Sunsh49;423294 Wrote: > I have just inherited a large number of CD's, and I want to rip them as > flacs and to take advantage of any stored information out there.I have > seen Musicbrainz/Picard as a combination & the co-operative aspect of it > appeals to me but if it is pop artist based it may not be what I am > looking for. > > Currently I use MP3Tag but as most classical fans seem to suggest using > the Artist Tag for Composer, I end up manually editing many tracks. >
If you have a sizable collection of classical music, having composer information and performer information in separate tags makes browsing much more natural. It is worth getting it right. The dBpoweramp ripping program can use a tag database that has better tag information for classical music. However, you should be prepared to edit the tag information before you rip a CD. I gave up on tag databases and just entered the tag information myself. I figured out what information I needed, where to put in the tags and how to do the data entry job efficiently. I use J.River Media Center to do the ripping and tag editing; it has features that make the job much easier. It takes me 3-4 minutes max per CD. I've ripped about 2500 CDs now. The downside of co-operative tag databases is that the database entries are not consistent in the way information is distributed between tags or in spelling of names. You want to look at Erland's Custom scan and Custom Browse plugins to use the Composer tag properly. Bill -- Listener ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Listener's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2508 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63344 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
