Adding Catalog number and Conductior fields to ripped CDs

[MarkSealey]

I’m trying to have dBpoweramp (version Release 2024-02-01 (6) on macOS 13.6.5)’s CD Ripper retrieve and populate these two fields:

1. the CD(s)’ catalog number
2. the works conductor… my collection is entirely of classical music

Spoon has helped me make a start; thank you!


I have both ‘Conductor’ and ‘Catalog *’ in:


dBpoweramp > Settings > Tags & Filenames > Meta Data & ID Tag > Options ID Tags


checked/ticked (in addition to the other fields).


Then I have:


dBpoweramp > Settings > Tags & Filenames > Meta Data & ID Tag > Custom & Fixed Value Tags as follows:


https://ibb.co/dPbhK1M


So - do I need to edit anything here:


https://ibb.co/rxqtZvK


Does dBpoweramp automatically fetch these two items of data (Catalog number, Conductor) - e.g. from Discogs, MusicBrainz etc?


Thanks in advance for helping me get the most from dBpoweramp!

[Spoon]

Re: Adding Catalog number and Conductior fields to ripped CDs

For some discs they can be present, online.

[MarkSealey]

Re: Adding Catalog number and Conductior fields to ripped CDs

Are you saying that the reason why I see neither Catalog * nor Conductor is that they are missing in the source databases which dBpoweramp consults?

And that I otherwise have these settings all correct?

For some discs they can be present, online.

[Spoon]

Re: Adding Catalog number and Conductior fields to ripped CDs

Correct, you would have to add manually.

[MarkSealey]

Re: Adding Catalog number and Conductior fields to ripped CDs

Thanks, Spoon! It looks as though I'm all set :-)

Your patience and persistence in helping me here very much appreciated!

Correct, you would have to add manually.

[miggs]

Re: Adding Catalog number and Conductior fields to ripped CDs

Be careful with the catalog * and Barcode fields. Every program seems to have their own interpretation. Some of the fields are cross compatible, some not.
dbpoweramp uses Catalog *. Swinsain uses Catalog Number. MusicBrainzs uses Catalogue Number.
dbpoweramp uses UPC. Swinsain and MusicBrainz use Barcode.

I learnt the hard way. After ripping over 1000 disc with dBpoweramp, having manually filled the Catalog * & UPC fields. The Catalog Number & Barcode fields in Swinsain were blank. Viewing the file in MusicBrainz Picard showed all 4 fields had been written. dBpaoweramps Catalog * & UPC and Swinsains Catalogue Number & Barcode tags were written to the file.

[Spoon]

Re: Adding Catalog number and Conductior fields to ripped CDs

You could use dBpoweramp with the ID Tag Update utility codec to map tags on already existing files.