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Yes. Which is one of the reasons that my setup has each disc of a multidisc CD in it's own subdirectory, under the top "Album name" subdirectory. Then I can have different art for each disc if I...

No, that's not what I meant. You can't save the naming string itself in a tag, and the string is not saved in the PROFILE tag metadata. Only the name of the Profile (for me, for example, the profile...

You'll likely want to manually correct the SORT data information at the time of ripping (or afterwards with tag editing), as the info from the online databases may either not suit you or may be...

You can always install your old version by downloading install program from here:

https://www.dbpoweramp.com/registration/

Or you may want to upgrade depending on how old your version is.

foobar2000 is MUCH better as a audio player than VLC, so you're on the right track!

Yes! That I do as well.

That said, you can save the "profile" name as a tag when ripping. If you use different naming strings for different ripping profiles, that would provide that info. But to be honest, I can't imagine...

By the way, if I was just starting my ripping journey, I'd likely use ARTIST SORT and ALBUM ARTIST SORT tags, to properly sort by last name. But given that I'm about 6,000 ripped CDs in, and even my...

Yes, this is the player expecting an ALBUM ARTIST. Some do it seems. By the way, some users always fill in the ALBUM ARTIST metadata when ripping (probably to avoid the problem you have). It's not...

I don't really pay attention to the things you've mentioned. A couple of things though:

1. COMPILATION tag should be equal to "1" if it is a various artist CD, and shouldn't exist (blank) if NOT...

You're welcome. ;)

Yes, Correct. One aside, you mention a "future where ALAC cannot be used". This is unlikely. Both FLAC and ALAC are codecs that will likely have encoders and decoders available for many, many...

The FLAC files, when created with dbpa music converter, will have embedded checksums upon creation of the FLAC files by the converter. A created FLAC file from any source has an embedded "md5 hash...

Another approach you might take if you are committed to iTunes and apple match.

1. Rip to ALAC with dbpa. This will give you a lossless version of all the rips and you can use these in iTunes...

And again regarding Apple Match: I'm not sure you're understanding my point. Yes, Apple Match only matches what is in your iTunes library. And obviously, FLAC files can't be imported into your...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_bitrate

You can spend the next 100 years reading internet discussions of "which is best for sound quality". And most of the stuff you'll find is complete...

1) Should I tick under Target "Quality (VBR)" or "Bit Rate (CBR)?

I'm a fan of VBR. The Codec is then smart enough to use more bits for passages of music that can benefit from that an fewer bits...

@schmidj provides a great explanation (as usual). Another way I think about the [] in the naming string is thinking about computer programing using several "IF THEN DO, then END" indications. That...

Everything from "[IF!COMP][IFVALUE]" onward is telling the naming string what to do if the CD is *not* a compilation (various artist) CD. [IF!COMP], note the "!" is the code for if NOT a compilation....

No, this is automatic in FLAC....nothing to set. AIFF does not have these embedded checksums. Only FLAC.




Read about TuneFusion (sorry, not PerfectTunes) on the forum here (they have their...

FLAC will work well with Roon and Sonos. But I don't think will work with iTunes. Both FLAC and ALAC are lossless, so in that way it doesn't matter. I prefer FLAC because FLAC files have built-in...

And this built in ability to do the checksum test is one of the most important aspects of FLAC. I often have to try to explain this to people who think using WAV or AIFF format is "better" (it's not...

figured it out. For example, the following naming string:
[track] - [title] [UPPER][[artist][UPPER]][][]

produces this filename for the first track on The Beatles, Abbey Road album

01 - Come...

when you convert a FLAC to [TEST CONVERSION] it is decoding the FLAC file and comparing the embedded checksum with the calculated checksum. So you know the FLAC file is the same as originally...

I don't have an answer, but I see the problem. Anything inside brackets ("[anything]") is likely treated as a reference to a tag because of the way the dynamic naming code works. What if you enter...