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i'm using multiple genre value with MPD 0.16 with success for
- mp3 (id3v2.4, null character),
- OGG, Flac (Vorbis tag),
- musepack MPC (APEv2 tag)
- m4a : only if MPD is compiled with mp4ff...

you can also try mp3diag:
http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net/010_getting_the_program.html

for bit perfect try this :

another thing for bit perfect :
all volume controls on the computer should be set to 100% or maximum volume

set in mpd.conf

user "music"
and leave group option commented

i'm not sure too, this is something i'd like to know, but in advanced options, you can set the device hw:0,1 for gstreamer/alsa


same for quodlibet (pipeline option : alsasink device=hw:0,1)
and...

check the permission of the configuration files of mpd.conf

if you set user as music in mpd.conf
check the permission for : tag_cache, mpd.log, pid, state
(all this files are in my home folder)...

can you post what gives :

/usr/bin/mpd --version

kill mpd and start it whith this line and gives the result:

/usr/bin/mpd /etc/mpd.conf --verbose --no-daemon --stdout

and post your...

gmpc can retrieve local album art with this plug-ins
http://gmpc.wikia.com/wiki/GMPC_PLUGIN_MDCOVER
there are other clients that can do this (quimup .....)
and...

have look to mpd : Music Player daemon
http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Music_Player_Daemon_Wiki
it can output directly to alsa low level options, and more (oss, pulse jack .....)

google : "bit perfect...

i try with the last version of banshee (1.9.2) and banshee support "album artist" and all my compilation are grouped

try to update banshee or check the "album artist" tag
...

in soudjuicer / Preferences /profiles

replace id3v2mux with id3mux in the mp3 gstreamer profile for id3v2.3 tag

eg
preset insane = 320 CBR :

audio/x-raw-int,rate=44100,channels=2 !...

it 's solved now
and the ppa is up to date
http://musicpd.org/mantis/view.php?id=3148

it 's solved now
and the ppa is up to date
http://musicpd.org/mantis/view.php?id=3148

it 's solved now
and the ppa is up to date
http://musicpd.org/mantis/view.php?id=3148

it 's solved now
and the ppa is up to date
http://musicpd.org/mantis/view.php?id=3148

http://musicpd.org/mantis/view.php?id=3149


wait for the fix

why not using Music Player daemon :

- multiple output possibility (can be enable:disable by the client) :

- streaming (httpd, icecast) : ogg, mp3, flac , pcm ...
...

you should try mpd
it 's perfect for your needs
http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Music_Player_Daemon_Wiki
there are a lot of clients (with GUI or not) for various OS

cool
it seems there is a bug with soundjuicer and default gstreamer audio profile for mp3 encoding in maverick

not sure and canno't tested because i'm on lucid

edit :
i'm wrong , i haven't...

looks here

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu

enable multiverse and universe repositories
and install ubuntu-restricted-extras
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
(lame i think is included in gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse...

gstreamer-lame is obsolete :
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=494528

it's preferable to use gstreamer-lamemp3enc

but old gstreamer-lame should work, i'm using lucid and the old...

replace the gstreamer pipeline (mp3 profile) with this one :

audio/x-raw-int,rate=44100,channels=2 ! lamemp3enc name=enc quality=2 ! xingmux ! id3v2mux

delete or create (if not exist) a mp3 profile in your preference and create another one with this line for example :

audio/x-raw-int,rate=44100,channels=2 ! lamemp3enc name=enc quality=2 ! xingmux...