Naming During Rip

[dbarnby]

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I'm a neophyte at networked music and CD ripping. I bought dBpoweramp and PerfectTunes. Please help me understand the software.

The dBpoweramp Ripping Naming dialog box is a complete mystery to me.
I have read the "dBpoweramp Naming" piece on line but don't understand it. How can I get up to speed on this and understand it before I rip several hundred CD's?

[Spoon]

Do you need to change the naming? often players do not use filename rather the metadata.

[dbarnby]

Thanks, Spoon:

I guess I don't understand 1) what is meant by "name" and 2) where such name appears (in my PC, or in my Player software readout), so I don't know if I will use it.

Also, if I do want to use it how do I get a better understanding of what is written in the "dBpoweramp Naming" piece. (That write-up is too sketchy for me to understand).

Thanks,
Don

[Spoon]

Naming relates to the filename that is generated for each track ripped. You are best to leave it on the default value unless specifically need to change.

[dbarnby]

1) If it is just to identify the track, what is the purpose of the extensive name detail, i.e., "Album Artist\Album Title\05 Artist - Title"

2) After the system is set up and I am using it to play music when and how do I use this name information?

3) I don't understand the CHARACTER of the name field.

I'd like to benefit from your thorough understanding of how all this works.

Thank you,
Don

[garym]

1) If it is just to identify the track, what is the purpose of the extensive name detail, i.e., "Album Artist\Album Title\05 Artist - Title"

2) After the system is set up and I am using it to play music when and how do I use this name information?

3) I don't understand the CHARACTER of the name field.

I'd like to benefit from your thorough understanding of how all this works.

Thank you,
Don

the naming is so the files are organized in some reasonable way on your hard drive. For example, I have about 100,000 tracks. I don't want those all stored in a single directory like c:/music. Instead I prefer

c:/music
c:/music/The Beatles/Abbey Road/01- Come Together.flac

So I have subdirectories for each artist then under that a subdirectory for each album of that artist.

This is all all just basic file management for what happens to be audio files.