Ron Olsen;682216 Wrote: > I agree this is the best strategy. > > On VortexBox, if you use the VB FLAC-to-mp3 mirror (based on Robin > Bowes' flac2mp3.pl script), it will update the mirrored mp3 files with > any changes you make to FLAC tags or cover art without redoing the lame > transcoding if the music content has not changed. So you can rerun the > mirror after you make changes to FLAC tags and this operation is > relatively efficient. It does check every FLAC file in your LMS > library, however. > > On a VB, if you want to update tags or embedded cover art in mirrored > mp3 files for a single FLAC album, you can use the mirror-cd-to-mp3 > script from the command line. This will not redo the lame transcoding > if the music has not changed.
Thanks Ron. I need to explore the VB mirror approach in more detail. I've always done the conversion also with dbpa, but makes sense with all my FLAC files already on the VBA. The only thing special I do in the dbpa conversion is redo the ALBUM/TRACK RG tags (which is probably not necessary, notwithstanding the fact that the resulting RG values are NOT identical to the FLAC files RG values) and add a custom field that says "From FLAC" so when these are mixed in itunes with my mp3/aac only files, I can easily find them delete them all and easily replace them with any newer mp3 versions I create (e.g., decisions to reconvert with newer versions of LAME or more likely decision about wanting -V4 instead of -V2, etc.). -- garym *Location 1:* VB Appliance 6TB (1.10) > LMS 7.7.1 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Location 2:* VB Appliance 3TB (2.0) > LMS 7.7.1 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win7(64) > LMS 7.7.1 > SqueezePlay Retired: SB3, Duet Receiver Controllers: iPhone (iPeng), iPad (iPengHD & SqueezePad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.7 on Win7(64) laptop Ripping (FLAC) - dbpoweramp, Additional Tagging - mp3tag ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92623 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
