Rainer M Krug <[email protected]> writes: > 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.
How do you do this - is this possible without re-encoding the flac files? > >> >> 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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