===== Options =====
==== Converter ====
**Use custom encoder**

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**Encoder** - full path to the encoder's filename
  * click the "..." button to browse for encoder
  * click the "?" button to show information on the encoder's command-line options
**Extension** - output filename extension (e.g. if you use the Nero Digital Audio encoder, the extension will be "MP4").

**Parameters** - encoder's command-line options.

**Encoding presets...** - pressing this button will show the Encoding Preset Manager, that looks and works just like the Equalizer Preset Manager, but helps you to manage encoding presets.

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**Spider Player has been tested to work with the following free encoders:**

^ Encoder                                                                ^ Encoder filename   ^ Output file extension   ^ Default parameters                      ^
| [[http://lame.sourceforge.net/index.php|LAME]]                         | lame.exe           |   MP3                   | -S --noreplaygain -V 2 --vbr-new - %out |
| [[http://www.audiocoding.com/faac.html|Freeware Advanced Audio Coder]] | faac.exe           |   MP4                   | -q 0.50 -w -o %out -                    |
| [[http://directory.fsf.org/project/OggEnc/|OggEnc]]                    | oggenc.exe         |   OGG                   | |
| [[http://www.nero.com/enu/nero-aac-codec.html|Nero Digital Audio]]     | neroAacEnc.exe     |   MP4                   | -q 0.50 -ignorelength -if - -of %out    |
| [[http://www.musepack.net/|MusePack]]                                  | mppenc.exe         |   MPP                   | --silent --xlevel --quality 5 - %out    |
| [[http://flac.sourceforge.net/|Free Lossless Audio Codec]]             | flac.exe           |   FLAC                  | |
| [[http://tta.sourceforge.net/|True Audio]]                             | ttaenc.exe         |   TTA                   | |
| [[http://www.wavpack.com/|WavPack]]                                    | wavpack.exe        |   WV                    | |
| [[http://speex.org/|Speex]]                                            | speexenc.exe       |   SPX                   | |

Binaries for most open source encoders from the list above can be found at [[http://www.rarewares.org]].

Click on encoder's name in the table to visit its homepage for more information and documentation.