Metadata on NAS server

Posted by: JohnS on 04 February 2014

I have searched the forums and found information which seemed helpful but I just can't seem to get everything working together...

My system is currently n-Vi, UnitiQute and 250-2 with a Synology DS213j NAS with 2xWD Red 4TB drives configured as RAID 1.

I rip CDs on my MBPro with XLD verified with AccurateRip to wav format (and I would prefer not to get into a discussion regarding how I should buy an HDX or UnitiServe until someone does the byte-by-byte comparison analysis of the same song ripped both ways).

The file structure on the NAS is //music/Artist/Album/Track Number Track Name e.g. //music/Blondie/Parallel Lines/02 One Way or Another.wav

I read that "Originally posted by David Dever: Inside the Album folder resides a series of files containing metadata for the enclosed tracks. This includes an XML file from AMG, cddbinfo.txt, folder.jpg (cover image)"

I am running the Synology Media Server - it was easy to get the n-Stream app to recognize the album art by checking the box in Media Server so that it recognizes cover.jpg as the album art.

After googling the cddbinfo.txt and amginfo.xml formats (thinking I might write something to create these files) I tried creating a couple of files manually to test the theory. n-Stream is not picking up the info, so either the metadata is wrong or the Media Server is not presenting the metadata to n-Stream, or I am missing some fundamental way of linking a filename to the metadata.

Anyone got any insights or links to useful reference information that might help. The files I created are stored in the album folder and look like this:

cddbinfo.txt

# CD Database file generated by JTB
# Ripped Date: 01/04/2013 10:47
#
#
# Disc length: 4394 seconds
#
#
DISCID=16112a12
DTITLE=Kate Bush / Hounds Of Love (Remastered)
DARTIST=Kate Bush
DALBUM=Hounds Of Love (Remastered)
TTITLE0=Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
TTITLE1=Hounds Of Love
TTITLE2=The Big Sky
TTITLE3=Mother Stands For Comfort
TTITLE4=Cloudbusting
TTITLE5=And Dream Of Sheep
TTITLE6=Under Ice
TTITLE7=Waking The Witch
TTITLE8=Watching You Without Me
TTITLE9=Jig Of Life
TTITLE10=Hello Earth
TTITLE11=The Morning Fog
TTITLE12=The Big Sky (Meteorogical Mix)
TTITLE13=Running Up That Hill (12' Mix)
TTITLE14=Be Kind To My Mistakes
TTITLE15=Under The Ivy
TTITLE16=Burning Bridge
TTITLE17=My Lagan Love

amginfo.xml

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>

<disc>
<title>Hounds of Love (Remastered)</title>
<artistName>Kate Bush</artistName>
<numDiscs>1</numDiscs>
<offsets count="18" start="102" totalFrames="329596">
<offset track="1" frames="22544">0</offset>
<offset track="2" frames="13686">22545</offset>
<offset track="3" frames="21049">36232</offset>
<offset track="4" frames="14109">57282</offset>
<offset track="5" frames="23212">71392</offset>
<offset track="6" frames="12426">94605</offset>
<offset track="7" frames="10657">107032</offset>
<offset track="8" frames="19326">117690</offset>
<offset track="9" frames="18437">137017</offset>
<offset track="10" frames="19251">155455</offset>
<offset track="11" frames="26979">174707</offset>
<offset track="12" frames="11817">201687</offset>
<offset track="13" frames="34826">213505</offset>
<offset track="14" frames="25877">248332</offset>
<offset track="15" frames="13564">274210</offset>
<offset track="16" frames="9649">287775</offset>
<offset track="17" frames="20871">297425</offset>
<offset track="18" frames="11299">318297</offset>
</offsets>
<pick>false</pick>
<rating>0</rating>
<review/>
<mediaNumber>1</mediaNumber>
<copyright/>
<imageURL>cover.jpg</imageURL>
<language>English</language>
<date/>
<tracks count="18">
<track>
<title>Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)</title>
<number>1</number>
<pick>False</pick>
<language>English</language>
<confidence>0</confidence>
</track>
<track>
<title>Hounds of Love</title>
<number>2</number>
<pick>False</pick>
<language>English</language>
<confidence>0</confidence>
</track>
<track>
<title>The Big Sky</title>
<number>3</number>
<pick>False</pick>
<language>English</language>
<confidence>0</confidence>
</track>
<track>
<title>Mother Stands For Comfort</title>
<number>4</number>
<pick>False</pick>
<language>English</language>
<confidence>0</confidence>
</track>
<track>
<title>Cloudbusting</title>
<number>5</number>
<pick>False</pick>
<language>English</language>
<confidence>0</confidence>
</track>
<track>
<title>And Dream of Sheep</title>
<number>6</number>
<pick>False</pick>
<language>English</language>
<confidence>0</confidence>
</track>
<track>
<title>Under Ice</title>
<number>7</number>
<pick>False</pick>
<language>English</language>
<confidence>0</confidence>
</track>
<track>
<title>Waking The Witch</title>
<number>8</number>
<pick>False</pick>
<language>English</language>
<confidence>0</confidence>
</track>
<track>
<title>Watching You Without Me</title>
<number>9</number>
<pick>False</pick>
<language>English</language>
<confidence>0</confidence>
</track>
<track>
<title>Jig Of Life</title>
<number>10</number>
<pick>False</pick>
<language>English</language>
<confidence>0</confidence>
</track>
<track>
<title>Hello Earth</title>
<number>11</number>
<pick>False</pick>
<language>English</language>
<confidence>0</confidence>
</track>
<track>
<title>The Morning Fog</title>
<number>12</number>
<pick>False</pick>
<language>English</language>
<confidence>0</confidence>
</track>
<track>
<title>The Big Sky (Meteorological Mix)</title>
<number>13</number>
<pick>False</pick>
<language>English</language>
<confidence>0</confidence>
</track>
<track>
<title>Running Up That Hill (12" Mix)</title>
<number>14</number>
<pick>False</pick>
<language>English</language>
<confidence>0</confidence>
</track>
<track>
<title>Be Kind To My Mistakes</title>
<number>15</number>
<pick>False</pick>
<language>English</language>
<confidence>0</confidence>
</track>
<track>
<title>Under The Ivy</title>
<number>16</number>
<pick>False</pick>
<language>English</language>
<confidence>0</confidence>
</track>
<track>
<title>Burning Bridge</title>
<number>17</number>
<pick>False</pick>
<language>English</language>
<confidence>0</confidence>
</track>
<track>
<title>My Lagan Love</title>
<number>18</number>
<pick>False</pick>
<language>English</language>
<confidence>0</confidence>
</track>
</tracks>
<styles count="0"/>
<tones count="0"/>
<themes count="0"/>
<similarAlbums count="0"/>
<flags count="0"/>
</disc>

Posted on: 04 February 2014 by LeeTom

Those files a proprietary to the UnitiServe and HDX, so you're barking up the wrong tree, I'm afraid. Since WAV files don't support tags, you'll need to use an app in your NAS's web software to edit metadata. Better off ultimately with AIFF, FLAC or WAV if you want metadata and file portability.

Posted on: 04 February 2014 by LeeTom

AIFF, FLAC or ALAC I meant to say....

Posted on: 04 February 2014 by LeeTom

Just rip one album to AIFF or FLAC and see how easy it all becomes...

Posted on: 05 February 2014 by JohnS

Thank you - that helped me not waste a lot of time on a dead end approach... I did try one album to FLAC and all the metadata came up nicely and, as I can't tell the difference in the audio quality, I'm going with that!