Question before buying!

**LtData** · March 06, 2009, 02:51 AM

Re: Question before buying!

You can install your registered install on multiple computers, with a two restrictions I know of offhand:

Only one install can be in use at a time.
You must purchase a PerfectMeta subscription for each computer, you CANNOT use one for two computers.

**Aaron5604** · March 06, 2009, 06:41 PM

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Originally posted by LtData

You can install your registered install on multiple computers, with a two restrictions I know of offhand:

Only one install can be in use at a time.
You must purchase a PerfectMeta subscription for each computer, you CANNOT use one for two computers.

Also, as a likely customer...

Does PerfectMeta (which is paid for separate) offer any real advantages that other free services do not, such as: Amazon through Media Monkey?

For example... does it (PerfectMeta) provide a higher, more consistent resolution for album art, and (or) is metadata tagging more accurate -- meaning will I likely spend less time having to go in and manually edit songs that were tagged wrong, or not at all to begin with?

Thanks!

-Aaron

**Spoon** · March 06, 2009, 06:47 PM

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>(or) is metadata tagging more accurate

This, even the best database has mistakes, so using 4x is much better.

**LtData** · March 07, 2009, 03:45 AM

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PerfectMeta, for clarification, analyzes results from AMG, GD3, FreeDB, and MusicBrainz. The album art normally comes from one of those services, so whatever resolution they offer is what it can get.

**Aaron5604** · March 07, 2009, 05:01 AM

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Sounds good!

I appreciate the help

**Porcus** · March 14, 2009, 01:38 PM

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Originally posted by Aaron5604

Does PerfectMeta (which is paid for separate) offer any real advantages that other free services do not, such as: Amazon through Media Monkey?

Yes, seriously -- AMG is great and three-and-a-half services combined is even better. And PerfectMeta is so cheap it's almost a steal. To me, the metadata is easily worth the cost of dBpoweramp AND the metadata license, and if I need one on a different computer, then the additional PerfectMeta license is just chicken-s**t money.

However, for the wishlist (are you listening, Spoon?):
- Discogs (it's free)
- Amazon (can MediaMonkey, then you can. Even an "buy our recommendations" nag-ad in the albumart window while ripping would be an OK trade I think).

**EliC** · March 14, 2009, 09:05 PM

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Porcus, totally agree. I have also been pushing for Muze as an additional premium provider, especially for their VERY high resolution album art and extended meta-data.

**sredmyer** · March 15, 2009, 02:30 AM

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Sorry for highjacking the thread but reading this (and others) threads has caused me to wonder about the PerfectMeta licensing. I am a current registered user of R13.1 with the Batch Ripper. I am a little confused about the licensing for PerfectMeta.

I see in this thread that this is a subscription based service. I did not realize this and now have a couple of questions.
1) How do I know the stauts of my subscription?
2) How can I tell when my subscription expires?
3) Does the subscription apply to both CD Ripper and Batch Ripper?

Thanks

**LtData** · March 15, 2009, 03:09 AM

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1&2) Found in dBpoweramp Configuration. See "Need to find your version?" below.
3) Only the ripper, though a subscription does get you a one-time use of 400 lookups in the Batch Ripper for AMG. See here for details on meta-data in the Batch Ripper: http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=18100

**sredmyer** · March 15, 2009, 12:55 PM

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Ok, I think I understand. Just for clarification let me state what I do understand.

1) Batch Ripper does not use the PerfectMeta subscription once comercial lookups have been purchased.

2) CD Ripper only uses PerfectMeta and will not consume purchased lookups.

3) PerfectMeta subscription only provides AMG lookups not GD3. GD3 lookups must always be purchased.

Assuming all the above are correct, what happens if I have plenty of purchased lookups (both GD3 and AMG) but my PerfectMeta subsciption has expired? Will CD Ripper use the purchase lookups?

And from the Batch Ripper side...

What happens if I have a valid PerfectMeta suscription but I run out of AMG purchased lookups? Will Batch Ripper continue to work using the 400 lookups that come with the PerfectMeta subscription until those lookups are exhausted? Or (and I believe this is the case) do I lose the 400 lookups as soon as I buy comercial lookups?

What happens if the PerfectMeta subscription expires but I have plenty of lookups will the Batch Ripper still do inteligent tagging? Or is it PerfectMeta that provides this inteligent tagging and therefore, for the Batch Ripper, a valid PerfectMeta subscription as well as purchased lookups are required to get inteligent tagging.

Lastly, does PerfectMeta require all four service (AMG, GD3, MusicBrainz, FreeDB)? Or will PerfectMeta do its thing with whatever services are available?

Sorry to seems so dense but I just cant get my mind around the PerfectMeta subscription vs. paid lookups, Batch Ripper vs CD Ripper...It is all very confusing to me.

Thanks,

**bhoar** · March 15, 2009, 04:00 PM

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My understanding, not official:

There's some confusion due to the overloading of the term "Perfectmeta". It is the algorithm/feature that Spoon uses, but it's also his branding term for the bundled/add-on premium metadata license (consumer-level subscriptions) for the CD Ripper.

1. Both cd ripper and batch ripper have the "Perfectmeta feature/algorithm". It is enabled if you have, at a minimum, a working AMG lookup ability. For the cd ripper this could be a yearly subscription (including the bundled first year), while for the batch ripper this would be remaining free AMG lookups or remaining paid lookups.

2. However, you can only get a "Perfectmeta License" for the CD Ripper...not the batch ripper. The "Perfectmeta License" is a lookup-unlimited multiple-premum-source metadata-lookup license, with a *time-based* expiration. You resubscribe yearly if you want to keep using it. Sources are AMG, GD3 and Musicbrainz (added to any free ones you have configured).

3. With the batch ripper, you don't use a "Perfectmeta License", even though the "Perfectmeta feature/algorithm" is available under the conditions stated above. Instead you essentially contract separately with each premium metadata source, and do so on a per-lookup payment basis. This is because the batch ripper is considered a Commercial program by the premium metadata providers and they charge accordingly.

The "free" bucket of 400 AMG lookups in the batch ripper is primarily so that you can put the batch ripper product through the paces before committing to it...it's not related to the Perfectmeta "License" of the CD Ripper.