Is there a good explanation of how Origin handles metadata? I’m currently ripping a moderately large CD collection via Apple Music/iTunes to a library stored on a NAS. I have Origin pointed at the library folder on the NAS.
It updates as new material is added, but doesn’t always show album artwork. It also seems to ‘enhance’ the metadata compared with what’s shown in Apple Music (e.g. shows composer dates, production year). Not sure if that’s because the data is already there in the iTunes library, but not displayed in Apple Music, or if it’s because Origin does some additional look ups somewhere.
Either way, an overview of how Origin handles metadata would be very helpful. (As would any tips for improving the process I described above.)
In the case of metadata, we read everything that is embedded inside the file itself. But in the case of album artwork, iTunes tends to not add them inside the tracks. You can see this if you use a different metadata editor like Musicbrainz.
To fix this, you can manually add the album artwork inside the folder of the album concerned and Audirvāna Origin will see it for all the tracks in it.
Thanks @Antoine. I’ll try to learn more about metadata editing and embedding - seems that’s a whole world unto itself. I’m familiar with how it works with image files, but not so much for audio.
One follow-up question: should it be possible to drag and drop artwork onto an Album in Origin? I had it working for 3 or 4 albums, but now every time I try it, the app hangs indefinitely.
@Antoine Here’s a link to a screen capture video: it doesn’t show the mouse cursor change to SBOD after I drop the artwork. I have to force quit and restart to recover (on reboot, the new artwork is not there).
Audirvana Origin 2.5.9 (20509)
macOS 13.5.1 with 32GB physical RAM
Connected account of : Stephen Trainor
NETWORK
Status: available
SIGNAL PROCESSING:
Polarity Inversion:
Globally: OFF
Per track: ON
Effects plugins NOT ACTIVE
UPSAMPLING:
r8brain with 2x upsampling
r8brain filter parameters
Bandwidth = 99.5%
Stop band attenuation 218dB
Phase linear
AUDIO VOLUME:
Max allowed volume: 100
Replay Gain: None
SW volume control: OFF
LIBRARY SETTINGS:
Sync list: 2 folders
AUTO: /Volumes/music-1/iTunes
AUTO: /Volumes/music/dBpoweramp
iTunes/Music library synchronization: not synchronized
Library database path: /Users/stephen/Library/Application Support/Audirvana/AudirvanaDatabase.sqlite
Folders synchronization in progress:
/Volumes/music-1/iTunes
Deep Synch: yes
Intializing
Remote Control server:
Listening on 127.0.0.1 on port 56756
=================== AUDIO DEVICE ========================
Active method: Local
Max. memory for audio buffers: 29696MB
Local Audio Engine: CoreAudio
Exclusive access: ON
Integer mode: ON
Use max I/O buffer size: ON
Actual I/O buffer frame size: 512
Preferred device:
CA CA DacMagic 200M 2.0
Model UID:CA DacMagic 200M 2.0:22E8:DAC2
UID:AppleUSBAudioEngine:CA:CA DacMagic 200M 2.0:5300000:1
Active Sample Rate: 96kHz
Hog Mode is off
Bridge settings:
Sample rate limitation: none
Sample rate switching latency: none
Limit bitdepth to 24bit: OFF
Mute during sample rate change: OFF
Selected device:MacBook Pro Speakers
Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
Model name: Apple Inc. MacBook Pro Speakers
Model UID: Speaker
UID: BuiltInSpeakerDevice
ID 0x45
4 available sample rates up to 96000Hz
44100
48000
88200
96000
Audio buffer frame size : 29 to 4096 frames
Current I/O buffer frame size : 512
Volume Control
Physical: Yes
Virtual: Yes
Max volume alert: Enabled
MQA capability
Auto-detect MQA devices: Yes
Not a MQA device, user set to not MQA
DSD capability: Unhandled
Device audio channels
Preferred stereo channels L:1 R:2
Channel bitmap: Ox3, layout:
Channel 0 mapped to 0
Channel 1 mapped to 1
Audio channels in use
Number of channels: 2
Use as stereo device only: No
Simple stereo device: Yes
1 output streams:
Number of active channels: 2, in 1 stream(s)
Channel #0 :Stream 0 channel 0
Channel #1 :Stream 0 channel 1
Stream ID 0x46 2 channels starting at 1
4 virtual formats:
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2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 88.2kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 48kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 44.1kHz
4 physical formats
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 96kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 88.2kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 48kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 44.1kHz
Local devices found : 4
Device #0: ID 0x71 Studio Display Speakers
Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
Model UID: Studio Display Audio Control:05AC:1114
UID: AppleUSBAudioEngine:Apple Inc.:Studio Display:00008030-001A254826F0802E:8,9
USB Vendor ID: 0x05ac
USB Product ID: 0x1114
Model name: Apple Inc. Studio Display Speakers
Device #1: ID 0x5c CalDigit Thunderbolt 3 Audio
Manufacturer: CalDigit, Inc.
Model UID: CalDigit Thunderbolt 3 Audio:2188:6533
UID: AppleUSBAudioEngine:CalDigit, Inc.:CalDigit Thunderbolt 3 Audio:3200000:1
USB Vendor ID: 0x2188
USB Product ID: 0x6533
Model name: CalDigit, Inc. CalDigit Thunderbolt 3 Audio
Device #2: ID 0x45 MacBook Pro Speakers
Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
Model UID: Speaker
UID: BuiltInSpeakerDevice
Model name: Apple Inc. MacBook Pro Speakers
Device #3: ID 0x52 Microsoft Teams Audio
Manufacturer: Microsoft Corp.
Model UID: MSLoopbackDriverDevice_ModelUID
UID: MSLoopbackDriverDevice_UID
Model name: Microsoft Corp. Microsoft Teams Audio
UPnP
UPnP devices found : 1
Device #0: ID 0x0 : Mu-so Qb 0539
UID: uuid:3165e780-d78d-49d6-a524-ad9fac5bb3f8
Location: http://192.168.1.203:46442/3165e780-d78d-49d6-a524-ad9fac5bb3f8.xml
Manufacturer: Naim Audio
Model name: Mu-so Qb
Chromecast
Chromecast devices found : 1
Device #0: Mu-so Qb 0539
ID: 34805c2d18450df0465822dfcef04750
Model name: Mu-so Qb
