Labarum wrote: > @Paul Webster > > Ref: MAI (Music and Artist Information) > > Plugin now installed and library rescanned. I initially thought its > purpose was not what I wanted as the "Information" clicky in the > uninstalled plugin list returned an empty page and I had not much to go > on. > > But the plugin has now been installed and the library cleared and > rescanned. Lots more data in there and some more album covers display, > but by no means all. Many of the CDs without cover art were privately > published by Cathedrals, so the data may not be in the general database, > and many of those CDs were bought and ripped 20 years ago. A couple of > Albums display the rear and not the front of the case artwork! I must > have an old and very untidy library which will never be cleaned up > fully. Some of the flacs were given me by others sourced goodness know > where. I have two or even three copies of some albums! > > Is it possible to edit the raw files from within the Raspberry Pi, or > will I have to figure out how Samba works and edit from another machine? > Or else plug the USB drive back into my PC and edit there. > > Many, but not all of my CDs I will have ripped on Foobar. > > Are there plans to add a CD ripper to the PiCorePlayer suite. It would > be rather good to plug a USB CD drive into my rPi and rip to default > settings and default folder. > > So many questions. So much to learn. Thanks for your patience.
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