Re: [slim] Invaluable Windows gadget for audio libraries

2008-07-20 Thread Zevs
Nonreality;321358 Wrote: I think foobar uses ID3.1 and ID3v2.4 which won't show up in the listings. You need to use ID3v2.3 which is the best to use anyway if you want maximum compatibility with players and programs. Yes I checked, Foobar is saving this by default is ID3v2.4 but one can set

Re: [slim] Invaluable Windows gadget for audio libraries

2008-07-20 Thread Nonreality
Zevs;321398 Wrote: Yes I checked, Foobar is saving this by default is ID3v2.4 but one can set it to do it into ID3v2.3 if one wants to. I guess dbpoweramp does not show ID3v2.4 tags though, and that is why the ReplayGain info doesn't show up. A good other program to view all tags though is

Re: [slim] Invaluable Windows gadget for audio libraries

2008-07-20 Thread Zevs
Nonreality;321406 Wrote: That's the reason I don't like mp3gain. It only uses ID3v2.4. This introduces another type of tag that I don't need or want. dbpoweramp does replaygain in ID3v2.3 so it shows up fine and is more compatible with programs. Can foobar write replaygain to ID3v2.3

Re: [slim] Invaluable Windows gadget for audio libraries

2008-07-20 Thread Nonreality
Zevs;321423 Wrote: Well it has what is called in the FAQ a ID3v2 writer compatibility mode: foobar2000 writes ID3v2.4 tags encoded as UTF-8 by default. To deal with broken software/hardware with partial support of the ID3v2 standard, an “ID3v2 writer compatibility mode” has been added

Re: [slim] Invaluable Windows gadget for audio libraries

2008-07-20 Thread Zevs
Nonreality;321430 Wrote: Just wondering..why not just use dbpoweramp for replay gain? Well... I think Foobar works fine for this and I actually like Tag%Rename very much for the tagging part, but I will check out dbpoweramp more also. Zevs -- Zevs

Re: [slim] Invaluable Windows gadget for audio libraries

2008-07-19 Thread Zevs
Thanks for the tip Jim! I some time ago lost whatever program I had that showed tags in Explorer so this tip was useful! Can one tweak it to show for example replaygain info also and other things included in the tags ? Zevs -- Zevs

Re: [slim] Invaluable Windows gadget for audio libraries

2008-07-19 Thread JJZolx
Zevs;321175 Wrote: Can one tweak it to show for example replaygain info also and other things included in the tags ? For all of the formats that I've used - Flac, Mp3, Ogg Vorbis, and Monkey's Audio - it displays all tags, with the standard ones like artist, title and album shown first, then

Re: [slim] Invaluable Windows gadget for audio libraries

2008-07-19 Thread Nonreality
JJZolx;321094 Wrote: dbpoweramp Windows Explorer Pop-up Information I don't use dbpoweramp for either ripping or music transcoding, but I have it installed nonetheless. The only reason is for the Windows Explorer Pop-up Information. Just mouseover a file in Windows Explorer to read all

Re: [slim] Invaluable Windows gadget for audio libraries

2008-07-19 Thread Zevs
JJZolx;321184 Wrote: For all of the formats that I've used - Flac, Mp3, Ogg Vorbis, and Monkey's Audio - it displays all tags, with the standard ones like artist, title and album shown first, then all the other tags, including ReplayGain, following. In the configuration you have an option

Re: [slim] Invaluable Windows gadget for audio libraries

2008-07-19 Thread Teus de Jong
I'm glad that when I started to rip my cd's I decided to use dbPoweramp. After looking at several secure options, dbPoweramp seemed the best choice (speed being a main factor). And version 13 only has got better. Just for kicks, I tried the new batch converter: I wish it was there when I started

Re: [slim] Invaluable Windows gadget for audio libraries

2008-07-19 Thread JJZolx
Zevs;321254 Wrote: I don't seem to get all that info when I installed the program (v.13). Here is an example of what I got on a file where I have used Foobar to embed ReplayGain into. I do see the Volume Adjustment value and the Album volume adjustment value in SqueezeCenter when I look at

Re: [slim] Invaluable Windows gadget for audio libraries

2008-07-19 Thread Nonreality
JJZolx;321330 Wrote: If you only have ID3v1 tags, then the ReplayGain info can't be in the ID3v1 tag. I'm not sure what type of tag foobar uses.I think foobar uses ID3.1 and ID3v2.4 which won't show up in the listings. You need to use ID3v2.3 which is the best to use anyway if you want

[slim] Invaluable Windows gadget for audio libraries

2008-07-18 Thread JJZolx
dbpoweramp Windows Explorer Pop-up Information I don't use dbpoweramp for either ripping or music transcoding, but I have it installed nonetheless. The only reason is for the Windows Explorer Pop-up Information. Just mouseover a file in Windows Explorer to read all the tags, nicely laid out