Creating or editing a batch job

A batch job contains the settings that will be used to convert files. If you routinely perform similar processing on multiple files, a batch job can combine multiple, time-consuming steps into a single process.


  1. Create a new batch job or open the batch job you want to edit:

    Click the Open button and choose a Convrt project file (.convrtproj) if you want to edit an existing job. You can open multiple Convrt projects at once.

    —or—

    Click the New button to create a new batch job.

  2. Choose your processing settings. If you're simply converting file formats, skip this step.

  3. In the Metadata area, select a metadata item's check box to include it in your converted files, and type a value in the edit box.

    To add artwork, select the Artwork check box and browse to the image you want to use.

    If a metadata item's check box is not selected and the destination file already includes information for a metadata item, the existing information is preserved (keywords, however, will be appended).

    If a check box is selected and the destination file already includes information for a metadata item, the existing information is overwritten with the information from the Metadata area (existing information will be erased if the box is blank).

    If a metadata type is not supported by the output format, it will be ignored.

  4. In the Output area, click the Add Output button to choose the file format you want to use for converted files.

    Choose Same as Source if you want to save converted files in the same format as the original files, or choose another file type to convert files to another format.You can create multiple output formats in a single job.

  5. Choose output settings for each output format:

    1. Choose a setting from the Preset drop-down list to choose an existing preset, or click to create new settings.

      If you're converting from a mono to multichannel output, the single channel will be copied to all channels.

      If you're converting multiple channels to mono, the channels will be mixed to mono with gain reduction applied before mixing.

      If you're converting a multichannel audio file to a multichannel format with fewer channels than the source, the additional channels will be dropped.

      If you're converting a multichannel audio file to a multichannel format with more channels than the source, silence will be added to the additional channels.

    2. Type text in the Append box if you want to add a descriptor to the file names of converted files.

      The text you enter will be added to the original file name during conversion For example, if your source file is DoorSlam.wav, the file could be saved as DoorSlam-BatchConverted.wav during conversion.

    3. Select a radio button to indicate where you want to save processed files:

      • Select Same as source if you want to save converted files in the same folders as the original files.

      • Select Custom and click Browse to choose a folder if you want to save all converted files in a specific folder.

        Select the Preserve source subfolders check box if you want to use the same folder structure in your source and converted files. For example, if your source file is /Volumes/Media/Audio/DoorSlam.wav, you could specify /Volumes/Project/ as your output folder, and the file will be saved as /Volumes/Project/DoorSlam.wav during conversion.

        Note that Convrt does not overwrite existing files. If the output file name exists, Convrt will append the file name.

  6. When you convert files to a compressed format such as MP3, peaks that are at or near 0 dB may be clipped by the compression process. Consider normalizing first to reduce the possibility of clipped peaks (normalizing to a peak level of -0.9 dB is a good starting point).

  7. Click the Save button to save your batch job.

    The first time you save a batch job or when you use Save As, you can use the Include source file list in project check box to choose whether to save the list of files with your project.

    When the check box is selected, the project saves your list of files, process settings, metadata settings, and output settings.

    When the check box is not selected, the project saves your process settings, metadata settings, and output settings.