MP3el Component for NCH Switch Apple Mac
So, about four, possibly five weeks ago I downloaded a little program called “Switch” which allows me to encode my music in just about any sound format you can think of.
When I downloaded it, it would allow me to encode in most formats except for MP3 - it had an error that went something like “Install-on-demand failed, please go to http://www.nch.com.au/components/ to download the MP3el component“. So, I went to that very address where every codec was available in *.exe format (windows, not MAC)! I thought it was just something to do with it being a trial version, so I purchased the software… Which didn’t help at all. In fact, it simply left me 20-something dollars out of pocket!
A little anxious to get some songs up on the net (for one of the websites I built) and feeling disappointed with what seemed like a sweet little piece of software, I immediately made my way through the maze of support pages on the NCH website to try and get some kind of answer/fix for my problem.
30 minutes after beginning my quest, I finally found a contact form - THANK GOD!!! It would be another 3 or 4 weeks before I actually got the answer I was looking for though (not so cool). For whatever reason, “install-on-demand” doesn’t like my computer, but one of the guys sent me the MP3el component via email.
If you to are having trouble, put the contents of this file in this folder: /Library/Application Support/NCH Swift Sound/
Re-open switch and encode! I know that no-one who reads this blog probably cares, but for the sake of the odd-poor-soul that has this problem and googles it, I hope you find this helpful.
UPDATE 28-02-2007:
If the above doesn’t work for you, try putting the file into the following folder instead:
Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/NCH Swift Sound/Components/
November 20th, 2006 at 9:25 pm
Glad to hear its FINALLY sorted
January 29th, 2007 at 2:25 am
yeah, this helps! i had the right keyword and you had the right answer! cool!
February 20th, 2007 at 7:09 am
I am trying to make the MP3EL compentent work too but I can’t figure it out. I tried putting the file into the folder you said but I still can’t make it work!
Help!
February 25th, 2007 at 8:40 pm
I can’t make it work neither, the version of switch I have is 1.12. I tried putting the file under /Library/Application Support/NCH Swift Sound/ and $HOME/Library/Application Support/NCH Swift Sound/, but to no avail, switch still gives me the “fail to download” warning dialog.
March 30th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
I’ve tried a different approach that have worked for me.
I installed the product and the plus add-on in a user that was not administrator. And I got the same error of “installed-on-demand failed”.
Then, I ran the installation setups (application and “plus”) in the admin user login.
Got back to the non-admin user and it started to work.
September 1st, 2007 at 9:13 am
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I use another piece of NCH software - Express Scribe, and it’s an awesome little piece of free software (I use it for transcribing audio work). When I came across a program that could convert my much hated WMA files I was over the moon. And it was FREE! My smiley turned into a frowney though when not only did it bring up an error message - but the error message was for a PC version! But then I suppose free software is just that. So what can we expect? Anyway I must get to the point - thank you for providing this info. I’m using OSX Tiger and found the bottom solution worked best. Unfortunately even after installing Flip4Mac I still have trouble with pesky rights protected files. But at least the others files work.
It really is unfortunate that Apple doesn’t take notice of this WMA problem as my amazing Mac has now fallen further in the eyes of my PC colleagues. The Mac is advertised as being compatible and a team player in the PC world. WMAs send the world a much different picture.
Alright I’m getting carpal tunnel syndrome here. I must leave
Thank you once again.
November 9th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
can someone reply to this please. do you need to buy the actual converter because i did all this but when it got to:
/Library/Application Support/NCH Swift Sound/
then NCH Swift Sound didnt come up :( so im stuck
November 10th, 2007 at 12:39 am
Hi Luke,
If you get to the /Library/Application Support/ folder and you don’t see the “NCH Swift Sound” folder, then you can create it and put the mp3el file in that. Just make sure you get all the casing correct etc… ;-)
James.
November 10th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
soz, but how do u create it then? cos macs are a bit confusing to me at least lol.
how wud u go about creatin it?
November 10th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
Hey Luke,
As long as you have administrative privileges, just right-click and you should see “New Folder” in the context menu.
Obviously, if you don’t see that menu-item then you’re not an Administrator.
January 9th, 2008 at 11:25 am
If you didnt have the “NCH Swift Sound” folder in AppSupport, and then you cant create a new folder in that location, then just create “NCH Swift Sound” folder ouside appsupport, place the mp3el file in there and move the folder into appsupport