I have over 500 CDs ripped in FLAC or APE format for audio-streaming into hi-fi equipment. I tried to transcode few of them to MP3 for use with Sansa Express. Software I used was CDex ver 1.7.
Problem is that when playing the transcoded MP3 files in Sansa Express, album and track details get messed up. Sometime it track name shown is the same as the file name. And sometimes Express show ‘Unknown Album’, ‘Unknown Artist’, ‘Unknown Genere’ .
All is well if I rip the CD again in MP3. But I would like to avoid this, cos it takes about 15 minutes per CD.
Can anyone advice? Any other rippers/transcoders out there that is best with Sansa Express?
I suspect it’s not a transcoding problem but a Tag problem. I don’t have much experience with tagging and re-tagging but there are free programs out there which you could use to mass re-tag your mp3’s/FLACs. It should take a lot less time then ripping your CD’s againg. Experiment with a few files to see which tag format works best.
I’ve always liked MP3Tag. And if you use Foobar, make sure you turn on the “compatibility” mode for ID3 tags, otherwise it uses ID3v2.4, whereas most MP3 players and media programs have pretty much standardized on ID3v2.3.