No Metadata using Mac, Parallels 5, Win 7

[ceaks]

Using latest Reference sw I think, 13.3. Brand new Mac-mini w/ Parallels 5 and Win 7.
I have ripped 1000's of albums on a win XP machine with no problems. First time with this setup. I ripped 50 albums and even though the metadata and album art was in the CD Ripper, the tags themselves are empty. Also, when I open the PerfectMeta Match screen, the info is in the left column but the 4 columns from the providers are all empty.
I have read the similar posts and verified or tried the following:
Disable Tag Writing is NOT CHECKED
The Write ID Tags are all checked
PerfectMeta is checked
AMG has 251 days left
I tried: Insert a popular CD, then CD Ripper >> Meta Drop Menu >> Retrieve From >> All Media Guide. There was metadata already there and the metadata stayed after doing this so I assume it worked.
No Anti-Virus, I did disable the Windows Firewall and no change.
No matter what I do, I get the metadata in the Main screen, no metadata in PerfectMeta window, and no metadata in the actual tags themselves.
Thank you for any help you can provide.
Ceaks

[Spoon]

Re: No Metadata using Mac, Parallels 5, Win 7

DSP effect running? such as ID Tag processing?

If you reinsert a previously inserted CD then the perfect meta page would be blank as it comes from the HDD cache.

[ceaks]

Re: No Metadata using Mac, Parallels 5, Win 7

With the Windows Firewall disabled, I tried it with a new CD. There was now the PerfectMeta Match window completely filled in. That's Good.
But when I ripped a song (to FLAC as I did with previous songs), even though the metadata is in CD Ripper, it is still not in the Song tag. I tried looking at it with Edit ID Tag and Tag & Rename.
Yes, I do ID Tag processing & DSP. This is the same processing I used for the ~2000 CDs I ripped on a WinXP computer. The processing is:
Calculate Replay Gain
Remove Rating metadata
Thanks for your help.
Ceaks

[Spoon]

Re: No Metadata using Mac, Parallels 5, Win 7

Remove all DSP effects and try again.

[ceaks]

Re: No Metadata using Mac, Parallels 5, Win 7

Still no metadata in the song itself. Metadata is in CD Ripper and displayed in PerfectMeta Match fields. I removed all DSP effects, which were:
Remove Rating
Calculate Replay Gain
Thanks,
Cary

[Spoon]

Re: No Metadata using Mac, Parallels 5, Win 7

Follow instructions here:

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

To remove, then re-install and try ripping with default settings.

[westerm]

Re: No Metadata using Mac, Parallels 5, Win 7

Similar problem with me.
same setup. fresh installed. no DSP.

Multiencode to FLAC and mp3.

Metadata are written to mp3-files,
but are missing in FLAC-files.

regards

Marcus

[Spoon]

Re: No Metadata using Mac, Parallels 5, Win 7

How are you detecting the flac files have no id tags? right click on one and >> Edit ID Tags

[westerm]

Re: No Metadata using Mac, Parallels 5, Win 7

yes, exactly.

[Spoon]

Re: No Metadata using Mac, Parallels 5, Win 7

You might want to try R13.4 from the beta section of this forum, it will retry to write the ID Tags if a program has the file open (tagging is done after encoding), a virus checker might open the file and lock it.

[westerm]

Re: No Metadata using Mac, Parallels 5, Win 7

I tried beta 13.4.
Unfortunately nothing changed.

[ceaks]

Re: No Metadata using Mac, Parallels 5, Win 7

Sorry, I haven't gotten back. Been busy with other problems. I will try the reinstall when I get a little free time. I may also try Win XP instead of Win 7. I did install dbpoweramp on another winxp system and everything works fine.

[Luuk]

Re: No Metadata using Mac, Parallels 5, Win 7

I have exactly the same problem with Parallels 6. I did experiment a little and noticed that as long as I rip to a virtual drive WITHIN the Windows 7 system, there is no problem. As soon as I try to rip to my NAS or the proper Mac drive, the flac files are created but no metadata is added.