eac vs windows...artwork help etc...


i have a few thoughts...

i started using windows to rip my cd's which is a very simple process...put in the disc, hit rip in windows media player and scan with squeezecenter (i use squeezecneter/transporter). bam...i have my album in losless format and all tags/artwork in squeexecenter...done. well i read all the time how eac and flac will provide an audible benefit and is simply a better way to create audiophile level material...so i give it a go...eac was fairly simple to set up and operate i suppose, i did this a while back for a short time so i remembered some. it downloaded the flac program automatically too. i was able to get data but i could not get artwork. i started some threads on slimdevices, and here and still could not do it. the consensus seemed to be drag a jpeg into the album folder and name it cover.jpg and do a full scan but this did not work. so on to the next program...mp3tag. i downloaded it and think i have it sort of figured out. i can get art attached to a song but if i want the whole album to have art i have to attach it to each song.

this is pretty complicated and i would guess between all the programs there are some settings i may have wrong (or processes) too. is there really a benefit to all this mess vs windows one step process? does flac really sound better? isn't lossless lossless, whether it is named flac or wma lossless? does eac really rip better? these questions have been bouncing around my head for a bit so i thought i would ask you guys.

any tips on getting artwork into squeezecenter are welcome as well!!
richard_stacy
richard:

change the "artwork" section to from blank to "folder.jpg" or "cover.jpg", whichever one you have named your image files then do a rescan and see if that doesn't help.
nope, that did not work either. i guess i will look at the program you suggested. thanks.
hmmm....how do you have your files saved and what version of squeezecenter are you using? i presume you have each album in it's own folder and you're using sc 7.0 or higher.

lemme know if you have any problems with tag&rename. you can email me if you don't wanna keep posting to this thread if you'd like.
thanks kg. yes, each album is a folder with songs as files inside, current sc, 7.3 i think. i may take you up on the email, i will not have time to get into it today...gotta do some wife time then watch my pathetic browns!
If not WMP's ripper, just use Dbpoweramp CD ripper. It will take care of the tags for you and you can rip it to any format you please. It doesn't get any easier.