably won't be yet recognised by other applications.
Open Last Playlist: Load the last auto-saved playlist (eg. play list which was saved when you last exited the application).
Find Stream...: Search the stream list for a specified string.
Populate List...: Add streams to the stream list by combination of artist, style, and playcount (eg.: Top100 Pop etc.) look-up from 'favourite folders'.
Update Missing Entries: Stream list items which have a red 'X' icon on the left are missing (the play list item file doesn't exist). You can search for them in 'favourtie folders' and update the stream list.
Clean Up: The inverse of above. Items which file's do not exists (which have a red 'X' icon on the left) are removed from the stream list.
Double Clicking On Stream List Item: Select what to do when you double click on an item in the stream list.
Advanced Search...: Pop-up the detailed audio file search.
Select Columns To Display...: Specify which columns to display in list view stream list mode.
Print CD Cover...: Pop-up the CD cover printer window.
Selection Filter...: Select streams matching some basic criteria in the stream list.
Invert Selection: Items selected will be deselected and deselected items will become selected.
Deselect All: No items will be selected.
Shutdown After Last Playlist Entry: Same as checkmarking 'Shutdown' in mixer. After finished playing the last item perform a shutdown. Shutdown mode can be specified in settings (close program, shutdown computer, etc.).
Clear: Clears the stream list completely (releases all resources associated with streams). Same as clicking on X in the stream list's upper left corner (below the magnifier icon).

Recent:

List of audio files recently opened/added to the stream list.
List of play list files recently opened.

NetRadio:

Channel Browser...: Browse internet radio stations.

Tools:

Set MP3 Header Frame...: Validate and set LAME Xing, Info or VBRI MPEG header frame count and stream size if exists (a file dialog will pop-up to select a file). Truncated file can have incorrect values that can be fixed this way.
Set ID3v2 TLEN in...: Validate and set ID3v2 TLEN (a file dialog will pop-up to select a file). Use only with file formats that support ID3v2 tags, like MP3, MP2, WAV and DSD files.
Remove ID3v2 Tag: Completely remove the ID3v2 tag from file selected on the stream list.
Detailed Tag Editor...: Note that you can select multiple files and edit their tags at once, but only select streams that have the same tagging format. When editing multiple file's tags you can use the lock icon in the detailed tag editor window to lock all fields and then use the lock icon beside a particular field to unlock that field and only this field will be changed when editing multiple files. The 'Tag details' button will automatically choose a tagging format, to edit a particular tag format right click on the stream and select menu: 'Detailed tag editor' and select a tagging format.
ID3v2 Frame Editor...: Pop-up the advanced ID3v2 frame editor window for the file selected on the stream list.
Convert DFF to DSF...: Pop-up the Convert Direct Stream Digital DFF audio files to DSF window. Batch processing is supported.
Cut Decodelessly By Silence...: Pop-up the analize and cut supported audio files decodelessly by detected silence window. Cut audio files by silence page.
Multi-Channel Mixer...: Pop-up the create multi-channel audio files from multiple input files window.
Organize Audio Files From Folder...: Pop-up the organize audio and MP4 video files into a folder structure by their tags window. Batch organize audio files from folder page.
Clean Up MP3SE Frames...: Remove MP3 Stream Editor specific ID3v2 frames SEFC, SESC, Subsong System (SESA, SEST, SESP) from selected file on the stream list.
Read LAME Header Frames...: Check MPEG frame count value if there is a LAME header before the MPEG data. -1: no LAME header found.
Copy Selected Item's Filename To Clipboard: Copy selected stream's full file name with path to the clipboard.
Open Selected Item's Containing Folder: Open the folder where the selected stream's file is.
Show D3D FPS: Display FPS when the sample display is running.

Window:

Settings...: Set your preferences and settings.
Encoding Presets Editor Windows: Open presets' editor window.
Full Screen: stream list occupies whole window.
Compact Mode: Switch to compact mode.
Full Screen Visualisation: When checkmarking (activating) a visualisation plugin it will display in full screen on the specified display.
Select panels/windows visibilities and their arrangement.

Help:

Online Help: The one you are reading right now.
More Sonique Vis Plugins...: Browse more Sonique visualisation plugins online.
More WinAmp DSP Plugins...: Browse more WinAmp DSP plugins online.
More VST DSP Plugins...: Browse more VST DSP plugins online.
Download music...: Download music from internet.
Support By E-mail...: Write an e-mail to the developer.
Registration: Enter registration information here to register your copy of MP4 Stream Editor. Read more about registration.
Check for New Version...: Visit https://www.3delite.hu/MP4 Stream Editor/ for updates.
About: About 3delite's MP4 Stream Editor (credits).