CD Ripper default to MusicBrainz

[Spoon]

You would enable them all and let the system work it out. For classical there is no better database, they are all so-so with regards to classical (such as composer, conductor).

[MarkSealey]

Is someone able to help with my question, please: is there a documentation page which explains in detail how to use the metadata databases - especially which is the most accurate for classical music?

Thanks in advance…!

[MarkSealey]

Following up, if I may: I did try deselecting the sources I don't want. But all of them return on each new launch of dBpoweramp:



Nor can I see a way actually to make MusicBrainz come first as a default.

Thanks in advance for any ideas here, please…

[MarkSealey]

Many thanks, Spoon!

All clear now :-) .

So for my purposes (the most accurate tagging for Classical music, preparatory to importing into Roon) would a good combination be to enable these four:

• PerfectMeta
• dBpoweramp cache
• AccurateRip Meta
• MusicBrainz

and - over time - to compare each table to see which results in the 'best' set of data?

[Spoon]

PerfectMeta combines the metadata looking for spelling mistakes

The cache is just that a cache, any previously known disc it takes from the cache (last say 50 discs stored)

AccurateRip Meta is our own meta database created from PerfecftMeta, so will be the most accurate out there eventually.

[MarkSealey]

Dat Ei,

You can enable / disable the different sources as often as you like.

Got it. Thanks. Good to know :-)

CD Text refers to additional metadata stored on the CD itself

And:

1. PerfectMeta
2. dBpoweramp cache
3. Acurate Rip Meta'

???

Are these documented somewhere, please; I did look?

[Dat Ei]

You can enable / disable the different sources as often as you like.

CD Text refers to additional metadata stored on the CD itself. Not every CD has those metadata.

Da Ei

[MarkSealey]

Dat Ei - thanks so much for your quick and helpful reply!

You can enable / disbale the different metadata sources forth and back and whenever you want.

Do those sources which I disable remain available in the dropdown? They're not hidden in a Plist somewhere, are they?

If you just check one source, it might happen that no metadata will ne found while the sources would have those.

Thanks; I can see how that might happen.

…plus CD Text plus PerfectMeta…

I'm not sure what each of these does. Are they documented somewhere, please: I'd like to be able to understand the features and functionality of all these metadata source options.

(BTW, I tried to edit this post of mine last night: although I could save it and the text came up containing my edits, only the original/first version before I tried to edit it. Is this useful in troubleshooting what appears to be a bug in (this implementation of) the vBulletin software?)

Thanks again in advance for any help on offer for best practices with metadata sources…

[Dat Ei]

You can enable / disbale the different metadata sources forth and back and whenever you want. If you just check one source, it might happen that no metadata will ne found while the sources would have those. I prefer to use all different online metasources plus CD Text plus PerfectMeta and just in case check which source gave me the best metadata to my liking.


Dat Ei

[MarkSealey]

CD Ripper in Release 2024-05-30 (6) on macOS 13.6.7.

I want to default to MusicBrainz for retrieved metadata. For batch ripping on multiple drives, usually. But potentially always.

Is this the best practice, please:

1. Is it safe/best practice simply to uncheck everything except 'MusicBrainz' in the Active providers dropdown?
2. If I do, will they remain available in the future if I ever need them again?
3. Or should I keep anything else in that list ('PerfectMeta', 'dBpoweramp cache', 'Acurate Rip Meta' etc?)?

TIA!