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Title: RIP CD IN FORMAT FLAC
Post by: msalaun on March 21, 2011, 02:52:32 pm

Bonjour,

How to configurate RIP CD Média Center 15 in format FLAC with well- preserved TAGS ??

Merci.

Title: Re: RIP CD IN FORMAT FLAC
Post by: MrC on March 21, 2011, 04:05:52 pm

Options->Encoding
 - set Encoder: FLAC Encoder
 - set Encode settings... Verify encoding, Add 4k padding block, Add seek table (if possible)

Options->CD & DVD
 - set Copy Mode: Secure

Can you clarify what you mean by "well-preserved tags" ?

Title: Re: RIP CD IN FORMAT FLAC
Post by: msalaun on March 22, 2011, 06:40:46 pm

Bonjour,

I have understood your recommandations and I am going to test them.
"Well preserved tags" = i want when i rip a cd that picture cd,  artist and songs names will be correctly write in the system.
For the best audio quality (pc will be connect to a good hifi system), what is the good setpoint for "quality settings" (on 6 in the system / what does it mean ?) + are others points to be changed for the best audio quality?

The media center 16 is it better than the 15?

I hope my language is clear enough ?? school english !!!

Merci encore.

Title: Re: RIP CD IN FORMAT FLAC
Post by: MrC on March 22, 2011, 07:00:54 pm

Quote from: msalaun on March 22, 2011, 06:40:46 pm

"Well preserved tags" = i want when i rip a cd that picture cd,  artist and songs names will be correctly write in the system.

If the option to lookup CD track information is set, the artwork and track information will be downloaded when the CD is inserted.  Correct any track information that is not correct, and add track information when it is missing from JRiver's database YADB.

Quote from: msalaun on March 22, 2011, 06:40:46 pm

For the best audio quality (pc will be connect to a good hifi system), what is the good setpoint for "quality settings" (on 6 in the system / what does it mean ?) + are others points to be changed for the best audio quality?

The quality remains the same; it is lossless.  The "quality settings" should really be "how hard to work at compressing the file".  You can leave it at the default, or increase it for marginally smaller FLAC files.  I increase mine to maximum, as 1) encoding is fast enough for me, and 2) the disk savings adds up enough for me.

Quote from: msalaun on March 22, 2011, 06:40:46 pm

The media center 16 is it better than the 15?

FLAC encoding and playback quality will be the same.  If you are purchasing, then you'll be getting a 16 license anyway.  But check out the new features in the MC16 beta threads.  http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=62352.0
 (http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=62352.0)

Quote from: msalaun on March 22, 2011, 06:40:46 pm

I hope my language is clear enough ?? school english !!!

Far better than my French! :-)

Title: Re: RIP CD IN FORMAT FLAC
Post by: msalaun on March 23, 2011, 01:12:36 pm

Bonjour,

I tested rip CD in format FLAC: all is ok.
But the file is saved in media center file and not flac file: am I forever prisoner of media center for reading this files?

Merci

Title: Re: RIP CD IN FORMAT FLAC
Post by: JimH on March 23, 2011, 01:16:48 pm

Quote from: msalaun on March 23, 2011, 01:12:36 pm

Bonjour,

I tested rip CD in format FLAC: all is ok.
But the file is saved in media center file and not flac file: am I forever prisoner of media center for reading this files?

Merci

That's just the file association you see in Explorer.  It's still a FLAC file.   See MC Options for Filetype and set it the way you want.

Title: Re: RIP CD IN FORMAT FLAC
Post by: msalaun on March 23, 2011, 03:04:22 pm

All is ok for me.
I'm going to buy your software.

Thanks for your help.

Title: problem image view
Post by: msalaun on March 25, 2011, 01:49:34 pm

Bonjour,

Why can't I see images jpeg?
File is ok but all the same image on the screen for all the images (montaign with blue sky).

Merci

Title: Re: RIP CD IN FORMAT FLAC
Post by: MrC on March 25, 2011, 01:55:54 pm

http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Cover_Art (http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Cover_Art)

Title: no good image
Post by: msalaun on March 25, 2011, 03:25:39 pm

no understood the solution.
Merci

Title: shuffle an all albums
Post by: msalaun on March 26, 2011, 05:15:02 pm

Thank you for tell me how to shuffle on all albums (not only one) ?
A+

Title: Re: shuffle an all albums
Post by: MrC on March 26, 2011, 06:08:48 pm

Quote from: msalaun on March 26, 2011, 05:15:02 pm

Thank you for tell me how to shuffle on all albums (not only one) ?
A+

http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=60460.0 (http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=60460.0)

Title: Re: RIP CD IN FORMAT FLAC
Post by: msalaun on March 28, 2011, 03:25:49 am

Thank you.
Another question: for encoder settings-qality settings = 6 => what does it mean ? Is it speed encoding?
What is the best 1 or 10?

Thank you again.
Not foverer easy to learn american technical langage for me french !!!!!

Title: Re: RIP CD IN FORMAT FLAC
Post by: MrC on March 28, 2011, 10:35:40 am

See reply 3.

Title: Re: RIP CD IN FORMAT FLAC
Post by: msalaun on March 28, 2011, 01:49:41 pm

Help again
You write:
The quality remains the same; it is lossless.  The "quality settings" should really be "how hard to work at compressing the file".  You can leave it at the default, or increase it for marginally smaller FLAC files.  I increase mine to maximum, as 1) encoding is fast enough for me, and 2) the disk savings adds up enough for me
Question : 'I increase mine to maximum' = quality settings on 10 or on 1 ??

Merci

Title: Re: RIP CD IN FORMAT FLAC
Post by: MrC on March 28, 2011, 01:52:39 pm

Maximum means most, highest, biggest, largest.  Which one matches that description best, 10 or 1 ?  :-)

Title: Re: RIP CD IN FORMAT FLAC
Post by: msalaun on March 28, 2011, 02:12:12 pm

Cool.

Merci.

Title: Re: RIP CD IN FORMAT FLAC
Post by: msalaun on March 28, 2011, 03:25:12 pm

Bonjour,

Other question for images view:

Why in full screen, images JPEG are divided in 4 parts?

Merci

Title: Re: RIP CD IN FORMAT FLAC
Post by: Alex B on March 28, 2011, 04:11:47 pm

The FLAC "quality" aka compression strength settings are from 0 to 8 (not 1 to 10). The setting 0 is a super fast setting that does not compress very well. The setting 8 makes the smallest files and is slowest to encode (i.e. compress).

FLAC is a so called asymmetric codec - the compresssion speed varies, but decoding (i.e. decompression) speed is almost the same independently of the used encoding setting. FLAC 0 is only slightly faster to decode than FLAC 8.

Some other lossless codecs provide better compression than FLAC. For instance, usually Monkey's Audio at "Normal" produces smaller files and encodes 2-3x faster than FLAC -8. On the other hand, FLAC provides a lot faster decoding speed than Monkey's Audio.

Title: Re: RIP CD IN FORMAT FLAC
Post by: MrC on March 28, 2011, 06:27:56 pm

Alex is correct, 0 to 8.  I'd forgotten the scale was 0 to 8, not 0 to 10.

Here's a bit more explanation of what the different levels mean, and how they translate into block sizes, and compression search algorithm:

http://flac.sourceforge.net/documentation_tools_flac.html#flac_options_level_0 (http://flac.sourceforge.net/documentation_tools_flac.html#flac_options_level_0)

Title: Re: RIP CD IN FORMAT FLAC
Post by: msalaun on March 29, 2011, 01:02:28 am

Merci à tous,

Now clear to me for this scale (1-8)
For a joke about interpretation of scales, Mohamed Ali was the world's No. 1 boxing that means The Most, Highest, Biggest, Largest...

A+

Title: Re: RIP CD IN FORMAT FLAC
Post by: MrC on March 29, 2011, 01:11:08 am

That's pretty good.

Title: Re: RIP CD IN FORMAT FLAC
Post by: msalaun on March 29, 2011, 05:54:40 am

Bonjour,

On my last question for images view:

Why in full screen, images JPEG are divided in 4 parts?

Have you a solution?

Merci

Title: Re: RIP CD IN FORMAT FLAC
Post by: MrC on March 29, 2011, 10:35:53 am

I didn't know that they were.  Can you show a screenshot?

Title: Re: RIP CD IN FORMAT FLAC
Post by: msalaun on March 29, 2011, 02:06:33 pm

how to insert image in post reply.
a+

Title: Re: RIP CD IN FORMAT FLAC
Post by: msalaun on March 30, 2011, 02:43:58 pm

how to insert image or file in post reply ???????????

Merci

Title: Re: RIP CD IN FORMAT FLAC
Post by: MrC on March 30, 2011, 03:50:04 pm

Until you have enough posts, you'll have to use an external image sharing site.  You can use JRiver's Pix01 and upload via MC.  Send To->Gallery->Menalto Gallery.  Then, use [ img ]  [ / img ] tags (no spaces) to include the link.

Title: Re: RIP CD IN FORMAT FLAC
Post by: JimH on March 30, 2011, 06:29:01 pm

Thanks, MrC.

Here's an article on our Wiki:
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Posting_Images

Title: Re: RIP CD IN FORMAT FLAC
Post by: msalaun on March 31, 2011, 04:54:25 pm

Impossible for me to insert a image into your system   (Not easy to understand the method in American).
The problem with full screen display with MC "images":   the image is divided into four parts of equal size representing different parts of the image.

Merci.