# 3. Flow of Operation

A rough flow of encoding is shown below:

Fig. 3.1 Flow of encoding

## 3.1 ADX Encoder Execution

The following window appears when ADX Encoder (AdxEncoder.exe) is started:

Fig. 3.2 Screen image after the tool is started.

## 3.2 Encode File Registration

First, list up all the files (WAV/AFIF) to be encoded into the encode target list (Encode Targets). It can be done by "drag and drop" the files from Windows Explorer etc.

Fig. 3.3 Drag and Drop

In this example, three files have been registered into the encode target list by "drag and drop". Then the files and their information will be shown as follows:

Fig. 3.4 Screen Image after file registration

## 3.3 ADX/AHX Data Format Selection

#### (1) When creating ADX format files

Click the [ADX] button in the Formats section. The color of letters of the button turns to red.

#### (2) When creating AHX format files

Click the [AHX] button in the Formats section. The color of letters of the button turns to red, and a window is extended for further AHX encode settings. Refer to "4.1 AHX bit allocation pattern setting" for more details.

## 3.4 Start Encoding

To start encoding registered files, click the [Encode] button.

While encoding, a progress window like shown below is displayed.

Fig 3.5 Progress Window

Clicking the [Open Output Directory] button calls Windows Explorer to show the contents of output directory. If an ADX file with the same name already exists, it asks whether the file should be overwritten or not.

When the title bar of the progress window says "Completed", it means encoding is done.

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