Where's my CD>

[jocar37]

In the course of ripping my CDs to FLAC, I came across some Jazziz CDs I got with an old magazine subscription. The other cds are all stored in folders labeled after the leader - Art Farmer, Miles Davis, etc. When I went into the Explorer window with my new rips, I found a folder for Jazziz. One of the CDs that I had ripped, "Women" was in that folder. But other Jazziz albums that I ripped were not in that folder. Nor could I find another folder in Explorer that contained them. But they are in there, somewhere. Because when I did a search in Explorer for one of the other albums, or a track on one of the other albums, Explorer found it.
Any idea where these "hidden" albums might be? Any ideas how I can fix this so that the files already ripped can be readily located and that any of the remaining cds I have yet to process don't disappear?
I'm also concerned that whatever indexing flaw has caused this peculiar problem, it could also apply to CDs by specific artists. I've got a few thousand CDs that I'm ripping, and I didn't bother to look in Explorer after each one to see where it was, and I certainly don't want to have to redo this. I'm almost through!

[Dat Ei]

First off: if you could find your missing albums with file explorer, why didn't you use the right click context menu to open the path to that folder in file explorer?

Next: there is no indexing function in dBpoweramp. If you rip a CD the metadata you see in the GUI and your setup of the naming string control where and how your files will be stored.

Last: it is a good idea to invest time in understanding the workflow and functions of dBpa first and in setting up your workflow before you start to rip in masses.


Dat Ei

[jocar37]

First off: if you could find your missing albums with file explorer, why didn't you use the right click context menu to open the path to that folder in file explorer?

Next: there is no indexing function in dBpoweramp. If you rip a CD the metadata you see in the GUI and your setup of the naming string control where and how your files will be stored.

Last: it is a good idea to invest time in understanding the workflow and functions of dBpa first and in setting up your workflow before you start to rip in masses.


Dat Ei

Thanks for the information. I had forgotten the right-click trick, and was just doing searches in the Explorer Window.
You're right. It's a good idea to invest time in understanding software. The problem is I don't usually find online tutorials tell me what I need to know. I didn't see anything on dB's website. Perhaps you could point it out to me.

[garym]

https://www.dbpoweramp.com/spoons-audio-guide-cd-ripping.htm

https://www.dbpoweramp.com/spoons-audio-guide-cd-ripping.htm

In the dbpoweramp program itself, anywhere you see an 'i" in a circle next to an option, clicking on this will open up lots of useful help pages.
See, for example,

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/help/dmc/CDhelp.htm

and the various help links on this page:

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/help/dmc/