Not sure if I am posting this in the right forum

I have been re-ripping my music to WAV format using dBpoweramp. I am using it so I have verification of a good rip. The wife loves ITUNES and Apple TV as an interface, I just stream to the reciever. dBpoeramp tags the files and they appear in the following format

3 Doors Down - Away from the Sun - 01 - When I'm Gone

When she opens the file up in ITUNES, I get that in the song name column but nothing in the album track number etc......

Am I doing something wrong, or is there a program out there that will preserve the wav format but tranfer all the naming in a format that Itunes will recongnize?

Thanks

Try using iTunes to rip the cd to Apple Lossless. If the tag information is not within the file itself (which it is not with wav), then you'll only see what you're seeing now.

I used Itunes when I originally ripped the files, but there is no verification that you get a good rip within itunes so I am using dbpoweramp.

I used Itunes when I originally ripped the files, but there is no verification that you get a good rip within itunes so I am using dbpoweramp.

In that case you need to choose a compressed audio format that iTunes & Apple TV understands, either MP3 or AAC. While iTunes provides no "verification" of a good rip, it does offer the option of using error correction. You can also try xACT, but you'll still need to place the tag information within the file for iTunes & Apple TV.

try using cdex. (Google search)

This lets you choose the sample rate, and which info is stored in the tag.

try using cdex. (Google search)

This lets you choose the sample rate, and which info is stored in the tag.

The problem is that wav files do not have tags.

I agree, FLAC has metadata that can identify artist, album name, song title, even image! plus it saves between 35-50% of disk space with lossless compression (No information lost with FLAC compression)...But it is not compatible with Apple iTunes or Apple TV :-( ...

http://www.mp3tag.de/en is an excellent meta-data editor.

So, you can save disk space with FLAC encoding, i use dbpoweramp and rip directly to ALAC/FLAC with my CD's, it provides AccurateRip information so I know its ripping accurately or inaccurately.

WAV is a waste of disk space and bandwidth (if you are copying it around your LAN or the Internet).

ALAC (which is compatible with iTunes) is also available with dbpoweramp and mp3tag can see/edit the tags.

Ripping into .aiff in iTunes has never failed for me, and although I haven't done much testing I may like the sound a bit more than Apple Lossless. The file sizes are larger than apple lossless though. The tags are all there perfectly. Just an idea...

Why not keep them as MP3 that way nearly everythign plays it. my 2c