Tag question

[stuartm]

Here's my situation. I have 400+ ripped CD's that I ripped in Windows Media Player to .wav format since I wanted lossless. Now I realize that was a bad choice because of wav's poor tagging support. So I discovered dBpoweramp and have been playnig with the free trial and so far I love it. It seems to be able to convert my wav's and preserve what information is in the limited wav tags. (I am converting to WMA lossless) But one of the main reasons I want to convert is to add additional information (especially Composer) to my tracks tag information. I noticed the CD rip software is great for that showing me the available tag information from the various online databases and I can select the best from those databases for the tag information for my ripped CD's. I don't want to re-rip all my CD's I would just like to convert them from wav to WMA lossless. But I would like to be able to do the database lookup and apply the desired tag information to my converted rips. I don't see any way to do that, is it possible?
i.e. I just want to select a folder that represents the CD I ripped and converted and get the same tag editing capability I can get when I am running the dBpoweramp ripper.
Thanks for any help with this.

[Spoon]

Re: Tag question

Sorry this is not possible currently.

[stuartm]

Re: Tag question

Sorry to hear that. Any chance such a capability could show up in a future release? (Consider this a feature request if so)
Still dBpoweramp is far better than WMP for ripping CD's and the conversion capability is great, guess I'll go ahead and buy a copy.
One final question. I see some posts about a limit of 400 database lookups for a Batch CD ripper. It's not clear to me if this limit applies to my personal use when ripping CD's. If I am ripping CD's with the dBpoweramp ripper will I be limited to 400 lookups?

Thanks

[Spoon]

Re: Tag question

Batch Ripper is a separate product, you will not have this limitation in CD Ripper.

[BrodyBoy]

Re: Tag question

.......But I would like to be able to do the database lookup and apply the desired tag information to my converted rips. I don't see any way to do that, is it possible?

You can't do it with dBp, but there are a number of other programs that have this capability. Run your conversions first, then load the album into mp3tag and do a database lookup. It's not as streamlined as doing the lookup prior to ripping, in that you usually have to review multiple "results" to find the one that has the info you want, but it works. Another option is MusicBrainz Picard....once you get the hang of how to use it, it can fill in tons of metadata on your existing rips.