In AccurateRip DB but no metadata?

[lotusaurus]

I was ripping a multi-disc audiobook and was pleasantly surprised to see that the first disc was actually in the AccurateRip DB, and it filled in some of the metadata (Album, Artist, and a few others). I don't have PerfectMeta access.

The second disc, as expected, was also in the AccurateRip DB, but nothing appeared in the metadata. Can/should this happen? It is odd to be told that the disc is in the database without having any information about which disc the database thinks it is.

[sredmyer]

Re: In AccurateRip DB but no metadata?

I was ripping a multi-disc audiobook and was pleasantly surprised to see that the first disc was actually in the AccurateRip DB, and it filled in some of the metadata (Album, Artist, and a few others). I don't have PerfectMeta access.

The second disc, as expected, was also in the AccurateRip DB, but nothing appeared in the metadata. Can/should this happen? It is odd to be told that the disc is in the database without having any information about which disc the database thinks it is.

AccurateRip has nothing to do with metadata. AccurateRip is an online database of raw audio CRCs. It is used to verify the accuracy of the data extracted from the CD when ripping. Think of it as a database full of audio fingerprints. When you rip you CD with dbPoweramp (or EAC or others) the resulting raw audio data is "fingerprinted". That "fingerprint" is then compared with the fingerprint, for the same track, in the database...if they match you very likely have an accurate extraction (rip). If they do not match...you almost certainly do not have an accurate extraction and should consider re-ripping the disc/track in a different drive.

PerfectMeta is an algorithm for combining multiple online metadata sources to achive a higher degree of accuracy and consistancy than a single provider could provide.

[lotusaurus]

Re: In AccurateRip DB but no metadata?

I understand what you've said, but in that case, where did the metadata come from for the first disc? Was it automatically populated from, say, freedb?

[Spoon]

Re: In AccurateRip DB but no metadata?

It could have been any of the providers.

[sredmyer]

Re: In AccurateRip DB but no metadata?

I understand what you've said, but in that case, where did the metadata come from for the first disc? Was it automatically populated from, say, freedb?

It could have been any of the providers.

While what Spoon says is of course true, since you mentioned you do not have PerfectMeta, the metadata could only have come from the free providers (FreeDB or MusicBrainz) not the paid providers (GD3, AMG).

[lotusaurus]

Re: In AccurateRip DB but no metadata?

Thanks - now I understand.