Usb stick with ripped cds, not displaying correctly

[gazza1101]

I any years ago I ripped my CD collection to a drive using Nero, in Flac format, I have since played these files back initially using LMS, but more recently on the Wiim Pro via plex, through Plex my albums album art is displayed pretty complete other than a few albums, but using a usb stick with the same files a fair amount of the album art is missing and compilation albums end up with every song as an album.
Could someone suggest a windows app to take these so that I can view these correctly on the Wimm ultra?

 

[simbun]

Could someone suggest a windows app to take these so that I can view these correctly on the Wimm ultra?

Mp3tag is a good option to manage your collection on Windows.
From your screenshot I'd guess that you don't have an AlbumArtist defined or a compilation flag set for your compilations.

 

[gazza1101]

Mp3tag is a good option to manage your collection on Windows.
From your screenshot I'd guess that you don't have an AlbumArtist defined or a compilation flag set for your compilations.

Thanks for the reply, that makes sense, does Mp3tag work with Flac?

 

[simbun]

Thanks for the reply, that makes sense, does Mp3tag work with Flac?

Whilst the name may imply only MP3 it works with any format.

 

[d6jg]

It also pays to read mp3tag’s documentation. It is very powerful if you get into its scripting capabilities.

 

[d6jg]

Btw. Plex looks up your album art for you whereas the WiiM app is relying on you to either have embedded artwork or a cover/folder.jpg

 

[gazza1101]

Mp3tag is a good option to manage your collection on Windows.
From your screenshot I'd guess that you don't have an AlbumArtist defined or a compilation flag set for your compilations.

I have spent an hour or so using mp3tag, fairly simple, but I cannot find a way to add a compilation flag?

 

[simbun]

I have spent an hour or so using mp3tag, fairly simple, but I cannot find a way to add a compilation flag?

As long as you have an AlbumArtist tag defined e.g. Various Artists, then you shouldn't need a compilation tag.

To add Compilation to the left panel:

• Right click in the space next to Genre and select Customize
• Select Add Field and choose Compilation from the Field drop down box and give it a name
• Set 'size of field' to Small
• Click OK and move the Compilation field within the panel using the up/down buttons.
• Finally click OK

To add Compilation to the grid view

• Right click on one of the column headers and choose 'Customize columns'
• Click the New button
• Give the field a Name, then in the Value and Field properties paste the name of the tag surrounded by '%' e.g. %compilation%

Are all the tracks of an album stored under the same parent folder e.g. /AlbumArtist/Album/CD0X/01...ext?

 

[gazza1101]

As long as you have an AlbumArtist tag defined e.g. Various Artists, then you shouldn't need a compilation tag.

To add Compilation to the left panel:

• Right click in the space next to Genre and select Customize
• Select Add Field and choose Compilation from the Field drop down box and give it a name
• Set 'size of field' to Small
• Click OK and move the Compilation field within the panel using the up/down buttons.
• Finally click OK

To add Compilation to the grid view

• Right click on one of the column headers and choose 'Customize columns'
• Click the New button
• Give the field a Name, then in the Value and Field properties paste the name of the tag surrounded by '%' e.g. %compilation%

Are all the tracks of an album stored under the same parent folder e.g. /AlbumArtist/Album/CD0X/01...ext?

Thanks that's really helpful.

 

[d6jg]

If you use dbPoweramp to rip your CDs (highly recommended) there is a compilation tick box at top centre which will apply it at the ripping stage.

 

[gazza1101]

If you use dbPoweramp to rip your CDs (highly recommended) there is a compilation tick box at top centre which will apply it at the ripping stage.

Good info, I did my whole CD collection a good while ago, I now only stream using Tidal or from my ripped cd collection.

 

[gazza1101]

Mp3tag worked perfectly for me thanks, took several hours but great end result.