Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Disc 254 - Bug?

rts 8-bit disc numbers. -- Fletch Fletch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=529 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51124

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Best place to get accurate, quality cover art ?

I've gotten all of my cover art manually from Amazon. -- Fletch Fletch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=529 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.p

[SlimDevices: Ripping] OT: Tags on audio CD

m the audio files using the usual tagging software. The CD was created on Windows XP, not sure exactly what tool. Can anyone refer me to some details on how tags work on audio CDs? Also, if anyone knows of any linux software that can read/write these tags? -- F

[SlimDevices: Ripping] Re: OT: Tags on audio CD

Thanks, that's what I needed. -- Fletch Fletch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=529 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.p

[SlimDevices: Ripping] flac2mp3 cover art

I'm testing Robin's flac2mp3 script and it doesn't seem to copy the cover art. Is it supposed to? If not, are there other converters that will? -- Fletch Fletch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] flac2mp3 cover art

Thanks for all the feedback. I'm on Linux and tentatively planning to use embedded artwork in both flac and mp3 files. I'll take a closer look at the patch in ticket 96 and report any success/failure there.

[SlimDevices: Ripping] Tips to get flacs to show up in db?

I am trying to figure out a universal format that LMS and my media players will support. Some mp's won't play, no mp4's will play so I thinking about flac I just made my first conversion to flac as a test but it doesn't show up in lms after doing a rescan. The extension is .flac What does it

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Tips to get flacs to show up in db?

Ok I can see it via music folder and it is working so that is good. But I would still appreciate advise if flac is the best universal format? I see it mentioned a lot on some of the audio forums. Thanks.. fletch's P

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Tips to get flacs to show up in db?

Grumpy Bob wrote: > You don't say what you're running LMS on, but you might check file > permissions. Also have you checked the tags on your music files. > I think flac is the ideal format for LMS. > > Robert I did a clear library/scan and that made it show up like it should. Ok thanks for th

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Tips to get flacs to show up in db?

Grumpy Bob wrote: > Although you shouldn't have problems with mp3 flies playing either. Are > your audio files properly tagged? LMS uses tags to build the database. > > Robert I think it's hit and miss that is why I mentioned having to figure out the metadata. I have files going back to about

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Tips to get flacs to show up in db?

d6jg wrote: > I think the general consensus is that FLAC is the best format for LMS. > > IMO the best Windows tools for the job are *dbPoweramp* (the paid > version) as it provides the CD ripping plus good access to the various > online databases for automatic tagging but always check what it p

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Tips to get flacs to show up in db?

d6jg wrote: > You do realise that converting from mp3 to FLAC is pointless? Mp3 is > lossy and converting to a lossless format like FLAC will not improve the > sound. Unless you have the original source CD to re-rip from there is no > point. You may as well just keep the files as mp3. LMS will r

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Tips to get flacs to show up in db?

kidstypike wrote: > As @Apesbrain has pointed out, you could completely remove all tags from > your files (as I have done in the test album below, I just kept the > album art), and you can play them by browsing to the files using "Music > Folder". LMS then uses "Guess Tags" from the file name/fo