Dispatcher 8.2 now uses Genmaster to transcode audio files. This feature is only valid for simple conversions to linear or mpeg layer 2 or 3.
Format : Select the conversion format. The formats supported by Dispatcher are:
MP4_AAC_LC
MP4_AAC_HE
MP4_AAC_HEV2
ADTS_AAC_LC
ADTS_AAC_HE
ADTS_AAC_HEV2
MPEG
Riff Wave
Real Audio G2
WMA
FLAC
No conversion : The format will be the one defined for the database.
For each format, different information must be entered :
Mono / Stereo : Selects the format between Mono, Stereo and in some cases Joint Stereo and Dual Stereo.
Coding : allows you to select the encoding format.
Frequency : Selects the frequency for the format.
Layer : Selects the Layer. Dispatcher now has the option of converting files to mp3 format with ID3v2 tag.
Tag button: Defines the fields of the ABC8 database used to populate the ID3v2 tag.
•For MP4 and ADTS : select Mono / Stereo, Encoding and Frequency.
•For MPEG layer 2 and 3 : select Mono / Stereo / Stereo / Dual Channel, frequency and coding.
•For MPEG Layer 3 ID3v2 : select Mono / Stereo / Stereo / Dual Channel Joint, Frequency and Encoding.
The button 
appears and will allow to select 3 columns from the T_ITEM table to create the Tag ID.
Enter the name of the column for the title, the author and a date.
•For the Riff Wave select Select Mono / Stereo / Stereo / Dual Channel Joint and Frequency.
•For the REAL AUDIO G2, select in the Mono / Setreo field the value "Music" or "Voice"
Then tick the box corresponding to the desired coding :
•For WMA, select the encoding from the list. (The content of the list is not yet documented. Please contact NETIA support for any questions).
•For FLAC: select Mono / Stereo and frequency.
Maximization : allows you to activate the Maximization of the audio file to convert. Amplification of the signal level.
To rename the extension of the output file from .mpg to .SON, it is necessary to go to the Registry and modify the key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\NETIA\Dispatcher\8.0\MPEG Layer2 Extension=.SON