Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] MusicIP Analysis in Windows 7 failing

2018-12-21 Thread Wirrunna
conquerist Thank you for your post. Excellent explanation. Oh, and welcome to the forum. A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Seen sprayed on the outside wall of the local library - Three things I hate in life : 1. Vandalism 2. Irony 3. Lists

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Compilation and Best Of Albums.

2018-10-09 Thread Wirrunna
OklahomaGreyBeard wrote: > I'm one of those OCD people that when I like an artist I normally buy > all their albums including "Best of" or "Hits" etc and I also have a lot > of compilation albums that include songs from these albums (although > some are single/extended versions) Now the OCD in

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Adding ReplayGain tags

2018-10-09 Thread Wirrunna
w3wilkes wrote: > Do any of these RG tools give the ability to preserve file timestamps > like MP3Tag? You can use BulkFileChanger (https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/bulk_file_changer.html) to save the "modified time" to "accessed time", then run dbPoweramp or your RG tool of choice, then restore

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Classical music tagging in LMS 7.9 -- looking for hints, suggestions, and guidance

2017-12-30 Thread Wirrunna
Depends on your tagging template, look from http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?107225-There-has-to-be-a-better-way=880891=1#post880891 how I have tagged classical works. A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Seen sprayed on the outside wall of the local library - Three

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Classical music tagging in LMS 7.9 -- looking for hints, suggestions, and guidance

2017-12-30 Thread Wirrunna
There was a recent thread that may be of interest - http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?107225-There-has-to-be-a-better-way Michael Herger's addition of Full Text Search to LMS 7.9 has made finding classical music in your LMS server easy. A camel is a racehorse designed by a

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] FLAC fingerprinting in MusicIP Mixer windows 10 - how?

2017-11-29 Thread Wirrunna
David, I couldn't get the MP3Tag copy to work, I suspect Roland0's suggestion of using metaflac cli tool is probably the best way to copy tags from a 16/44.1 file to the same file at 24/96 . But if MIP analyses some 24/96 try the final version 1.9b of MIP

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] FLAC fingerprinting in MusicIP Mixer windows 10 - how?

2017-11-13 Thread Wirrunna
David, The details of exporting tags are here - https://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopic=10760=0 It ain't simple. A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Seen sprayed on the outside wall of the local library - Three things I hate in life : 1. Vandalism 2. Irony 3. Lists

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] FLAC fingerprinting in MusicIP Mixer windows 10 - how?

2017-11-13 Thread Wirrunna
David, Hold fire, the tag copy is not as simple as I thought. I will have a play and report back. A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Seen sprayed on the outside wall of the local library - Three things I hate in life : 1. Vandalism 2. Irony 3. Lists

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] FLAC fingerprinting in MusicIP Mixer windows 10 - how?

2017-11-12 Thread Wirrunna
DavidBulluss wrote: > And same process for 24/192 as well I am guessing. :) Thanks for that, > but a pity to lose the 24/192 and 24/96 now that I have them :) Will try > it out of interest, though. > > Cheers, David The 16/44 version of the files is purely so MIP can analyze the music. The way

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] FLAC fingerprinting in MusicIP Mixer windows 10 - how?

2017-11-12 Thread Wirrunna
David, There is a way to MIP tag 24/96 flac files, see https://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?39698-ID3-Tags-for-flac The steps would be use dbPoweramp (or Foobar) to convert to 16/44 flac, MIP analyze and archive tags, With the 16/44 files selected in MP3Tag, select File menu >>

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] FLAC fingerprinting in MusicIP Mixer windows 10 - how?

2017-11-11 Thread Wirrunna
What resolution are the flac files ? MIP ceased development in late 2007 and will only process 16bit 44.1 flac files. Also, what version of MIP are you running ? A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Seen sprayed on the outside wall of the local library - Three things I hate in life

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] FLAC fingerprinting in MusicIP Mixer windows 10 - how?

2017-11-11 Thread Wirrunna
Are the .flac tracks in the same folder as the .mp3 ? If not, are they read only ? (they shouldn't be!) Do they have a - without a blank before and after? see attached jpg. +---+ |Filename: mip 3.jpg

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] FLAC fingerprinting in MusicIP Mixer windows 10 - how?

2017-11-11 Thread Wirrunna
DavidBulluss wrote: > Hi, thanks for your reply. Yes, I want to analyze FLAC on the same > windows 10 box as MIP is installed on, nut it always shows the FLAC > files as analyzable. It is working fine with MP3s. Am I missing > something? > > Cheers, David Have you got Archive analysis ticked -

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] FLAC fingerprinting in MusicIP Mixer windows 10 - how?

2017-11-11 Thread Wirrunna
David, I'm not quite sure what you are asking - do you want to MIP to fingerprint your music on Win 10 ? Then you want to move the tracks to a NAS ? If that is what you want, then that is exactly what I do. MIP is installed on the Win 10 box, I make MIP analyze and archive the analysis in the

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] There has to be a better way...

2017-04-13 Thread Wirrunna
Mnyb says try to be as "standard" as possible. I agree totally, stick to the basic tags and be consistent in your naming. Although looking at my example of Mozart Piano Concerto 21 I would kick the Master File Maintenance person off the project. I will stick a Post-It to my screen with the

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] There has to be a better way...

2017-04-12 Thread Wirrunna
InvisibleMonkey wrote: > Thanks to all; still open for any hints tips or advice. As a retired computer systems guy I approached this from the user point of view - How do I want to find a particular piece of music ? How do I actually listen to music ? I want to search for a work by composer and

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] ReplayGain tag not used when playing music outside of library

2016-08-12 Thread Wirrunna
kidstypike wrote: > Hmm, I rather think that any files added to the folder that LMS scans, > and you play them, the tags are automatically added to the database, > with no need for a "new & changed" or "clear & rescan". > > Playing a file from any *other* folder is different, and is

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] MusicIP Analysis in Windows 7 failing

2016-06-16 Thread Wirrunna
Have you got FLAC installed in C:\Program Files (x86)\FLAC\flac.exe ? I read through the thread and this is the only thing I can think of that we didn't explore. As I understand the MIP process, MIP converts tracks to .wav format in ram for analysis, though a browse at C:\Program Files

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Lyrics

2015-12-10 Thread Wirrunna
reinholdk wrote: > You can definitely use Mp3tag for flac files. I strongly disagree with > DJanGo on this. See also 'here' > (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?104752-Classical-music-tagging-in-LMS-7-9-looking-for-hints-suggestions-and-guidance=838396=1#post838396). I too use MP3Tag

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Android music player that treats compilation albums same as LMS

2015-02-27 Thread Wirrunna
I've settled om Media Monkey for Android on my Nexus 4 after trying Dead Beef, the Google play music and one other that I can't remember (Vanilla Music ?), anyhoo, Media Monkey seems to observe a lot of the conventions espoused by our IBM Systems Programmer friend including Replay Gain. Try it,

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Tags for Compilation Albums and Artist Collection albums

2014-06-25 Thread Wirrunna
@w3wilkes, I believe it would. This conversation started here - http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?101516-7-9-Problems-Bugsp=784289viewfull=1#post784289 , but I quickly realised it was a tagging problem and moved it here. I'm still fixing tags, but in my experience when JJZolz says a

[SlimDevices: Ripping] Tags for Compilation Albums and Artist Collection albums

2014-06-24 Thread Wirrunna
The latest LMS 7.9 has some new browse menus with separate menus for Compilations and Albums. These menus have exposed flaws in my tagging which have caused me to re-examine the roles of the AlbumArtist and Compilation tags. My music has three basic types of albums : 1. an Album by an Artist

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Cleaning up Artist tagging

2013-09-25 Thread Wirrunna
I too occasionally have a tidy up tags session and lately have been adding lyrics to tracks (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98161-Song-Lyrics-plugin-will-soon-stop-working-due-to-musixmatch-changes/page4) using Foobar, but this always affects the New Music order. JJZolx wrote:

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Determining FLAC or other audio file type?

2012-11-18 Thread Wirrunna
Google is your friend - http://www.mpgh.net/forum/616-call-duty-black-ops-2-bo2-hacks/544361-black-ops-ii-flac-dumper.html Wirrunna's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3225 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] MusicIP Analysis in Windows 7 failing

2012-10-16 Thread Wirrunna
Not in WOW64 - The AMD reference is odd, this an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 CPU on a Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3P motherboard. +---+ |Filename: rpcss.jpg| |Download:

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] MusicIP Analysis in Windows 7 failing

2012-10-15 Thread Wirrunna
Philip, You have had me stumped with this one for a while. I just checked Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Default Programs\Set Associations to discover that .flac is associated with VLC Media Player. What I cannot understand is how MIP can update a mp3 file but not a flac file. The

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] MusicIP Analysis in Windows 7 failing

2012-10-15 Thread Wirrunna
Philip Meyer wrote: I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit - do you use the same edition? Intel i7-3770K @3.5GHz, 8GB RAM. Yes, Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit, Service Pack 1. Wirrunna's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] MusicIP Analysis in Windows 7 failing

2012-09-11 Thread Wirrunna
cparker wrote: Is that unique to Windows7? I thought MIP has always done that, if you look at the debug file it is still doing stuff most of the time it seems to analyse a file its already analysed :) it does stop eventually. I assumed it was a bug in the MIP GUI code It does it in XP as

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] MusicIP Analysis in Windows 7 failing

2012-09-10 Thread Wirrunna
Phil, I recently upgraded my XP work station to a 128GB SSD and Win 7 64. MusicIP works fine (apart from the odd quirky behaviour such as Validating... 0 tracks left until you tell it to Stop analysis) I did set UAC slider to the lowest - Don't notify or whatever the setting is. I also shared the

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] MusicIP Analysis in Windows 7 failing

2012-09-10 Thread Wirrunna
Phil, I'm pretty sure that I ran the MIP install as supervisor, then used option 4 or 5 in this guide - http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/11841-run-administrator.html I can't think of anything else. Wirrunna's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Organizing classical FLAC files

2012-09-07 Thread Wirrunna
JohnB wrote: Just one point that probably only affects classical music: the length of the path+filename. Many years ago when I started ripping my CDs to flac I used EAC (which I still use) and ripped them to an external HDD (in fact a WD MyBook). After some time I began to get strange

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Organizing classical FLAC files

2012-03-26 Thread Wirrunna
- +---+ |Filename: example.JPG | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13198| +---+ -- Wirrunna A camel

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Organizing classical FLAC files

2012-03-26 Thread Wirrunna
Another worthwhile task is to split major works into their own album, for example the Harnoncourt edition of the Beethoven symphonies comes on 5 CDs, so you make each symphony an album. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Soundtracks

2011-12-21 Thread Wirrunna
I tag the soundtrack albums with : genre of Soundtrack compilation of 1 artist to the artist for each track leave album artist blank. That way all soundtracks are easily browseable via the Genre, and individual artists are listed for each song. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] How to tag classical music?

2011-12-11 Thread Wirrunna
. If you break that into 5 CDs you can have each concerto as a CD - Artist : Beethoven Title : Piano Concerto No 3 - Rudolf Serkin, Boston Symphony Orchestra Seiji Ozawa Track : I Allegro con brio Track : II Largo Track : III Rondo: Allegro -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Want to help preparing for the future, automatic metadata ?

2011-08-06 Thread Wirrunna
the fingerprint and analysis tags, but the MIP gui will show the PUID for a track, so the PUID must be derived from the fingerprint and/or analysis tags. So, my library is still not much use to you until you figure out how to derive the PUID. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Want to help preparing for the future, automatic metadata ?

2011-07-10 Thread Wirrunna
the MusicIP Fingerprint and/or Analysis tags ? Is this it - http://acoustid.org/fingerprinter ? -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Wirrunna's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] FLAC or Apple Lossless ?

2011-05-21 Thread Wirrunna
to maintain my applications - iPeng and VLC remote, and Media Monkey to maintain my MP3s on the iPod and iPhone for the car. Re iTunes - my experiences are here - http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55209 -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] MusicIP - what am I doing wrong?

2010-12-07 Thread Wirrunna
problems in California. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Wirrunna's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3225 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83575

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] MusicIP - what am I doing wrong?

2010-12-06 Thread Wirrunna
Try encoding a recent CD with Foobar2000 or with FLAC 1.2.1b from http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Wirrunna's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] MusicIP - what am I doing wrong?

2010-12-06 Thread Wirrunna
, if that makes any difference. Henry66, how are going getting MIP to work ? -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Wirrunna's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3225 View this thread

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] MusicIP - what am I doing wrong?

2010-12-05 Thread Wirrunna
to FLAC Level 5 and see if that works. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Wirrunna's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3225 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] MusicIP - what am I doing wrong?

2010-12-04 Thread Wirrunna
validate audio was run. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Wirrunna's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3225 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83575

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] MusicIP - what am I doing wrong?

2010-12-04 Thread Wirrunna
of creating mixes, Spicefly automagically selects the next tracks based on the track or album you start with, kind of semi random continuous play where you get to set the parameters of how similar the next track will be to the previous track. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] MusicIP - what am I doing wrong?

2010-12-04 Thread Wirrunna
a registered copy of MIP. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Wirrunna's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3225 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Bset software for manual and or automatic playlist creation

2010-10-07 Thread Wirrunna
, MIP can take a long time to 'analyse' your music (depending on the size of your library and the obscurity of your music), so I suggest that you try it on a subset of your library first to see if it is what you want. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Apple Lossless Woes Re-Ripping

2010-10-02 Thread Wirrunna
My experience - http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55209highlight=apple+lossless -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Wirrunna's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Compilation Tagging

2010-09-25 Thread Wirrunna
JJZolx;578925 Wrote: Among the many tools available in Mp3tag are what it calls 'actions' for manipulating fields, file names, etc. Jim, Thank you for this, I've never been able to master these until now. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Adding album art to large collection

2010-04-23 Thread Wirrunna
Have a look at this one http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=57392 -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Wirrunna's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3225

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Album art - Where to store it and what application to use to get it?

2010-03-29 Thread Wirrunna
://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=57392st=1275p=693941#entry693885 may help you with the individual tracks. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Wirrunna's Profile: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Apple Lossless to FLAC

2010-03-21 Thread Wirrunna
didjean, this thread may be of interest http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55209 -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Wirrunna's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] non-latin character substitution for filenames with dBpoweramp?

2010-02-16 Thread Wirrunna
, then I select the field to be changed. Repeat for more fields if wanted. I also use Actions (quick)to shorten file names to 64 characters. The beauty of MP3Tag is you can select a CD, a directory of CDs e.g. the artist, or a whole disc. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Ripping DVD Audio

2010-02-16 Thread Wirrunna
Here is a simple 2 step process using DVD Decrypter and Foobar http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=showtopic=75810view=findpostp=666083 You can get DVD Decrypter from www.doom9.org -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Apple Genius and Classical Music

2009-05-28 Thread Wirrunna
track with tag information ? -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Wirrunna's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3225 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] No Album Art

2009-05-11 Thread Wirrunna
I use Album Art Downloader to get album art. http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=57392 There are lots of threads on gathering album art, and Album Art Downloader gets a lot of favorable comment. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] AAC to FLAC Conversion

2009-02-09 Thread Wirrunna
Here is my experience in moving from iTunes to FLAC - http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55209 -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Wirrunna's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Best place to get accurate, quality cover art ?

2008-12-22 Thread Wirrunna
Album Art Downloader (http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=57392) has scripts that retrieve the cover from multiple sources allowing you to choose which image you want. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee

[SlimDevices: Ripping] Why and How I left iTunes behind.

2008-11-17 Thread Wirrunna
iPods. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Wirrunna's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3225 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55209

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Retrospective albumart download

2008-10-21 Thread Wirrunna
for it. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Wirrunna's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3225 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54025

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] high quality resample 44.1 to 48

2008-10-14 Thread Wirrunna
sbPoweramp Music Converter should be able to do this. I have used a DSP function to convert from 48 to 44.1, so it should be able to go the other way around. The dbPoweramp Batch converter will do a folder and sub-folders. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Which format to use for ripped DVD A files on SB3?

2008-10-13 Thread Wirrunna
which audio program ur ripping, (stereo or dts or different language, etc...) MrSinatra, DVD Decrypter will rip the audio stream and demux to 2ch .wav files, then dbPoweramp can convert to FLAC and tag. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Which format to use for ripped DVD A files on SB3?

2008-10-13 Thread Wirrunna
MrSinatra;349236 Wrote: i thought dvd decrypter wasn't being developed anymore? do you have a DL location you trust? /QUOTE] www.doom9.org PM sent. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Which format to use for ripped DVD A files on SB3?

2008-10-13 Thread Wirrunna
I used this guide http://www.dvd-guides.com/content/view/136/59/ for DVD Decrypter down to step 4 and then used dbPoweramp. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Wirrunna's Profile: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Which format to use for ripped DVD A files on SB3?

2008-10-13 Thread Wirrunna
MrSinatra;349245 Wrote: i don't see anything about dvds on their site. http://www.doom9.org/ , click Download, then Descrambling / Ripping Tools , DVD Decrypter. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Aarrrggghhhh!

2008-09-21 Thread Wirrunna
, hence the full re-rip - http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=17494 -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Wirrunna's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3225 View this thread

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Aarrrggghhhh!

2008-09-20 Thread Wirrunna
. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Wirrunna's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3225 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52874

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Album Art Aggregator replacement?

2008-09-17 Thread Wirrunna
to search and choose from a variety of sources. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Wirrunna's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3225 View this thread: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] SB3 doesn't play 24/44.1 Apple Lossless

2008-06-01 Thread Wirrunna
based on the source of the CDs. dbPoweramp is easily configured to any library structure. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Wirrunna's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3225

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Slimserver Supported Tags List

2007-04-04 Thread Wirrunna
In id3v2 there's a BAND (TPE2) frame. ALBUMARTIST is distinct from BAND, but is treated pretty much the same. I rip using iTunes lossless. iTunes now has Album Artist as a field, where does SlimServer display this tag ? -- Wirrunna