Re: [wmfo-staff] New ways to help the Music Department!

Bob Donovan

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Oct 25, 2021, 10:29:42 AM10/25/21

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Hi Julia,

The Import process begins at midnight and first checks for all metadata.

Any errors generate an error report. What passes is converted to a .wav music file.

Around 1pm the .wav music files are imported to Rivendell.

Two reports, lossy (MP3) and lossless (cd to FLAC), list details of the imports.

Only music files as .flac or .mp3 are processed.

They must contain the following metadata: Artist, Title, Album, Track, Year, and Genre.

Also the bitrate (quality) for MP3s must be at least 256 kbs.

If metadata is missing or bitrate is too low, an error file is emailed to the google group wmfo-music.

Prior to 2019 no error report existed.

On the music office pc, the cd ripping program does allow for adding any missing metadata before the cd is ripped.

Ripped CD music is converted to a .flac

Mp3's (and Flacs) can be copied via links on the desktop and can be corrected using mp3tag. A shortcut sits on the desktop.

Rejected files are moved to a rejected directory. Which should be accessible from the music office PC.

Except for low bitrate mp3s, those files can be corrected and moved back for processing for the following evening.

On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 9:42 AM WMFO Music Director <m...@wmfo.org> wrote:

Hi,

I heard that a bunch of you are getting error messages when trying to join wmfo-newmusic. As Google groups confuses me endlessly and I can't figure out how to fix it, just email me and I'll add you directly!

Sorry for the confusion!

On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 1:58 PM m...@wmfo.org <m...@wmfo.org> wrote:
Hi everyone,

I wanted to inform you of a new way to get volunteer hours - listening to music submissions!

If you join the wmfo-newmusic group, you'll have access to music submissions that are forwarded from the Music Director. Listen to the songs that are submitted and fill out this form if you think they should be added to Rivendell!

Check the group frequently for new music and updates!

Let me know if you have any questions.

Julia Bernicker
WMFO MD

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Frank Rossano

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Oct 26, 2021, 8:12:35 AM10/26/21

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If the CD is encoded correctly, all the required metadata (Artist, Title, Album, Track, Year, and Genre) is usually automatically generated and filled in. If not, as Bob said, it has to be filled in manually. Bob, have you ever gotten error messages even when all of the above metadata was filled in?

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Matthew Pakos

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Oct 26, 2021, 9:58:17 AM10/26/21

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Can someone please confirm if mp3 ripping is working as expected?

Last Wednesday I tried to rip 21 mp3 albums but only one (Dinosaur Jr Sweep It Into Space), plus a couple random tracks from others, made it into Rivendell. The rest were moved to the Rejected folder on Ringo. I stopped by the station yesterday and tried again. I double-checked metadata and could see no difference between the Dinosaur Jr album that got ripped last week and the others I was trying to rip. When I looked at Rivendell from home this morning 10/26 the same thing had happened: only one album (Amyl & the Sniffers) made it through again and the rest were presumably rejected.

Here's what I did both times: download 320mb mp3 files onto MD office computer, check metadata for each album using mp3tag, copy files into Ringo\manual\newmusicmp3 folder.

I'm pretty sure this is what I was doing successfully pre-pandemic but it's been about 19 months so who knows. One note, the files I have successfully ripped typically do not have a Genre tag in metadata.

Thanks much.
Matt

Bob Donovan

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Oct 26, 2021, 10:10:18 AM10/26/21

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They are all missing genre.

Reports are sent to wmfo-music group. If you're not a member as MD to add you to the group.

I attached the error report here.

metaerr.txt

Matthew Pakos

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Oct 26, 2021, 11:28:15 AM10/26/21

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Thanks for the log, Bob. I'll attach Genre tags and try again.

Matthew Pakos

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Oct 27, 2021, 10:33:47 AM10/27/21

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It looks like attaching Genre tags does the trick. Maybe I was misremembering my pre-pandemic ripping experience. Thanks again.

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