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More => Old Versions => Media Jukebox => Topic started by: ballen on October 31, 2002, 08:18:05 am

Title: Edited Song Data Not Transferring To Encoded MP3
Post by: ballen on October 31, 2002, 08:18:05 am

I edit properties of a song listed in "Playing Now" off an audio CD, adding info into the "Custom" and "Quality" fields.  I then "rip" said songs using the "MP3 encoder" plug-in.

Once the songs have been encoded & copied, "Media Library" lists the songs, but the "Custom" & "Quality" fields have lost the info I inserted.

Can someone enlighten me as to why this is the case?

Also can someone explain the differences between the "MP3 Encoder" and "MP3 Encoder VBR" plugins?

Title: Re: Edited Song Data Not Transferring To Encoded M
Post by: xen-uno on October 31, 2002, 10:52:19 am

>>adding info into the "Custom" and "Quality" fields

MJ references filenames for these fields (they are not saved in the MP3 as tags but are MJ database fields). The "filename" of a song on the CD is a hexadecimal number which Windows then calls cda1, cda2.....

A ripped & encoded song has a discrete filename.

If you were to pop that CD back in you should see your entries in the "Custom" and "Quality" fields.

Long & short of it: Your edits on a CD file will NOT transfer over to your hard disk version.

>>Also can someone explain the differences between the "MP3 Encoder" and "MP3 Encoder VBR" plugins?

The former will produce CBR files (Constant BitRate) while the latter produces VBR (Variable BitRate).

In terms of quality 320 CBR is the highest, but of course, file sizes are quite large. VBR at High setting produces files that sound as good, but are still large.

Use VBR at Normal/High (equivalent to using --alt -preset standard with LAME external encoder), files still sound as good (averages around 192 kb/s), but are much smaller.

Xenno

Title: Re: Edited Song Data Not Transferring To Encoded M
Post by: ballen on October 31, 2002, 11:18:14 am

xen-uno,

Thanks once again for your assistance.  I understand now.

Title: Re: Edited Song Data Not Transferring To Encoded M
Post by: ballen on October 31, 2002, 11:18:16 am

xen-uno,

Thanks once again for your assistance.  I understand now.