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Can MC Read VORBIS_COMMENT in FLAC files?

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winterminute:
Jim, you were right all along.  I thought MC kept the tags and library in sync as part of a background process.  I realized that after I added the field definition all new files had the value, so it was easy to tell MC to refresh from tags and now all of the Vorbis_Comments fields are readable.

Also, the FLAC Date bug... Is that when MC strips out the Month/Day when re-saving tags?

rosie:
I have been playing arround with MC as ripper and I have a few comments/questions:

1) I ripped Death Row Greatest Hits (Disc 1). In Easy I can select the tag and folder name of "Multiple Artists" as I want (I have been using "Various") but in MC it only stores in the "(Multiple Artists)" folder, which is still ok as I always cn rename the directory if I want to. It's a two disc compilation and in Easy I can make it to save in subfolders CD1, CD2 etc. before ripping (so it would be \Various\Death Row Greatest Hits\CD1) - it is not a show stopper but is it possible in MC?

2) Further in Easy I can add Disc Number before ripping - is this possible in MC somehow or would I need to add it after ripping?

3) When I wanted to rip Disc 2 MC didn't find any information about it (which Easy does) - Can I control "Update from Online Database" so I decide which database to use? Which one is being used as default?

Some background info: I have my FLAC collection on a 1 TB QNAP TS-109. I use MC for playback on my laptopn and (since last week) I use Squeezebox (the Duet model) for playing music on my stereo (a great system BTW!). So what I'm trying to design is an optimal MC/SB rip/tag/organize/play solution with no other software involved (post-tagging/tag management, where I currently use Mp3tag, is the next thing on MC I'll look into).

Alex B:
1) & 2)

In the rip details view you can create a column setup like the one in my screenshot.
Add the "Disc #", "Album Artist" and "Album Artist (auto)" columns there.
You can select all files and fill a value in the Album Artist field (e.g. Various) if you want to override the automatic value in the Album Artist (auto) field.

An easy way to select the files and get the text cursor in the correct column is to use the right-click "lasso" selection feature on the field you want to edit and press F2.

As I said, there is a bug and the column setup is not saved. For now, you can save it as a preset and load it back before starting a new rip session. (Right-click the column header area to access the Presets feature.)

3) MC can access only its own database. It can read the CDplayer.ini file, so if you have a program that can find the correct info and save it to CDPlayer.ini you can import that data to MC before ripping the CD. Some MC users use the freeware Player program for that.

rosie:
Thanks, just tried it. Cool with the presets feature and the lasso trick. First I couldn't find cdplayer.ini (Player doesn't say where it is saved) but it is under C:\Windows and apparently MC looks there as default so you don't have to think about it. BUT... don't know if it is only this CD but Artist = "Various Artists" and Name = "<Artist> - <Name>" so I have to manually move Artist names from the Name tag and over to the Artist tag.

Alex B:
Storing track info to "CDplayer.ini" is a very old standard from the times when playing a physical audio CD was about the only sensible thing you could do if you wanted to play music on a PC. It does not support "various artists" CDs well and MC cannot interpret individual track artists if they are included.

I hope you don't have many various artists CDs that are not already in the database that MC uses.


You can right-click the "CD" icon in "Drives & Devices" in the tree to access the "update from online database", "update from CDPlayer.ini " and "submit to online database" features. In my opinion these functions are quite hidden there and their existence is not obvious.

A feature request to JRiver: please add buttons for these functions in the rip details window.

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