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Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: spoon on 2010-09-15 21:09:01
Major Updates

Learn More >> (http://www.dbpoweramp.com/cd-ripper.htm)

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Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: spoon on 2010-09-15 21:09:58
Ripping, Converting & Tagging Perfected

dBpoweramp Music Converter has been updated & refined over 10 years, the result is Release 14 which offers new:

(http://dbpoweramp.com/images/dmc/accrip.png)

AccurateRip v2: over the years since AccurateRip's inception (8 years ago), AccurateRip has been universally praised as the first and foremost technique to ensure error free CD rips. AccurateRip can only function if the disc has been previously submitted to the database...Often discs have multiple pressings, AccurateRip v2 enables a rip to verify using a different pressing, thus expanding the database by a factor of 4 or more! In addition a new enhanced CRC has been introduced to ensure AccurateRip will continue being the standard-bearer of Ripping Perfection.

Easily Add Missing Album Art: CD Ripper & the ID Tag Editor have integrated Internet Art search functions, to easily add artwork which is missing (or of a lesser size than required):

(http://dbpoweramp.com/images/album-art-add.png)

(http://dbpoweramp.com/images/16-cpu.png)
16 CPU Support: encoding to mp3? and have a 'serious metal' computer'? dBpoweramp will use up to 16 cores making short work of encoding. With 16 CPU cores support dBpoweramp is future proofed for today's and tomorrows systems.

Unlimited PerfectMeta: We have heard that people love the idea behind PerfectMeta in CD Ripper: using multiple top-rate-commercial providers to cross-check and remove spelling mistakes / missing discs. What they did not love was the yearly renewal for metadata access, we listened and R14 has a perpetual access - no renewals!

(http://dbpoweramp.com/images/perfectmeta.png)

PerfectMeta also features SontaDB, a classical specific database with extended fields just for classical (Composer, Conductor, Period, Instrument, Soloists, etc).

Explorer Property & Thumbnail Handler: does it irritate that the tag editor built into Windows Explorer in Windows 7 does not support your audio type?, R14 can help by enabling Windows to read metadata from any audio type dBpoweramp supports (practically all formats):

(http://dbpoweramp.com/images/propertyhandler.png)

New Users Learn More >> (http://dbpoweramp.com/cd-ripper.htm)
Existing Users Upgrade >> (http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc-power-register-upgradePP.htm)
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: googlebot on 2010-09-16 01:06:35
Great package!

Is there a release discount for hydrogenaudio members?
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: itisljar on 2010-09-16 08:06:45
 that would be nice, yeah
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: Engelsstaub on 2010-09-16 08:23:25
Great work, Spoon! 
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: probedb on 2010-09-16 12:56:51
Slightly confused by the upgrade options....is that from R13 or do we have to purchase again?
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: spoon on 2010-09-16 13:25:19
If you log into registration retrieval:

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/registration/ (http://www.dbpoweramp.com/registration/)

This will show the current download, and any offers to upgrade also.
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: Alexxander on 2010-09-16 13:31:05
I've installed R14. In Options>>Ripping Method, both options Secure and Defective by Design are grayed out (hence not selectable). Does this mean my Trial has ended? A few weeks ago I had the beta version installed during a few days.
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: probedb on 2010-09-16 13:52:59
If you log into registration retrieval:

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/registration/ (http://www.dbpoweramp.com/registration/)

This will show the current download, and any offers to upgrade also.


Cool, cheers
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: spoon on 2010-09-16 14:26:32
I've installed R14. In Options>>Ripping Method, both options Secure and Defective by Design are grayed out (hence not selectable). Does this mean my Trial has ended? A few weeks ago I had the beta version installed during a few days.


If it was more than 21 days ago yes.
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: Zster on 2010-09-16 15:03:03
Fantastic, will purchase as soon as I get home. Has the ulimited perfectMet increased the price looks more expensive than before?
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: spoon on 2010-09-16 15:28:21
By $2 yes.
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: kwanbis on 2010-09-16 21:10:19
I want to upgrade from Registered to Reference.

But while the price for registered is $26, and for reference $38, so a difference of $12, the upgrade is $18! Or 50% more!

How comes?
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: spoon on 2010-09-16 21:41:37
Your previous Registered version would have cost $24, so:

$38 - $24 = $14 - each purchase has a payment processing fee of around $1 (there would be 2 of these) the difference is not huge.
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: kwanbis on 2010-09-17 03:49:09
i see.
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: Larson on 2010-09-17 18:49:25
amazing! thank you
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: dyneq on 2010-09-20 00:20:27
Spoon,

Nice job on the new release. I have already used and enjoyed some of the new features, esp. the album art and tagging components.

Would you recommend re-configuring any of the drive tests after upgrading to r14, or should the same settings derived from the last reference version work OK?
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: spoon on 2010-09-20 08:17:11
No need to re-configure.
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: kwanbis on 2010-09-20 14:14:05
Easily Add Missing Album Art: CD Ripper & the ID Tag Editor have integrated Internet Art search functions, to easily add artwork which is missing (or of a lesser size than required)

I'm interested on this function. Would it mean i can select a folder, and then add the folder.jpg?
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: spoon on 2010-09-20 15:42:12
You can select an albums worth of files >> Edit ID Tag >> Add Album Art  and it will display a list from the internet, click the one you want and the art is added to be embedded in the album, you can also select the Export To Folder.jpg if needed there also.
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: flacflac on 2010-09-21 18:20:04
Thanks Spoon, but does this release allow me to generate cue sheets or not?
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: Zvuk on 2010-09-21 19:06:45
It would be great if you could add sites you want dBpoweramp to search on, especially if you have music that isn't exactly mainstream but sold on places like Junodownload.

This would be great, I wouldn't need to open MP3tag every time I wanted to tag a FLAC with album art.
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: spoon on 2010-09-21 19:39:37
The art is searched through google, so if google can search that site the art will appear.

CueSheet support - see the beta section of the dbpoweramp forum, we are testing the CueSheet there.
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: greynol on 2010-09-21 19:45:44
Did I make a mistake in removing the beta status on CUE sheet support in our wiki's ripper comparison article (http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Comparison_of_CD_rippers)?

Spoon, would you mind detailing the options offered in the way of gap placement/handling and what structures of CUE sheets dBpoweramp with be generating/supporting?  How to they compare to the five varieties that EAC creates?
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: spoon on 2010-09-21 20:59:45
It is a little early to do that, as it is under active development.
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: kbern on 2010-09-27 09:51:59
It is a little early to do that, as it is under active development.


I'm confused. I went to the ripper "comparison" sheet and it says that dbPoweramp can now do cue sheets and gap detection (I've been waiting a *long time* for dbPoweramp to add that). But it sounds like you're saying that it *doesn't* have that.
Is there an ETA on when it will?
Also, how would I go about using it? Currently I use ImgBurn to create a bin/cue and then I also rip discs into individual FLAC tracks.
My goal is to use dbPoweramp to rip the individual FLAC tracks and also a cue file, so that I can then just take those tracks and the CUE file and somehow "recreate" the original CD... will the latest dpPoweramp help me do that?

Thanks, Spoon.
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: greynol on 2010-09-27 09:57:30
I went to the ripper "comparison" sheet and it says that dbPoweramp can now do cue sheets and gap detection (I've been waiting a *long time* for dbPoweramp to add that).

Fixed.
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: kbern on 2010-09-27 11:22:00
Thanks for replying so fast (and fixing the chart), though when following the link to the "beta" page it says:
    Download:

    <now release>
So that means there's not an actual beta for me to download and try out? It seems like this feature was always in "beta" the whole (long) life of R13, and now I'm worried that it's going to get caught in the same trap in R14 (waiting for R15 a year or two from now).
Is there any ETA on this feature? I know I sound pushy, but I have thousands of CDs I'm waiting to re-rip as FLAC and a 200-disc changer that I've had for a year now, waiting on dbPoweramp because I like it much better than the other tools that are out there.
Thanks a lot.
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: spoon on 2010-09-27 16:20:41
R14 has been released, the cue sheet part (which relies on an extended 'virtual' codec) is in the beta section of forum.dbpoweramp.com it will be updated and released as time permits.
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: kbern on 2010-09-27 19:09:43
R14 has been released, the cue sheet part (which relies on an extended 'virtual' codec) is in the beta section of forum.dbpoweramp.com it will be updated and released as time permits.

Thanks, Spoon... continuing this conversation in the beta section of forum.dbpoweramp.com
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: greynol on 2010-09-27 19:19:15
You can safely use EAC to create noncompliant CUE sheets that will work with rips done with dBpoweramp.
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: kbern on 2010-09-27 20:17:06
You can safely use EAC to create noncompliant CUE sheets that will work with rips done with dBpoweramp.

Thanks. I am trying to have a single-tool solution for when I do my mass re-rip
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: Engelsstaub on 2010-09-28 07:46:40
You can safely use EAC to create noncompliant CUE sheets that will work with rips done with dBpoweramp.


Is there a way to make this work when ripping individual tracks with dBpoweramp?
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: greynol on 2010-09-28 07:51:49
Yes, after you're done ripping with dBpoweramp, open EAC and tell it to make a CUE sheet for multiple wave files.  If you're using EAC in advanced mode, choose the noncompliant type.  It would behoove you to make sure the file naming convention is the same between the two programs and that the metadata is a good enough match so that the CUE correctly points to all the files.

FWIW, For me this is no big deal, but I can understand kbern's not wanting to go through the extra trouble of doing this.
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: Engelsstaub on 2010-09-28 08:00:14
Thanks for that info.

I too understand why someone would want to simplify and not have to mess around with a lot of apps. (I'm always looking for new ways to keep EAC useful now that I've been using dBpa. I can never complain about EAC's writer.)
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: bilbo on 2010-09-28 16:36:58
dbpoweramp has been working on cue sheet support for some time! It doesn't appear that you are really serious about it. I don't think that I will pay for something on a long unfulfilled promise, especially with the new EAC release candidate just being released.
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: Engelsstaub on 2010-09-30 11:02:51
dbpoweramp has been working on cue sheet support for some time! It doesn't appear that you are really serious about it. I don't think that I will pay for something on a long unfulfilled promise, especially with the new EAC release candidate just being released.


I misunderstand: are you saying that I am not serious about this or that dBpoweramp is not serious about cue sheet implementation?
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: greynol on 2010-09-30 17:31:29
I don't think bilbo thinks you're the developer of dBpoweramp.
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: bilbo on 2010-09-30 19:00:02
I misunderstand: are you saying that I am not serious about this or that dBpoweramp is not serious about cue sheet implementation?

The one that is not serious, are those sold the product saying that cue sheet support is in the works, but it never happens. greynol's answer suggests that you are the developer. If you are sitting in the backroom writing code based on the input of others, than it is not you fault.  On the other hand, if you are the one dragging your feet on the project, than you would seem to bear some of the blame.

I do not sit in on your meetings! I don't know where the problem lies, just that it exists. T his is what I was trying to convey.
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: greynol on 2010-09-30 19:13:14
Misunderstandings all the way around.  I never meant to suggest that Engelsstaub had anything to do with the development of dBpoweramp; I simply meant to tell Engelsstaub that you were talking to Spoon.

I wish I hadn't said anything.
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: bilbo on 2010-09-30 19:17:24
I wish I hadn't said anything.

Nonsense, have more to convey than most of the people on this forum combined!
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: greynol on 2010-09-30 19:21:00
I appreciate that bilbo, thanks.  Any annoyance conveyed in my previous post was actually directed at myself for being unclear and/or misleading.
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: Engelsstaub on 2010-10-01 00:42:37
bilbo: dBpoweramp does now support cue sheet image. I don't suspect that will change your mind...just merely informational.

(I was initially confused when you said "you" following my comment. My fault. I wish I could develop programs comparable to dBpa or EAC.    )
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: greynol on 2010-10-01 08:26:19
dBpoweramp does now support cue sheet image.

For tracks ripped as individual files?  AFAICT, this is was where the conversation stood when bilbo made his initial post.

If dBpoweramp can now create CUEs for multiple files then please provide a link so the rest of us following this thread know that issue is finally closed.
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: Engelsstaub on 2010-10-01 13:10:49
Sorry if I wasn't following.

I guess I'm not telling anyone anything new. If they are reading this whole thread it's obvious that it only applies to images and not individual tracks.

My bad.
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: greynol on 2010-10-01 18:33:27
Images don't have to be just a single file per disc; they can be comprised of multiple files as well.
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: Seeking_Lossless on 2010-10-11 18:01:56
Hi, thanks for the great release.. Now, i'm using the trial and i can't believe how easy to setup it and it is fast too, too bad i din't have credit card but i'll apply soon because i'm still young.
My question is, if i purchase the product R14, let say if there are newer released such as R15 do i eligible for update? Is it free to update or i need to pay for the new one? I ask this question because lots of new product out there in the market only give some discount for their existing customer.
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: spoon on 2010-10-11 22:24:35
R14 to R15 would have an upgrade fee. At this time R15 is 2 years off (yes really) any enhancements in the next year or so will go into R14
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: AshenTech on 2010-10-17 04:31:09
It is a little early to do that, as it is under active development.


I'm confused. I went to the ripper "comparison" sheet and it says that dbPoweramp can now do cue sheets and gap detection (I've been waiting a *long time* for dbPoweramp to add that). But it sounds like you're saying that it *doesn't* have that.
Is there an ETA on when it will?
Also, how would I go about using it? Currently I use ImgBurn to create a bin/cue and then I also rip discs into individual FLAC tracks.
My goal is to use dbPoweramp to rip the individual FLAC tracks and also a cue file, so that I can then just take those tracks and the CUE file and somehow "recreate" the original CD... will the latest dpPoweramp help me do that?

Thanks, Spoon.


if you need a cue splitter
http://www.medieval.it/cuesplitter-pc/menu-id-71.html (http://www.medieval.it/cuesplitter-pc/menu-id-71.html)
its free and works quite well.

and yes the site design sucks, but the product is legit and no it dosnt have any spyware/malware/exct, good little tool and its free
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: greynol on 2010-10-17 09:18:47
That it doesn't have spyware/malware/etc. does not keep Medieval CUE Splitter from being crapware:
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....=0&p=683198 (http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=57563&st=0&p=683198)
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: Xenion on 2010-11-26 11:10:04
is dbpoweramp able to do the following thing:
rip audio cd to an image, encode it to wavpack with embedded cuesheet and log and put a album art in the same folder (or embed it also)?
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: spoon on 2010-11-26 15:51:42
>rip audio cd to an image,
YES
>encode it to wavpack
Yes
> with embedded cuesheet and log
No
> and put a album art in the same folder (or embed it also)?
Yes
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: spoon on 2011-02-09 15:19:16
R14.1 is currently in beta testing:

http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php...8204#post108204 (http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?p=108204#post108204)

Of interest are:

CD Ripper: New option to set a maximum file size in KB, defaults to 256KB
AccurateRip.dll v4 (collates disc TOCs)
CD Ripper shows AccurateRip matches from other pressings in the log, upto 6 matches

CD ripper can now show AccurateRip 6 matches for a given track, using different pressings and v1 or v2 CRCs
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: GHammer on 2011-02-09 19:01:38
R14.1 is currently in beta testing:

http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php...8204#post108204 (http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?p=108204#post108204)

Of interest are:

CD Ripper: New option to set a maximum file size in KB, defaults to 256KB


256K ?
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: Eli on 2011-02-09 19:15:53
I think this is for the image/album art size, though not clear in what spoon wrote
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: eahm on 2012-09-06 16:15:08
Release 14.3

mp3 able to read / write v2.4 tags
mp3 decoder faster at decoding
mp3 Lame updated to 3.99.5
Versions for bundled codecs linked to dBpoweramp release
dbshell and other shell DLLs - code signed
mp3 Lame possible to supply custom extra cli values, also displays on advanced the final cli
FLAC defaults to not map Comment, Conductor, also new TRACKTOTAL and DISCTOTAL tags are written
FLAC better handles custom multiple item tag values
AIFF able to decode id3v2.4 tags
CD Ripper - prevent auto run removed in Windows 7 (not needed any more as cds are not autorun by default)
m4a Codec updated, Apple open source codec, improved iTunes tagging

Bug Fixes
CD Ripper - code to stop multiple access to drive query at same time
CD Ripper - correct musicbrainz ngs mapping ' to '
mp3 decoder could lockup with corrupted streams
AIFF tag reading (if tag was smaller than chunk)
Fixed issue causing BSOD on systems with Intel Storage Matrix driver installed (actually is a bug in Intels driver...)
64 bit tag editor, if file cannot be written then says so
Configuration Property Handler, it was still changing the explorer tag pane for disabled extensions


Great software, thanks Spoon.
Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: Batman321 on 2013-09-17 05:36:47
After the 21 day trial period dBpoweramp becomes totally unusable or does it keep some free basic functions?

Title: dBpoweramp Release 14
Post by: marc2003 on 2013-09-17 06:09:44
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/db-versions.htm (http://www.dbpoweramp.com/db-versions.htm)