I finally took the plunge and ripped my CDs. I decided to go with 320k MP3s over FLAC as I'm no audiophile and my hard drive space is limited (and I couldn't tell the difference!). I followed the instructions here which I found to be very helpful.
I'm using this command line to drive LAME:
-b 320 --add-id3v2 --pad-id3v2 --ta "%a" --tt "%t" --tl "%g" --ty "%y" --tn "%n" %s %d
I understand from the directions on this page that this sets LAME to add the ID3 tags. I'm getting a couple of problems.
GENRE - no genre tag is being written.
COMPILATIONS - for comps I specifically picked Freedb data which had ARTIST set to "Various" and TITLE set to "Artist Name \ Song Title" (I'm using a playback device which doesn't support ALBUM ARTIST) and yet strangely the tags get written with the artist name in the ARTIST tag and only the song title in TITLE.
Luckily I don't have a vast collection so I'm using Tag&Rename to check and fix but any help would be appreciated.
Also, I believe that the command line I'm using may have resulted from work carried out on this forum. If that's the case then many thanks to all who participated.
Regards, Glenn.
Full Version: Uesd EAC & LAME but some Tags didn't write as expe
You need to add --tg "%m" to set genre, so:
-b 320 --add-id3v2 --pad-id3v2 --ta "%a" --tt "%t" --tl "%g" --ty "%y" --tn "%n" --tg "%m" %s %d
It may be worth looking at this recent thread.
-b 320 --add-id3v2 --pad-id3v2 --ta "%a" --tt "%t" --tl "%g" --ty "%y" --tn "%n" --tg "%m" %s %d
It may be worth looking at this recent thread.
QUOTE (glennbroadway @ Jan 15 2006, 09:35 AM)
COMPILATIONS - for comps I specifically picked Freedb data which had ARTIST set to "Various" and TITLE set to "Artist Name \ Song Title" (I'm using a playback device which doesn't support ALBUM ARTIST) and yet strangely the tags get written with the artist name in the ARTIST tag and only the song title in TITLE.
There's no way to get each track artist using the command line I believe. The only alternative would be to rip to image with cuesheet and then use ACDIR to run LAME to create tracks. You're probably better off staying as you are.
I understand there is the commandline switch for "Genre" but is there also one for "track count" (example: Track 2 of 12), disc number, or composer that can be used in EAC and LAME?
QUOTE (\Documentation\FAQ.txt)
Q:Which flags can I use in the external compression scheme "User Defined
MP3 Encoder"?
A:In the field "Additional command line options" you could use
replacements for the selectable options :
%s Source filename
%d Destination filename
%h...%h Text "..." only when "High quality" selected
%l...%l Text "..." only when "Low quality" selected
%c...%c Text "..." only when "CRC checksum" selected
%r Bitrate ("32".."320")
%a CD artist
%g CD title
%t Track title
%y Year
%n Track number
%m MP3 music genre
%o Original filename (without temporary renaming)
%e Comment (as selected in EAC)
MP3 Encoder"?
A:In the field "Additional command line options" you could use
replacements for the selectable options :
%s Source filename
%d Destination filename
%h...%h Text "..." only when "High quality" selected
%l...%l Text "..." only when "Low quality" selected
%c...%c Text "..." only when "CRC checksum" selected
%r Bitrate ("32".."320")
%a CD artist
%g CD title
%t Track title
%y Year
%n Track number
%m MP3 music genre
%o Original filename (without temporary renaming)
%e Comment (as selected in EAC)
Edit: However REACT uses three more than these listed:
QUOTE
%x Number of tracks
%f freedb/disc id
%b CRC
%f freedb/disc id
%b CRC
QUOTE (Synthetic Soul @ Jan 16 2006, 01:09 AM)
QUOTE (\Documentation\FAQ.txt)
Q:Which flags can I use in the external compression scheme "User Defined
MP3 Encoder"?
A:In the field "Additional command line options" you could use
replacements for the selectable options :
%s Source filename
%d Destination filename
%h...%h Text "..." only when "High quality" selected
%l...%l Text "..." only when "Low quality" selected
%c...%c Text "..." only when "CRC checksum" selected
%r Bitrate ("32".."320")
%a CD artist
%g CD title
%t Track title
%y Year
%n Track number
%m MP3 music genre
%o Original filename (without temporary renaming)
%e Comment (as selected in EAC)
MP3 Encoder"?
A:In the field "Additional command line options" you could use
replacements for the selectable options :
%s Source filename
%d Destination filename
%h...%h Text "..." only when "High quality" selected
%l...%l Text "..." only when "Low quality" selected
%c...%c Text "..." only when "CRC checksum" selected
%r Bitrate ("32".."320")
%a CD artist
%g CD title
%t Track title
%y Year
%n Track number
%m MP3 music genre
%o Original filename (without temporary renaming)
%e Comment (as selected in EAC)
Thanks for the clarification on the commandline switches. Is there any other third party app that would automate the use of track count, disc number, and composer for the ID3 tag after compressing the .Wav files with LAME? It's not really a necessity, but I would just like to know before my music collection becomes transferred to MP3.
Please see my edited post with regard to # total tracks (%x).
I have no idea about using an intermediary app to add disc number and composer. You could utilise the comment field (Compression options, "Offset" tab - %e placeholder) for something, but that's not overly helpful I'm afraid.
I have no idea about using an intermediary app to add disc number and composer. You could utilise the comment field (Compression options, "Offset" tab - %e placeholder) for something, but that's not overly helpful I'm afraid.
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