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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: sertua on September 06, 2004, 12:10:25 pm
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When I insert a cd not on Yadb or in my cdplayer.ini file, and I'm not connected to the internet, MC keeps in its library an unknown album association. If I insert it again, there's the possibility to update from Yadb, but not from the cdplayer.ini file. When I can't find albums on Yadb (especially more recent South American, Asian or African music), I often check them out on Freedb with another program, but then MC won't update from the cdplayer.ini, unless I manually delete the unknown entry cd from MS's library. Is there a reason for the library to keep unknown cd associations in its database? If yes, could MC try to update those albums through cdplayer.ini as well?
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Anybody out there?
I guess I should find a sexier title!
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You make a good point.
I don't think MC looks at cdplayer.ini after it has initially allocated unknown CD to the CD.
Would be good to have a right click option to "update from cdplayer.ini"
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You make a good point.
I don't think MC looks at cdplayer.ini after it has initially allocated unknown CD to the CD.
Would be good to have a right click option to "update from cdplayer.ini"
That option is now in MC as of 11.0.195:
13. NEW: Added context menu option to update CD info from the cdplayer.ini file rather than YADB.
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Too bad that mc doesn't support freedb. YADB only recognizes a small portion of the CDs that freedb recognizes. most audio grabbing tools support freedb, mabey there could be a way to freedb as an alternative ?
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You make a good point.
I don't think MC looks at cdplayer.ini after it has initially allocated unknown CD to the CD.
Would be good to have a right click option to "update from cdplayer.ini"
That option is now in MC as of 11.0.195:
13. NEW: Added context menu option to update CD info from the cdplayer.ini file rather than YADB.
Thanks JohnT !
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Too bad that mc doesn't support freedb. YADB only recognizes a small portion of the CDs that freedb recognizes. most audio grabbing tools support freedb, mabey there could be a way to freedb as an alternative ?
YADB was built from FreeDB...
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:)
Thank you JohnT!
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YADB was built from FreeDB...
From FreeDB data -- not source. We wrote the software that drives it from scratch.
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i there a way to freedb as an alternative ?
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No. Not possible. Not planned. Never will happen. No.
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this is by far the greatest shortcoming of MC, imo. i never use MC's ripping feature due to this, in stead i prefer EAC.
freedb support would be a wonderful addition.
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this is by far the greatest shortcoming of MC, imo.
There are others who would differ on this, I think. In any event, it isn't going to change. It works very well. We had a lot of trouble with other solutions.
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I'm not a big fan of freedb, gracenote or yadb. All of them rely on submissions from users which are not always accurate or formatted correctly/consistently. The AMG (allmusic.com) data is an improvement.
So with Media Center, the process of ripping a CD has always been a multistep process for me. I always have to run AMG from a browser so I can double check the yadb entries for accuracy. I also need to get data for a couple of other useful fields, like 'year', 'year recorded' (a custom field that is useful for many compilation or 'best of' albums) and 'AMG rating'.
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You make a good point.
I don't think MC looks at cdplayer.ini after it has initially allocated unknown CD to the CD.
Would be good to have a right click option to "update from cdplayer.ini"
That option is now in MC as of 11.0.195:
13. NEW: Added context menu option to update CD info from the cdplayer.ini file rather than YADB.
Where exactly is this option? I'm running 11.0.97, but I can't find it :-[ After loading a CD I can see options to use YADB or the CD db, but not cdplayer.ini.
Ian G.
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You make a good point.
I don't think MC looks at cdplayer.ini after it has initially allocated unknown CD to the CD.
Would be good to have a right click option to "update from cdplayer.ini"
That option is now in MC as of 11.0.195:
13. NEW: Added context menu option to update CD info from the cdplayer.ini file rather than YADB.
same here.... where is this function? i cant seem, to find it anywhere.
Media Center 11.0.97 -- C:\Program Files\audio\J River\Media Center 11\
Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 2154 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1310 MB, Free - 877 MB
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) / wnaspi32.dll: 4.60 (1021) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-1999 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: 4.60 (1021)
Ripping / Drive X: SONY DVD RW DRU-700A Mode:ModeSecure Type:Auto Speed:Max
Drive Y: Mode:Normal Type:Auto Speed:Max
Drive Z: Mode:Normal Type:Auto Speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: No / Calc replay gain: Yes / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: Yes / Play sound after ripping: No
Burning / Drive X: SONY DVD RW DRU-700A Addr: 0:2:0 Speed:16 MaxSpeed:40 BurnProof:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: Yes
Use playback settings: Yes / Normalization: None
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same for me :(
Media Center 11.0.98 -- C:\Programme\J River\Media Center\
Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 1539 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1048 MB, Free - 565 MB
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) / wnaspi32.dll: 4.71 (0002) , ASPI for Win32 DLL, Copyright © 1989-2002 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: 4.71 (0002)
Ripping / Drive J: HL-DT-STDVDRAM GSA-4120B Mode:ModeSecure Type:Auto Speed:Max
Drive K: LITE-ON LTR-48246S Mode:ModeSecure Type:Auto Speed:Max
Drive L: Mode:ModeSecure Type:Auto Speed:Max
Drive M: Mode:ModeSecure Type:Auto Speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: Yes / Calc replay gain: Yes / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: No / Play sound after ripping: No
Burning / Drive J: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4120B Addr: 0:0:0 Speed:16 MaxSpeed:40 BurnProof:Yes
Drive K: LITE-ON LTR-48246S Addr: 0:1:0 Speed:24 MaxSpeed:48 BurnProof:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: No / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: Yes
Use playback settings: No / Normalization: None
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Right click on the CD drive in the tree and select "Update from CDPlayer.ini".
EDIT: It looks like the menu option got removed from the build. It will be back in the next build.
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ah ;D ok
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thx