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...Also, on another thread I see SlimDevices may be coming out with a 24/96 capable player at a much lower price than the Transporter.Chris H.
BTW, after ripping to wav, I then need a way to store these files with all their metadata, for use with things like Squeeze Center (up to 24/96) or Foobar/pc (up to 24/192). So:1) take the WAV files and convert to a lossless codec that supports embedded metadata/tagging. i personally use Wavpack for my HiRez stuff because it sounds good and because FLAC and HiRez don't always get along in SC if you're doing transcoding-on-the-fly (another thread, another story). I use DBPoweramp to do all my format converting. I will convert to a new folder called "artist - album".2) I then right click on that folder and bring up MP3Tag, another great freeware solution. MP3TAg is wonderful for tagging whole albums, as well as scanning large directories for tagging consistencies once finished. In the case of ripping, say, David Crosby's DVD-A of If I Could Only Remember My Name, I highlight the entire list of tracks that were brought into MP3TAG, and then click on "tag sources -> Amazon" and type in David Crosby or the album name. It will bring up several tag examples to choose from, including album art. (NOTE: realize that most programs like Foobar or Squeeze Center will access album art in one of two ways, either embedded in the tags or via cover.jpg naming convention. Embedded is easy if you find the Amazon tags, but stores more data since that 20-30k art is embedded in each song tag. Using the "cover.jpg" approach is simply putting the album art photo in each folder once, saving space. But if you ever go to another program and/or codec that doesn't look for cover.jpg, like iTunes, then you need to import album art all over again.)
Quote from: ted_b on 23 Jun 2009, 04:22 pmBTW, after ripping to wav, I then need a way to store these files with all their metadata, for use with things like Squeeze Center (up to 24/96) or Foobar/pc (up to 24/192). So:1) take the WAV files and convert to a lossless codec that supports embedded metadata/tagging. i personally use Wavpack for my HiRez stuff because it sounds good and because FLAC and HiRez don't always get along in SC if you're doing transcoding-on-the-fly (another thread, another story). I use DBPoweramp to do all my format converting. I will convert to a new folder called "artist - album".2) I then right click on that folder and bring up MP3Tag, another great freeware solution. MP3TAg is wonderful for tagging whole albums, as well as scanning large directories for tagging consistencies once finished. In the case of ripping, say, David Crosby's DVD-A of If I Could Only Remember My Name, I highlight the entire list of tracks that were brought into MP3TAG, and then click on "tag sources -> Amazon" and type in David Crosby or the album name. It will bring up several tag examples to choose from, including album art. (NOTE: realize that most programs like Foobar or Squeeze Center will access album art in one of two ways, either embedded in the tags or via cover.jpg naming convention. Embedded is easy if you find the Amazon tags, but stores more data since that 20-30k art is embedded in each song tag. Using the "cover.jpg" approach is simply putting the album art photo in each folder once, saving space. But if you ever go to another program and/or codec that doesn't look for cover.jpg, like iTunes, then you need to import album art all over again.)Ted, Need your help:I've gone through the steps you suggested and succesfully have The Beales - Love as a folder inside my Music folder that Squeeze Center (7.3.3) acceses. When I do a scan new music it doesn't find the Love folder - the file extension is .wv. I must be doing something wrong that is a simple issue - any ideas?Thanks, Phil
Quote from: Philistine on 28 Jun 2009, 06:39 pmQuote from: ted_b on 23 Jun 2009, 04:22 pmBTW, after ripping to wav, I then need a way to store these files with all their metadata, for use with things like Squeeze Center (up to 24/96) or Foobar/pc (up to 24/192). So:1) take the WAV files and convert to a lossless codec that supports embedded metadata/tagging. i personally use Wavpack for my HiRez stuff because it sounds good and because FLAC and HiRez don't always get along in SC if you're doing transcoding-on-the-fly (another thread, another story). I use DBPoweramp to do all my format converting. I will convert to a new folder called "artist - album".2) I then right click on that folder and bring up MP3Tag, another great freeware solution. MP3TAg is wonderful for tagging whole albums, as well as scanning large directories for tagging consistencies once finished. In the case of ripping, say, David Crosby's DVD-A of If I Could Only Remember My Name, I highlight the entire list of tracks that were brought into MP3TAG, and then click on "tag sources -> Amazon" and type in David Crosby or the album name. It will bring up several tag examples to choose from, including album art. (NOTE: realize that most programs like Foobar or Squeeze Center will access album art in one of two ways, either embedded in the tags or via cover.jpg naming convention. Embedded is easy if you find the Amazon tags, but stores more data since that 20-30k art is embedded in each song tag. Using the "cover.jpg" approach is simply putting the album art photo in each folder once, saving space. But if you ever go to another program and/or codec that doesn't look for cover.jpg, like iTunes, then you need to import album art all over again.)Ted, Need your help:I've gone through the steps you suggested and succesfully have The Beales - Love as a folder inside my Music folder that Squeeze Center (7.3.3) acceses. When I do a scan new music it doesn't find the Love folder - the file extension is .wv. I must be doing something wrong that is a simple issue - any ideas?Thanks, PhilPhil,Sometimes SC just doesn't pick up new music until you do a complete new scan of everything. I wish I knew why this happens, but it has been happening to me from time to time in v7.3.x and v7.4.x beta.The good news is that a complete new scan always has taken care of things.George
Quote from: Philistine on 28 Jun 2009, 06:39 pmQuote from: ted_b on 23 Jun 2009, 04:22 pmBTW, after ripping to wav, I then need a way to store these files with all their metadata, for use with things like Squeeze Center (up to 24/96) or Foobar/pc (up to 24/192). So:1) take the WAV files and convert to a lossless codec that supports embedded metadata/tagging. i personally use Wavpack for my HiRez stuff because it sounds good and because FLAC and HiRez don't always get along in SC if you're doing transcoding-on-the-fly (another thread, another story). I use DBPoweramp to do all my format converting. I will convert to a new folder called "artist - album".2) I then right click on that folder and bring up MP3Tag, another great freeware solution. MP3TAg is wonderful for tagging whole albums, as well as scanning large directories for tagging consistencies once finished. In the case of ripping, say, David Crosby's DVD-A of If I Could Only Remember My Name, I highlight the entire list of tracks that were brought into MP3TAG, and then click on "tag sources -> Amazon" and type in David Crosby or the album name. It will bring up several tag examples to choose from, including album art. (NOTE: realize that most programs like Foobar or Squeeze Center will access album art in one of two ways, either embedded in the tags or via cover.jpg naming convention. Embedded is easy if you find the Amazon tags, but stores more data since that 20-30k art is embedded in each song tag. Using the "cover.jpg" approach is simply putting the album art photo in each folder once, saving space. But if you ever go to another program and/or codec that doesn't look for cover.jpg, like iTunes, then you need to import album art all over again.)Ted, Need your help:I've gone through the steps you suggested and succesfully have The Beales - Love as a folder inside my Music folder that Squeeze Center (7.3.3) acceses. When I do a scan new music it doesn't find the Love folder - the file extension is .wv. I must be doing something wrong that is a simple issue - any ideas?Thanks, PhilPhil,Can you post what the file or folder looks like? Is it like this (after tagging with MP3tag and converting to wavpack)? Mine is read by Squeeze Center (but I use 7.4 daily from January 28th)
