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CTR1
01-25-2014, 03:34 AM
When doing batch convert there are multiple complete albums that are broken into separate folders for each track. They are the same artists on all of them (not a compilation}

Spoon
01-25-2014, 07:50 AM
Which naming string are you using? These tracks they have multiple artists on the same track?

CTR1
01-25-2014, 02:03 PM
Not all of them

CTR1
01-25-2014, 02:12 PM
I don't know what you mean by name string

garym
01-25-2014, 02:24 PM
I don't know what you mean by name string

the dynamic naming string you are using in the conversion window (that tells how you want the files/subdirectories named/organized).

CTR1
01-25-2014, 02:29 PM
[IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[artist][]\[album]\[track] [title]

garym
01-25-2014, 02:31 PM
does the album that gets split have an explicit ALBUM ARTIST filled in on the tag? (I'm guessing no). Anytime I have at least one track on an album where the artist is not exactly the same info as all the other tracks, I make sure I use an ALBUM ARTIST. This is true even if NOT a compilation.

CTR1
01-25-2014, 02:33 PM
How do I determine that?

CTR1
01-25-2014, 02:35 PM
Can you recommend a good automatic tag ripper?

garym
01-25-2014, 02:35 PM
How do I determine that?

look at the tags of the files in one of the albums that got split (the original flac files). Is the Album Artist tag field blank? (right click on the files in windows explorer, select EDIT ID TAG, and you'll see all the tags in the file(s)

CTR1
01-25-2014, 02:40 PM
I am also experiencing problems power amp stopping in the middle of a batch convert and asking if I want to over write

garym
01-25-2014, 02:43 PM
I am also experiencing problems power amp stopping in the middle of a batch convert and asking if I want to over write

that's because the mp3 files are already there. Just say NO typically. That is, I can convert flac files to mp3, then later I can point at ALL my flac files and say convert to the same mp3 location. It will ask me if I want to overrwite and I say NO. This way only the FLAC files that haven't yet been converted to mp3 will convert. I don't have to remember which FLAC files I've converted or not. It only does the new ones.

CTR1
01-25-2014, 02:56 PM
I am sorry to be a pest but can I set up batch converter to use more than 2 cpu's

garym
01-25-2014, 02:56 PM
Can you recommend a good automatic tag ripper?

what do you mean by automatic. Find the metadata automatically? Or do you mean to manipulate/edit tag data (often in an automatic batch manner). dbpa that you already have can do this by using batch converter to "convert to" ID TAG PROCESSING and do lot of things. I'm also fond of mp3tag (yes, it does FLAC too) for a powerful tag editing tool.

garym
01-25-2014, 02:58 PM
I am sorry to be a pest but can I set up batch converter to use more than 2 cpu's

i thought it did that automatically. When I convert it uses all my CPUs and I never had to set anything.

CTR1
01-25-2014, 03:01 PM
It is only showing 2 cpu's in the progress box.

garym
01-25-2014, 03:08 PM
It is only showing 2 cpu's in the progress box.

how many do you have? looking at my setup I have an i7 machine, but conversion is using only 4 cpus. Not sure why.

CTR1
01-25-2014, 03:17 PM
Do I have to configure batch converter to convert to id tag processing

garym
01-25-2014, 03:21 PM
Do I have to configure batch converter to convert to id tag processing

no, just run it, select the files, then say convert. then a popup screen comes up and you have a dropdown menu where you select the codec/dsp for the method of conversion. This is where you choose mp3, flac, ID TAG UPDATE, etc. If you don't see ID TAG UPDATE in the dropdown, you need to install that dsp from the codec central at the top of this forum page. You're not actually converting in this case, just running the ID TAG UPDATE program to batch modify/edit the tags based on some formula. on the popup screen, there are several tabs related to what you want to edit/modify, etc. First time through you'll have a bit of learning curve to figure out right variables, etc. There are help buttons on that page to read for more info.

CTR1
01-25-2014, 04:49 PM
How do I setup batch converter to do id tags?

garym
01-25-2014, 05:29 PM
How do I setup batch converter to do id tags?

Have you installed the ID TAG UPDATE codec from codec central (top of this forum page)? Once installed, batch convert to "ID TAG UPDATE". Once you're in that screen, look at the map/additions/deletions section and you'll need to play around with it a bit to get a feel for what it does. The red ? help button is supposed to provide some help info on that screen, but the help button is not working for me.

you can also consider mp3tag for tag editing. it is here:
http://download.mp3tag.de/mp3tagv258setup.exe

and has a forum here for help:
http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?http://www.anytag.de/forums/

Rudj
02-02-2014, 07:18 PM
Can you recommend a good automatic tag ripper?

Tag&Rename :smile2:

garym
02-02-2014, 09:46 PM
mp3tag (does flac, etc. as well)