meta data inaccuracies -- reportable?

[patlc]

I have batched ripped at least 1,100 CDs at this point, with many more to go. Mostly a very satisfactory experience.

I have however, noticed an occasional mis-read on a CD -- sometimes typos or pickiness on my part about the artist or title of a recording (what is reported as the Lester Young album "Pres and Teddy" is in fact by the Lester Young-Teddy Wilson Quartet, as is confirmed by the matching cover art, and it then the title makes more sense as well, etc); but, there is the occasional complete wrong assignment of an album, wrong title/artist/art/song titles etc.

This general happens with more obscure CDs, commercial samplers, etc -- but, if identified, this seems like something at dbpoweramp, AMG, someone would want to know -- unless the real root problem is something with the actual encoding on a CD somehow?

Any way or place to report such issues when noticed?

[Spoon]

Re: meta data inaccuracies -- reportable?

That is why PerfectMeta was created, you need the data from AMG, GD3, Musicbrainz and freedb to self correct such errors. Every database has lots of small errors, I am not 100% sure amg accept submissions now.

[BrodyBoy]

Re: meta data inaccuracies -- reportable?

This general happens with more obscure CDs, commercial samplers, etc -- but, if identified, this seems like something at dbpoweramp, AMG, someone would want to know -- unless the real root problem is something with the actual encoding on a CD somehow?

Any way or place to report such issues when noticed?

It's not CD encoding....it's just the unavoidable, cumulative inaccuracy inherent to online databases. As Spoon said, they all contain lots of errors. PerfectMeta is the most efficient way for a user to spot such errors, since it accesses multiple sources and highlights cross-database inconsistencies. But if you need to ensure the absolute highest degree of accuracy, there's really no substitute for consulting the CD insert and/or alternate info sources (like artist or record company websites).

dBp does save your metadata selections/changes and periodically submit them, thus (hopefully) helping to build on the preponderance of accurate metadata.