nevetsseel Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 After 25 years of being a dedicated Mac user I am moving to Windows 10. The problem I am having is finding replacements for TAG which I used for metadata editing, and of course XLD for Mac which does not appear to be available for Windows. So, what is everybody on Windows 10 using for these two tasks please? Link to comment
Apesbrain Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Mp3tag is a great Windows tag management program. I often use some combination of EAC (ripper), and/or dBPowerAmp or foobar2000 (ripper/converter). Welcome and enjoy! Links (all free except dBPA): http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/ https://www.dbpoweramp.com/ http://www.foobar2000.org/ (also install the "Encoder Pack": http://www.foobar2000.org/encoderpack) Link to comment
nevetsseel Posted January 2, 2017 Author Share Posted January 2, 2017 Thank you for that, I assume Mp3Tag does more than just MP3 files yes? Link to comment
The Computer Audiophile Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 JRiver Media Center can do everything you want in a single app. Founder of Audiophile Style | My Audio Systems Link to comment
Sloop John B Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Thank you for that, I assume Mp3Tag does more than just MP3 files yes? Indeed its name is rather unprepossessing but it does all one could hope for, and remember to send a few spondulicks thw way of the author if you use it. SJB Link to comment
sedest Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 http://www.softpointer.com http://www.dbpoweramp.com/cd-ripper.htm Link to comment
jcn3 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 JRiver Media Center can do everything you want in a single app. very true -- excellent library manager and player in one application. (1) holo audio red (hqp naa) > chord dave > luxman cl-38uc/mq-88uc > kef reference 1 (2) simaudio moon mind 2 > chord qutest > luxman sq-n150 > monitor audio gold gx100 Link to comment
fragoulisnaval Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Another candidate to consider is MUSIChi Suite. Cheaper than JRiver it can do anything you want. Rip, Tag, Play music. An advantage over other software is that it can handle multiple libraries against only one that all other software players support. And the Tagger is based on open source libraries, which means than tagging can be done lighting fast, if an album is already tagged by others. Of course, it also connects with FreeDB, amazon as additional metadata locations. It has a 30 days trial period. Link to comment
Solid-State Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Mp3 tag editor Tag&Rename - edit tag in mp3, wma, mp4 files, automatic discogs and freedb import Tag & Rename, never use Jriver, its crap you can lose your library if you are unlucky Link to comment
nevetsseel Posted January 2, 2017 Author Share Posted January 2, 2017 Thanks for all the suggestions re: tag editor. As for JRiver, not happening, I use Roon and am very happy with that, but thank you all. Link to comment
The Computer Audiophile Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Thanks for all the suggestions re: tag editor. As for JRiver, not happening, I use Roon and am very happy with that, but thank you all. I use both Roon and JRiver Media Center. Completely different tools that accomplish different things. Founder of Audiophile Style | My Audio Systems Link to comment
nevetsseel Posted January 2, 2017 Author Share Posted January 2, 2017 I use both Roon and JRiver Media Center. Completely different tools that accomplish different things. Hey Chris, I do not see the point of burdening the machine with a full media centre software package, that I would never use other than to later metadata, or am I missing something? Link to comment
jcn3 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Hey Chris, I do not see the point of burdening the machine with a full media centre software package, that I would never use other than to later metadata, or am I missing something? you don't have to run jriver all of the time -- you could just use jriver for library management and let roon do its thing as a media server. (1) holo audio red (hqp naa) > chord dave > luxman cl-38uc/mq-88uc > kef reference 1 (2) simaudio moon mind 2 > chord qutest > luxman sq-n150 > monitor audio gold gx100 Link to comment
Zephilim Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 You could also try MusicBrainz Picard for tagging, it free and very effective Link to comment
tboooe Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 +1 for Tag & Rename. I've been using it for years. I find its interface to be more intuitive than mp3tag. 12TB NAS >> i7-6700 Server/Control PC >> i3-5015u NAA >> Singxer SU-1 DDC (modded) >> Holo Spring L3 DAC >> Accustic Arts Power 1 int amp >> Sonus Faber Guaneri Evolution speakers + REL T/5i sub (x2) Other components: UpTone Audio LPS1.2/IsoRegen, Fiber Switch and FMC, Windows Server 2016 OS, Audiophile Optimizer 3.0, Fidelizer Pro 6, HQ Player, Roonserver, PS Audio P3 AC regenerator, HDPlex 400W ATX & 200W Linear PSU, Light Harmonic Lightspeed Split USB cable, Synergistic Research Tungsten AC power cords, Tara Labs The One speaker cables, Tara Labs The Two Extended with HFX Station IC, Oyaide R1 outlets, Stillpoints Ultra Mini footers, Hi-Fi Tuning fuses, Vicoustic/RealTraps/GIK room treatments Link to comment
Crom Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 I'd recommend Mediamonkey gold for power users. I recently went the other way, from Win to Mac and found finding a decent tagging app with scripting support really tough. In the end I opted for YATE but it was the category of software that I found most difficult to replace when moving from Win. Link to comment
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