2) Use any other computer to log into the CAD wifi network. The CAT will appear on any
other computers under
Network
as:
THE_CAD_CAT
. The music storage drive will appear
on your network as the:
CAT Music Drive
. Any music you have on other computers can
be copied to the
CAT Music Drive.
Any music that you copy onto the
CAT Music Drive
will
automatically be imported by JRiver. Please ensure that the files are in WAV format and
the Metadata is correct on any files you copy to the CAT Music Drive. CAD recommends
dBpoweramp and PerfectTunes for ensuring that Metadata is correct.
3)
If you connect an external USB drive to the CAT you can copy any music files that are
on the external drive to the
CAT Music Drive
which will then automatically be imported by
JRiver. Again, please ensure that the file format is WAV and the Metadata is correct on
any files you copy to the CAT Music Drive.
Most music that you download from the internet will be in FLAC format. Due to the high
resolution of the CAT we feel the sound quality can be improved by uncompressing the
compressed FLAC files using dBPoweramp Batch Converter. If at all possible do this
before you copy the files to the
CAT Music Drive
.
Before you add any music to the CAT it is best to ensure that the metadata in those files is
correct. Any music that you have obtained previously may have incorrect metadata and
will not appear properly in Kazoo or BubbleDS Next. This is especially true for older files in
WAV format. Improper metadata can be frustrating and it is best to ensure that the
metadata is correct before you copy it onto the CAT. The new
PerfectTUNES
is a good
tool for doing this. This is installed on your CAT.
Our recommendation is the following:
Convert all files to WAV format using dBPoweramp Batch converter. This is included
on your CAT.
Ensure that the metadata is correct using PerfectTUNES.
Ensure that you do not already have the same files already stored on the CAT.
Bad or incorrectly setup metadata is the biggest issue in computer audio. Metadata has
nothing to do with the file name that you see for a music track. Metadata is "built into" the
track file itself. In fact, the actual file name is not of any importance at all to the CAT. You
could have ANY file name and the CAT would display the correct album artwork, track
names, etc. if the metadata is correct. The CAT does not look at the file names - it looks at
the Metadata that is integrated within the file.
11) Duplicate Files
If you copy the same music files more than once onto the CAT the music files will appear
more than once in BubbleDS, Kazoo etc. These are called:
duplicate files
. You must take
care when you copy a large collection of music onto the CAT. Here are some of the
common reasons why duplicate files appear:
If you import the same CD more than once there will be multiple copies of that CD
on your SSD drive. Unfortunately JRiver will use all files, so you will see duplicate
copies.
