whether you settle for the limited facilities that most players provide or do you look for tools that provide what you need.
My own list of essentials for playing classical music are - separate Composer and (performing) Artist tags. - An Album name this is JUST the work name "Symphony No. 9" without the composer's name or the performer's name added. I want to see a list of 9 symphonies for Beethoven not 100 albums like "Beethoven - Symphonhy No. 9 Karajan". - I want to browse and select by Composer, then Album, then Artist. Sometimes, I want to browse by Artist, then Composer, them Album. - gapless playback, no fading, silences preserved. - grouping all tracks that make up one performance so that I hear them all in the right order. - a good UI that lets me see what works and performances of them I have. At the time I got serious about ripping my 2000 CD collection, SB/SS just didn't meet my standards. I tried out SS/Softsqueeze quite thoroughly. I contributed to threads on this forum and supported Ceejay's suggestions for enhancement. No action on those. I used J. River Media center 11 (MC 11) for ripping and editing tags and didn't worry about using SS/SB for the present. Now I'm using MC 11 to play music. MC 11 is heaven for classical music listeners. Slimserver is better suited to classical music now with the Custom Scan and Custom Browse plug-ins. And there is a MC 11 plugin to route output from MC 11 to Slimserver and then to an SB. Maybe I'll get around to using an SB when I go to a multi-room setup. I certainly admire the work Sean and his company have done. You don't have to settle for ugly kludges and unsatisfactory compromises. You just need to do some research before you take the the plunge. Your solution may be different from mine. Bill -- Listener ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Listener's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2508 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30859 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
