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Songs72K:
'/' in an m4a tag is used to separate multiple items, for example:
Artist1/Artist2
however this value is also used where it is not to seperate multiple items, such as AC/DC
if you want to store as multiples then enter into cd ripper:
Pop; Rock
and it will be written as Pop/Rock
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[QUOTE=Spoon;148334]Songs72K:
'/' in an m4a tag is used to separate multiple items, for example:
Artist1/Artist2
however this value is also used where it is not to seperate multiple items, such as AC/DC
if you want to store as multiples then enter into cd ripper:
Pop; Rock
and it will be written as Pop/Rock[/QUOTE]
Hmm. I have deliberately avoided the various metadata services before this (*), so maybe I am misunderstanding something.
I use the CD ripper and insert a CD. For some CD's it fills in the "Genre" field as "Pop/Rock". Based on your comment, I assume they mean: File this music under both the "Pop" and "Rock" genres. That's fine with me, so I leave it like that. I am not typing in the value.
I then rip the CD, and the music shows up in iTunes as the single genre of "Pop\Rock". Is that a bug in how iTunes is handling the field? The more I look at it, the more this seems likely. Within iTunes I tried several ways to separate the two genres, and iTunes always displays the music as being in a single genre which has both words in the value. If that's the case, I'll just adjust the values for that field so it will do what I want in iTunes.
(* - [I]the last time I tried the metadata services was at least 10 years ago, and the data was so bad that it just got me upset. It'd take me more time to fix the mistakes in the data than it did to just type it all in by myself. With this application I see that data has improved quite a bit since the last time I checked![/I])
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[QUOTE=KlarkKentThe3rd;148333]All the people who care should just write to Apple about FLAC. If they get a million emails, they will have to do something. What are people afraid of??[/QUOTE]
I very much doubt Apple will add support for FLAC. A few years ago I saw Steve Jobs asked about FLAC at the end of some meeting (I think it was some stock-holders group, but am not sure of that). He said there was nothing technically wrong with FLAC, but that FLAC included some proprietary IP which was not licensed. He claimed that if Apple supported FLAC, then they would be a very tempting target for a lawsuit over the IP. This off-the-cuff answer after a meeting was before Apple had released the specs to apple lossless ([I]see [url]http://alac.macosforge.org[/url] and the first paragraph of [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Lossless[/url] [/I]), so at the time I was pretty disappointed to hear that.
Now that ALAC is open source, there really isn't much reason for Apple to support FLAC, assuming they still expect they could attract a lawsuit by doing so. I'm not a big follower of Microsoft stuff, but a quick google search suggests that Microsoft also does not support FLAC. I suspect that it's easier to write plug-ins for Windows, but Microsoft itself does not seem to support it. This adds some credibility to the idea that there might be some proprietary IP in it.
[B]NOTE:[/B] I am not well-versed in audio formats or whatever IP there is around such formats, so obviously I am doing nothing more but relaying what Steve Jobs said to a question. However, [B]if[/B] what he said is believed [B]by Apple[/B], then I think it's extremely unlikely that we'll see Apple include FLAC support in their products. I also doubt that you could get a million emails about FLAC, because I doubt there are a million people who care enough about FLAC support to bother writing. Apple is selling billions of music tracks at 256K AAC, and there aren't all that many people outraged about that. As long as apple supports [B]some[/B] lossless audio format, I don't see there is much pressure for them to also support FLAC.
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[QUOTE=Songs72K;148345]I very much doubt Apple will add support for FLAC. A few years ago I saw Steve Jobs asked about FLAC at the end of some meeting (I think it was some stock-holders group, but am not sure of that). He said there was nothing technically wrong with FLAC, but that FLAC included some proprietary IP which was not licensed. He claimed that if Apple supported FLAC, then they would be a very tempting target for a lawsuit over the IP. This off-the-cuff answer after a meeting was before Apple had released the specs to apple lossless ([I]see [url]http://alac.macosforge.org[/url] and the first paragraph of [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Lossless[/url] [/I]), so at the time I was pretty disappointed to hear that.
Now that ALAC is open source, there really isn't much reason for Apple to support FLAC, assuming they still expect they could attract a lawsuit by doing so. I'm not a big follower of Microsoft stuff, but a quick google search suggests that Microsoft also does not support FLAC. I suspect that it's easier to write plug-ins for Windows, but Microsoft itself does not seem to support it. This adds some credibility to the idea that there might be some proprietary IP in it.
[B]NOTE:[/B] I am not well-versed in audio formats or whatever IP there is around such formats, so obviously I am doing nothing more but relaying what Steve Jobs said to a question. However, [B]if[/B] what he said is believed [B]by Apple[/B], then I think it's extremely unlikely that we'll see Apple include FLAC support in their products. I also doubt that you could get a million emails about FLAC, because I doubt there are a million people who care enough about FLAC support to bother writing. Apple is selling billions of music tracks at 256K AAC, and there aren't all that many people outraged about that. As long as apple supports [B]some[/B] lossless audio format, I don't see there is much pressure for them to also support FLAC.[/QUOTE]
I feel like a kid in the 90s, who's into dinosaurs, after reading a book that tells you everything about dinosaurs. That was incredibly informative, and now I'm... incredibly satisfied.
I see now, that there are only two options left:
1) Apple should fix ALAC, removing the reason for its inaccurate sound reproduction (it downplays some frequencies, resulting in cold sound, instead of warm)
2) Somebody should port Foobar2000 to Mac, or some other open-source, independent player.
Speaking of things, a good solution would be using one of those mentioned plug-ins (provided they work at all) to play the FLAC files in iTunes, and convert them to AAC when syncing them to the iPod (which will not support the plug-in).
P.S. I still don't get it. If FLAC is free and open source, how could ANYONE sue Apple over using it? It's like suing someone for downloading music for free, when the music in question was posted for free download by the artist (provided the record company allows). That is stupid.
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1) ALAC is lossless, it does not have inaccurate sound reproduction, it decodes 100% identical to the source 100% of the time.
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Hello,
here are some small details that could get changed for the CD Ripper:
- Once you give a ripping profile a name, you cann't change it anymore. (Or at least I didn't find this option.)
- .dmg file: Most applications come with a link to the program file, so that you don't have to open a new finder window, and you just need to drag it over.
- You could enable copy pasting in all the input lines, like in naming, title, composer, etc. For example, your sources for Metadata didn't have the CD J.S. Bach Sonates and Partitas BWV 1001-1006 by Amandine Beyer (ZZT 110902), but itunes had that information, so I could just copy paste it instead of typing everything out.
- For the Naming, you could use more examples or at least one having a composer. I often like to put Composer/Artist/Album for my classical Cd's. In that dialog you could also add a refresh button, to see whether the code is correct. (In that line, where you generate the code, I would also add copy/ paste. )
- In the main window, one cannot add any more colums of for example the composer.
- You could link the standard menu Name of Program/Preferences with your Option button.
- The Tag with track information of the .wav tracks that you rip, are not recognized by iTunes.
Thank you for developing this wonderful software for Mac :)
Greets,
Charel
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[QUOTE=halo_td;148362]Hello,
- The Tag with track information of the .wav tracks that you rip, are not recognized by iTunes.
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It's on the iTunes side. The player does not recognize WAV tags. You will have to manually re-tag them. But if you remove the files from the library, the tags will be forgotten again.
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It seems as if the ripping process was VERY slow on my MacBook Pro Retina with Mavericks if I compare with my old computer with Windows XP. The encoding process is faster on the Mac than on the PC.
Is it normal ?
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What is the shown ripping speed? What drive are you using on the mac?
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I made a post a few days ago with a lot of text. There was so much, it went in for moderator approval. Can somebody please check my few days old post and approve it?
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I am using the public beta of 10.10 seems ok with that, only the preferences seem to be greay out is this normal.
When do you think there would be a commercial release of the dbpoweramp for Mac, I am sure this would sell well
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You can screen shot of these grey out prefs?
Full release is end of this year.
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[QUOTE=Spoon;148393]All posts are approved.[/QUOTE]
NOW they are.
Having said that, I cannot rip a CD. It's the 1992 reissue of Cargo by Men at Work, released in Germany but manufactured in Australia. It's a part of the "two originals" double CD set. iTunes sees and plays the tracks just fine, but DBP only displays:
Configuring AccurateRip
Drive: TSSTcorp - CDDVDW SN-208DB
Please wait.
I was waiting for 5 minutes, and then quit the program. Trying several more times did not help.
EDIT: just ripped it with XLD using CDParanoia. No errors.
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[QUOTE=KlarkKentThe3rd;148402]NOW they are.
Having said that, I cannot rip a CD. It's the 1992 reissue of Cargo by Men at Work, released in Germany but manufactured in Australia. It's a part of the "two originals" double CD set. iTunes sees and plays the tracks just fine, but DBP only displays:
Configuring AccurateRip
Drive: TSSTcorp - CDDVDW SN-208DB
Please wait.
I was waiting for 5 minutes, and then quit the program. Trying several more times did not help.[/QUOTE]
keep trying with popular CDs until the ACCURATERIP gets setup. For some people it is the first disk they try. Others take 10 different CDs to get AR setup. But once setup, you don't have to do it again.
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[QUOTE=garym;148403]keep trying with popular CDs until the ACCURATERIP gets setup. For some people it is the first disk they try. Others take 10 different CDs to get AR setup. But once setup, you don't have to do it again.[/QUOTE]
How many minutes will it take? I can wait, sure, but I really want to know if that works.
P.S. The folder/destination problem is fixed with the latest update. I can now rip to the folder of my choice without any problems.
EDIT: I give up. Someone needs to fix this.
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I wonder what was wrong with my post to get it deleted.
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I'm having an issue with CD ripping. I'm using the latest beta. When I try to apply a track offset number in the track number column and click on the "Apply Track Number Offset" in the drop down menu, the offset numbers are not selectable and are greyed out. Not sure if the feature is disabled in this version or if I've missed a setting somewhere to turn this feature on.
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I can't see any information about the ripping speed. I use a Samsung portable DVD Writer mode1 $E-218. No speed problem when I use this drive on my Windows XP computer.
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[QUOTE=KlarkKentThe3rd;148357] P.S. I still don't get it. If FLAC is free and open source, how could ANYONE sue Apple over using it? It's like suing someone for downloading music for free, when the music in question was posted for free download by the artist (provided the record company allows). That is stupid.[/QUOTE]
People or companies who file IP-related lawsuits like to make lots of money. To do that, they need a target who has lots of money. Apple and Microsoft have lots of money. The open-source developer who writes some FLAC-converter in his basement certainly has less money. And what's more significant is that if Apple or Microsoft were to directly support FLAC, then whoever owns the IP could say "[I]These companies are using my IP to make lots of money. I want some of that money![/I]". That argument does not work as well against a target who makes no money over some open-source program they release.
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The implementation of ALAC internally was said to be quite similar to how FLAC works, I think this patent issue is just fake, there are no patent issues around FLAC, the same as Ogg Vorbis. It is 100% about control and lock-in to the platform.
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I have just joined this forum and downloaded the OS Beta
Having trouble getting it to even open. Just getting an error and quit
Process: dBpoweramp Music Converter [20969]
Path: /Volumes/VOLUME/dBpoweramp Music Converter.app/Contents/MacOS/dBpoweramp Music Converter
Identifier: Illustrate.dBpoweramp-Music-Converter
Version: 1.0 beta 6 (1)
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [142]
Date/Time: 2014-08-18 15:33:02.205 +0100
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63b)
Report Version: 9
Interval Since Last Report: 524888 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 6
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 13 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 6
Anonymous UUID: 63161356-E658-47A9-91AB-7A33661A2807
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION (SIGILL)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000001, 0x0000000000000000
Application Specific Information:
objc[20969]: garbage collection is OFF
objc[20969]: cannot form weak reference to instance (0x7fcbcc133890) of class DMCPanelHost...
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OSX lion is not supported, only mountain lion and newer.
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OK, got some more info at least.
I borrowed another CD drive to see it dbPoweramp has problems with my drive or if it has problems with certain discs. Right now it would seem that it is discs.
I tried to use a CD that is not working on my current drive on the borrowed drive. On my drive it seems to not register the TOC at all. No CD is requested but the file index in the app is empty. No track numbers, no metadata. On the other drive however, it behaves exactly like on post *96. It claims to be configuring AccurateRip but it never will. On another disc the drive works fine (but the drive is not found in the AccurateRip database).
Interesting stuff.
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Nice to see the testing continuing and bugs getting squashed.
And while that is done, I need to ask: what plug-ins are available for FLAC playback in iTunes? And by that I mean most reliable, memory-efficient, and most compatible with Mavericks and the upcoming OS.
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The destination folder displayed is different to the actual folder used. It seems to remember the previous location and save the files there rather than the displayed folder. I'm assuming that saving the test file with the ripped files will be in a latter release?
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Installed dbpoweramp music converter for OSX today on my new iMac tried on a couple of disks seems to be working brilliantly
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Been with dBpoweramp for three years when I first got my Linn KDS - what a PLEASURE to not have to use VMWare Fusion to rip!!!!
Spoon - THANK YOU
I just downloaded the beta for the first time and it seems to be working right out of the box. First question - is there a recommended initial setup guide for this beta or is it the same as the published one for Windows?
I changed the maximum file size for cover art however when I view all of the found covers and sort them from largest file size to smallest I am unable to select one. Any suggestions.
Box to click to capitalize first letter of words in a song title - BRILLANT!
Keep up the great work - can't wait for the final version and the opportunity to give you more money!
Best
Gregg
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I install the software on my mini Mac with Mavericks in the end of July; since I rip 5 or 6 CDs with, using Apple super drive or NIMBIE 21-BR. Everything works great and the software propose me to calibrate accurate ripping at the first CD;I particularly appreciate the viewing of cover art, with the sort on file size.
I'm a real fan of dBpoweramp + Mac and I would like to thank all the contributors of this great work.
So, the prevision of delivery seems to be in december; it's perfect !
Should we expect more longer for the Batch Ripper function ?
BR
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Batch Ripper will not make it to the MAC, the drivers for the robots are not available generally on OS X.
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I don't know if this will sound arrogant, but... are the issues of [U]unreadable disks[/U] (endless "please wait for AR") and [U]path/folder destination[/U] (files getting ripped to the wrong folder often) being looked into?
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I'm a long time Windows user and really pleased to now be able to use the beta version on the Mac (thank you!). So far, I don't see the ability to edit tags. Is that available? If so, how do I do it. If not, will it be released soon?
Again, many thanks.
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We will address the issues raised here when development restarts on this.
Editing ID tags will be added yes.
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Hi Spoon,
I have been using on Windows version the Dynamic Output Location as [IFCOMP][IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],Various Artists[]\[album]\[track] [artist][][IF!COMP][IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[artist][]\[album]\ [track][] [title]. Example: Madonna\Immaculate\ 05 Holiday
I have tried to copy and paste to Mac version but it does not accept past, therefore I have to type.
But even typing the whole code it does not work.
Also if I delete the default one and try to add (+) any other option it does no add any.
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Thanks for the opportunity to test this product. I am using a 13"macbook pro 9,2 i7 with 8Gb ram and the application is working well other than hanging frequently on the Accurate rip configuration screen when I insert a CD. It does not go away unless I put another CD in. I then realised the issue was the Hardware is not recognised see attached image.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]334[/ATTACH]
Can you let me know when this device will be added to the database.
Thanks
Steve
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Just another thing I have noticed is the preferences is constantly greyed out. regardless of the state the application is in. Just run up and no dc, cd inserted and no action, or ripping.
I have started ripping my library and the tool functions perfectly other than a few CD's it will not work with like Pink Floyd'S The Wall both CD's.
I am using FLAC as the encoder and was wondering what others are using to play these tracks back with?
Thanks Steve
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[QUOTE=Trance4u;148769]Just another thing I have noticed is the preferences is constantly greyed out. regardless of the state the application is in. Just run up and no dc, cd inserted and no action, or ripping.
I have started ripping my library and the tool functions perfectly other than a few CD's it will not work with like Pink Floyd'S The Wall both CD's.
I am using FLAC as the encoder and was wondering what others are using to play these tracks back with?
Thanks Steve[/QUOTE]
Not sure what you mean. Regarding FLAC, Apple does not support it, so you have to rely on 3rd party players and plugins. Regarding the CD problem, the connection to AccurateRip database is sometimes broken (in this beta release we are all using). That is supposed to be fixed eventually.
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Thanks Klark. Yes it is 3rd party players people are using as I am aware iTunes does not support FLAC. There are several out there so was interested in what was being used and what others thought was a good one to support flac under iTunes or independently.
I was enquiring if my player was actually in the database of if as you say the Beta release cannot access the database to perform the setup?
The issue of the preferences is as shown in the image attached:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]339[/ATTACH]
Thanks Steve
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latest Mac beta, couldn't skip a problematic track during a rip like I can on windows. also changed the name of the cover to folder.jpg and it didn't appear, it would appear as "Folder.jpg" (capital F ... i prefer lowercase f but it doesn't seem to work on Mac port).
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Hi, am new to dBpoweramp after struggling with XLD for a while, and am very impressed with the ease of use and dynamic save options. I am having problems with a couple of albums however which are not showing any data at all after a quick metadata lookup and as a result I cannot select tracks to rip. They are both recognised in iTunes and play fine with the external drive.