dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

[LtData]

Re: dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

1) Just create a new thread and copy in your existing post as the first post.
2) Do #1 in the AVS form and ost in the threads already there linking to your thread

[bhoar]

Re: dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

Great idea...but I have no idea how to:
1) use my last post to create a new topic
2) cross post to the AVS forum

1) Just create a new topic instead of replying to this one, and copy the text there.

2) Here's the AVS Forum topic on the XL1B: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...=692413&page=1

It's really long. You can cheat and give it a really high page number to get to the last page: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...92413&page=100

If you're not already registered there, go ahead a register.

-brendan

[sredmyer]

Re: dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

1) Just create a new topic instead of replying to this one, and copy the text there.

2) Here's the AVS Forum topic on the XL1B: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...=692413&page=1

It's really long. You can cheat and give it a really high page number to get to the last page: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...92413&page=100

If you're not already registered there, go ahead a register.

-brendan

Done

http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=17436

and

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=14467395&postcount=1388

[CeeDubbs]

Re: dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

When I use the batch ripper, it doesn't appear to use the naming scheme I have defined for each of my drives using the CD Ripper app. I don't see an option to set the naming scheme in the Batch Ripper Config tool, so I am wondering if there is currently any way to set the naming scheme using the Batch Ripper Config tool?

Thanks

Ed

[Spoon]

Re: dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

Click set next to the profile (in batch ripper) and it opens CD Ripper, set the naming based on that profile.

[solas]

Re: dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

Hi,
any intention of supporting newer Rimage machines? 2000i and later?
I'd be extremely interested in testing.

[bhoar]

Re: dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

Hi,
any intention of supporting newer Rimage machines? 2000i and later?
I'd be extremely interested in testing.

As it stands, I do not have access to the newer RImage machines, which means I cannot write drivers for them. What I need is someone who has one to document all of the serial-based commands for me, and then I can create drivers for them to test.

I may take some time over the next week or two to write up an article on how to document a command set using a mixture of existing duplication software and portmon.

-brendan

[CeeDubbs]

Re: dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

Hi,

I purchased dBpoweramp Reference a week ago and ripped at least 250 CD's today using the Batch Ripper. All of a sudden, it appears as though the album art is no longer being associated with the albums being ripped.

Is there some limit to how many times one can hit up the metadata service per day or is there some sort of maximum? Any other ideas as to why the album art is no longer coming down during the rips?

Thanks

Ed

[bhoar]

Re: dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

Hi,

I purchased dBpoweramp Reference a week ago and ripped at least 250 CD's today using the Batch Ripper. All of a sudden, it appears as though the album art is no longer being associated with the albums being ripped.

Is there some limit to how many times one can hit up the metadata service per day or is there some sort of maximum? Any other ideas as to why the album art is no longer coming down during the rips?

Thanks

Ed

There are two AMG licenses with dbpoweramp Reference.

1. For the CD Ripper, there is a yearly $5 license that gives you unlimited metadata/art. The first year is included in the price of Reference, after that you you pay them another $5 per year after it expires.

2. For the Batch Ripper, there is a free 400 metadata/art license. After that you pay a per disc fee for lookups...it's probably ~$0.05 to $0.12, I haven't kept up on the specifics.

Note that the batch ripper AMG lookups start counting down from 400 lookups when you are using the trial so it's 400 free total per machine whether or not you buy the Reference product.

-brendan

[bhoar]

Re: dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

Spoon -

I have some books on CD that I'm running through the batch ripper. They don't have any metadata lookup matches. I noticed that the default path for the CD ripper would essentially be the same for all of them.

I modified the default path to include the cddb id after the album name to ensure no overwrites, but...

...shouldn't the batch ripper notice this issue and work around it somehow?

-brendan

[bhoar]

Re: dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

Another quibble:

When the cdgrab.exe, when called from the batch ripper, is finishing the compression of the last track, there's no reason it shouldn't be able to tell the batch ripper that it is truly done with the disc IO and that the batch ripper can go ahead and do the unload/load cycle even before cdgrab.exe exits.

As it stands now, the batch ripper seems to simply wait for the cdgrab.exe to exit (and then looks at the returned data to determine if it should unload or if it should reject). If the cdgrab.exe could send an affirmative "accept" or "reject" after reading the last bit of the disc but before finishing the last compression task, this could increase throughput, significantly under some circumstances (e.g. multi-encoder or high-compression lossless or high-quality lossy settings)

I noticed this behavior while ripping some books on CD where each track, including the last track, is very long (10-20 minutes each) and the cdgrab.exe takes a good amount of time between the final disc read and the end of the compression task (could be 20 seconds or more). There's no need to wait that extra 20 seconds before calling unload.exe or reject.exe.

-brendan

[CeeDubbs]

Re: dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

Thanks for the earlier reply. I've searched the forum to no avail. How do I purchase additional AMG lookups for the batch ripper? I probably have another 400 discs or so to rip.

Don't take this the wrong way, but I guess removing the software on my current PC and reinstalling on another PC won't somehow give me another 400 lookups, would it?

Ed

[CeeDubbs]

Re: dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

Nevermind.... strangest thing a google search returned the correct link on this site

http://reg.dbpoweramp.com/store/prod...ID=71&P_ID=126.

[CeeDubbs]

Re: dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

Just a suggestion, I would add the option to check on the remaining amount of AMG lookups within the batch ripper so one knows when to buy more and doesn't instead find out from noticing the latest batch ripped doesn't contain the metadata.

On that topic, perhaps also add a menu option under the Metadata dropdown to go directly to the website page for purchasing additional licenses.

Apologies if this feature is already built in but I'm not seeing it.

Thanks

[CeeDubbs]

Re: dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

Yikes... I keep answering my own questions. Seems I just haven't used the batch ripper enough but now I think I have a legitimate question. I purchased 3 x 100 AMG lookups via Paypal and have received email confirmation saying so. I clicked on the link in the email confirmation and then followed the steps to add the lookups to the batch ripper. However, it seems only 100 lookups were actually added.

Awesome program by the way!

Ed