Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Help for the Beginner
No proxy or vpn. Go through a router with NAT and SPI. I googled it and many innocent people have same problem with the site. Seems to block whole countries or ranges of IP addrs. Philip Meyer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=95 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102237 ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Help for the Beginner
Philip Meyer wrote: > > >But if you want really good album art, you're much better off finding > it > >yourself manually, even though the process can be time-consuming. A > >great resource is the 'AlbumArtExchange' (albumartexchange.com). If > you > >don't find something there, try using Google's Image Search. > > I found that Album Art Exchange stopped working for me a while back. It > was good whilst it lasted, but they've put up some firewall software > that for some reason is very over zealous and prevents many people from > accessing the site any more. I get "www.albumartexchange.com is > protected by Blocked.com." >From Blocked.com (I'd never heard of it before): > > What is Blocked? > Blocked is security software which protects websites and empowers > webmasters to stop unwanted traffic. > > Blocked detects and blocks requests from all types of proxy servers and > anonymity networks (such as web-based proxies, open proxies, Tor, VPN > servers, etc.), hosting networks, undesirable robots and spiders, and > even entire countries. > > Blocked can be directly integrated into almost any PHP script and our > APIs allow for use with external systems. Installation and integration > is fast and easy, often requiring pasting just one line of code. > > Please see the full feature list for more info and these scenarios for > examples of Blocked in action. Are you using a proxy or VPN or maybe some overly protective browser plugins? I've never had an issue. JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102237 ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Help for the Beginner
>But if you want really good album art, you're much better off finding it >yourself manually, even though the process can be time-consuming. A >great resource is the 'AlbumArtExchange' (albumartexchange.com). If you >don't find something there, try using Google's Image Search. I found that Album Art Exchange stopped working for me a while back. It was good whilst it lasted, but they've put up some firewall software that for some reason is very over zealous and prevents many people from accessing the site any more. I get "www.albumartexchange.com is protected by Blocked.com." I found a similar site called fanart.tv, which seems to be a reasonable source for good quality (1000x1000) artwork. Failing that, I search discogs.com or eCover, and then search using google image. Phil ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Help for the Beginner
I have used EAC w no problems. I do not remember what I used for a setup guide. That being said here is one you might look at if you have not already- http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Beginners_guide_to_installing_EAC dasmueller's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38035 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102237 ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Help for the Beginner
rigsby wrote: > > I spent the best part of a year ripping my CD collection. For some of > us there's no avoiding the fact that it will take a long time to > complete; EAC is the *only* ripping software that I would trust. > Yes, take your time and do it right. Rip to lossless, and spend the time to get your metadata and artwork right to begin with. metadata almost always requires a bit of fiddling to match your own system, organization scheme, etc. Regarding EAC being only trustworthy ripping software, I would only add that the gurus over at hydrogenaud.io forums (one of the few digital music forums I trust) would generally agree with you, with the exception being that they would say that "EAC and dbpoweramp are the only windows rippers I would trust." More recently they might add CUETOOLS to that list. Key is to use a secure ripper that uses the ACCURATERIP database. dbpoweramp is not better in this regard (although its author is the inventor/manager of the ACCURATERIP database matching approach), it is simply a bit more user friendly. And EAC shouldn't be free. Any serious user of EAC should be donating at least $40 to the authors of that program. I use mp3tag for a lot of post rip tagging. It's "free" but I donate to the author about once a year. There is no free lunch. If we don't support the software we want, we'll be left with stuff that is not as good!:cool: *Location 1:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Location 2:* VBA 3TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win7(64) > LMS 7.8 > Squeezelite *Spares:* several Touch, Radio, SB3 *Controllers:* iPhone4S & iPad2 (iPeng7 & Squeezepad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win7(64) laptop *Files:* ripping: dbpoweramp > FLAC; post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes; Streaming: Spotify garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102237 ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
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I don't know anything about "bogus" guides, and I've only had occasion to set up EAC once or twice in the past 5 years or so, but the guide referenced looked OK to me (a non-exhaustive review). It covers the points that I would consider to be the most important, and since it documents every setting that it considers to be important (albeit rather a lot of them), I see no reason to recommend a non-free software. I'd suggest installing EAC and using the guide in question. It should be clear within the first few rips if everything is working satisfactorily. I spent the best part of a year ripping my CD collection. For some of us there's no avoiding the fact that it will take a long time to complete; EAC is the *only* ripping software that I would trust. On 6 October 2014 13:06, garym wrote: > > Firochromis wrote: >> Hi, >> >> The setup guide suggested to me for EAC was this: >> http://filesharingtalk.com/threads/435208-Installing-configuring-and-ripping-with-Exact-Audio-Copy-%28EAC%29 >> >> Is this one good enough or are there better ones out there? > > Don't know. I don't use EAC (I use dbpa). I wouldn't use any guide that > I didn't see recommended in a thread at hydrogenaud.io forums if it > were me (they quickly report faulty info in such guides). But given > your beginner status, you will likely be *much^ better off with > dbpoweramp unless the $40 is too hard on your budget. Also, note that > dbpoweramp has very good metadata retrieval (it uses several online > sources, does a comparison, and tries to give you the "best" most > correct metadata. It also uses a very good album art search engine to > automatically add good album art to your rips (or even lets you search > just before the rip to choose which art you want). I almost always get > good 1000x1000 artwork. > > > > *Location 1:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, > Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) > *Location 2:* VBA 3TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, > Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) > *Office:* Win7(64) > LMS 7.8 > Squeezelite > *Spares:* several Touch, Radio, SB3 > *Controllers:* iPhone4S & iPad2 (iPeng7 & Squeezepad), CONTROLLER, or > SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win7(64) laptop > *Files:* ripping: dbpoweramp > FLAC; post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes; > Streaming: Spotify > > garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102237 > > ___ > ripping mailing list > ripping@lists.slimdevices.com > http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Help for the Beginner
Firochromis wrote: > Hi, > > The setup guide suggested to me for EAC was this: > http://filesharingtalk.com/threads/435208-Installing-configuring-and-ripping-with-Exact-Audio-Copy-%28EAC%29 > > Is this one good enough or are there better ones out there? Don't know. I don't use EAC (I use dbpa). I wouldn't use any guide that I didn't see recommended in a thread at hydrogenaud.io forums if it were me (they quickly report faulty info in such guides). But given your beginner status, you will likely be *much^ better off with dbpoweramp unless the $40 is too hard on your budget. Also, note that dbpoweramp has very good metadata retrieval (it uses several online sources, does a comparison, and tries to give you the "best" most correct metadata. It also uses a very good album art search engine to automatically add good album art to your rips (or even lets you search just before the rip to choose which art you want). I almost always get good 1000x1000 artwork. *Location 1:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Location 2:* VBA 3TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win7(64) > LMS 7.8 > Squeezelite *Spares:* several Touch, Radio, SB3 *Controllers:* iPhone4S & iPad2 (iPeng7 & Squeezepad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win7(64) laptop *Files:* ripping: dbpoweramp > FLAC; post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes; Streaming: Spotify garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102237 ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Help for the Beginner
Hi, The setup guide suggested to me for EAC was this: http://filesharingtalk.com/threads/435208-Installing-configuring-and-ripping-with-Exact-Audio-Copy-%28EAC%29 Is this one good enough or are there better ones out there? Be in peace, Firat Cingi Firochromis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=62787 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102237 ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Help for the Beginner
Firochromis wrote: > > -> As I said, I'm not experienced on ripping and I came to EAC with the > suggestion of a friend. I haven't installed it yet, just searching. As I > understand from the replies, dbpoweramp is a faster solution. If this is > so, I can pay for it. > dbpoweramp is not necessarily faster (it can be in some cases). It is just easier to setup and use and a bit more automated. There are a lot of bogus (incorrect) EAC setup guides floating around the internet and it requires more work in setting up properly. This said, dbpoweramp and EAC are both considered the best SECURE rippers to use when on a windows machine. *Location 1:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Location 2:* VBA 3TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win7(64) > LMS 7.8 > Squeezelite *Spares:* several Touch, Radio, SB3 *Controllers:* iPhone4S & iPad2 (iPeng7 & Squeezepad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win7(64) laptop *Files:* ripping: dbpoweramp > FLAC; post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes; Streaming: Spotify garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102237 ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
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Well, I'm not sure if my first post did deserved this wonderful responses or not. There are lots of internet communities but few of them has helpful members. Thank you for your help. So, -> Apparently Google Play don't have that service in my country. Thank you for the advice though. -> I downloaded and start processing with the MusicBrainz Picard. My first target is organizing my Jazz&Blues albums, which are fairly in good shape tag-wise. MusicBrainz Picard finds most of the albums but not all the time it saves data on the original file. I don't know the reason, but instead of green ticks I get red "fail" marks on the tracks on some albums. -> As I said, I'm not experienced on ripping and I came to EAC with the suggestion of a friend. I haven't installed it yet, just searching. As I understand from the replies, dbpoweramp is a faster solution. If this is so, I can pay for it. -> I'm keeping my files on a Synology NAS. So no worries about back-ups. Be in peace, Firat Cingi Firochromis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=62787 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102237 ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
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Thanks ! Will check it out. dasmueller's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38035 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102237 ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Help for the Beginner
For getting album art (on Windows) I'm using AlbumArtDownloader (sourceforge.net/projects/album-art/) that looks up multiple sites in parallel and presents the findings in a view from where to check details and select what satisfies you. I don't embed album art in flacs but store it as cover.jpg in the album folder. I do embed album art in mp3s for mobile devices, however. reinholdk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36070 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102237 ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
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anyone know of good sites for cover art for bootlegs/live recordings ? dasmueller's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38035 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102237 ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Help for the Beginner
JJZolx wrote: > But if you want really good album art, you're much better off finding it > yourself manually, even though the process can be time-consuming. A > great resource is the 'AlbumArtExchange' (albumartexchange.com). If you > don't find something there, try using Google's Image Search. Or ecover.to has lots of high quality album art often with full booklets. Win7Pro(x64)[3.3Ghz i5, 8GB RAM, 120GB SSD system, 15TB storage], LMS 7.9.0 -> Logitech Squeezebox Classic V.3 -> Cambridge Audio DacMagic -> NAD C160 -> 2 x NAD C272 -> Quad 22L2 get.amped's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10022 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102237 ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Help for the Beginner
d6jg wrote: > Just sign up for Gmail and you will get the free Play Music storage > account. The $9.99 thing is an add on like Spotify Thanks Logitech Media Server Version: 7.9.0 - 1411484033 @ Wed Sep 24 04:01:28 UTC 2014 Operating system: Debian - EN - utf8Platform Architecture: x86_64-linux Perl Version: 5.18.2 - x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi Database Version: DBD::SQLite 1.34_01 (sqlite 3.7.7.1) One SB Touch connected by ethernet - Denon AVR -1912 Receiver, Paradigm 4.1 speakers Two SB Radio wireless SlimChances's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=165 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102237 ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Help for the Beginner
Just sign up for Gmail and you will get the free Play Music storage account. The $9.99 thing is an add on like Spotify QNAP TS419P 4TB LMS7.7.2 *Living Room* - SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 connected Digitally - > Celestion Ditton F20s - and connected Analogue for Zone 2 -> Sony TA FE 320 -> Sennheiser HDR 130 *Office* - SB3 -> Sony TA FE320 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen* -> UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom* - SB Touch -> Topping TP21 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102237 ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Help for the Beginner
EAC will do a very good job, but it may take you a while to learn to use it optimally. You should make sure you enable, configure and use AccurateRip in EAC. What I generally do is use burst mode to rip a CD very quickly, then generate and check the log file to see whether there has been AccurateRip verification of all tracks. If not, I re-rip those tracks again using secure mode. You'll have to do this manually in EAC - checking the logs, changing the ripping method. Dbpoweramp does it automatically. There is also 'Easy Audio Copy' (http://www.easyaudiocopy.com/), from the same programmer as EAC, which is even simpler to use than dbpoweramp, and uses pretty much the same methodology: ripping in burst mode, checking AR, falling back to the slower secure mode if there's no verification, all automatically. It too can retrieve metadata from a quality source and can retrieve album artwork. But if you want really good album art, you're much better off finding it yourself manually, even though the process can be time-consuming. A great resource is the 'AlbumArtExchange' (albumartexchange.com). If you don't find something there, try using Google's Image Search. JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102237 ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
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wortgefecht wrote: > > Oh, and one last tip: If you have low quality mp3s (192 and lower), get > yourself a free account with Google Play Music, upload those files (you > can upload up to 20.000 songs) to it and then download them again. > Google replaces low quality mp3s in most cases with 256 or even VBR > ones--for free. And you have a cloud backup of your mp3s, too. > Google Play appears to me to be $9.99/month and just offers a free trial Logitech Media Server Version: 7.9.0 - 1411484033 @ Wed Sep 24 04:01:28 UTC 2014 Operating system: Debian - EN - utf8Platform Architecture: x86_64-linux Perl Version: 5.18.2 - x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi Database Version: DBD::SQLite 1.34_01 (sqlite 3.7.7.1) One SB Touch connected by ethernet - Denon AVR -1912 Receiver, Paradigm 4.1 speakers Two SB Radio wireless SlimChances's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=165 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102237 ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Help for the Beginner
And... If you are going to go through the time and effort of ripping your CDs, go ahead and create lossless tracks (FLAC), not MP3s. Hard disc space is cheap these days and you can always use something like foobar2000 to easily convert the FLACs to lossy format as needed for mobile devices. Win7Pro(x64)[3.3Ghz i5, 8GB RAM, 120GB SSD system, 15TB storage], LMS 7.9.0 -> Logitech Squeezebox Classic V.3 -> Cambridge Audio DacMagic -> NAD C160 -> 2 x NAD C272 -> Quad 22L2 get.amped's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10022 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102237 ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Help for the Beginner
I would strongly recommend dBpoweramp for ripping. You can include album art as part of the rip which is a great timesaver. Mp3rip is great for implementing the changes you wish you had thought of when originally ripping! I have also found it great to be able to add multiple entries to fields like Genre, separated by a semi-colon. These then show up separately in Squeezebox. Just watch out - this can take over your life! Shozzer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58726 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102237 ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Help for the Beginner
+1 to backups. QNAP TS419P 4TB LMS7.7.2 *Living Room* - SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 connected Digitally - > Celestion Ditton F20s - and connected Analogue for Zone 2 -> Sony TA FE 320 -> Sennheiser HDR 130 *Office* - SB3 -> Sony TA FE320 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen* -> UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom* - SB Touch -> Topping TP21 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102237 ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Help for the Beginner
The above advice should give you a fine start on your task of digitizing your music library. One thing that I did not see mentioned is that you should make several copies of the digitized library. Backups are critical as sooner or later the drive/drives it is on will fail. You are going to expend a great deal of time to do this correctly and do not want to start over from square one when a drive fails. Develop a system which includes making corrections, and stick to it as well as you can. Have fun ! dasmueller's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38035 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102237 ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Help for the Beginner
Dbpoweramp is well worth the cost for doing serious CD ripping. I also second the suggestion for mp3tag as a tag editor (note it handles flac, AAC, MP3, and other file types). Both dbpoweramp and mp3tag have helpful user forums. *Location 1:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Location 2:* VBA 3TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win7(64) > LMS 7.8 > Squeezelite *Spares:* several Touch, Radio, SB3 *Controllers:* iPhone4S & iPad2 (iPeng7 & Squeezepad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win7(64) laptop *Files:* ripping: dbpoweramp > FLAC; post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes; Streaming: Spotify garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102237 ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Help for the Beginner
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Beginners_Guide http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Beginners_Guide_To_Organising http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Beginners_Guide_To_Tagging http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/BeginnersGuideToClassical But basically rip with EAC or dBpower amp or Rubyripper . I tend to use puddletag on Linux its similar to mp3tag but actually easier to use . Decent organisation /artist/album/song1. Be consistent with tagging (Im not historically i learned as i did it ) on flac files use only vorbis comments (flac tags ) some software offers to also write both id3v1 and id3bv2 mpeg tags to the file (mp3 tags ) to the files . This sorta works if the information is consistent within the multiple tags set in one file ,but not always ,this can usually create a rather messy library if the content differ in the tag sets. Also some software also generate a cue and an m3u file in the directory of the album I find these more problematic than they are useful so thats not needed IMO . Some advanced user finds those usefull ,but if you dont know what they are your probably dont need them . Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102237 ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Help for the Beginner
The most important thing imho is, that you come up with your own taxonomy for genres: tag all songs with the genre *you* would file them under in a record store. Second, for the flacs: create single files for each song; albums in one file (flac+cue) is--at least for me--unpractical. If your mp3s are in a bad shape tag-wise (i.e. never cared to tag them until now and they are not all from the same source, say Apple/Google etc.), I would suggest that you run your whole collection through MusicBrainz Picard (https://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_Picard) before you start tagging them manually. Picard can add tags, group albums, move them to a folder structure you define (i.e. Artist/Year-Album) and rename all files coherently. Of course you will have to go through them manually later, but Picard can do small wonders to a previously messy collection. Oh, and one last tip: If you have low quality mp3s (192 and lower), get yourself a free account with Google Play Music, upload those files (you can upload up to 20.000 songs) to it and then download them again. Google replaces low quality mp3s in most cases with 256 or even VBR ones--for free. - *ASRock Ion 330* (home office) running Xubuntu 14.04.1 LTS + LMS 7.9, all music streamed as FLAC > Local Player > Behringer MS 40 active nearfield monitors via toslink - *Boom* (master bedroom), *Radio* (master bathroom), *Archos 35 Home Connect* + SqueezePlayer (guest bathroom) - *Reson PR 80s* as UPnP client (living room) > Parasound DAC 1500 > vintage Wega Modul 42V amp (with 42E equalizer, 42T tape deck, and Thorens TD 160 Mk II turntable) > Quadral Vulkan Mk II speakers - *Duet* + *Radio* in storage wortgefecht's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63295 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102237 ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Help for the Beginner
Get EAC setup properly and it will automatically rip into a decent folder structure. I.e. artist/album/track.FLAC MP3tag is one of the best tagging apps I've tried. While I've also used EAC and MP3tag for this task I'd be tempted to pay for DBPoweramp if I was doing it again. jimbobvfr400's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56857 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102237 ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
