dBpoweramp for Mac and editing existing metadata

Posted by: Alley Cat on 21 June 2018

I'm a little confused.

Certain help files I've linked to with dBpoweramp for Mac suggest I can select files in Finder and use Services with a right click to edit the files' metadata.  Services does not list such an option.  Is this only available in the paid version, as the trial suggests 'Reference' functionality for 21 days.

Or do I need to buy PerfectTunes - the demo for this will not write tags.

What am I trying to do?

Trying to tidy up what's on my WD NAS which is a complete mess as I've made copies of puchases there for years as well as tried to create specific folders for audio streaming, but they're currently all getting indexed by Twonky (yes I could get it just to index a subfolder but time to do some housekeeping).

Anyhow, my main issues are:

1 - Sorting out Qobuz downloads with messy metadata - many titles appear as multiple artists for obscure reasons rather than the simple Artist 1 feat. Artist 2 we see often.

2 - Same as 1 but for iTunes purchases  - oddly as I look at these things for both 1 and 2 there's something of a pattern with certain labels frequently having unhelpful metadata leading to multiple artist entries.

3 - Anglicising Qobuz metadata/track titles genres e.g. Classiqué

4 - Removing duplicates - multiple copies of the same purchased downloads or purchased CD rips either identical copies or in different quality/formats (e.g. FLAC and ALAC hi-res copies to compare sound), archiving lower res copies (why? but I paid for them!) and keeping the best quality on the NAS.

The main task is tidying up Artists views in the Naim app (1+2), what a chore!

 

 

 

Posted on: 21 June 2018 by Stephen_C

Sorry that I can't asnwer your question about whether dBpoweramp runs differently as a trial. However, following a recommendation on this forum, I've used for a long time Metadatics from the Mac App Store to tidy metadata on downloaded classical music and have found it very good. (I mention "classical music" only because classical metadata is sometimes quite a challenge.)

Metadatics is much cheaper than Perfect Tunes and I suspect would do all you need (although you'll need to check that by reading the relative specifications for the two products, of course). It's very easy to use.

Stephen

Posted on: 22 June 2018 by Dungassin

Try Music Tag Editor.  There is a free (Trial/Lite) version in the App Store.  When I moved from PC to Mac I initially didn't just get the Mac version of dBoweramp, but flirted with XLD (didn't like it, BTW), and used the paid version of Music Tag Editor for a while.  Worked very well IMO, and fairly cheap.

Posted on: 22 June 2018 by jsaudio

You might also try Yate made specifically for Mac. I think its a wonderful tagging program

Posted on: 22 June 2018 by john s

I don't know about the free version, but dBpoweramp works exactly as you have described in my paid version.

Posted on: 22 June 2018 by Alley Cat

Thank you all for the great suggestions and John S for confirming dBpoweramp should work when purchased.

Posted on: 22 June 2018 by Peakman

I use Metadatics for metadata editing on my Mac (as well as dBpoweramp for ripping/converting etc):  it's easy to use with spreadsheet-like format, pretty flexible, not free but only costs a tenner.

Roger