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What is best way to Re-Rip Albums while preserving old library info?

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Magic_Randy:

--- Quote from: Alex B on January 10, 2009, 06:06:36 am ---Great, now the JRiver guys can follow these steps when they design the new re-rip tool.  ;)

BTW, did you remember to select the secure ripping mode? Here's an old thread where its importance was discussed:
Topic: How can I ensure quality of a ripped music file

Also, you can load two instances of MC13 with different libraries so that you don't need to switch between the libraries all the time (Tools > Options > General > Advanced > Allow multiple instances to run at one time). The step number three is also unnecessary. You can simply trash the ripping library after you have finished.

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Thanks Alex B....

I'm using secure ripping mode. I agree this is very important.

Good tip on running multiple instances. I'll try it that way.

On step 3, I just clear the entire re-ripping library after I do a batch of albums. I thought that was too confusing for some of the people reading the thread so I did not get specific on how I do it.

rjm:
Your process looks optimal to me.

Correct me if I am wrong, but for someone that wishes to rip to an alternate format (eg. mp3 to flac) this will not work.

I really think "re-rip" is a core function that JRiver should add to the product.

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It appears to me that the hooks are already present in the software because the Convert function does a beautiful job of maintaining all tags. So it should not be a lot of work to add re-rip.

Alex B:

--- Quote from: rjm on January 10, 2009, 10:40:41 am ---Correct me if I am wrong, but for someone that wishes to rip to an alternate format (eg. mp3 to flac) this will not work.
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Step 4.1

Tool: Find and Replace
- Tick only the "Filename (name)" field
- Find what: .mp3
- Replace: .flac

rjm:
Thanks, did not know it was possible to manipulate the file extension.

Alex B:
The MP3 files will be incorrectly named for a moment. Fortunately MC is not programmed to prevent the "illegal" filename extension change.

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