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#41
Technical Support / Re: Can't get custom tags to w...
Last post by Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) - September 04, 2025, 11:06:58 PMUpdate: this is now working here and will be fixed in the next version, due out soon.
#42
Technical Support / Clips During Recording vs in C...
Last post by bshonbeck - September 04, 2025, 05:38:34 PMI have found there is a big discrepancy between the number of clips indicated while recording and the number of Clips found when scanning for clips in the Cleanup Audio page. I set my recording level externally on a Parasound Zphono USB interface. Invariably the sound samples I choose on the album don't represent the loudest passage on the entire album so I end up with some clips being shown while recording. However when viewing the recording in the Cleanup Audio page and doing a Scan For Clips, it often (always?) finds much fewer, if any, clips in the recording.
Until I discovered this, I would often re-record an album side that had a dozen or more clips counted while recording. As an example, today I was recording Cat Steven's Peace Train and, as above, it had at least 10 clips shown while recording (I reset the meter when they occur). I was going to re-record it but on a whim, I checked in the Cleanup Audio page and it didn't show even one. Several peaks were very close to 0db but none apparently exceeded it.
Can someone give insight?
Thanks
Until I discovered this, I would often re-record an album side that had a dozen or more clips counted while recording. As an example, today I was recording Cat Steven's Peace Train and, as above, it had at least 10 clips shown while recording (I reset the meter when they occur). I was going to re-record it but on a whim, I checked in the Cleanup Audio page and it didn't show even one. Several peaks were very close to 0db but none apparently exceeded it.
Can someone give insight?
Thanks
#43
Technical Support / Re: Can't get custom tags to w...
Last post by Muberos - September 04, 2025, 03:54:23 PMThanks Paul
#44
Technical Support / Re: Can't get custom tags to w...
Last post by Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) - September 03, 2025, 10:37:59 PMOK, it looks like there has been an amendment to the spec since we wrote our code to shoehorn in longer tags. I'll look into it.
(Either that or we missed it)
(Either that or we missed it)
#45
Technical Support / Re: Can't get custom tags to w...
Last post by Muberos - September 03, 2025, 06:34:41 AMThanks for the info Paul.
I use MP3Tag for tagging, I was only showing the output from dbPoweramp to illustrate the problem.
I use JRiver as my main file player and I notice when you do a tag dump, the ID3v2.3 tag (which has been placed in there by MP3Tag) indeed shows the user defined tag as 4 characters, of the form "TXXX (tagname)" I've sent another screenshot.
I use MP3Tag for tagging, I was only showing the output from dbPoweramp to illustrate the problem.
I use JRiver as my main file player and I notice when you do a tag dump, the ID3v2.3 tag (which has been placed in there by MP3Tag) indeed shows the user defined tag as 4 characters, of the form "TXXX (tagname)" I've sent another screenshot.
#46
Technical Support / Re: Can't get custom tags to w...
Last post by Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) - September 02, 2025, 11:45:52 PMOK, I can see the problem now. DSF files use ID3 tags for tagging purposes, and tag names are limited to 4 characters. Any tags longer then that, VinylStudio ignores (maybe it should tell you this!).
If you add longer tags in dBpoweramp, they are not stored in the file but instead (I assume) in dBpoweramp's library somewhere. So, long story short, stick to 4 character tag names and you should be OK.
Why didn't VinylStudio warn you? Well, custom tags can be applied to other file types which don't have this limitation, but maybe we should try harder.
If you add longer tags in dBpoweramp, they are not stored in the file but instead (I assume) in dBpoweramp's library somewhere. So, long story short, stick to 4 character tag names and you should be OK.
Why didn't VinylStudio warn you? Well, custom tags can be applied to other file types which don't have this limitation, but maybe we should try harder.
#47
Technical Support / Re: Track skip in Cleanup Wind...
Last post by Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) - September 02, 2025, 07:47:08 PMHi,
Most of what you ask for is not possible but there are a couple of tricks which might help you:
1. There's a button to display the track break markers in the Cleanup Audio Window in the toolbar beneath the the waveform display.
2. You can toggle between the Cleanup Audio and Split Tracks windows by pressing back tick (`).
So (for example), position the cursor in the Split Tracks window and then press `
Most of what you ask for is not possible but there are a couple of tricks which might help you:
1. There's a button to display the track break markers in the Cleanup Audio Window in the toolbar beneath the the waveform display.
2. You can toggle between the Cleanup Audio and Split Tracks windows by pressing back tick (`).
So (for example), position the cursor in the Split Tracks window and then press `
#48
Technical Support / Re: Can't get custom tags to w...
Last post by Muberos - September 02, 2025, 09:55:31 AMPaul,
For comparison purposes, I have uploaded another file in which I have added the custom tags manually using MP3Tag. Also a screenshot of the tags by dbPoweramp.
Thanks
For comparison purposes, I have uploaded another file in which I have added the custom tags manually using MP3Tag. Also a screenshot of the tags by dbPoweramp.
Thanks
#49
Technical Support / Re: Can't get custom tags to w...
Last post by Muberos - September 02, 2025, 06:46:50 AMThanks Paul,
I have uploaded a saved file from the album, along with some screenshots showing the custom tags (5 in total) that I tried to include. I have also shown a screenshot of the file tags as reported by dbPoweramp which doesn't see any of the custom tags. If I add the tags manually using MP3Tag, then they are shown OK.
Cheers,
John
I have uploaded a saved file from the album, along with some screenshots showing the custom tags (5 in total) that I tried to include. I have also shown a screenshot of the file tags as reported by dbPoweramp which doesn't see any of the custom tags. If I add the tags manually using MP3Tag, then they are shown OK.
Cheers,
John
#50
Technical Support / Re: Side Markers Usage ?
Last post by bshonbeck - September 02, 2025, 01:50:25 AMThanks Paul !!