Double CDs

[PedroT99]

Re: Double CDs

Haha.....yeah. You figured out what I meant to write! Thanks!

[garym]

Re: Double CDs

Very cool. I was more so asking if there is a rationale for putting the artist after the track title when it seems most seem to put the track title before the artist.

huh? "putting artist after track title" is equal to "most seem to put track title before the artist". If you mean putting artist BEFORE track title, that's fine too. personal preference. Keep in mind that with good tags, the file names themselves are mostly irrelevant, as long as they contain some info that makes sense. It it the tags that really matter for players, etc.

[PedroT99]

Re: Double CDs

Very cool. I was more so asking if there is a rationale for putting the artist after the track title when it seems most seem to put the track title before the artist.

[garym]

Re: Double CDs

Hi Gary,
I have been using your naming scheme since you provided it and it has been working great for single and double albums. I just started ripping the few compilations that I have and I realized that this string puts the artist after the song title. I switched it up but now I'm thinking that perhaps there is a logical reason you did that...or perhaps it was a typo. Can you explain your rationale for me?

Thanks a Million!

this is what I want it to do. For a file (and we're talking file NAMES here, not the metadata in the tags), if it is a regular album, I don't need the artist in the file name because all those files are under and Artist/Album Name subdirectory structure. But for a compilation, each artist is different. So if for some reason I'm just looking at the file NAMES, I couldn't tell this from the file name or directory structure (which is Compliation/album name). So by including the track artist name in the file name, I have that information handy should I ever need it (from looking at file names only).

[PedroT99]

Re: Double CDs

Hi Gary,
I have been using your naming scheme since you provided it and it has been working great for single and double albums. I just started ripping the few compilations that I have and I realized that this string puts the artist after the song title. I switched it up but now I'm thinking that perhaps there is a logical reason you did that...or perhaps it was a typo. Can you explain your rationale for me?

Thanks a Million!

[Porcus]

Re: Double CDs

mville: You are absolutely right. (It messes up the way _I_ use my logs, though, so I was too quick replying.)

[mville]

Re: Double CDs

One problem about putting 2CDs in one folder, is overwrite. If you wish to keep logs, then at least make sure you have full album title in the logfile name. (logfile.txt will overwrite ...)

Please can you elaborate on this? I am not seeing this overwrite logfile problem. dBpoweramp seems to be appending log data, as far as I can tell.

[garym]

Re: Double CDs

....theeeeeeeeeeere it is! Got it. Do I want to check of Calculate Album gain AND track gain? When I loaded it up, only one came checked.

Thanks!

yes, check both album and track gain. You don't have to use both (or either), but it is good to have this info in your tags to the extent you ever want to use them. In my case, I use both, as in Squeezebox players they have a thing called "smart gain" which uses "track" gain RG values if playing a random mixture of tracks and "album" gain if playing an entire album.

[PedroT99]

Re: Double CDs

you must not have installed the ReplayGain (RG) DSP. go to the codecs page and install it (see link below, look toward bottom of page under utility codecs). Then when you click convert, RG will be one of the options. Lots of other stuff on that page too you might want to install (e.g., arrange audio and others).

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

edit: and somewhere you can tell dbpa how to name your saved album art within a folder. forget where. mine is cover.jpg. folder.jpg works with most programs as well.

....theeeeeeeeeeere it is! Got it. Do I want to check of Calculate Album gain AND track gain? When I loaded it up, only one came checked.

Thanks!

[garym]

Re: Double CDs

Perfect...I get all of the album art. I didn't do any mp3 conversions with it but it is all there. I noticed that my art is named Folder.jpg. Is there a reason why it is one or the other? I dont' care...just curious. I don't remember selecting a file name.

As for the RG...I just done see it. Along the top of batch convert, I see: Convert, List, Refresh, Reset and Filter..then just "keys". When I click on convert, I have the drop down options of MultiEncoder, AIFF, Apple Lossless, FLAC, mp3 (lame), Test Conversion, WAC and then m4a, Ogg Vorbis and Windows Media the last 3 of which are greyed out. Below that is Output location and below that a place to add DSP. That's it. What am I missing?

I do have the 21 day trial version of the SW...do you think that is it? I'm going to upgrade and buy a license anyway but could that be it? The site calls the trial "fully functional" so I doubt it.

Thanks again for all of your help! I have most of it figured out....or I should say You, Porcus and Spoon figured it out for me!

you must not have installed the ReplayGain (RG) DSP. go to the codecs page and install it (see link below, look toward bottom of page under utility codecs). Then when you click convert, RG will be one of the options. Lots of other stuff on that page too you might want to install (e.g., arrange audio and others).

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

edit: and somewhere you can tell dbpa how to name your saved album art within a folder. forget where. mine is cover.jpg. folder.jpg works with most programs as well.

[PedroT99]

Re: Double CDs

in batch convert, you are converting to RG (upper left of screen). That is, instead of choosing to convert to mp3, or Flac, etc. you are converting to "RG". This is not actually converting the music, just adding RG values to the selected tracks (or redoing the RG values).

on the artwork issue: when doing the conversion to mp3, at the bottom of the conversion screen there is a place to add DSP or actions. I have two DSPs there. RG and ID TAG PROCESSING. The setting for ID TAG PROCESSING in the 'manipulations' tab, has an import art from setting. I have it set to import art from "cover.jpg". That is, my FLAC album art is in cover.jpg format/name per album. But when I create mp3 files I want the art to be imbedded in the mp3 file. I also tell it here to force the art to be jpg no matter what. And I give it a maximum artwork size of 500x500 (as I may have cover.jpg of 1000x1000).

Perfect...I get all of the album art. I didn't do any mp3 conversions with it but it is all there. I noticed that my art is named Folder.jpg. Is there a reason why it is one or the other? I dont' care...just curious. I don't remember selecting a file name.

As for the RG...I just done see it. Along the top of batch convert, I see: Convert, List, Refresh, Reset and Filter..then just "keys". When I click on convert, I have the drop down options of MultiEncoder, AIFF, Apple Lossless, FLAC, mp3 (lame), Test Conversion, WAC and then m4a, Ogg Vorbis and Windows Media the last 3 of which are greyed out. Below that is Output location and below that a place to add DSP. That's it. What am I missing?

I do have the 21 day trial version of the SW...do you think that is it? I'm going to upgrade and buy a license anyway but could that be it? The site calls the trial "fully functional" so I doubt it.

Thanks again for all of your help! I have most of it figured out....or I should say You, Porcus and Spoon figured it out for me!

[garym]

Re: Double CDs

So I used your script with one mod so that I can get artist in the name of the file and it worked perfectly. I am not however seeing how the RG gets redone in batch convert. I added the RG effect to batch convert but RG is not an option under batch convert for me....I have multi format, mpc, AIFF, flac, wav...a few others but nothing that is RG. What am I missing?

Also, I did just do my first batch converts to mp3 and it worked great although I realize that my album artwork didn't make it over. Is there an way to preserve that?

in batch convert, you are converting to RG (upper left of screen). That is, instead of choosing to convert to mp3, or Flac, etc. you are converting to "RG". This is not actually converting the music, just adding RG values to the selected tracks (or redoing the RG values).

on the artwork issue: when doing the conversion to mp3, at the bottom of the conversion screen there is a place to add DSP or actions. I have two DSPs there. RG and ID TAG PROCESSING. The setting for ID TAG PROCESSING in the 'manipulations' tab, has an import art from setting. I have it set to import art from "cover.jpg". That is, my FLAC album art is in cover.jpg format/name per album. But when I create mp3 files I want the art to be imbedded in the mp3 file. I also tell it here to force the art to be jpg no matter what. And I give it a maximum artwork size of 500x500 (as I may have cover.jpg of 1000x1000).

[PedroT99]

Re: Double CDs

open dbpa BATCH CONVERT, and then select the upper level subdirectory of the entire album (that is the top level, so that disc1, disc2, etc. are BELOW this leve). This way you are selecting all the disks. Then select CONVERT, then CONVERT to "RG" which is simply going to re-do the RG values.

I think you may not yet understand that there are lots of tools in dbpa, not just the ripper.

So I used your script with one mod so that I can get artist in the name of the file and it worked perfectly. I am not however seeing how the RG gets redone in batch convert. I added the RG effect to batch convert but RG is not an option under batch convert for me....I have multi format, mpc, AIFF, flac, wav...a few others but nothing that is RG. What am I missing?

Also, I did just do my first batch converts to mp3 and it worked great although I realize that my album artwork didn't make it over. Is there an way to preserve that?

[PedroT99]

Re: Double CDs

Nice...I'll try that now. If I have a problem, you know I'll ask!

[garym]

Re: Double CDs

Awesome guys. Thanks! I think I get it. I'm going to go with they one folder with 2 sub folder approach. Only question is how do I determine RG? I have the RG set so it s been doing it automatically. If the album(s) each have a separate and presumably different value, where do I find them, how do I know which is right and how do I change one of them.

Thanks again!

open dbpa BATCH CONVERT, and then select the upper level subdirectory of the entire album (that is the top level, so that disc1, disc2, etc. are BELOW this leve). This way you are selecting all the disks. Then select CONVERT, then CONVERT to "RG" which is simply going to re-do the RG values.

I think you may not yet understand that there are lots of tools in dbpa, not just the ripper.