Extra ripping+organising controls

[colin_e]

I would like to have-

1) "<encoding type>" tag for auto-organise. I organise my library structure as-

\\server\music\<type>\<album artist>\<album>\<track#:2> - <title>

MM doesn't have a <type> tag (i.e for FLAC/MP3 etc.) so I have to keep changing this by hand for different
file formats. I' d like an <encoding type> tag to automate this.

2) Truncate track. Some albums use tracks with long periods of silence to create a "hidden" track at the end.
One example is Robbie Williams "I've been expecting you" album. This creates a 30+ minute final track that
occupies massive amounts of disk space, most of which is silence. I'd like a REALLY simple track editor that just
lets me look at the waveform, and select start/stop points to truncate the track WITHOUT re-encoding lossy file
formats, something like MP3DirectCut capability built-in to MM, maybe with an automated prompt if the track
length exceeds a preset time (default 10 minutes).

[Lowlander]

1) I believe the <Extension> tag covers this.

2) You can use the free Audacity to edit files.

[colin_e]

Cool, i'll take a look at the <extension> tag.

Audacity is a great tool, but it decodes/recodes MP3s on editing, which implies some quality loss (like re-editing JPEG images). MP3DirectCut avoids this, but it still means-

1) Recognising you have a rogue track (MediaMonkey could help here, say by detecting long runs of silence).
2) Cranking up an external editor.

I wouldn't put this on the "critical" list, but it would be nice to have. As a compromise maybe MM could integrate with the user's chosen external audio editor.

[colin_e]

Problems with <extension> tag-

1) It's not on the pulldown menu of options in the ripping window (not sure why?, does this mean there are other hidden
tags?).

2) When ripping a CD to FLAC format, <extension> evaluates to "cda" NOT "FLAC", i.e. <extension> is the CURRENT
file type extension, not the file type the track is being ripped TO.

[Bex]

1. See here:
http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=5096

2. That seems a bit stupid. For now you'll have to write FLAC manually.
http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=5130

[Lowlander]

2) You could use Auto-Organize Files afterwards. I think it's expected that <Extension> would refer to the file extension of the file to be created not the original (CD).