garym <[email protected]> writes: > Dogberry2 wrote: >> It's been years since I set up dBpoweramp and configured everything, but >> as I recall, you just select "Multi Encoder" as the Rip To option. I >> don't remember for sure whether this is built-in, or if it has to be >> installed as a separate plug-in from the website. It basically just lets >> you define more than one codec (each with its own configuration options) >> to be used whenever you rip a CD. It's described here: >> http://www.dbpoweramp.com/help/Codec/[Multi%20Encoder]/help.htm > > I'm a long time dBpoweramp user as well (and highly recommend it). I > personally don't use the multiencoder to create FLAC and mp3. I rip my > CDs to FLAC and then separately use dBpoweramp to convert the FLAC files > to mp3 (Lame -V2) for use in my iThings. For me, no matter how careful I > am in ripping to FLAC and making sure metadata is correct, I often > notice something I want to change about the tags after the fact.
Same here - I am never happy with my tags... > And if it is a multidisk set, I redo the ReplayGain tags using all > disks in set to set ALBUM level RG tags. Never thought about that - makes sense. Have to look into how I can do this. > > Once I'm 100% happy with FLAC file tags, album art, etc., I can then > easily point the dbpa converter to my FLAC file parent directory and > tell it to convert to mp3 and place the files (using same directory > organization scheme (Artist/Album/tracks) in a parent MP3 directory. It > knows which FLAC files have already been converted, so it only converts > the new FLAC files I've added, so very simple. Nice. I use XLD on a Mac and XLD converts first and than checks if the output file exists. So dBpoweramp only checks first - good to know. Has it also an option to only update the tags if needed? That would be really nice. Rainer > I just run this every few weeks to keep my mp3 directory up to date. > > > > *Home:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio > (all ethernet) > *Cottage:* VBA 3TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, > Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) > *Office:* Win8(64) > LMS 7.9 > Squeezelite > *Spares:* Touch(3), Radio(3), Boom, SB3, CONTROLLER > *Controllers:* iPhone6 & iPadAir2 (iPeng8 & 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=105561 > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Rainer M. Krug email: Rainer<at>krugs<dot>de PGP: 0x0F52F982
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