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  1. Until then we wait. Glad I could be of assistance. Similar thing happened to me when I ripped all my stuff to AIFF, then used dBpa's batch converter to transfer to WAV, only to discover the jpg files didn't transfer over. Nothing an afternoon of point, click, drag and drop couldn't fix... Dave
  2. When you rip the WAV file with dBpoweramp, a seperate file should be created which holds your album art. (.jpg). So under the album folder you will have all of your tracks in WAV format plus one jpg file which has your album art. When Media Monkey reads the folder, it will automatically pick up the jpg file as your artwork. Maybe check your output settings? Or, maybe, if you have a large collection, MM is just acting a little slow. Sometimes it takes a little while to show all the album art I have in my library. Oh, and by the way - I have yet to see a windows application that will correctly read (metadata on AIFF) and play AIFF files. They all fall short one way or the other, which is why I settled on WAV and dBpa and MM. Dave
  3. dBpoweramp is a fantastic program for ripping. It will also create and populate your tags. It will tag your AIFF files. The only problem you are going to have to consider "in the Windows world" is what playback software you will use. AIFF files play in iTunes, but not bit-transparently. Media Monkey will play AIFF, but it will not recognize any tags. I suffered over this question, at length, and my final solution was rip with dDpa to WAV and play the WAV with Media Monkey. Tags are recognized with no issue. I continue to reside in a Windows world. Hope that helps. Dave
  4. "MediaMonkey<br /> Just trying to tie in the AIFF bit on MediaMonkey from here and the boards, were you able to get the same metadata while using MediaMonkey?"<br /> <br /> Media Monkey does not recognize AIFF metadata tags, and does not plan to do so in the forseeable future. Use WAV with Media Monkey. It will read those tags.<br /> <br /> Dave.<br />
  5. Nice win. I unfortunately had to buy mine, but like you, I love it as well. Chris has mentionned it a few times, but I have yet to see him do a full review on it. I'd be curious to know why it is not on the CASH list. Dave
  6. I think this is what I will do, then. Convert my AIFF to WAV and use MM. I just wish MM had a better iPhone remote, but now I'm really starting to get picky... On another tack, I have confirmed with Apple and with some learned CA readers that bit perfect using iTunes on a PC is a pipe dream. Thanks Idolse and Chris. A great thread (for me anyway). Loads of questions answered. I'm starting to feel a little better...
  7. In your test with WAV and dBpa, were you noticing the 'quality' the tags to be consistant with AIFF? Any tag information lost? Thanks for continuing to 'diddle' around with the issue. I know you've done a lot of research as well. Have you decided this to be your final solution (file type and playback software), then? Dave
  8. Thanks for the article suggestion. Kent seems to be concentrating more on the rips than the playback in his article. True, he has one sentance that says iTunes is bit transparent, but he doesn't mention on which platform and under which settings. Thanks anyway.
  9. You seem to be having a rough go of it lately, with your logic board issues and now this... So far, knock on the proverbial wood, I have been lucky with my equipment with a cat, one two year old child, one 5 year old child and a wife! Okay, let me know when you get your stuff back up and running. Please don't forget. Dave
  10. I'm grasping at straws... I know it's confirmed on iTunes 7, that it isn't possible. Has anyone kept up with release 8? Thanks
  11. Chris,<br /> <br /> I'd just like to caution your suggestion for .AIFF as cross-platform. As some of us have recently discovered, PC friendly player applications don't support .AIFF fully.<br /> <br /> Dave
  12. Thanks for sticking with me on this one Idolse. I agree 100% that it is not dBpa's issue. I have much more respect for Spoon and dBpa as an application to say otherwise. I hope to get something out of my question to MM. At the very least it may pressure them into support. Chris, it just bothers me that I take your advise very much to heart. I follow your recommendations on 'creating a reference server' on a PC, choosing the appropriate hardware and software, jump on the computer audiophile revolution, only to discover that .aiff isn't supported fully by MM as you recommended. True, you didn't say anything about using dBpa, that was the result of my research. Not to flap on you, Chris, because you do provide loads of great info. Once again, it is just frustrating that I follow directions only to hit a bump where I don't think there should be. Net, net it appears that this revolution is always in fluctuation as per any computer based anything. I have learned loads and continue to do so. Patience is not my forte and I expect perfection when I know it doesn't exist. Thank you, Chris, for starting and continuing this site.
  13. Hi, Just as I had figured, Spoon was not going to get my answers for me. He 'spooned' me off to the MM forum. So, again I start another thread. Not so simple I guess...
  14. Thanks again Idolse. I have a thread going on at dBpa (which I noticed you frequent). Spoon has never heard of the issue, which doesn't help, unfortunately. Are we really that rare a breed? I have asked Spoon if there would be any way imaginable that he had some contact over at MM and they could figure out the issue. But, I know there is probably be no way he'd do that on my/our behalf. The trouble, I agree is with MM and not dBpa, and I doubt if Spoon had the time or the inkling to find and correct the issue with MM developers. Frustrating! But, good to know I'm not the only one suffering. I have a few more tendrils out, and if I come up with something, I'll let you know.
  15. "If you highlight all the tracks on one album and select Auto Tag From Web do you get the right tags?" Woudn't I then be tagging tracks twice? I can only imagine the trouble I'd get into if a file was twice tagged. Either that, or I have no idea how a file is tagged and maybe it would support multiple tags. Chris, if you could continue to rack you brain, I'd be most appreciative. @Idolse: Thank you very much for your work around and it's deep description. I was hoping for maybe a batch tag converter or something. I wonder how long your solution would take for 1 TB of files? What I seem to be getting here is that iTunes rips and tags in a format that MM sees, where dBpa does not. You'd think we could devise a format that would be taken universally. Maybe I'll just have to wait until Obama fixes it. If anyone else has any fix options, I'd ever so love to hear.
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