Ripper is not tagging files

[mattd]

I'm just starting out with dbPowerAmp and it's very impressive however one niggle.

I'm ripping to WM 9.2 lossless, it is getting all the meta data correctly but when I check the file on disk (or through the GUI), no id tags have been written to the file.

The settings in poweramp look correct to me (including the "don't write id tags - which is unchecked).

What am I doing wrong?

[LtData]

Are you looking at the dMC "Edit Tag" or "Audio Properties" tabs, or the system "Properties" tab?

[mattd]

Are you looking at the dMC "Edit Tag" or "Audio Properties" tabs, or the system "Properties" tab?

I'm looking at the id tags in the file. Eg. right click the file look at properties and pick ID-Tag tab, or look at "artist", "title" columns in Windows Media Player library - all blank.

If I rip a cd using iTunes and convert to WM lossless, the tags are preserved. It's just if I use dbPoweramp to rip the file it does not populate the tags despite clearly having the meta data for the cd.

[Spoon]

Hold the mouse over a WMA file, dBpoweramp will show the tags it contains, does it show any tags?

[mattd]

Hold the mouse over a WMA file, dBpoweramp will show the tags it contains, does it show any tags?

If the file was ripped by iTunes then yes, it shows tags.
If the file was ripped by dbPoweramp then no it doesn't show any tags.

[Spoon]

iTunes would not rip to WMA lossless.

Anyhow, make sure on the DSP tab (CD Ripper) is not an id tag processing DSP effect.

[mattd]

iTunes would not rip to WMA lossless.

As I said - I used converter to convert from apple lossless to WMA, and poweramp preserves the tags and I can see them in Windows Media Player.

This is a fresh install there are no DSP effects selected.

dbPoweramp is getting the album art, the track listings and showing all the track info but for some reason is not creating the id3tags in the wma file.

wtf is going on?!

[LtData]

Could you paste a clipboard-dump of your dBpoweramp Configuration of the main tab and the Codecs tab, please?

[mattd]

dBpoweramp Music Converter
Release 13
Registration Status
Reference: Registered
AMG, GD3 & MusicBrainz: 364 Days Access Remaining (Internet Meta Data)

DSP Effects: Release 3

dBpoweramp Audio Player
Audio player extraordinaire


dBpoweramp CD Writer
Audio CD burning simplicity


Sveta Portable Audio
Enhance your portable player









Codecs Installed


Encoders (write)

Apple Lossless Release 7
.m4a
FLAC Release 11 (FLAC 1.2.1)
.flac
m4a Nero (AAC) Release 7
.m4a
mp3 (Lame) Lame 3.97
.mp3
Test Conversion
Wave Release 13
.wav
Windows Media Audio 10 Release 5 (WMA Pro 10)
.wma


Decoders (read)

Advanced Audio Compression Decoder
.aac
CD Decoder Release 13
.cda
FLAC Decoder
.flac
m4a / mp4 Decoder
.m4a, .m4b, .mp4
mp3 Decoder Release 13
.m2a, .mp1, .mp2, .mp3, .mpa, .mpeg, .mpg, .mpga, .mpx
Wave Decoder Release 13
.wav
Windows Media Audio Decoder
.asf, .wma, .wmv


Install on Demand

Ogg Vorbis .ogg
Real Audio (Helix) (read only) .ra
WavPack (read only) .wv
Monkeys Audio (read only) .ape
Midi (read only) .mid
Shorten (read only) .shn
Musepack (read only) .mpc

[Spoon]

Vitist:

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/codec-central-utility.htm

and install the top item [Audio Info]

Right click on one of the WMA files and >> Convert To >> Audio Info post the results here please. Also change the encoder to mp3 (Lame), in CD Ripper, rip 1 track, does the mp3 file contain tags?

[mattd]

File Name Length Channels Sample Rate (Hz) Sample Size Bit Rate (kbps) Size (Bytes) Uncompressed Size (Bytes) Compression (% of Original) Type Path Audio Quality Encoder Encoder Settings Sample Count Gapless Protected
Ruby - Kaiser Chiefs 00:03:24 2 44100 24 2116 26,885,009 54,242,470 49.6 Windows Media Audio file [.wma] C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Music\Kaiser Chiefs\Yours Truly, Angry Mob\ Perfect (Lossless) Windows Media Audio 9.2 Lossless VBR Quality 100, 44 kHz, 2 channel 24 bit 1-pass VBR 9,040,455 Yes No



Ripping as Lame MP3 works successfully and the track has ID-3 tags correct.

So - something wrong with the WMA lossless codec maybe?

[Spoon]

Sorry, please re-run the [Audio Info] and Check [x] Extensive Audio Info and uncheck [ ] Tab Seperated Table.

[mattd]

========================================
Audio Details for: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Music\Kaiser Chiefs\Yours Truly, Angry Mob\Ruby - Kaiser Chiefs.wma

Length: 3 minutes 24 seconds
Channels: 2 (stereo)
Sample Rate: 44.1 KHz
Sample Size: 24 bit
Bit Rate: 2,116 kbps (DVD)

Audio Properties:

Audio Quality: Perfect (Lossless)
Encoder: Windows Media Audio 9.2 Lossless
Encoder Settings: VBR Quality 100, 44 kHz, 2 channel 24 bit 1-pass VBR
Sample Count: 9,040,455
Gapless: Yes
Protected: No

[Spoon]

Uninstall the dBpoweramp WMA codec. Reboot computer, reinstall.

Run this reset program here:

http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=13285

(go with default 2 options, not the \program files\ one)

Then try (you will have to reactivate AMG after running the above).

[mattd]

Pardon my ignorance - how do you uninstall an individual codec?

[Spoon]

In uninstall programs (codecs are listed with each other install on the system).

[mattd]

Hi - the above steps have fixed the problem and my lossless wma's now have tags in.

Thanks very much for your help :komisch12