Guys, thanks all - a lot of useful stuff in these replies. as it happens I stayed home today to try and shake off a bug, and not inflict it on the rest of the office. So, I downloaded dbpa to try playing / learning that, as I'd got the suggestion earlier about using a separate ripper from the VB one (and the VB hasn't arrived yet).
I've ripped about 8 CDs just to get a hang of how it goes, and it seems quite user-friendly: First off, I missed the 'secure' ripping option and started in 'burst' mode. I was surprised at how quick things were going by comparison to my previous process of EAC and Lame. Then I got a couple of tracks with inaccurate rips, looked a bit deeper, and found the 'secure' option. That's a bit slower! Doing a Bruce Springsteen greatest hits now, and the last track is tacking a looong time. But used to that from EAC. I've set up D: test>dpba>flac and ....>mp3 directories. Sending the MP3s across at about the 220kbps mark. As you say aubuti, this will get them done at minimal process time/cost, and get the tags sorted at the same time. Tags though.... At the moment, I've just let dbpa follow its default settings. I'm getting the metadata and reviewing/changing that as necessary, then just letting it rip! I don't think I need anything too tricky. For me, Bruce Springsteen is just that, and not Springsteen, Bruce. I also tried a classical and compilation album, and they seem to have gone mainly OK. Presumably as long as I'm careful with reviewing the suggested metadata, then the generated tags can't be that bad...? Some small issues though. As I am a bagpiper, I have some bagpipe music! Some piping CDs will list a tune set by the time signature, then the names of the tunes. i.e. "6/8 marches: Lt Colonel So and So's farewell to someplace/tune 2/tune 3/ tune 4 / tune 5" It can make for some long titles! Would the forward slash in the time signature 6/8s or 2/4s or 9/8s or whatever, be interpreted by the tag naming convention as something else? Piping also has its fair share of Gaelic language tune names. The language isn't an issue for me, but it can be for others, and typos are really common. In my test rip today, even though I'd corrected the spelling of the tunes, dpba kept the wrong spelling as part of its file 'title'. I can see this when I go into the file directory. But if I open them in MP3tag, they look fine. Even if I look at the selected columns, I can't see where this 'poor' naming is? (Sorry - I suspect that last bit's going to be too obscure and difficult to follow). For an efficient workflow, sticking with the dbpa tag writing would be very easy. Is it too much to hope for that it'll do a good job? Thanks again for the info and replies so far. D SB "user" since 2000... 2 x SB1 ; 2 x SB3 ; 2 x Boom ; 1 x Touch ; 1 x Controller Windows 7 and LMS Version: 7.7.3 - 1375965195 Next step... a Vortexbox? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ donmacn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36036 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100549 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
