Using the diskwriter and MP3writer

OPENCP can write all sound output directly to hard disk. Data is written in standard .wav format. You can use this feature to burn audio cds from any sound format supported by OPENCP.

Although you can write .wav files in every possible sample format you should not alter the default of 44100KHz, 16bit, stereo. You should disable module looping so each module is written once onto harddisk. You can disable looping in the cp.ini with the directive loop=on in the [fileselector] section. You can also change looping temporarily with the fileselector configuration while OPENCP is running. See the fileselector advance usage page for details.

To enable the diskwriter device you can change the cp.ini file and select the devpDisk as default device by moving it to the start of the playerdevices directive in the [sound] section. You can also select the devpDisk device temporarily by selecting the @:\DEVICES\DEVPDISK.DEV device.

Now simply start OPENCPand select a module to play. You will hear no output and notice that the module is played with maximum speed^4.13. In the directory where you have started OPENCP(not necessaryly the directory where the module is located) subsequent .wav files named CPOUT000.WAV, CPOUT001.WAV will be created.

To save modules as MP3 files the same steps apply, but you have to select the devpMPx device in the cp.ini file or use the @:\DEVICES\DEVPMPX.DEV special device. Bitrate and CBR/VBR mode can be altered in the [devpMPx] section.

Footnotes

... speed^4.13

depending on your cpu power