Why meta before ripping - Revision history

Dave at 01:58, 26 February 2018

2018-02-26T01:58:50Z

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	# Songs with non-unique names will overlap. This means, if you have two songs called "Audio Track" from the same album (Typically "Audio CD") then they may very well both "rip" to the same spot, one overwriting the other. This creates the undesirable situation of having two "songs" that both point to the same "files". Extra bad in that when you delete one, it may succeed in deleting, but it will leave the other song that points to those files in a bad state, potentially causing a crash when you try to delete it.		# Songs with non-unique names will overlap. This means, if you have two songs called "Audio Track" from the same album (Typically "Audio CD") then they may very well both "rip" to the same spot, one overwriting the other. This creates the undesirable situation of having two "songs" that both point to the same "files". Extra bad in that when you delete one, it may succeed in deleting, but it will leave the other song that points to those files in a bad state, potentially causing a crash when you try to delete it.
	# '''Fixed!''' <strike>The Cache will get confused. If you rip a song under one name, then change it's name and play it again, the cache will no longer think the song is cached and will create yet another copy of the song. This is a less critical issue since the cache will eventually purge songs that have not been used lately, however it can take up a lot of space.</strike>		# The CD info will NOT be updated when you change the meta info in the library. This means, if you change song info in the library after you rip, the CD will not be aware of these changes, so next time you stick the CD in, the meta info will be out of date, and will not match the cache. It's best to have the meta info for a song on CD completely match the meta info for the same song in your library
	# The CD info will NOT be updated when you change the meta info in the library. This means, if you change song info in the library after you rip, the CD will not be aware of these changes, so next time you stick the CD in, the meta info will be out of date, and will not match the cache. It's best to have the meta info for a song on CD completely match the meta info for the same song in your library~~, otherwise the Cache will get confused, see reason 2.~~

Dave at 21:11, 2 October 2013

2013-10-02T21:11:37Z

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	# Songs with non-unique names will overlap. This means, if you have two songs called "Audio Track" from the same album (Typically "Audio CD") then they may very well both "rip" to the same spot, one overwriting the other. This creates the undesirable situation of having two "songs" that both point to the same "files". Extra bad in that when you delete one, it may succeed in deleting, but it will leave the other song that points to those files in a bad state, potentially causing a crash when you try to delete it.		# Songs with non-unique names will overlap. This means, if you have two songs called "Audio Track" from the same album (Typically "Audio CD") then they may very well both "rip" to the same spot, one overwriting the other. This creates the undesirable situation of having two "songs" that both point to the same "files". Extra bad in that when you delete one, it may succeed in deleting, but it will leave the other song that points to those files in a bad state, potentially causing a crash when you try to delete it.
	# The Cache will get confused. If you rip a song under one name, then change it's name and play it again, the cache will no longer think the song is cached and will create yet another copy of the song. This is a less critical issue since the cache will eventually purge songs that have not been used lately, however it can take up a lot of space. ~~'''Update:''' This is in the process of being fixed now, but for now I still recommend cleaning your cache after you set meta but before ripping.~~		# '''Fixed!''' <strike>The Cache will get confused. If you rip a song under one name, then change it's name and play it again, the cache will no longer think the song is cached and will create yet another copy of the song. This is a less critical issue since the cache will eventually purge songs that have not been used lately, however it can take up a lot of space.</strike>
	# The CD info will NOT be updated when you change the meta info in the library. This means, if you change song info in the library after you rip, the CD will not be aware of these changes, so next time you stick the CD in, the meta info will be out of date, and will not match the cache. It's best to have the meta info for a song on CD completely match the meta info for the same song in your library, otherwise the Cache will get confused, see reason 2.		# The CD info will NOT be updated when you change the meta info in the library. This means, if you change song info in the library after you rip, the CD will not be aware of these changes, so next time you stick the CD in, the meta info will be out of date, and will not match the cache. It's best to have the meta info for a song on CD completely match the meta info for the same song in your library, otherwise the Cache will get confused, see reason 2.

Dave at 21:10, 2 October 2013

2013-10-02T21:10:41Z

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	# The Cache will get confused. If you rip a song under one name, then change it's name and play it again, the cache will no longer think the song is cached and will create yet another copy of the song. This is a less critical issue since the cache will eventually purge songs that have not been used lately, however it can take up a lot of space. '''Update:''' This is in the process of being fixed now, but for now I still recommend cleaning your cache after you set meta but before ripping.		# The Cache will get confused. If you rip a song under one name, then change it's name and play it again, the cache will no longer think the song is cached and will create yet another copy of the song. This is a less critical issue since the cache will eventually purge songs that have not been used lately, however it can take up a lot of space. '''Update:''' This is in the process of being fixed now, but for now I still recommend cleaning your cache after you set meta but before ripping.
	# The CD info will NOT be updated when you change the meta info in the library. This means, if you change song info in the library after you rip, the CD will not be aware of these changes, so next time you stick the CD in, the meta info will be out of date, and will not match the cache. It's best to have the meta info for a song on CD completely match the meta info for the same song in your library, otherwise the Cache will get confused, see reason 2.		# The CD info will NOT be updated when you change the meta info in the library. This means, if you change song info in the library after you rip, the CD will not be aware of these changes, so next time you stick the CD in, the meta info will be out of date, and will not match the cache. It's best to have the meta info for a song on CD completely match the meta info for the same song in your library, otherwise the Cache will get confused, see reason 2.

	~~I have plans to completely fix all of the underlying causes of these problems, they will all eventually go completely away. But for now, please keep them in mind.~~

Dave at 20:39, 6 March 2007

2007-03-06T20:39:09Z

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	# The Cache will get confused. If you rip a song under one name, then change it's name and play it again, the cache will no longer think the song is cached and will create yet another copy of the song. This is a less critical issue since the cache will eventually purge songs that have not been used lately, however it can take up a lot of space. '''Update:''' This is in the process of being fixed now, but for now I still recommend cleaning your cache after you set meta but before ripping.		# The Cache will get confused. If you rip a song under one name, then change it's name and play it again, the cache will no longer think the song is cached and will create yet another copy of the song. This is a less critical issue since the cache will eventually purge songs that have not been used lately, however it can take up a lot of space. '''Update:''' This is in the process of being fixed now, but for now I still recommend cleaning your cache after you set meta but before ripping.
	# The CD info will NOT be updated when you change the meta info in the library. This means, if you change song info in the library after you rip, the CD will not be aware of these changes, so next time you stick the CD in, the meta info will be out of date, and will not match the cache. It's best to have the meta info for a song on CD completely match the meta info for the same song in your library, otherwise the Cache will get confused, see reason 2.		# The CD info will NOT be updated when you change the meta info in the library. This means, if you change song info in the library after you rip, the CD will not be aware of these changes, so next time you stick the CD in, the meta info will be out of date, and will not match the cache. It's best to have the meta info for a song on CD completely match the meta info for the same song in your library, otherwise the Cache will get confused, see reason 2.

			I have plans to completely fix all of the underlying causes of these problems, they will all eventually go completely away. But for now, please keep them in mind.

Dave at 20:37, 6 March 2007

2007-03-06T20:37:45Z

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There are several reasons it is important to enter all meta info on a CD before ripping.

# Songs with non-unique names will overlap. This means, if you have two songs called "Audio Track" from the same album (Typically "Audio CD") then they may very well both "rip" to the same spot, one overwriting the other. This creates the undesirable situation of having two "songs" that both point to the same "files". Extra bad in that when you delete one, it may succeed in deleting, but it will leave the other song that points to those files in a bad state, potentially causing a crash when you try to delete it.
# The Cache will get confused. If you rip a song under one name, then change it's name and play it again, the cache will no longer think the song is cached and will create yet another copy of the song. This is a less critical issue since the cache will eventually purge songs that have not been used lately, however it can take up a lot of space. '''Update:''' This is in the process of being fixed now, but for now I still recommend cleaning your cache after you set meta but before ripping.
# The CD info will NOT be updated when you change the meta info in the library. This means, if you change song info in the library after you rip, the CD will not be aware of these changes, so next time you stick the CD in, the meta info will be out of date, and will not match the cache. It's best to have the meta info for a song on CD completely match the meta info for the same song in your library, otherwise the Cache will get confused, see reason 2.