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Can MC Read VORBIS_COMMENT in FLAC files?

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winterminute:
I'm using dbPoweramp to rip all my CDs.  I don't know if this is a wacky way of doing it, but they write all the metadata into a VORBIS_COMMENT section.  At least according to metaflac, but the FLAC format is new to me, so maybe this makes perfect sense  :) Either way, I'd like to have some of these values show up in MC.  I tried creating a new field with a value of: "replaygain_album_gain=", but MC just shows an empty field.

I assume if it works for one of attributes below it should work for any of them, is that correct?

One of the reasons I want this is so I can use AccurateRipDiscID to help weed out all my duplicates.  This way I can see what I ripped with dbpoweramp vs who knows what.


METADATA block #1
  type: 4 (VORBIS_COMMENT)
  is last: false
  length: 579
  vendor string: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
  comments: 18
    comment[0]: replaygain_album_gain=-8.3 dB
    comment[1]: replaygain_album_peak=0.988647
    comment[2]: AccurateRipResult=AccurateRip: Accurate (confidence 94)   [9703FCD6]
    comment[3]: AccurateRipDiscID=012-001797ba-00ded309-8b0cc40c-1
    comment[4]: Title=The Boogie Bumper
    comment[5]: Artist=Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
    comment[6]: Album=Big Bad Voodoo Daddy [Interscope]
    comment[7]: ALBUMARTIST=Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
    comment[8]: Genre=Swing
    comment[9]: Date=1998 02 24
    comment[10]: UPC=606949029029
    comment[11]: Style=Retro Swing
    comment[12]: replaygain_track_gain=-9.2 dB
    comment[13]: replaygain_track_peak=0.988647
    comment[14]: TRACKNUMBER=1
    comment[15]: TOTALTRACKS=12
    comment[16]: DISCNUMBER=1
    comment[17]: TOTALDISCS=1

JimH:
Why don't you rip with MC?

And why do you want Vorbis comments?

Your life would be a lot simpler to use MC and APE.

winterminute:
Hi Jim - My understanding is that dbpoweramp is the best ripper available right now and MC doesn't come close.  MC is the best media management tool, but is a pretty average ripper at least from what I've read.  I didn't pick Vorbis comments, that's just what DBPA uses.  I poked around the settings, but didn't see any other way to store the data.  Maybe there is another tool that can copy these fields into fields that MC can read.

Thanks...

JimH:

--- Quote from: winterminute on March 14, 2009, 08:32:15 pm ---Hi Jim - My understanding is that dbpoweramp is the best ripper available right now and MC doesn't come close. 
--- End quote ---
Based on experience or opinion?

You'd be best to try it for yourself.  MC has no betters in ripping.  There are several old threads on this.

winterminute:
I'll be honest, I can't hear the difference between MP3s encoded at 320 and 160, but my wife can nearly every single time with different encoders - it is truly amazing.  When I set out to re-rip my whole CD collection once and for all, I did a bunch of research and it seemed like there were really only two options recommended: dbpa or EAC and dbpa has a pretty awesome metadata story.  This was based on advice from friends as well as places like hydrogen.

I'm not really intersted in re-ripping my whole collection, but I'd be interested to hear MC's approach to ripping CDs and I suppose if the reasons were compelling I could be talked into it.  With that on a side thread, any ideas how I can make use of the metadata that dbpa writes?

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