RE: Ripping Level Question (help?)

[garym]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

Hi,

It's very weird. I tried a few different things over the past hour. I think it may be related to one of two things:

Firstly, it worked fine (ie. the artwork appeared in Foobar without me having to PLAY the tracks first) when - via PerfectTUNES - I replaced the artwork with an equivalent substitute image. But, the replacement replaced both disc-1 and disc-2 covers (making them both the same).

Secondly, usually, when I have ripped a CD and, for whatever reason, re-insert the CD (eg. at a later date) and open up dBpa, the s/w REMEMBERS all of the tagging, composers, dates, comments, etc, exactly as I had edited them during the most recent rip. This is true for all CDs ripped to date, including disc-2 of: 'Miles Davis Live At The Philharmonic'. However, strangely, for some reason the s/w refuses to remember the data for disc-1 of this double-CD?!:

[ATTACH=CONFIG]1551[/ATTACH]

I have tried ripping disc-1 three times now and get the same result of the s/w defaulting back to whatever (incorrect trash!) it originally was.

Many thanks.

So problem solved. Disk 1 data is correct when you rip it (and manually enter correct data)? (no need to try to rerip if correct after first rip). And artwork is OK after you replaced?

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

... the problematic disc-1 folder looks fine to me?:

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

Hi,

It's very weird. I tried a few different things over the past hour. I think it may be related to one of two things:

Firstly, it worked fine (ie. the artwork appeared in Foobar without me having to PLAY the tracks first) when - via PerfectTUNES - I replaced the artwork with an equivalent substitute image. But, the replacement replaced both disc-1 and disc-2 covers (making them both the same).

Secondly, usually, when I have ripped a CD and, for whatever reason, re-insert the CD (eg. at a later date) and open up dBpa, the s/w REMEMBERS all of the tagging, composers, dates, comments, etc, exactly as I had edited them during the most recent rip. This is true for all CDs ripped to date, including disc-2 of: 'Miles Davis Live At The Philharmonic'. However, strangely, for some reason the s/w refuses to remember the data for disc-1 of this double-CD?!:



I have tried ripping disc-1 three times now and get the same result of the s/w defaulting back to whatever (incorrect trash!) it originally was.

Many thanks.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

odd. No clue. I'd remove the folder.jpg or cover.jpg (whatever name you're using for artwork from the folder with your album), or delete it from the tags if it is embedded artwork. Then I'd get the art from some other source and rename to appropriate name or re-embed the art in the files. Maybe something odd about the actual artwork file.

Yup, that's a weird one! Yes, it's embedded. I will try with another artwork image. Thanks.

[garym]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

Cheers Gary,

OK, so this issue/quirk is only happening with one CD, exclusively. I have tried re-ripping it and also attaching different artwork images etc.

When I click on the album name of all the other recordings, the artwork automatically appears. To be specific, I am just selecting (or scrolling through) the album titles and NOT actually playing them. For example:

[ATTACH=CONFIG]1548[/ATTACH]

However, with one CD in particular ('Miles Davis Live At The Philharmonic'), when I click on the album title, I get the 'no image' message (appearing in the artwork box); despite the fact that there IS artwork associated with the rip:

[ATTACH=CONFIG]1549[/ATTACH]

Now, bizarrely, when I PLAY one of the tracks of the album in question ('Miles Davis Live At The Philharmonic'), the artwork magically appears!:

[ATTACH=CONFIG]1550[/ATTACH]

And so, I have no idea why this glitch is occurring with this one single recording!?

Thanks,

Paul

odd. No clue. I'd remove the folder.jpg or cover.jpg (whatever name you're using for artwork from the folder with your album), or delete it from the tags if it is embedded artwork. Then I'd get the art from some other source and rename to appropriate name or re-embed the art in the files. Maybe something odd about the actual artwork file.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

no problem. what's the artwork issue. In your pictures, the art is showing properly in the lower left box.

Cheers Gary,

OK, so this issue/quirk is only happening with one CD, exclusively. I have tried re-ripping it and also attaching different artwork images etc.

When I click on the album name of all the other recordings, the artwork automatically appears. To be specific, I am just selecting (or scrolling through) the album titles and NOT actually playing them. For example:



However, with one CD in particular ('Miles Davis Live At The Philharmonic'), when I click on the album title, I get the 'no image' message (appearing in the artwork box); despite the fact that there IS artwork associated with the rip:



Now, bizarrely, when I PLAY one of the tracks of the album in question ('Miles Davis Live At The Philharmonic'), the artwork magically appears!:



And so, I have no idea why this glitch is occurring with this one single recording!?

Thanks,

Paul

[garym]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

Thanks a lot Gary - I watched the You Tube video, etc. Yes, the foobar does look to be very customizable. I have joined the 'hydrogenaud.io' forum, but have not as yet posted anything - this 'Illustrate' forum has been taking up most of my online time! I am stuck on a foobar/artwork issue at the moment, so I will post it on the 'hydrogenaud.io' forum if I can't sort it. I agree, this thread has jumped around quite a bit, but hopefully others may find it useful. Cheers, Paul.

no problem. what's the artwork issue. In your pictures, the art is showing properly in the lower left box.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

Thanks a lot Gary - I watched the You Tube video, etc. Yes, the foobar does look to be very customizable. I have joined the 'hydrogenaud.io' forum, but have not as yet posted anything - this 'Illustrate' forum has been taking up most of my online time! I am stuck on a foobar/artwork issue at the moment, so I will post it on the 'hydrogenaud.io' forum if I can't sort it. I agree, this thread has jumped around quite a bit, but hopefully others may find it useful. Cheers, Paul.

[garym]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

Gary, I would be interested to learn this procedure if possible, please. Then I can test it out in foobar to see how such a tag appears/responds. Paul

foobar is infinitely flexible. I consider it a great program but it is certainly made for "geeks" who can really dig in and tinker (of course it can be used "out of the box" with no customization too.) I'm not an expert on it. You have the extent of my customization already so I can't be much further help. You'd have to define the custom tag within foobar and add it to one of the facets. You can add columns within a facet (just like I have "date modified" genre, etc. You can read the instructions on facets here:

http://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_facets

I see a video on it here that may help (I haven't watched):

https://youtu.be/noKy1IcAuSY

There's an entire forum devoted to foobar2000 at hydrogenaud.io. But when you post there, be sure to do your homework first, read their "Terms of Service" carefully. The folks there can be abrupt. See here:

https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/board,28.0.html

Given that this forum is dbpoweramp and illustrate products (and not a foobar forum), it's probably not a great idea to turn this into a foobar help thread, since one already exists elsewhere. You have all my foobar suggestions working properly. To change things, you'll need to study foobar documentation and experiment.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

... (although certainly , you can configure foobar to show this tag info in your library within foobar)

Gary, I would be interested to learn this procedure if possible, please. Then I can test it out in foobar to see how such a tag appears/responds. Paul

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

no right or wrong. If it makes sense to you, I'd do it. I suspect few players will show you the recorded tag anyhow, so it's really just for your personal use.

Hi Gary, I tagged the 'Session Years' as per above, thanks. My Sony Walkman does not display this info. though (I just tested it). It only shows 'Release Year'. Paul

[garym]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

Hi, If an album was recorded on two separate dates (ie. Nov. 1959 and March 1960), then in the DATE field, should one type: '1959/1960', please? (as per screenshot):

[ATTACH=CONFIG]1541[/ATTACH]

no right or wrong. If it makes sense to you, I'd do it. I suspect few players will show you the recorded tag anyhow, so it's really just for your personal use. (although certainly , you can configure foobar to show this tag info in your library within foobar)

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

Hi, If an album was recorded on two separate dates (ie. Nov. 1959 and March 1960), then in the DATE field, should one type: '1959/1960', please? (as per screenshot):

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

Hi, For any newbies wishing to take a quick glance at my 'Meta-Data' tag (per album):





Hope this may help. Cheers.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Ripping Level Question (help?)

Correct.

Awesome!