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Tools for library management?
#21
Thanks to this thread I discovered Yate and Metadatics. Until now I did all metadata editing in iTunes, but their editing interface continues declining. Many things don't work as they should. Now I got trial copies of Yate and Metadatics but find both GUIs a bit complicated and not extremely well organized. Nevertheless I'll probably stay with one of them. 

Which of the two do you recommend in terms of stability and iTunes integration? Thanks.
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#22
(19-Feb-2015, 09:33)Mohmm Wrote: Thanks to this thread I discovered Yate and Metadatics. Until now I did all metadata editing in iTunes, but their editing interface continues declining. Many things don't work as they should. Now I got trial copies of Yate and Metadatics but find both GUIs a bit complicated and not extremely well organized. Nevertheless I'll probably stay with one of them. 

Which of the two do you recommend in terms of stability and iTunes integration? Thanks.

for me Yate seems more stable and reliable. a bit cleaner interface also, but i agree it is not that sleek and it takes some time getting used to it.
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#23
(17-Feb-2015, 10:11)GRC Wrote: I know it's an old thread but I thought I'd add my ten cents . . .

Everything is currently on Windows 7 with a mixture of 32-bit and 64-bit systems.

I used iTunes for years but got fed up with no FLAC support so moved to MediaMonkey Gold which I now use for management and basic tagging (usually fixing errors).  I converted my ALAC files to FLAC with dBpoweramp Music Converter in batch mode - took me a couple of days but no real issues.  However, I never used the ratings options in iTunes, nor any other "useage" tags (e.g. number of plays etc.) so whether they get carried across or not was never an issue for me.

I really wanted FLAC because of cross-platform support plus I've been a big Squeezebox user since the early days and they have native FLAC support whereas ALAC has to transcoded on the fly by the server, which is only a little EeePC with an Atom processor and a 1GB drive stuffed inside (by me).

Ripping I also do via dBpoweramp.  It goes into my main desktop PC where any errors are fixed (ditto downloads) by MediaMonkey.  I occasionally use MP3Tag if I have problems with MP3 files.  I then run FreeFileSync on the netbook server which copies new files and changes from the "master" PC to its disk (both it and the main PC are hard-wired to the router so it's quite quick) and finally tell LMS (Logitech Media Server) to add the updates to its library (which is read-only by design) for use by my various Squeezeboxes.  It all sounds harder than it actually is . . . 

MediaMonkey is also good IMHO for putting stuff on iPads, iPhones etc. because it converts FLAC content to MP3 on the fly during the copying process.

Currently at 32,795 tracks and no real issues with any of the above.  But happy to hear about alternatives . . .

it is never too late Smile and thanks for sharing it was very interesting for me.
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(19-Feb-2015, 09:33)Mohmm Wrote: Thanks to this thread I discovered Yate and Metadatics. Until now I did all metadata editing in iTunes, but their editing interface continues declining. Many things don't work as they should. Now I got trial copies of Yate and Metadatics but find both GUIs a bit complicated and not extremely well organized. Nevertheless I'll probably stay with one of them. 

Which of the two do you recommend in terms of stability and iTunes integration? Thanks.

I've found Yate to be stable although I agree that the UI is a bit busy.  But if you think Yate's UI is complicated, take a look at Jaikoz!

Another one I've played with, which works nicely in a no-frills kind of way, is Tag (7-day trial available, $5 to buy).  That's probably about the simplest UI I've seen.  As far as I know it doesn't have any particular integration with iTunes, though.
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#25
Well I just took a quick look at Yate, Metadatics and Tag.  Unless you're obsessive, I'm not sure what they offer that I can't do very easily in MediaMonkey plus it's a local player as well. It's really easy to use, especially if you've been used to iTunes.   Not sure about the status of Mac implementation but pretty good on Windoze.  It does require iTunes to be installed (but not running) to communicate with iThings but that's not a problem IMHO.

There's a free version you can try but I sprung for a lifetime Gold license since I'm in it for the long haul (until something better comes along  Big Grin)
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#26
With what editor i can edit DSF and DFF files? , Yate is not capable.
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#27
I find organizing,tagging and album art very handy in Itunes Smile

Always download the album art into the music files after ripping a cd ,and tagging the albums on the fly,After that Itunes take care of the organizing
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#28
Hey Amgad - what format you use now-a-days given you are proud owner of Aurender ? FLAC, ALAC, WAV (i mean mostly, i m sure you have other formats too)

Any SQ difference FALC Vs ALAC Vs WAV?.
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(11-Mar-2015, 11:43)Jnan_devi Wrote: Hey Amgad - what format you use now-a-days given you are proud owner of Aurender ? FLAC, ALAC, WAV (i mean mostly, i m sure you have other formats too)

Any SQ difference FALC Vs ALAC Vs WAV?.
Hi Jnan

98% of my library is FLAC. Very few albums in ALAC and WAV.

I actually experimented a bit and compared some tracks in different formats but could not discern any difference in terms of SQ
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(11-Mar-2015, 12:08)amabrok Wrote:
(11-Mar-2015, 11:43)Jnan_devi Wrote: Hey Amgad - what format you use now-a-days given you are proud owner of Aurender ? FLAC, ALAC, WAV (i mean mostly, i m sure you have other formats too)

Any SQ difference FALC Vs ALAC Vs WAV?.
Hi Jnan

98% of my library is FLAC. Very few albums in ALAC and WAV.

I actually experimented a bit and compared some tracks in different formats but could not discern any difference in terms of SQ

I see!. thank you Amgad!. Appreciate it...
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