re: FLAC

SweetSkunk:_blocked:Posted at 2019-11-24 16:31:32(264Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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kentk9 wrote:

With FLAC music files, my media player displays 'unknown artist', 'unknown album' and 'unknown genre'. I'm using Groove Music Player on a new Dell, running Windows 10. Do I have Gremlins hiding in my laptop?  8o  Or, more likely, are FLAC Uploaders (as I suspect) simply not filling in the metadata, and if that's the issue, do they have a good reason for not filling it in?
Possibly, the metadata was there.. but at some point stripped to remove any personal info

Or album info was unavailable at the time of ripping :(          Would be my guesses :)

 
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miok:_super_admin:Posted at 2019-11-24 17:06:30(264Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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Try downloading any one of my flac music uploads They are all fully tagged. If it doesn't show the media info, the problem is on your end.

 
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SweetSkunk:_blocked:Posted at 2019-11-24 17:08:44(264Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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If you want to rule out any technical reason why not showing,  try this:
https://torrentgalaxy.to/torrent/13848428/Vince-Guaraldi---Greatest-Hits--FLAC-

It should show all sorts of metadata (album, year, genre, etc)
*Thanks/credit to Big Papi :love

 
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SweetSkunk:_blocked:Posted at 2019-11-24 17:13:20(264Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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miok wrote:

Try downloading any one of my flac music uploads They are all fully tagged. If it doesn't show the media info, the problem is on your end.
And yeah,  what miok said :D

 
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miok:_super_admin:Posted at 2019-11-25 13:41:11(264Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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Glad you got it sorted. For myself, I'm very picky about my metadata and usually end up editing it.

 
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SweetSkunk:_blocked:Posted at 2019-12-23 04:06:44(260Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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I'll ask this :help here, as it's very related..

So, i have 2 machines.. but they read FLAC metadata differently..    any ideas why?

SAME FILE           DIFFERENT MACHINES     B)
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jaxe:_trusted_user::_sitefriend::_male::_sitelover::_junkie::_kitty::_sun::_turtle:Posted at 2019-12-23 06:15:27(260Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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SweetSkunk:_blocked:Posted at 2019-12-23 06:26:59(260Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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So, i have 2 machines.. but they read FLAC metadata differently..    any ideas why?
Geez, i feel pretty silly now,  the answer is quite simple...  

CODECS (once again)

The machine (that can rip FLAC's ...... cannot play them yet)  :facepalm
as it doesn't have latest codecs  &  therefore doesn't recognize the meta

It rips them fine,  but has no idea how to play them   lol

MYSTERY SOLVED B)

 
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SweetSkunk:_blocked:Posted at 2019-12-23 06:33:39(260Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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Thx kentk9 for the input...   a reminder that many things do not play FLAC out-of-the-box

&  jaxe   that would make a good logo :D
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zeke23:_vip::_trusted_user::_sitefriend::_male::_sitelover::_sun:Posted at 2019-12-23 11:51:21(260Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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codec what are you running if not you need to with WMP i use it and do

 
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djdezzie:_trusted_uploader::_sitefriend::_male::_sitelover::_junkie::_sun::_turtle:Posted at 2019-12-23 12:01:57(260Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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Hi Kentk9, all my metadata (ID3 Tags) are there. I always check before uploading.

If it's an older album I use TagScanner to download and add metadata to them for me. If it's a newer album try discogs for the tracklisting. (TagScanner uses discogs base as well).

If it's a new album not yet in the discogs database then I'm afraid it's add new release and add the tracks one by one yourself (I've personally added 3), then use tagscanner to add the files to your album, it picks up the info from discogs almost instantly.

 
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jaxe:_trusted_user::_sitefriend::_male::_sitelover::_junkie::_kitty::_sun::_turtle:Posted at 2019-12-23 21:09:10(260Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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kentk9 wrote:

And +5 naughty rep points to jaxe:_trusted_user::_sitefriend::_male::_sitelover::_junkie::_kitty::_sun::_turtle:. :D  Iol
The AFLAC duck is cute and so are its commercials

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jaxe:_trusted_user::_sitefriend::_male::_sitelover::_junkie::_kitty::_sun::_turtle:Posted at 2019-12-23 21:35:14(260Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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So Quack Quack Adorable!

 
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djdezzie:_trusted_uploader::_sitefriend::_male::_sitelover::_junkie::_sun::_turtle:Posted at 2020-01-16 21:13:24(257Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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Why FLAC is so much better than MP3?  FLAC is a lossless conversion process thus it's better for archiving. Also it sounds better even compared to  320kbps MP3s.

You can also download the FLAC files and convert them to MP3 (or any other format you choose) by using Switch Sound Converter LINK

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