J. River Media Center17 cannot read AIFF tags created by dBpoweramp CD Ripper

[mdx1]

I decided to re-rip some of my own CDs to take advantage of the AccurateRip offered by dBpoweramp CD Ripper as those tracks were ripped by the Windows Media Player some years ago.

Based on the recommendation from the ComputerAudiophile site, the CD were ripped to AIFF, FLAC and mp3 formats. Using the dBpoweramp Reference Release 14.3, the rips were accurate. The AIFF tags looked fine when viewed with the dBpoweramp ID editor.

However when importing those .AIFF files into J. River Media Center 17 (17.0.186), some of the files were imported without any tags (unassigned) and had to be manually edited. This problem happened with all CDs.

The FLAC files are not affected. AIFF files converted from those FLAC files work fine in J. River Media Center 17 with no metadata loss.

I posted this problem on J. River's support forum but have not gotten any answers yet. Other users had same problems with AIFF file and JRMC.
It looks like some folks had similar problem with AIFF files on iTunes as well.

Is this a known problem?

Nelson

[gnits]

Re: J. River Media Center17 cannot read AIFF tags created by dBpoweramp CD Ripper

I am having exactly the same problem when I use the Aiff files ripped by dBpoweramp played in Audirvana (Mac). The metadata is ok with Flac (or Flac converted to Aiff). In my case, some CDs are ripped correctly, but some CDs have multiple tracks which are ok and multiple tracks are missing metadata. If I re-rip the CD I get identical results.

I thought it was an Audirvana problem, so reported it to Audirvana.

Audirvana has checked some sample tracks of mine and have replied. Here is the relevant extract from their reply:

" I've investigated the issue, and it appears the AIFF file is truncated.
You can tell to Dbpoweramp that the ID3 chunk size info gives a size that exceeds the real one in the file. Thus taglib finds the file as invalid."

dbpoweramp has told me it is fixed in the latest beta. I have tried the beta and reported that the problem is still there.

I am extremely frustrated by this. I need to re-rip my entire collection and cannot proceed until this is fixed.

Warning. Audirvana has an integration feature to iTunes. Before I realised there was a problem with the metadata I tried Audirvanda with iTunes integration active and totalled trashed my iTunes database (ie lots of albums with missing tracks and lots of tracks with no albums.. too much carnage to consider manually fixing).

I hope there is a fix soon...

[Spoon]

Re: J. River Media Center17 cannot read AIFF tags created by dBpoweramp CD Ripper

Visit Codec Central, install the [Update ID Tag] codec, then using batch converter convert all AIFF files (click the filter button to only do these) >> Update ID Tag

This should fix those damaged files. We will put out a new 14.4 beta next week which will fix.

[gnits]

Re: J. River Media Center17 cannot read AIFF tags created by dBpoweramp CD Ripper

1. Do I convert the files in situ or convert to a new location or file name.
2. I have followed instructions above successfully up to ">> Update ID Tag". I do not know how to "Update ID Tag".

Do I have to add a DSP effect. If so, what settings.

[Spoon]

Re: J. River Media Center17 cannot read AIFF tags created by dBpoweramp CD Ripper

For the encoder you select [update id tag] once selected you cannot choose path as it is not needed.

[gnits]

Re: J. River Media Center17 cannot read AIFF tags created by dBpoweramp CD Ripper

Bravo for such a prompt response. I think I am on the right track now.

I selected Update ID Tag in the field "Convert To".
I ran this against approx ten test albums I had ripped. I then checked the metadata for each album by dragging the tracks into the Audirvana que. All examples where metadata was previously missing are now there.

Two sub items.
1. For several tracks the "Composer" field was not updated.... I assume this is a normal situation.
2. I got the following error listing for all tracks re-converted (>200)

Error converting to [ID Tag Update], 'M:\PowerAmp\PowerAmpAlbums\Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart\Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 19 [Pollini]\03 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 23 3 A K488 Allegro assai.aif' to 'M:\PowerAmp\PowerAmpAlbums\Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart\Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 19 [Pollini]\03 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 23 3 A K488 Allegro assai.IGNORE'
Error Chunk is out of file. [clAIFFHandler::ScanFile]
Error Chunk is out of file. [clAIFFHandler::ScanFile]
Error Chunk is out of file. [clAIFFHandler::ScanFile]
Error Chunk is out of file. [clAIFFHandler::ScanFile]

[Spoon]

Re: J. River Media Center17 cannot read AIFF tags created by dBpoweramp CD Ripper

The current R14.4 beta should allow those errors not to show, this week we update the codec so that there is no issue in the first place.

[gnits]

Re: J. River Media Center17 cannot read AIFF tags created by dBpoweramp CD Ripper

Thanks and pleased to have this resolved.

[mdx1]

Re: J. River Media Center17 cannot read AIFF tags created by dBpoweramp CD Ripper

Installed the R14.4 beta and everything works great. The workaround the tag update also worked but it is nice to be able to skip that step.

Thank you!

Nelson

[gnits]

Re: J. River Media Center17 cannot read AIFF tags created by dBpoweramp CD Ripper

Has the beta 14.4 been updated to resolve issues with the Aiff tags.

I have 14.4 (or a version of) downloaded which does not fix the problem. I have not noticed any new notes on the beta page regarding this problem.

[mdx1]

Re: J. River Media Center17 cannot read AIFF tags created by dBpoweramp CD Ripper

R14.4 beata worked for me when I ripped several CDs last night with Multi Encoder option to AIFF, FLAC and mp3. With R14.3, all AIFF files need to run through the ID Tag Update to be picked up by JR MC. With R14.4 beta, all AIFF files ripped are as good as FLAC files. JR MC had no issues picking up all the tags.

Nelson