Cd Ripper not providing album info.

[Komet]

I just paid $75 for this thing. I did it because I read from people that this was a good program to rip and get album info of cds. I tried several programs, but the only one that could provide information was MusicBee. The problem with MusicBee is that it's extremely slow for ripping. I feel cheated by dbpoweramp. All I needed was album information, and dbpoweramp doesn't provide that. There are many good, free programs for ripping CDs, but they don't provide access to metadata. That's why I decided to pay for dbpoweramp. I am completely disappointed and I regret that I threw away $75 for this thing.

[ghibliss]

You have access to several sources for metadata including Discogs, Musicbrainz, Freedb (dbpoweramp), and premium metadata ie (paid for service) GD3. How are you not able to receive metadata. You have to select which metadata provider or providers you prefer to receive the data from in the options and then you are all set.

Didn't you try the software out for free prior to purchasing it to see if it would deliver what you were interested in?

[BrodyBoy]

I just paid $75 for this thing. I did it because I read from people that this was a good program to rip and get album info of cds.

Let’s use a little common sense here before declaring the program a waste of money and throwing in the towel.

You read from “people”….suggesting multiple individuals…that it’s a good program for ripping and getting album info, but YOUR initial experience is different.
What’s more likely? That all those people lied and made up their reviews, or that maybe you’re not using it correctly?

You went to the trouble to register on the forum to post your rant. It’s just as easy to ask what you might be doing wrong, and there are plenty of helpful users here (like Ghibliss) who are happy to steer you in the right direction. You’ll probably have more questions as you go along. Just ask.

Turns out…it IS a good program for ripping and getting album info!

[Spoon]

Likely your security software (firewall) is blocking dBpoweramp from accessing the internet. Try first with a popular CD, one of the 6 databases we lookup with (more than any other Ripper) will have that disc.

[Komet]

Thank you. Yes I tried a Jimmy Hendrix cd and the program delivered the album info.
Yes, the truth is, it was my mistake not to try the program before paying for it.
Yes, it's true that I was quite disappointed when I wrote my post. It was an impulse driven by frustration.
I'm new to this and thought a paid program would provide everything I needed to archive my CDs without having to resort to other sources of information. Now I realize this program does provide information about the albums, but not about many really. Probably only the most popular and well known ones. I will continue using it and learning along the way.

[Spoon]

I would say that musicbrainz and discogs have over 99.999% of the cds in existence in their databases.

[Dat Ei]

Hey Komet,

I own a collection of ~3.900 albums. I've ripped over 3.000 of those with dBpa. For the majority of those I've received the metadata from one of the online databases connected to CD Ripper. If dBpa didn't find any metadata in the online databases, it has been a new released album in most cases. So I have a very high hit rate even though I've ripped a lot of exotic jazz music or german albums.


Dat Ei

[garym]

Now I realize this program does provide information about the albums, but not about many really. Probably only the most popular and well known ones. I will continue using it and learning along the way.

Disagree, I've ripped over 5,000 CDs with dbpoweramp, and probably 20-30% were not at all mainstream or popular CDs and some are particularly obscure. I think I've had fewer than 10 total CDs out of that 5,000 that dbpoweramp didn't find basic metadata info for. That said, I sometimes edit things (don't like the genre provided, or want to edit album name). But in terms of FINDING, dbpa works well.