Ripped CDs,Names missing.

Nevakonaza · 11 Jul 2016 at 01:41

Hey guys,

Hope this doesn't break any forum rules or anything,After all i have ripped my own disks i legally own a physical copy of.

Okay so the problem i have.

The ripping of the 4 CDs was fine,However,CD1 & CD4 are not showing artist or track name..where as CD2 & CD4 are. :confused:

Here look -

CD1 (Shows names correctly)

CD2 - (No names)

How can i get Windows to recognize this and search the web for the tracks names/artists?

Im not sure why 2 of the 4 disks done it correctly,and the other 2 didnt..ive used exactly the same rip software.

TWiNKLeT0Es · 11 Jul 2016 at 07:11

Many many moons ago i used to use CDex. Although im unsure if its still good these days.

jpaul · 11 Jul 2016 at 07:39

have used foobar 2000, with the discogs plugins when digitizing vinyl, this enables you to manually identify the source media and then associate the correct track names/metadata.
maybe the releases of the discs/cd's that did not work are not in the database (seems unlikely) but there must be other releases that could be used in the like of foobar 2000

Nevakonaza · 11 Jul 2016 at 18:52

jpaul said:
have used foobar 2000, with the discogs plugins when digitizing vinyl, this enables you to manually identify the source media and then associate the correct track names/metadata.
maybe the releases of the discs/cd's that did not work are not in the database (seems unlikely) but there must be other releases that could be used in the like of foobar 2000

Il give it a try,never used Foobar before.

But will this name the tracks/artists in the windows folder,Or only in Foobar?

jpaul · 11 Jul 2016 at 20:03

yes you can write the tags/names permanently back onto arbitrary files eg

100 hits of eighties onto

do have to sign on to discogs / free

Nevakonaza · 11 Jul 2016 at 21:59

Oh thats handy,Sadly my Album "80 hits of the 80s" isnt showing up on their search.

jpaul · 11 Jul 2016 at 22:13

you mean this one .. try advanced search - completion seems limited

CaptainCrash · 11 Jul 2016 at 23:27

The album is also showing up in full on the MusicBrainz database (at least, I assume this is the one): https://musicbrainz.org/release/460913f4-4e9a-44d1-9f36-c8b2c7f280ae . I'd always use it in preference to Discogs where possible anyway, as its contributors are absolutely obsessive about accuracy and consistency.

Try using the MusicBrainz Picard tagger for the best results - IIRC there's a MusicBrainz plugin for foobar2000, but the last time I used it (admittedly some considerable time ago), it could be bit erratic in identifying the correct release, particularly when an album was released in several similar-but-not-identical versions (eg for different markets).

Nevakonaza · 12 Jul 2016 at 12:25

Guys,This is completely over my head,I installed foobar and the plugins but cannot see any option to add the names/tags to the folder.

jpaul · 12 Jul 2016 at 14:33

(One note screen clipping is down) , but
1. within a playlist select the multiple media files you want to tag
2. context menu -> Tagging -> discogs -> write_tags
3. specify the release id number for the cd album (as opposed to searching)
https://www.discogs.com/Various-80-Hits-of-the-80s/release/7842992
4 Should get a window like my earlier post

yes it is a bit obscure.

Nevakonaza · 12 Jul 2016 at 16:04

Think its still down

This is the error im getting.

ATAL) Error: Image URLs unavailable - Is OAuth working?

[ESCAPE to close]

really appreciate the help though.

jpaul · 12 Jul 2016 at 21:07

probably need to generate token from applications tab of discogs (lower pic)
which you give to foobar in config menu (top right)

do not know why it is this complicated