Re: [slim] What's the best file format to use

2010-02-26 Thread garym
Probably not the same issue, but I did just notice this: http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?p=97420#post97420 -- garym garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http:

Re: [slim] What's the best file format to use

2010-02-26 Thread garym
Chilts;520921 Wrote: > Guys > Additionally even adding Album Artist to the known artist tag still > leaves some albums in the Compilation/Various Artists section e.g > Best of Rod Stewart SB controller shows under more info as > Location H\My Music\Rod Stewart\Best of Rod Stewart\(WEA > Internat

Re: [slim] What's the best file format to use

2010-02-26 Thread Chilts
Guys thanks again for the support, to answer some questions I had ripped with WMP, then used dbPoweramp to convert the WAV files to FLAC, I then ran mp3tag. The music is stored like this H:\My Music\Aretha Franklin\Queen of Soul- The Very Best of Aretha Franklin\Track Name I still however have

Re: [slim] What's the best file format to use

2010-02-26 Thread tcutting
If the existing files are well organized in terms of directory structure and naming of the files, mp3tag may be able to be used to create tags based on the directory structure and file name. Going forward, use EAC or dbpoweramp to do your ripping and initial tagging. I use EAC, but there are a fe

Re: [slim] What's the best file format to use

2010-02-26 Thread garym
the manual change issue largely rests with how you've organized your data structure? For example, do you have something like this: C:\music\artist\album\track If so, you can probably use "mp3tag" to guess the correct artist and album name from the directory structure. And does the file name have

Re: [slim] What's the best file format to use

2010-02-26 Thread Chilts
Gary/Phil thanks for the guidance, I did indeed see track one of an album has Title=Track1 Artist=Unknown Artist Album=Unknown album I have manually corrected and it then sorts, which leads me to two questions, do I have to do this manually for all the other similar issues and how do I prevent

Re: [slim] What's the best file format to use

2010-02-25 Thread Phil Leigh
Unexpected album track splits are nearly always caused by errors in the ALBUM tag. They can also be caused by spurious DISCNUMBER tags. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB Touch Beta (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear P

Re: [slim] What's the best file format to use

2010-02-25 Thread garym
Chilts;520684 Wrote: > gary thanks for the reply, but if I choose an album or track and try > extended tags I see no reference at all to compilation just > > > ALBUM > ARTIST > CDTOC > GENRE > TITLE > TRACK > > where should I find compilation=0 or =1 This tells me that you don't have a COMPIL

Re: [slim] What's the best file format to use

2010-02-25 Thread Chilts
gary thanks for the reply, but if I choose an album or track and try extended tags I see no reference at all to compilation just ALBUM ARTIST CDTOC GENRE TITLE TRACK where should I find compilation=0 or =1 -- Chilts Chi

Re: [slim] What's the best file format to use

2010-02-25 Thread Mnyb
nolesrule;520572 Wrote: > You mean the needle on the hard drive doesn't scratch your FLAC files? I > must be doing something wrong. But i really meant if you convert mp3 to for example AAC you get cascade conversion erros and artifacts ! loosy to lossy creates weird losses the resulting file sou

Re: [slim] What's the best file format to use

2010-02-25 Thread garym
Sounds like you've got problems with your tags. On some of the problem albums, load up the files in mp3tag, and really look at ALL the tags of each file (right click, select extended tags, then you'll see all the tags that are in that file). I suspect you have COMPILATION=1 in some files, may have

Re: [slim] What's the best file format to use

2010-02-25 Thread Chilts
Guys interesting discussion, but can anyone help me. I have as was suggested converted my files to FLAC, run through MP3Tag,rescanned entire library but still have the same issue. In WMP library all the tracks from an album appear in the album, when I have recsannned a very large number of albums

Re: [slim] What's the best file format to use

2010-02-25 Thread garym
FredFredrickson;520615 Wrote: > As a home-recording artist, I understand the difference in theory of > lossless and compression algorithms. I submit lossess files to my > producer because he only takes losseless. > > That being said, on my two Behringer TRUTH B2030As I can't for the life > of me

Re: [slim] What's the best file format to use

2010-02-25 Thread FredFredrickson
iPhone;520579 Wrote: > If one is a musician or listens to large amounts of Jazz and Classical > (I fall into both), 192 is very lacking. > > Every time the Forum discusses 192 Kbps anything, it reminds me of the > movie Amadeus. > > Emperor: My dear young man, don't take it too hard. Your work

Re: [slim] What's the best file format to use

2010-02-25 Thread bobkoure
Mnyb;520569 Wrote: > ...with a lossles files you get an actual backup of the CD's too Don't neglect to make a backup of your ripped albums. Even though you've still got the CDs, re-ripping-re-tagging and re-scanning (or re-finding-online art) represents a good deal of work... -- bobkoure -

Re: [slim] What's the best file format to use

2010-02-25 Thread Jeff Flowerday
What format do most of your devices/software support? Choose the lossless format that is best supported. Be that FLAC, WMA Lossless or Apple Lossless. If you don't have any devices and are only concerned with getting it right with squeezebox, then FLAC is the way to go. -- Jeff Flowerday ---

Re: [slim] What's the best file format to use

2010-02-25 Thread iPhone
FredFredrickson;520513 Wrote: > I must be a noob, but 192 kbps WMA sounds identical to any FLAC I've > listened to... If one is a musician or listens to large amounts of Jazz and Classical (I fall into both), 192 is very lacking. Every time the Forum discusses 192 Kbps anything, it reminds me o

Re: [slim] What's the best file format to use

2010-02-25 Thread nolesrule
Mnyb;520569 Wrote: > Yep rip once and be done with it, with a lossles files you get an actual > backup of the CD's too, fire or theft can happen to you to. > And don't forget about data migration flac may be the sh*t now but who > knows what lossles formats you want in the future, lossles can alw

Re: [slim] What's the best file format to use

2010-02-25 Thread FredFredrickson
I must be a noob, but 192 kbps WMA sounds identical to any FLAC I've listened to... -- FredFredrickson FredFredrickson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16584 View this thread: http://forums.slimde

Re: [slim] What's the best file format to use

2010-02-24 Thread pski
Chilts;520260 Wrote: > I'm pretty new to this and would appreciate some advice. I've used WMP > to rip CD's and chose the WAV format as it appeared to be the least > loss. I'm using a Duet and have had a few problems with the library, > biggest bug bear is that the first track of each album is no

Re: [slim] What's the best file format to use

2010-02-24 Thread Chilts
All, many thanks busy converting with dBpoweramp as I type!! -- Chilts Chilts's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36630 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75622 ___

Re: [slim] What's the best file format to use

2010-02-24 Thread Thg6276
Flac + dBpoweramp + Mp3tag is the best cocktail for use correctly your system -- Thg6276 Thg6276's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18303 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.p

Re: [slim] What's the best file format to use

2010-02-24 Thread Phil Leigh
Chilts;520260 Wrote: > I'm pretty new to this and would appreciate some advice. I've used WMP > to rip CD's and chose the WAV format as it appeared to be the least > loss. I'm using a Duet and have had a few problems with the library, > biggest bug bear is that the first track of each album is no

Re: [slim] What's the best file format to use

2010-02-24 Thread Mnyb
FLAC. all losslesformats is same soundwise but FLAC is native to the SB players and have excellent tag support. dBpoweramp or EAC can rip directly to flac, WAV files can be converted to flac by many applications (FLAC frontend dBpoweramp foobar2000 and 100 other apps ) and properly tagged by mp3t

[slim] What's the best file format to use

2010-02-24 Thread Chilts
I'm pretty new to this and would appreciate some advice. I've used WMP to rip CD's and chose the WAV format as it appeared to be the least loss. I'm using a Duet and have had a few problems with the library, biggest bug bear is that the first track of each album is not stored in the album but is