Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Classical music tagging in LMS 7.9 -- looking for hints, suggestions, and guidance

2015-12-20 Thread tedfroop
Of course someone had to bring this up. I used to mess around with tags until I got dbpoweramp. It searches AMG, GD3, SontaDB, Musicbrainz & freedb and if you like custom tags, set the way you want your tags and forget it. The program does them on the fly plus offers the ability to edit tags dire

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] replaygain debate, track vs album, random mix

2011-05-02 Thread tedfroop
pick up huge volume differences from track to track. All replay gain does is set the volume level for each track so you don't have to, and no it doesn't ignore some of the digital stream to do that. -- tedfroop "Good judgement is the result of experience ... Experience is the

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] dBpoweramp FLAC to MP3 conversion speed?

2011-02-17 Thread tedfroop
If you thinks its slower than it should be I would pop over to dbpoweramp.com and check the forums. Likely the answer is there already or you can get Spoon to give you a hand to get it fixed up. -- tedfroop "Good judgement is the result of experience ... Experience is the result o

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Can't rip flac

2011-02-08 Thread tedfroop
AC isn't excellent, it is. +1 All that and rev 14 gives you access to the meta data sites for as long as you own it, no more yearly fees for access. There is also a new online art search feature which works very well. -- tedfroop "Good judgement is the result of experien

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Been using Eac for ages want to use dbpoweramp now help

2011-01-09 Thread tedfroop
p tagging like you want it gets easier every version and the support forum will help with whatever you need help with. All that and I need a converter to change format for my iPod - I would prefer to use Rockbox and flac but the listening environment in the car is compromised anyway so compressed

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Been using Eac for ages want to use dbpoweramp now help

2010-12-31 Thread tedfroop
14 no more yearly renewal for meta data sites. -- tedfroop "Good judgement is the result of experience ... Experience is the result of bad judgement." -- Fred Brooks tedfroop's Profile: http://forums.slimde

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Apple Lossless Woes & Re-Ripping

2010-09-02 Thread tedfroop
ere if you like artwork etc to go with your tags. In my case I found it well worth my time to go back and rerip 400+ disks. No errors, nice FLAC tags, artwork, and good clean rips. With a good quality CD/DVD reader it takes less time than you think to re-rip. -- tedfroop "Good judgement i

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Replacement for WMP

2010-08-26 Thread tedfroop
ther than make it easier. I like them for > an overview of my collection sometimes but really don't need them. If i > listened to music on my computers then i'd probably use the mediamonkey > i bought more. -- tedfroop "Good judgement is the result of experience ...

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] How many genres do you use

2010-08-11 Thread tedfroop
y smooth or progressive or big band or vocal. -- tedfroop "Good judgement is the result of experience ... Experience is the result of bad judgement." -- Fred Brooks tedfroop's Profile: http://forums.slimd

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] The best 'compromised' workflow

2010-07-08 Thread tedfroop
ed the music on my device is compressed. -- tedfroop "Good judgement is the result of experience ... Experience is the result of bad judgement." -- Fred Brooks tedfroop's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Living with innacurate rips

2010-06-22 Thread tedfroop
noise or sounds in any of those tracks -- tedfroop "Good judgement is the result of experience ... Experience is the result of bad judgement." -- Fred Brooks tedfroop's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Help!! I have OCD.

2010-05-25 Thread tedfroop
+1 for db-Poweramp getting it right often enough. Their approach to tagsgets enough right the first time that you can just sit back and listen to the music... -- tedfroop "Good judgement is the result of experience ... Experience is the result of bad judgement." -- F

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Dual library management

2010-05-25 Thread tedfroop
on it would be a pain. I have read here in the forum that foobar can do on the fly conversion and that can be used in place of a second library for syncing portable devices with a compressed format but I have never used foobar. -- tedfroop "Good judgement is the result of experience ... Exp

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] What's the best looking wall mounted cd storage you've seen?

2009-08-10 Thread tedfroop
Don't know what your decor is like but I have always liked this stuff... http://boltz.com/CD-Floor-Rack-Shelving-2400.html Floor standing, wall mount, and for SB owners, lots of capacity, and lots of expansion ability as well. -- tedfroop "Good judgement is the result of

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Managing Both Lossless and Lossy Files

2009-07-08 Thread tedfroop
process. This should give you two sets of media in different formats with the same tags. When you are done you should have two directories with the same number of files and folders. >From there rip to one, rip or convert to the other as you add music. -- tedfroop "Good judgemen

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Diffrent level on flacfiles

2008-12-31 Thread tedfroop
Of course the thread would never be complete without mentioning the you can add replay gain/album gain to your tracks as you rip them with dbPoweramp. -- tedfroop "Good judgement is the result of experience ... Experience is the result of bad judgement." -- F

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Why and How I left iTunes behind.

2008-11-19 Thread tedfroop
having to convert to lossy format works great for me. It also allows me to sync from my Linux music server box. -- tedfroop "Good judgement is the result of experience ... Experience is the result of bad judgement." -- F

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] New SATA DVD-RW drive

2008-11-19 Thread tedfroop
n the system BIOS to make sure that DMA capability is properly set for the drive. Upon restart, hopefully the drive will be operating in Ultra DMA mode (if it wasn't originally). -- tedfroop "Good judgement is the result of experience ... Experience is the result of bad

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] albumart - file vs tag vs link

2008-10-28 Thread tedfroop
. Or in the case of seasonal music, put it in one folder that can be moved in and out of the scanned folder depending on the season. -- tedfroop "Good judgement is the result of experience ... Experience is the result of bad judgement." -- F

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Aarrrggghhhh!

2008-09-22 Thread tedfroop
k and rerip the unconverted tracks and retag so they match than to rerip everything and be sure it was accurate. -- tedfroop "Good judgement is the result of experience ... Experience is the result of bad judgement."

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] What drives would you recommend for ripping?

2008-07-11 Thread tedfroop
Have a look at www.cdfreaks.com they have reviews that include reporting of read/write error rates. -- tedfroop tedfroop's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3011 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Ripping Tool & Compression Questions

2008-01-21 Thread tedfroop
And another vote for DBPoweramp - with the AMG (All Media Guide) plugin it does decent tags and adds artwork when you rip as well. -- tedfroop tedfroop's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3011

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Internal HDD vs. External HDD

2007-12-27 Thread tedfroop
queezebox if your box is wired. If its wireless you will need to wake the pc first. -- tedfroop tedfroop's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3011 View this thread: http://forums.sli

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] ITunes to Flac

2007-09-21 Thread tedfroop
Thanks for the link (and previous posts about dbPoweramp) - I have a bunch of import/rare stuff that required scanning to get artwork for iTunes. The best part is listening and tagging for the last couple hours without the remote or volume adjustment! -- tedfroop

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] ITunes to Flac

2007-09-20 Thread tedfroop
? -- tedfroop tedfroop's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3011 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38492 ___ ripping mailing

[SlimDevices: Ripping] ITunes to Flac

2007-09-18 Thread tedfroop
to deal with this with iTunes so something simple to work with would be nice. Is MP3gain a good way to fix up the track gain? Any tips on using it? -- tedfroop tedfroop's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/membe