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I am confused. Do you use dBpa to rip and then import using Control:Mac? Are you ripping on a Windows:PC with dBpa or are you using the dBpa Mac version beta?

I am a MAC guy with no PC, so I have been waiting for the MAC version of dBpa. Am I missing something here?

Thanks

dBpa for Mac OS X is at beta 7 stage now, you can download it and run it, it works pretty well. I can still run dBpa for Windows through VMWare on my Mac if I have to... I don't use the Sooloos plugin.

I don't use any Windows. I use the dBpoweramp for Mac OS X beta downloaded from here for ripping. Then I use Control:Mac to import the files.

Works a treat. Mind you, I'm not suggesting that dBpa is required to make this work nor am I saying that not using dBpa is the reason you are having trouble. I don't know whether that's the case.

Soundserge

Just tried to import "lullaby and... THE CEASELESS ROAR", Robert Plant's new album.

Sooloos Control:PC failed to recognise the album and there was no joy using the Update Metadata facility.

Perhaps a transient issue but just for information.

Maybe they are affected by the Amazon EC2 cloud reboot ?

I tried today, for the fourth day in a row, to rip the 3 CDs I bought on Sat; and had no luck with Control:Mac recognizing them.

I then followed the advice above and downloaded the dBpa Beta for MAC. I am a computer idiot. I followed Nick's guide. The download was simple, and few settings later I was ripping away. This might be the easiest piece of software I have ever used.

Although I haven't listened to them yet, less than an hour later they are in the system with the right metadata. I now know what I was missing.

Thanks all.

I think this is very likely to be the case.

The team are not aware of any issues currently, so hopefully it has settled down now.

It worked for me at around 4:30 (U.S. Pacific) today

Same here.

In fact i have tried a dozen newish CD's and they have all failed to find any data. Its getting very frustrating.

I have switched from loading over wireless (for one-off CDs, the slower speed is not an issue) to wired and seem to be getting fewer "NOT FOUND" issues.

Yesterday however I got the problem but with Control:PC showing a fully-populated metadata screen. I cancelled and restarted and the problem had gone. Maybe there is a latency issue?

No problem so far for me this afternoon.

VK

That seems to be exactly the problem, it works, then it doesn't, there does not seem to be any consistency?

Russ