Another Issue with retrieving metadata

[Peterlanky]

I ripped a CD 3 weeks ago with no issues, but am now embarking on ripping a pile of CDs that I have accumulated. However I am getting no metadata for all but one of my CDs (proving there is something somewhere that works) that I have tried today, including a test on the one I successfully ripped 3 weeks ago.

Now the fly in the ointment is that my ISP (Virgin Media) had been down for 3 weeks due to a major technical issue, and is now back up and running, but I can only think that this may have had some effect on my metadata recovery, as nothing else has changed.

Can anyone offer a solution or even a possible explanation for this? I have already reinstalled DBPoweramp (14), and run the file "dBpoweramp-Reset" after uninstalling the original setup.

[Peterlanky]

ALSO. How do I reinstall the m4a (Nero) encoder?

[Spoon]

See:

https://forum.dbpoweramp.com/forum/read-only/hints-tips-read-only/40592-cd-ripper-metadata-old-versions-r2024-23-r17-r16-r15-r14-etc

With regards to metadata.

Nero AAC encoder is no longer available, it was replaced by FDK AAC, which is included as standard in later versions.

[Peterlanky]

For the number of CDs that I rip nowadays, I don't want to spend money on a new version. However, the v14 worked perfectly well 3 weeks ago and it did provide metadata for one CD today, so it is capable of providing metadata under the right conditions, despite the reported changes in the above article. I would welcome a different solution.

I have solved the m4a problem. I found an old post directing me to the internet archive where I found a suitable FDK codec.

[GBrown]

For the number of CDs that I rip nowadays, I don't want to spend money on a new version. However, the v14 worked perfectly well 3 weeks ago and it did provide metadata for one CD today, so it is capable of providing metadata under the right conditions, despite the reported changes in the above article. I would welcome a different solution.

You can try manually searching each one of the individual source providers to see what comes up. I can't recall which ones were on v14 that is really old. But if you choose not to update to the current version I don't think you can expect fluid operation. For existing users the upgrade cost is really only about the cost of one album. Not unreasonable IMO.