dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

[Spoon]

Re: dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

Follow the download link in your email receipt to activate AMG.

[bhoar]

Re: dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

Remember, Batch Ripper is still beta, documentation will come later.

AMG's licensing terms are different for the CD Ripper and the Batch Ripper:

CD Ripper - $5/year unlimited.
Batch Ripper - 400 free, then $0.10 per lookup after that (off the top of my head, price may have been changed recently).

Update: a quick check of the batch ripper sticky thread says it's $0.07 per AMG lookup after 400 in the batch ripper.

-brendan

[sredmyer]

Re: dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

So can one of you more knowledgeable guys help me to define the best set of configuration values given my goal. My goal is to batch rip up to 200 CDs with the following priorities.
1) achieve completely accurate rips where possible
2) where complete accuracy is not achievable, mark CD (report) for more intensive manual work
3) Achieve the best possible (short of manual entry) meta data
4) report on all suspect or missing meta data.

I think all I need to know is the correct settings for AccurateRip, Secure Rip and Ultra Secure to achieve the above. Also the PerfectMeta settings to get the best tagging...does PerfectMeta even apply to Batch Ripper or is there some other set of settings for Batch Ripper and if so what are they

Steve

[sredmyer]

Re: dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

Remember, Batch Ripper is still beta, documentation will come later.

AMG's licensing terms are different for the CD Ripper and the Batch Ripper:

CD Ripper - $5/year unlimited.
Batch Ripper - 400 free, then $0.10 per lookup after that (off the top of my head, price may have been changed recently).

-brendan

Yeah I understand the whole beta thing and I definitely feel that his killer app is worth the pain. The problem I am having (I suspect many others as well) is that I read through these forums (as they are the only source of information thus far) and I am unsure as to which features actually exist and which ones are just wishes that have not yet made it into the released version. Then to further complicate that issue there is no (at least I haven't found it yet) user interface document showing what the menus, buttons and controls that are there, do.

So we have the perfect storm for the ignorant newbie (such as myself)...conflicting understanding of what features actually exist...no documentation to tell me how to use what is there and just for fun add in that I am still figuring out how/if my hardware works and I am sure you will see I am just a bit overwhelmed.

Anyway thanks to everyone for the help because as I have said...without this forum I would still be wondering how to start.

Steve

[bhoar]

Re: dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

Yes I wish I had known to do that...This is really a killer app but the documentation is virtually non-existent. I doubt I would be able to do anything with out this forum.

Remember, Batch Ripper is still beta, documentation will come later.

AMG's licensing terms are different for the CD Ripper and the Batch Ripper:

CD Ripper - $5/year unlimited.
Batch Ripper - 400 free, then $0.10 per lookup after that (off the top of my head, price may have been changed recently).

-brendan

[sredmyer]

Re: dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

Not that this helps now, but: whenever I install dbpoweramp and the batch ripper, I immediately disable AMG in both until I am sure I have my system setup properly. Otherwise, I'd be wasting my free/complimentary lookups and/or unnecessarily adding to the hits that AMG counts from the product (I see no reason to increase the number of complimentary hits generated, since the higher that number is, the less good position spoon is in during negotiations).

-brendan

Yes I wish I had known to do that...This is really a killer app but the documentation is virtually non-existent. I doubt I would be able to do anything with out this forum.

[sredmyer]

Re: dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

Ok now I am really confused...In the CD Ripper app the settings for AMG service report that there are 7 days Access remaining.

WTF in Batch Ripper I get a specific number of lookups (400) but in CD Ripper I get a number of days (and presumably unlimited lookups in those days?).

So which one is correct? Is there a document (or the tutorial I ask about) somewhere that explains which readings are global (apply to all dbPowerAmp apps) and which are application specific and need o be set in each app. Then is there also a document telling how to get to the settings that need setting (I just happened on the fact that the Meta button in Bach Ripper was a button and not just a drop down menu of choices).

[bhoar]

Re: dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

Not that this helps now, but: whenever I install dbpoweramp and the batch ripper, I immediately disable AMG in both until I am sure I have my system setup properly. Otherwise, I'd be wasting my free/complimentary lookups and/or unnecessarily adding to the hits that AMG counts from the product (I see no reason to increase the number of complimentary hits generated, since the higher that number is, the less good position spoon is in during negotiations).

-brendan

[sredmyer]

Re: dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

After some further looking it seams as though I should have gotten 400 free lookups with my purchase of the dbPowerAmp software. While it is likely true that during esting I may have used some lookups, I am quie sure I did no use 400 (no way I have ripped that many CDs).

I have no problem paying for my lookups tha will actually use, I just do not want to pay for lookups while I am testing. I still am not sure what all the settings do and which ones I should be using to achieve my desired (this is why I asked, in a previous post, if there is a tutorial that I can read to help). Any way I do not want to waste money on lookups while I am getting the system working the way I want.

So still I wonder how the CD Ripper app is able to download album art...is it getting it from a different service or does it recognize that I have not used 400 lookups so it has no problem looking them up in AMG?

[sredmyer]

Re: dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

>Uh...wont that then require me to manually review each CD/Track's

Only switch on to verify that AMG is being retrieved for testing.

CD Ripper and Batch Ripper are very different when it comes to connecting to AMG.

Well it seems that here are no lookups remaining?? Not sure how that can be because I have done nothing but testing and have not had the software long (not even thirty days yet).

Any way (and I did not realize this settings window was there prior to now) when I go to the Meta Data Providers screen in "Batch Ripper" the line for AMG says"
"All Media Guide Lookups Remaining: (none)" and there is a buton labeled Purchase on the right.

So is there not some number of complimentary lookups?

Again not to belabor the point but I do get Album Art from CD Ripper...I understand what you are saying about that app functioning much differenly then Batch Ripper, but the point is weather AMG is connecting (and providing art or not) CD Ripper is getting the art from somewhere. So why doesn't the Batch Ripper also get the Album Art from the same service that the CD Ripper used, don't the two applications use all the same providers?

Thanks for your help

[Spoon]

Re: dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

>Uh...wont that then require me to manually review each CD/Track's

Only switch on to verify that AMG is being retrieved for testing.

CD Ripper and Batch Ripper are very different when it comes to connecting to AMG.

[sredmyer]

Re: dBpoweramp Batch Ripper: Discussions

Is there a tutorial somewhere that describes setting up the software for ripping and batch ripping. Something that explains what parameters affect what applications and where one must go to see/set those parameters?

[sredmyer]

Re: Album art

Switch on the Manual Input & Review (meta button) to check that metadata is retrieved from AMG

Uh...wont that then require me to manually review each CD/Track's meta data meaning: rip one CD, stop to verify the meta data, then move onto the next CD? If the answer is yes then what would the point of batch ripping be?

Again I think you guys are overlooking an importat point here...it works fine when using the "CD Ripper" app (the application that provides single disc at a time ripping) it does not work when using th "Batch Ripper" application. This tells me that the "Batch Ripper" is probably using a different configuration value (at least for this parameter) than is th "CD Ripper". Problem is I can not find anywhere to set any of the values used by the "Batch Ripper"...it appears (at least for other parameters) that the "Batch Ripper application use the settings defined in the "CD Ripper" application.

[Spoon]

Re: Album art

Switch on the Manual Input & Review (meta button) to check that metadata is retrieved from AMG

[sredmyer]

Re: Album art

Check dBpoweramp Configuration (see "Need to find your version?" below), it will tell you the status. You should have at least a 30-day trial if you activated it and it has not yet expired.

Yes it looks like the AMG thing is on. However I do not believe this is the problem because as I stated originaly when I use CD Ripper the album art is downloaded and saved to the appropriate folder. It is only when using Batch Ripper that it is not.