Qobuz downloads are a pain in the...

Posted by tketcham (A) on October 22, 2020 at 04:28:39

I may be in the minority but I'm finding that purchasing digital music albums from Qobuz is a pain...

The track file naming convention is such that you have to edit them to eliminate the leading "1-", add a leading zero to the first nine tracks, eliminate the band/artist name, and eliminate the trailing "_6" or "_7". I use "Bulk Rename Utility" and "MP3tag" applications which make it easier than doing it manually but it's still a bunch of unnecessary work.

The formatting for U.S.A. uses dashes to indicate spaces in the title so if a dash is part of the title, you end up not knowing which dash might actually be a dash.

The album cover images are incorrectly identified as PNG format and have to be renamed to .JPG to be correctly identified.

You can't specify your own download parent folder and all download album folders/files end up in a default "Qobuz" folder. I then have to move all the albums to where I want them to reside.

If you log out of the Qobuz application on a PC/laptop the app deletes not just the import folder but the download folder as well. I just had to re-download eight albums worth of music.

I'm not sure if this is unique to Qobuz but "(live)" is added to the track titles on a live album (WTF?) and I have to eliminate the unnecessary metadata.

Compared to the other hi-res download sites I purchase from, Qobuz is a pain in the...

Tom

Edited: I'm sure there are reasons why Qobuz formats their download files and metadata the way they do, but with modern operating systems and software able to accommodate blanks, and prefix zeros typically being used in file names for tracks 1 - 9, I do wonder what they are.

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Topic - Qobuz downloads are a pain in the... - tketcham 04:28:39 10/22/20 (19)

Also find the renaming a minor chore, but - E-Stat 08:45:18 10/23/20 (1)

RE: Also find the renaming a minor chore, but - tketcham 18:21:22 10/23/20 (0)

RE: Qobuz downloads are a pain in the... - AbeCollins 07:48:08 10/22/20 (4)

Does your Qobuz display show hi-res? I didn't think - tinear 06:59:06 10/25/20 (2)

Yes, the iPhone plays 'Hi-Res' Qobuz - pics - AbeCollins 19:42:50 10/25/20 (1)

RE: Yes, the iPhone plays 'Hi-Res' Qobuz - pics - rivervalley817 20:33:36 10/25/20 (0)

RE: Qobuz downloads are a pain in the... - tketcham 08:24:46 10/22/20 (0)

You said it... - STEVE H 07:30:12 10/22/20 (1)

RE: You said it... - tketcham 08:34:43 10/22/20 (0)

RE: Qobuz downloads are a pain in the... - John Elison 06:33:09 10/22/20 (9)

RE: Qobuz downloads are a pain in the... - tketcham 07:21:40 10/22/20 (8)

Sorry Tom but little of what you say is correct.. - PAR 10:33:51 10/22/20 (7)

RE: I beg to differ. - tketcham 15:50:53 10/22/20 (6)

RE: I beg to differ. - PAR 03:41:09 10/23/20 (5)

Qobuz downloads for non-subscribers in the U.S.A. - tketcham 07:21:00 10/23/20 (4)

RE: Qobuz downloads for non-subscribers in the U.S.A. - PAR 08:34:05 10/23/20 (3)

RE: Qobuz downloads for non-subscribers in the U.S.A. - tketcham 09:50:04 10/23/20 (2)

RE: Qobuz downloads for non-subscribers in the U.S.A. - PAR 12:04:40 10/23/20 (1)

RE: Qobuz downloads for non-subscribers in the U.S.A. - tketcham 18:02:50 10/23/20 (0)

Qobuz downloads are a pain in the...

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