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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: curiouslistener on May 22, 2004, 09:06:42 pm
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I thought I'd post this issue again in case there is a workaround
i'm missing. I can use ITunes to encode to Apple Lossless format, and
Media Center will import it, play it, and let the tags be seen/edited. Yet it won't show
any Track Info visualizations for it even though it has access to the information,
saying only internal formats are supported, unless i'm missing some plugin/option.
I can understand that perhaps the graphic visualizers based on on the sound
may not be doable but I'm curious if at least track info would work if the restriction
was taken away to only run the track info plugins on internal formats.
Given ITunes is the only solution i can find that both rips to a lossless format and uses gracenote CDDB (with info like about composers for classical music, etc), but Media Center is a better media library, this would be useful.
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You may want to check out APE for lossless ripping. It'll save you space over Apple, and you won't be locked into a proprietary format.
MC has seamless APE support. MC also has the best secure ripping engine around, which you probably care about if you're into lossless audio.
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I've been using APE, the problem is the tagging issue, which i posted
about in a seperate thread. I have alot of classical stuff and gracenote CDDB
sets more of the tags right, composers, etc. I obviously could do it by
hand, but its a pain (especially on compilation albums with different artists/composers/orchistras, etc). Nothing I can find rips and/or tags APE
using it. ITunes will tag Apple lossless using gracenote CDDB, but i'd prefer
to use MC to play/organize.