PrTv Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 I made a switch from MBP+Audirvana to a dedicated transporter/streamer (Aurender), and as the Aurender does not support SACD ISO (no one does actually), I had to convert the ISO into DSF. I know that iso2dsd (Java) can do this and I tried it with great success. However, when it comes to tagging (artist/album/cover/genres/etc) it took a lot of time as this needs to be manual, and given the number of albums I have, it takes forever. Is there any program (can be paid or free) to help with the followings: - Scanning and adding metadata based on album to each and every song in a given album/folder/ISO image (I don't mind to scan and choose the correct version in case there are multiple versions of a given album) - Automatically find and insert album art into the DSF file These are my 2 requirements. I don't mind to extract ISO > DSF manually (but it'd be great if the program can do). Thanks PrTv -------- Bonus question I also have many albums in cuesheet image format that I ripped myself, and wonder whether there is any program that can read the cuesheet and split it into songs with proper metadata/cover art? [FYI -for cuesheet rip, I will have one big WAVE or Flac file with *.cue file as a marker, and Audirvana can play this flawlessly... but not the Aurender. Aurender would just play that one big file and ignore the cuesheet market.] Link to comment
PrTv Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 At the moment, it seems MusicBrainz Picard fits the bill. It's not fully automated but does a lot of weight lifting for me. Any other options? Link to comment
PrTv Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 I think I found the answer to my own question. I accidentally loaded the ISO file into the machine and scanned, and it seemed the machine is so smart it extracted the DSF files out of the ISO image and deleted the ISO image for me, for all ISO files I loaded. I guess I no longer need help now, but dont know how/if I can delete this thread... feel like a fool posting this question. Link to comment
lucretius Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 14 hours ago, PrTv said: At the moment, it seems MusicBrainz Picard fits the bill. It's not fully automated but does a lot of weight lifting for me. Any other options? Yes. With Mp3tag, the software can search the MusicBrainz and/or the Discogs database. Also, for more accuracy, you can look up the album manually in Discogs, then populate the DISCOGS_RELEASE_ID tag with the Discogs number. Then with Mp3tag, it can fetch the metadata for that exact album/release. mQa is dead! Link to comment
lucretius Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 12 hours ago, PrTv said: I think I found the answer to my own question. I accidentally loaded the ISO file into the machine and scanned, and it seemed the machine is so smart it extracted the DSF files out of the ISO image and deleted the ISO image for me, for all ISO files I loaded. I guess I no longer need help now, but dont know how/if I can delete this thread... feel like a fool posting this question. Did the dsf files have the appropriate/sufficient metadata? mQa is dead! Link to comment
Kal Rubinson Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 9 hours ago, lucretius said: Yes. With Mp3tag, the software can search the MusicBrainz and/or the Discogs database. Also, for more accuracy, you can look up the album manually in Discogs, then populate the DISCOGS_RELEASE_ID tag with the Discogs number. Then with Mp3tag, it can fetch the metadata for that exact album/release. I, too, use Mp3tag and find that Discogs is the most useful source. OTOH, a significant part of the time the search returns totally irrelevant options and, yet, lists it with 100% certainty. I have gotten tired of updating Discogs. 9 hours ago, lucretius said: Did the dsf files have the appropriate/sufficient metadata? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Depends on the provider/source. Kal Rubinson Senior Contributing Editor, Stereophile Link to comment
lucretius Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 4 hours ago, Kal Rubinson said: I, too, use Mp3tag and find that Discogs is the most useful source. OTOH, a significant part of the time the search returns totally irrelevant options and, yet, lists it with 100% certainty. I have gotten tired of updating Discogs. Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Depends on the provider/source. Discogs does rely upon users to build the database. You would think this is an area where the labels could offer a significant contribution -- instead they give us MQA. Dan Gravell 1 mQa is dead! Link to comment
Kal Rubinson Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 1 hour ago, lucretius said: Discogs does rely upon users to build the database. You would think this is an area where the labels could offer a significant contribution -- instead they give us MQA. Agreed. I found the Discogs entry form a bit tedious for creating a new entry. Kal Rubinson Senior Contributing Editor, Stereophile Link to comment
mikel Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 For ISO Extraction I use Trax, does also some tagging: TRAX Audio SACD Extractor (bytewizard.eu) If further tagging is needed, nothing can beat Yate, you can also write your own scripts if needed: Yate | 2ManyRobots All assuming you are on a Mac. Link to comment
flkin Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 I also use the paid Mac TRAX app for iso extraction - you can ask it to do a Tag Search and select the exact match based on the Catalog, Barcode number etc. I have used the powerful Yate in the past but I find Fiesty Dog's "Tag" simpler and sufficient for my needs. It handles Artwork insertion as well but not automatically. PinkFaun - Vinnie Rossi - YBA - QSA Lanedri - Wilson Link to comment
PrTv Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 Sorry for not getting back to this thread for a while. It turned out, the Aurender's auto DSF extractor did a decent job completing artists/ albums/ songs information. However, most albums still needed further work (cover/full detailed metadata). I found that MusicBrainz did a great job completing missing album information. I just opened the program, adding the folder containing any given album (stored on my Aurender), and then just clicked "scan" and the program would fetch necessary album info for me. Once satisfied, I can just click "saved" and the information would be updated. Took less than 30 sec per album. Thanks for all your inputs, this will be useful if I have any SACD ISO to extract in the future. Link to comment
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