I know that many people think dBpoweramp is a great product, and say so, to the point of 'annoying' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51320&page=2) some other forum members, but I just have to put in my 2 cents. A couple years back there was a thread on 'What's your MP3 workflow' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26804), where I and others outlined the many steps we took to rip/encode/tag/etc our CDs. At that time 'my workflow' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=132393#post132393) was:
aubuti;132393 Wrote: > > 1) Rip to FLAC via EAC (including basic clean up of freedb tags -- been > meaning to try MusicBrainz instead) > 2) Grab album art (usually Amazon or allmusic.com) > 3) Run apply_replaygain.pl > 4) Use mp3tag to set Artistsort, plus any remaining clean up of FLAC > tags > 5) Copy over to "debianized" LinkStation that runs slimserver > 6) Run flac2mp3.pl to generate MP3s for laptop & MuVo > 7) Use foobar2000 to set replaygain on MP3s > 8) Use mp3tag to embed album art and clean up any mp3 tags > 9) Copy MP3s to laptop music directory, and read into iTunes > 10) Copy MP3s to mp3 folder on LinkStation > 11) Every so often backup LinkStation to external USB hard drive Now, steps 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, and 8 are all done in one shot with dBpoweramp. For step 4 I set Artistsort for FLACs and MP3s at the same time, still with MP3tag (if anyone knows how to set Artistsort in dBpoweramp, please speak up!). Tag cleanup is rarely needed because of the collection of databases that dBpoweramp uses, and uses *intelligently*. And yeah, I still need to copy the files into the right places myself (steps 5, 9, 10, 11), although I could of course rip directly into those storage places instead. I've only ripped ~10 or so CDs since getting dBpoweramp, but it was $36 very well spent. Wish I had done it before ripping most of my collection 3 years ago. Highly recommended. -- aubuti Nothing high-end, but music anywhere I want it. MSI Wind desktop (Ubuntu 8.10) feeding: Basement: SB2 > JVC JA-S44 > ESS Tempest LS8; Kitchen/Dining: Duet > AudioSource Amp100 > 2 pairs Polk RC60i; Living room: SB3 > Technics SA-EX140 > Bose Acoustimass 3; Bedroom: Boom + SBC; Study: Duet > Klipsch ProMedia 2.0; Kid's bedroom: SB2 > Klipsch ProMedia 2.0 http://www.last.fm/user/aubuti/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57787 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
