dBpoweramp R16 for Mac OS X beta Discussions

[PeterP]

Re: dBpoweramp R16 for Mac OS X beta Discussions

Beta 9 posted, even more evil bugs gone.

[PeterP]

Re: R16b7 Metadata problems

Beta 8 has been posted. Some of the feature requests have been addressed also.

[PeterP]

Re: R16b7 Metadata problems

Thanks for all the feedback.
Beta 8 is being prepared, with 'review metadata' data loss corrected.

Amary: The 'review metadata' data loss bug appeared in beta 7 as a side effect of another change - your beta 6 rips are most likely fine.

[Alan9568]

Re: R16b7 Metadata problems

Beta 7: I am experiencing the issue whereby if in the main rip screen I've edited metadata, then move to the Metadata screen, make some additional changes there and hit OK, my earlier changes are lost.

[amary]

Re: R16b7 Metadata problems

Also: I ripped a lot of CD's with b6. I doubt the above problems with metadata are new to b7, but I hadn't noticed them before. I now fear that all my metadata edits and corrections for over 100 CDs were lost.

I would really like the ability to run PerfectMeta against already-ripped CDs, much like PerfectTUNES (on Windows) can be run against already-ripped discs.

And, of course, I'd really like to see the full PerfectTUNES make it to Mac OS.

[amary]

R16 Album Art anomalies & feature requests

I don't understand the changes made to album art searches in R16. Often, b7 chooses artwork for me that doesn't even appear in the "Choose (from Internet)" dialog, nor is there an image labeled as "Current", as there was in R15. There is now an image labeled as "PerfectTunes", however it is rarely the same image that b7 has defaulted to for me.

Feature requests:

1) I like that I can now view album art at full size, but what I really want to be able to do is compare two different large-sized images side by side to see which one is higher quality. Often the differences are difficult to discern at the smaller size, and are also difficult to discern when the two can't be viewed at the same time.

I would suggest having a panel at the top of the window that displays the "Current" image in the left half, and lets you select a different image to be displayed on the right half for comparison. If you prefer the new image, it could be made the "Current" image, and other images could subsequently be compared to it, until the best image is located.

2) I would really like to see the source of the image that dBpa selects for me.

3) I would really like to be able to see the full source urls for ALL images found.

4) I would like to be able to Load art from a url (in addition to a file and the clipboard).

Features 2-4 could all be cleanly incorporated into feature 1.

[amary]

R16b7 Metadata problems

1. Insert new CD.
2. Click Metadata button.

b7 only shows metadata from ONE (unidentified) source. (Turns out to be GD3).

3. Click "Cancel"
4. Click "Reload" button
5. Click Metadata button.

b7 NOW shows metadata from FOUR sources. PerfectMeta erroneously prefers GD3 data over all other data.

6. Click "Cancel"
7. Click Metadata button.

b7 back to showing metadata from only ONE source again (GD3). Any edits made earlier are lost.

This behavior is completely consistent for this CD, across relaunches, clearing track metadata, etc. There are a number of other problems that occur after this, but I think they probably all stem from the above problems (wrong search term for album art, etc.).

[Alan9568]

Re: dBpoweramp R16 for Mac OS X beta Discussions

Thanks, Peter. I've installed the latest beta, and ripped a single disc successfully - the disc information was released after ripping, plus the " character issue appears to have been resolved.

[PeterP]

Re: dBpoweramp R16 for Mac OS X beta Discussions

Beta 7 out.
No more need to restart app after ripping.

[Pobo]

Re: dBpoweramp R16 for Mac OS X beta Discussions

Great, much looking forward to the new beta.

One more question about the new 'find album art on the internet' function. Is it looking for album art only in particular places? Because sometimes it does not find anything and then when I google in a browser the images do turn up.

[PeterP]

Re: dBpoweramp R16 for Mac OS X beta Discussions

Thanks for all your feedback. A new beta will be out by the end of this week.

Stuck disk info is being looked into.

Nonsensical/mismatching album art bug has been fixed also.

[Alan9568]

Re: dBpoweramp R16 for Mac OS X beta Discussions

Strange, I thought it was just with the box set, but it looks I have this issue with all discs: when ripping has completed and the disc has ejected, the track information and album art remains visible. When I insert a new disc, it refuses to read the new metadata, it just keeps the data from the previous discs: the old track information and album art remain on screen.

How do I force dBPowerAmp to read the new metadata?

Yes - this happens to me, as I'd earlier reported. To load the current metadata, I close (not quit) the application, and re-open.

[Pobo]

Re: dBpoweramp R16 for Mac OS X beta Discussions

Strange, I thought it was just with the box set, but it looks I have this issue with all discs: when ripping has completed and the disc has ejected, the track information and album art remains visible. When I insert a new disc, it refuses to read the new metadata, it just keeps the data from the previous discs: the old track information and album art remain on screen.

How do I force dBPowerAmp to read the new metadata?

[Spoon]

Re: dBpoweramp R16 for Mac OS X beta Discussions

Perhaps this disc only has metadata present in AMG, R16 uses discogs not AMG.

[Pobo]

Re: dBpoweramp R16 for Mac OS X beta Discussions

I'm trying to rip a 5 CD box set (Aldo Ciccolini Piano Works Liszt) but whenever I insert the next disc, R16 stubbornly displays the metadata for the previous disc, even when I explicitly ask to retrieve the metadata for the currently inserted disc. R15 does not do this.