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Can MC Read VORBIS_COMMENT in FLAC files?

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Listener:
I've been using FLAC files with MC 11, 12 and 13 for nearly 3 years.  I've ripped CDs with EAC, CDex and dBpoweramp and imported the resulting Flac files into MC.  However, most of the time I have used MC itself to rip CDs making Flac files.  I ran byte-by-byte comparisons and found that secure ripping in MC produces the same audio stream as ripping in EAC when either program is able to rip with confidence.

You should be able to import your Flac files and the Vorbis Comments will be recognized by MC.  Sometimes files ripped and tagged by another program will have non-standard characters that may not be handled in the same way by MC.  This is one reason to prefer using the same program for ripping CDs, tagging the resulting files and doing library management and playback.

When MC imports Flac files, it matches the title in a comment to a library field name.  Be sure that your tags match standard library fields or define your own user library fields.

Jim may recommend APE files but Flac files work just fine in MC.

Bill

winterminute:
I've been running some side-by-side tests and while the files aren't identical, both dbpa and mc produce nearly identical file sizes and are both able to rip securely.  However, dbpa has AMG integration which provides a lot more metadata (i.e. Styles) so I think I'll stick with that. You say that MC should be able to read vorbis comments, but I can't seem to get it to work.  For instances, AccurateRipDiscID shows up in the VORBIS_COMMENTS block, but creating a field in MC for AccurateRipDiscID is always empty.

Also, for what it is worth, MC writes metadata to the same VORBIS_COMMENT block when ripping to FLAC so it is kind of odd that Jim wanted to know why I was using Vorbis comments.

JimH:

--- Quote from: winterminute on March 15, 2009, 07:09:48 pm ---... creating a field in MC for AccurateRipDiscID is always empty.

--- End quote ---
The field name must be identical.

)p(:

--- Quote from: JimH on March 14, 2009, 09:01:17 pm ---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.

--- End quote ---

Its not the ripping itself...but dbpoweramp has the best meta data lookup, it uses 4 Internet meta data providers simultaneously to get the best info for tagging.

peter

rosie:
MC reads FLAC tags for sure, which (I guess?) are allways in "Vorbis comment" format, which again - by definition - support any tag name in any format (www.xiph.org/vorbis/doc/v-comment.html). So getting MC to read then should - in mind mind - only be a question of definning then 100% correctly or I am totally wrong here?

I have been using MC for a few years (MC12 at the moment, but I'll most likely upgrade as I just learned that the MC12 FLAC YEAR tag bug has been corrected) but it's ripping module doesn't give me all the options I need (e.g. I can not control the names of the folders for each cd).

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