Maintaining a large library of WAV files - artwork, tagging,

[Natan & Nicki Tiefenbrun]

Thanks for all the feedback.

Assuming I do go with the directory & filename structure instead of
tags, is there an application that will scan my WAVs & dump artwork into
the appropriate folders so that SlimServer & Telcanto will display it?

Any ideas when/if SlimServer might support MusicMatch's database - I
really like the SuperTagging. Incidentally, I think it's adding some
kind of tagging to the WAV files, as SlimServer is picking up some of
the info (including artwork) but somehow confusing the tags & artwork
between tracks/albums. Guess that's to be expected with a non-standard
tag implementation in WAV. But the MusicMatch library is representing
all the info correctly, so if SlimServer could use this library, that
would be a useful combination.

Regarding using FLAC instead of WAV - I can actually hear a substantial
difference between the two. I'm currently using the original Squeezebox,
so I assume I'm relying on my PC to uncompress the FLAC and stream as
PCM/WAV? I'm still a touch confused by all the options surrounding this.
I've got a SqueezeBox2 on order, so I understand I'll then be able to
stream FLAC and have the SqueezeBox un-compress (inflate?) back to
PCM/WAV before feeding my hifi. Should I expect this to make a
difference to audio quality? Which music library apps support FLAC &
will help with tagging - I don't think either iTunes or MusicMatch do?

Thanks again.

[Dan Sully]

* Natan & Nicki Tiefenbrun shaped the electrons to say...

>Regarding using FLAC instead of WAV - I can actually hear a substantial
>difference between the two. I'm currently using the original Squeezebox,
>so I assume I'm relying on my PC to uncompress the FLAC and stream as
>PCM/WAV? I'm still a touch confused by all the options surrounding this.
>I've got a SqueezeBox2 on order, so I understand I'll then be able to
>stream FLAC and have the SqueezeBox un-compress (inflate?) back to
>PCM/WAV before feeding my hifi. Should I expect this to make a
>difference to audio quality? Which music library apps support FLAC &
>will help with tagging - I don't think either iTunes or MusicMatch do?

There should be no difference in the sound quality. You likely have
transcoding turned on. Is your SB1 wireless?

-D
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[Daryle A. Tilroe]

Natan & Nicki Tiefenbrun wrote:

> Regarding using FLAC instead of WAV – I can actually hear a substantial
> difference between the two. I’m currently using the original Squeezebox,
> so I assume I’m relying on my PC to uncompress the FLAC and stream as
> PCM/WAV? I’m still a touch confused by all the options surrounding this.

This is unpossible unless you have something misconfigured to transcode
to MP3. The uncompressed FLAC and WAV are identical. As for tagging
check out EAC for doing it at rip time; otherwise I use an MP3 tagger
that also supports FLAC, the name escapes me right now.

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Daryle A. Tilroe

[kevin]

tag&rename?

On Mar 29, 2005, at 12:28 PM, Daryle A. Tilroe wrote:

> Natan & Nicki Tiefenbrun wrote:
>
>> Regarding using FLAC instead of WAV – I can actually hear a
>> substantial difference between the two. I’m currently using the
>> original Squeezebox, so I assume I’m relying on my PC to uncompress
>> the FLAC and stream as PCM/WAV? I’m still a touch confused by all the
>> options surrounding this.
>
> This is unpossible unless you have something misconfigured to transcode
> to MP3. The uncompressed FLAC and WAV are identical. As for tagging
> check out EAC for doing it at rip time; otherwise I use an MP3 tagger
> that also supports FLAC, the name escapes me right now.
>
> --
> Daryle A. Tilroe
>

[Daryle A. Tilroe]

Kevin Pearsall wrote:

> tag&rename?
>
> On Mar 29, 2005, at 12:28 PM, Daryle A. Tilroe wrote:
>
>> Natan & Nicki Tiefenbrun wrote:
>>
>>> Regarding using FLAC instead of WAV – I can actually hear a
>>> substantial difference between the two. I’m currently using the
>>> original Squeezebox, so I assume I’m relying on my PC to uncompress
>>> the FLAC and stream as PCM/WAV? I’m still a touch confused by all the
>>> options surrounding this.
>>
>>
>> This is unpossible unless you have something misconfigured to transcode
>> to MP3. The uncompressed FLAC and WAV are identical. As for tagging
>> check out EAC for doing it at rip time; otherwise I use an MP3 tagger
>> that also supports FLAC, the name escapes me right now.

Nope. In case anyone cares it was 'MP3Tag':

http://www.mp3tag.de/en/index.html

--
Daryle A. Tilroe

[leping]

Script to Transfer iTunes CDDB CD tags to WAVE/AIFF/AAC/MP3 Library tracks:

http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25333&page=2