RE: Ripping Level Question (help?)

[garym]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

The reason why I wanted to check about the year/foobar is that the bootleg CD took over 90 minutes to rip! So I wanted to be as sure as I could that I was doing everything correctly etc. Cheers, Paul

The time to rip was because of problems with the Disc itself (and dbpa having to try and rerip frames). It has nothing to do with the missing tag or foobar.

[mville]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

The reason why I wanted to check about the year/foobar is that the bootleg CD took over 90 minutes to rip! So I wanted to be as sure as I could that I was doing everything correctly etc.

To clarify, if a tag is not correct or is missing, you don't have to re-rip the CD to fix the tag. You are able to add/delete/edit tags post ripping with Edit ID-Tag.

To view the tag in foobar2000 and then edit accordingly using Edit ID-Tag, should be much quicker than posting in this forum and waiting for an answer.

[garym]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

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[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

play it and see. I have "insecure" rips that play just fine. Sometimes it is just a 1/100th of second that has bad data and it is not audible. regarding the year tag, I can't recall. I think it just shows up as blank. But just try it and see what it shows you. Trial and error is an important part of learning all this stuff. You seem adverse to that, but you should do more of it. It's not life and death and you won't break anything. If something doesn't turn out the way you want, just fix it and move on to another option until you get outcome you want.

Gary, well judging by the poor audio quality of the bootleg, you can bet your bottom dollar that nobody's ears would be able to detect any such glitches!

The reason why I wanted to check about the year/foobar is that the bootleg CD took over 90 minutes to rip! So I wanted to be as sure as I could that I was doing everything correctly etc. Cheers, Paul

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

It's always possible to have a blank tag. foobar will (IIRC) show it as blank.

Ok, cheers JH. I will test it tomorrow. I have had to rip another bootleg type CD without a YEAR tag. I will be keeping a sharp eye out so as to not get conned again on eBay! Paul

[garym]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

The (above mentioned) CD I am trying to rip came up with 'insecure' for every track. Second time round, I am getting the same results, and on a different PC.

Will 'insecure' versions be OK, please? Thanks a lot.

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play it and see. I have "insecure" rips that play just fine. Sometimes it is just a 1/100th of second that has bad data and it is not audible. regarding the year tag, I can't recall. I think it just shows up as blank. But just try it and see what it shows you. Trial and error is an important part of learning all this stuff. You seem adverse to that, but you should do more of it. It's not life and death and you won't break anything. If something doesn't turn out the way you want, just fix it and move on to another option until you get outcome you want.

[Jailhouse]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

I was more asking if it is possible to leave the YEAR field blank? And will it just show up as 'unknown' in foobar, might you know, please? Thanks.

It's always possible to have a blank tag. foobar will (IIRC) show it as blank.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

I am at the tail end of my Miles Dais CDs now. I have beside me what you might called bootleg or unofficial releases. The were inadvertently purchased on eBay some time ago. Obviously there is very little info. available online or in the CD notes.

The (above mentioned) CD I am trying to rip came up with 'insecure' for every track. Second time round, I am getting the same results, and on a different PC.

Will 'insecure' versions be OK, please? Thanks a lot.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

Simple. Leave year blank.

Gary, Well, yes. But I suppose I was more asking if it is possible to leave the YEAR field blank? And will it just show up as 'unknown' in foobar, might you know, please? Thanks.

[garym]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

Simple. Leave year blank.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

Hi guys, I am at the tail end of my Miles Dais CDs now. I have beside me what you might called bootleg or unofficial releases. The were inadvertently purchased on eBay some time ago. Obviously there is very little info. available online or in the CD notes.

My question is, please, what value do you write in the YEAR tag if you do not know when the album was recorded or released? Or do you guess an approximate year? Many thanks.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

yes, you're in the area of personal preference now, so if it works for you, it is correct.

CHOICES! lol

[garym]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

Hi,



I have done so and the CD has been placed in the Miles Davis folder. So I think I am happy with this system.

Cheers.

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yes, you're in the area of personal preference now, so if it works for you, it is correct.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

Hi,

I will instead just list: 'Herbie Hancock' as the ARTIST (and 'Hancock, Herbie' for the: ARTIST SORT).

I have done so and the CD has been placed in the Miles Davis folder. So I think I am happy with this system.

Cheers.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

the questions you're asking now are all up to your individual preferences. There is no "correct" answer. I don't even use SORT tags, so that's irrelevant to me. But if I used the, I'd do the same thing I'd do with any sort tag, i.e., Hancock, Herbie;Carter, Ron, etc.

Gary,

OK, I just checked through my FLACs but this is the first of its kind.

The closest thing I could find (in ARTIST) was a scenario of: 'Miles Davis & John Coltrane' and 'Miles Davis & Keith Jarrett'. But such tagging terms relate to the situation in which the Miles Davis band is FEATURING an Artist. So quite different. But, you can see that I prefer to use the '&' symbol and also I do not change the christian/surname order:

Artist - 'Miles Davis & Keith Jarrett'

Artist Sort - 'Miles Davis & Keith Jarrett'

However, because tagging as:

'Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter & Ron Carter & Wallace Roney & Tony Williams'

is going to look stupid!, I will instead just list: 'Herbie Hancock' as the ARTIST (and 'Hancock, Herbie' for the: ARTIST SORT).

I believe it was Hancocks project.

Thanks,

Paul

EDIT: The only other option would be to tag: 'Miles Davis Quintet' (which it kinda was, albeit without Miles!).