I'm using the dBpoweramp plug in to rip in both conventional and Sooloos formats - all has been going well with over 300 discs ripped in the last couple of weeks.

I tried to rip some discs this morning and the first track has failed on all rips. I have now tried three different drives on two separate PCs, thinking it might be a drive alignment issue. This does not appear to be the case. I have not changed any of the plug in settings.

The dBpoweramp error message I am getting is:

Error ripping to [Multi Encoder], Track 1 to [file location]
FLAC Retrieving metadata from AMG failed! [dDSP::RetrieveMetadatFromAMG]

The usual AMG metadata pop-up box is not presenting, the rip appears to start on Track 1 then quickly fails and the moves on to the next track, which rips okay, as do the remaining tracks.

If I remove the Meridian XML encoder from the Multi Encoder all tracks will rip without difficulty (but obviously only in the conventional FLAC format and not the Sooloos format). The same is true if I do a conventional FLAC rip not using the Multi Encoder.

The problem appears to be a difficulty the Meridian XML plug in has in communicating with the AMG database to present the AMG pop up box.

Is anyone else experiencing this problem?

Last edited by AltusLiceor; 2014-01-16 15:56.
Streaming: Roon, NUC, QNAP869 NAS
2ch system: dCS Vivaldi, Audionet Stern, Audionet Heisenberg, Magico Q1
Retro system: 101/104/105, Red Rose Spirit