Song file name problem

[jmack]

I have hundreds of tunes on my computer with file names in the form "artist - title.wav". This worked well on the computer using Musicmatch, but with my Squeezebox, all I see is the artist until it starts to scroll. Is there an easy way to do a mass conversion of the file names, or better still, to have the SBox convert on the fly?

Thanks

[adamslim]

I have hundreds of tunes on my computer with file names in the form "artist - title.wav". This worked well on the computer using Musicmatch, but with my Squeezebox, all I see is the artist until it starts to scroll. Is there an easy way to do a mass conversion of the file names, or better still, to have the SBox convert on the fly?

MP3Tag will convert a batch from tag to filename, so you can easily go to "title - artist". I think it'll work on wavs, but not 100% sure.

Better though would be to convert everything to FLAC - then you can tag properly. It's curiously addictive in an OCD-way ;)

Adam

[jmack]

Better though would be to convert everything to FLAC - then you can tag properly. It's curiously addictive in an OCD-way ;)

Adam

Thanks for the info, but I now have a dilemma. Musicmatch, my preferred player, doesn't support flac & probably has no plans to start since their site says that mp3s are CD quality!!!
What players support flac other than foobar?
I have read that flac is a non-lossy format, but as mentioned above, musicmatch says mp3s are as good as wav. What to believe???
I note that you have a rather high end system, so I assume you are happy with your flac files. I am running Moon amp/pre-amp with Totem speakers.

Jay

[radish]

What players support flac other than foobar?

Pretty much all of the decent ones in one form or another - Winamp, Foobar, J River, Windows Media Player, Media Monkey, etc. The only obvious exception I can think of is iTunes. I'm very suprised musicmatch doesn't do it.



I have read that flac is a non-lossy format, but as mentioned above, musicmatch says mp3s are as good as wav. What to believe???

Not musicmatch that's for sure. There's no way any mp3 (or other lossy-compressed file type) can exactly replicate the sound from the original CD, and thus they can't be "CD Quality". They can sound good, sure, but not _as_ good. Of course, whether you can tell the difference with your equipment and ears is another matter :)