I'm preparing to encode my existing CD collection (about 600 CDs) to MP3 and am looking for suitable encoders and players.
My basic requirements are to:
1/ Encode CD's to MP3 and download metadata (artist, track titles etc) from the internet database(s).
2/ Do the long tedious encoding offline in batches then log on to internet to batch download the metadata for a bunch of CDs in one go, updating the MP3 file data tags.
3/ Have a reasonable search facility in the MP3 player to assemble playlists or select specific tracks, to include i/ artist name search, ii/ track title keyword search, and, as a nice2have, the ability to do compound logical searches (e.g. artist + title keyword ; and if possible logical AND / OR searches)
I think 1/ and 3/ are pretty commonly available in current burners & players. Difficult one is 2/ - the batch metadata lookup - DOES MJ do this? If not, does any other encoder s'ware?