WMA / dbPoweramp Problem

Posted by: The Man With Nonaim on 28 May 2012

I have ripped all of my cds to wav using the standard windows media player software.  All worked well except for 3 problems being 1) the occasional dropout, 2) the first track was often (but not always) credited to "unknown artist" (tracks 2 onward always indicate the correct artist) and 3) low quality album art.

 

In an effort to solve these problems I have downloaded dbPoweramp.  Problems 1 and 3 have disappeared but I suspect that 3) might come back to haunt me if I purchase an ipad.  I'm using an iphone as a controller.

 

Problem 2 has also been solved but now track 1 appears twice in the n-stream app and plays twice although the correct artist receives a credit.  When I check the rip in my windows media file and my nas, track no 1 only appears once.

 

Any ideas how I solve the problem ?  As I'm about to re-rip my entire collection using dbp I'm not worried if a radical solution is required.

 

Regards

TMWNN

Posted on: 28 May 2012 by Prubast

How about a  Unitiserve SSD? You did say radical  I used to find ripping CDs a pain in the arse, especially messing about with metadata & album artwork on my PC.

 

These days I don't even have to go near a computer as the UnitiServe tags 95% of my CD rips with granular metadata. When amendments are occasionally required all i need is a couple of taps on my iPad using the new and improved NServe. Yeah, the US isn't cheap but they do say time is money..... And quite frankly I'm happy to pay a premium to avoid the faff......

 

Posted on: 28 May 2012 by McGhie

If you're going to re-rip everything with dBp then you shouldn't get any of the three problems.  There shouldn't be any dropouts, the tracks will be tagged correctly (including the first track) and you'll get high quality art (typically 750x750 but sometimes lower, say 400x400 or 250x250, in which case you have options to select alternative album art).

 

Re problem 2, have you tried rescanning your library via your UPnP server? It might be simply that its database has two entries now that the first track has been fixed.

 

Cheers

Ian

Posted on: 28 May 2012 by Simon-in-Suffolk

Hi, using dBpoweramp really does take the pain out of ripping. As you have found out in matches metadata from various sources that you disable or prioritise as appropriate if you dont want to leave it to default and then it allows you to confirm or edit before then ripping. The album art is usually of good quality and if it doesn't find an exact match it prompts you to open window of approximate match and supersize album art, that you can then select. If all else fails you can simply paste a bitmap/jpeg in... Great for magazine cover CDs.