View All Metadata Before Ripping

[jrk-sc]

Hi All,

Is there any way to view ALL metadata before ripping a CD? I would like to be able to see, review, and edit/delete any/all tags supplied the various sources used. (And, it would be nice to be able to identify the source of garbage tags, too!)

The reason I ask, is that I have found quite a number of CDs I have ripped have A LOT of garbage tags associated with them. For example, ABBA's "Dancing Queen" claims, among other things:
The track's style is "Religious" (some Swedes may agree!)
It's period is "Ancient"
It's soloist is "Alfred Brendel"
It's an orchestral work by "Al Turath Ensemble"
And so on. A dump of all the tags is below.

So, is there a way to view these tags BEFORE ripping? I don't see a way to configure the metadata viewer to provide any additional tags.

Thanks in advance for any help/advice!
Jon K


TAG DUMP
File Name : 01 Dancing Queen.aiff
Directory : AIFF/EDM & Disco & Dance/ABBA/ABBA Gold | Greatest Hits
File Size : 41 MB
File Modification Date/Time : 2024:06:30 15:39:22-04:00
File Access Date/Time : 2024:07:06 07:45:38-04:00
File Inode Change Date/Time : 2024:06:30 15:39:22-04:00
File Permissions : -rwx------
File Type : AIFF
File Type Extension : aiff
MIME Type : audio/x-aiff
Num Channels : 2
Num Sample Frames : 10259424
Sample Size : 16
Sample Rate : 44100
ID3 Size : 86512
Album : ABBA Gold | Greatest Hits
Accurate Rip Disc ID : 019-0035f90e-02f50268-19121513-1
Accurate Rip Result : AccurateRip: Accurate (confidence 103) [521A2527]
Title : Dancing Queen
ISRC : SEAYD7601020
Encoded By : dBpoweramp Music Converter for Mac, Release 2024-05-30
Publisher : Polygram Records
Media : CD (Lossless)
Warning : [minor] Frame 'TSOP' is not valid for this ID3 version
Performer Sort Order : ABBA
Album Artist Sort Order : ABBA
Composer Sort Order : Quarantotto, Lucio
Length : 232.64 s
Genre : Pop
Year : 1992
Track : 01/19
Part Of Set : 01/01
Artist : ABBA
Band : ABBA
Conductor : Muhammad Hamadiyih
Composer : Lucio Quarantotto
Catalog : 517 007-2
CDDB Disc ID : 19121513
Conductor Sort : Hamadiyih, Muhammad
Encoder : AIFF
Instrument : Vocal
Mbid : 09cc6e86-9901-40f0-a53e-a638e95744ba
Orchestra : Al Turath Ensemble
Period : Ancient
Profile : Common Encoders (AIFF, FLAC, MP3)
Soloists : Alfred Brendel
Soloists Sort : Brendel, Alfred
Style : Religious
Upc : 731451700750
Music CD Identifier : (Binary data 164 bytes, use -b option to extract)
Picture MIME Type : image/jpeg
Picture Type : Front Cover
Picture Description :
Picture : (Binary data 84499 bytes, use -b option to extract)
Duration : 0:03:53
Date/Time Original : 1992

[garym]

I have found the databases' info for STYLE to be essentially useless. I untick STYLE in my settings so that tag is never added. Many other tags are also not needed for me, so I make sure I ONLY tick to include the tags I want. Lots of junk in the databases once you get beyond TITLE, ARTIST, ALBUM, GENRE

[Spoon]

Click the Tags tab (middle bottom)