[vorbis] backing up comments

[Martin Blackwell]

CDex doesn't allow entering of comments in the first place.
What I would like would be a stand alone program so i can share my
backup-file with my friends, and pass it back and forth and stuff, so that
the backup mechanism is not dependant on having specific software avialable
on each PC.

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Denton" <dentons at clara.co.uk>
To: <vorbis at xiph.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: [vorbis] backing up comments

<p>> Hi Martin,
>
> I'd suggest you should direct your observations to whoever is responsible
> for CDex. Seems a silly omission to me, not allowing a user to save all
his
> comments.
>
>
> J.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Martin Blackwell" <djdij at handbags.freeserve.co.uk>
> To: <vorbis at xiph.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 12:16 AM
> Subject: Re: [vorbis] backing up comments
>
>
> > I use CDex
> > unless i've missed something, it only saves the freedb/cddb information,
> not
> > the comment information.
> > I'm not encoding from waves as that takes even more time, and wastes
space
> &
> > resources.
> > The only vorbis related batch program i use is Vorbisgain, and that
takes
> > ages to do, and I imagine it would be a lot quicker to just batch write
> > vorbis comments for the replaygain tags to the files than re-batching
> them.
> > Although for more accurate results, re-batching with Vorbisgain would be
> > more suitable.
> >
> > In a perfect world, I would want a CD Ripper programme that:
> >
> > 1) allows me to enter the Vorbis comments before the CD is ripped, and
> give
> > me the option to restore from backups.
> > 2) The CD Ripper would also apply the replaygain automatically after the
> > album has been encoded (not before, then applying the tags later, Vorbis
> > apparently has some high-frequency boosts, so results may be different).
> > 3) It would also not crash when using any "Paranoia" mode such as CDex
> does
> > when reading from CDs with so-called "enhanced" sections, and it gets to
> the
> > last track. Even Copahs' CD-Reader for wa2 has probs with this (skipping
> the
> > last track under 'paranoia, full', then going back to standard for the
> last
> > track is a work-around, but obviously lowers the ripping quality) .
> >
> > I desperately need such a tool- if one exists that fits all three of my
> > needs.
> >
> > > This thread confuses me. You are in Windows (you mention 98). If you
are
> > > encoding using a batch file then all you have to do is save the batch
> file
> > > for the next time you want to encode your wavs.
> > >
> > > If you are using a GUI program then surely it provides the option to
> save
> > > your tag data - doesn't it? If it doesn't, how on earth do you manage?
I
> > > take in a dir of wavs, enter the tag data I require, apply replaygain
> and
> > > encode to oggs. At any time in that process I might be called away and
> > have
> > > to shut my machine down. If I couldn't save the tag data I'd have to
> enter
> > > it all again (for tracks that didn't get encoded anyway).
> > >
> > > I would have thought this a requirement of a Windows encoder..
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > J.
>
>
>
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