happychappy
Happy Member
Hi folks
Its come to that time when I really do need to expand my knowledge of all things digital/computer orientated to enable a better understanding in what I am trying to do and how to do it. As I have divulged in my many recent posts regards to streaming I am struggling with my lack of computer knowledge and wish to address one or two subjects that are really bugging me (see what I did there…)
My main gripe at the moment is still missing album art! This has been a pain since I first set out on my computer audio/streaming venture. I have had some great advice from members on here, but it involved downloading files and to be honest it scared the pants off me thinking that I might brick my computer! Anyway the time has come where I have a little more confidence and am prepared to try to advance my knowledge in all things computer/streaming and hopefully to finally cure the missing album art.
The missing album art situation occurs when streaming from Mac to Naim NDX via Naim app for serious listening (I am using Asset UPnp software to enable this), the album art is missing from a huge amount of albums when playing them this way. The album art on my iMac is perfect, I have had to drag some album art across occasionally when ripping new albums, but all looks fine when using Apple Music directly on the Mac
I noticed recently that a lot of my tracks when playing via Mac - NDX were of a lower quality so I have got rid of them all and now my Apple Music on the Mac contains only ALAC files.
My first question is the ALAC Vs FLAC situation, can Apple Music play FLAC files if I rip my files as FLAC instead of ALAC? I am guessing that DBPoweramp software will give me this option? I do not have a problem re-ripping my entire CD collection, I just want matching file types and album art that’s viewable on the Mac - NDX
My second question is that on the DBPoweramp site they have additional software called “perfectTUNES” the blurb states that this is magic pixie dust to enable hi resolution album art and to automatically add missing album art, will this work alongside DBPoweramp to enable the missing album art when using Mac - NDX? Or will re-ripping my files do this? In other words is it worth purchasing this alongside DBPoweram?
My intention is to eventually remove the files from my computer to a dedicated ripper/player such as an Innuos Zen Mini (or similar) when funds allow, but in the meantime I would love to conquer the missing art situation to overcome another hurdle in my digital music journey.
Thanks for any help or suggestions that anyone can offer.
Its come to that time when I really do need to expand my knowledge of all things digital/computer orientated to enable a better understanding in what I am trying to do and how to do it. As I have divulged in my many recent posts regards to streaming I am struggling with my lack of computer knowledge and wish to address one or two subjects that are really bugging me (see what I did there…)
My main gripe at the moment is still missing album art! This has been a pain since I first set out on my computer audio/streaming venture. I have had some great advice from members on here, but it involved downloading files and to be honest it scared the pants off me thinking that I might brick my computer! Anyway the time has come where I have a little more confidence and am prepared to try to advance my knowledge in all things computer/streaming and hopefully to finally cure the missing album art.
The missing album art situation occurs when streaming from Mac to Naim NDX via Naim app for serious listening (I am using Asset UPnp software to enable this), the album art is missing from a huge amount of albums when playing them this way. The album art on my iMac is perfect, I have had to drag some album art across occasionally when ripping new albums, but all looks fine when using Apple Music directly on the Mac
I noticed recently that a lot of my tracks when playing via Mac - NDX were of a lower quality so I have got rid of them all and now my Apple Music on the Mac contains only ALAC files.
My first question is the ALAC Vs FLAC situation, can Apple Music play FLAC files if I rip my files as FLAC instead of ALAC? I am guessing that DBPoweramp software will give me this option? I do not have a problem re-ripping my entire CD collection, I just want matching file types and album art that’s viewable on the Mac - NDX
My second question is that on the DBPoweramp site they have additional software called “perfectTUNES” the blurb states that this is magic pixie dust to enable hi resolution album art and to automatically add missing album art, will this work alongside DBPoweramp to enable the missing album art when using Mac - NDX? Or will re-ripping my files do this? In other words is it worth purchasing this alongside DBPoweram?
My intention is to eventually remove the files from my computer to a dedicated ripper/player such as an Innuos Zen Mini (or similar) when funds allow, but in the meantime I would love to conquer the missing art situation to overcome another hurdle in my digital music journey.
Thanks for any help or suggestions that anyone can offer.