'Enable CD-Text Writing' bug?

[SteveKitch]

Hi,

I’ve created an album montage and populated the album and track performer/title fields so that I can use this information to create file metadata and tidy file names. I’m creating a DDP and the client has requested that the master does not contain CD-Text. So I unticked ‘Enable CD-Text Writing’ in the CD-text editor thinking that this would allow me to create a DDP without having to remove everything I had entered. When inspecting the DDP I note that track title and track artist is not populated. However, the album title and album artist cd-text has been written.

I am assuming no cd-text should be written at all?

Thanks.

[PG1]

@SteveKitch

However, the album title and album artist cd-text has been written

How do you know that?

I have just check it, and you can verify by yourself: when you disable CD-Text writing, the file CDTEXT.BIN is not included inside the DDP folder.

[SteveKitch]

I have disabled CD-Text writing here:

The resulting DDP folder has a CDTEXT.BIN file:

Importing the DDP into Wavelab / HOFA DDP Playermaker… The album artist and title is there. The rest has been ignored.

I’m running latest Wavelab on Mac.

[PG1]

Maybe that’s an old CDTEXT.BIN already present in the folder?
Please try again, on a new folder, and with the latest WaveLab 10.0.70

[SteveKitch]

Its definitely a brand new empty folder and I am running 10.0.70.

Here is a screen capture:

[PG1]

Hmm, I just did the same test as yours, both on Windows and Mac, and no CDBIN is created.
I have no clue.
But try simply erasing all CD Text filed (there is a Reset button in the CD Text editor).

[SteveKitch]

Weird.

Yes, if I reset the CD text editor then no CDTEXT.BIN is created. However if the CD text is populated and I untick “Enable CD-Text writing” then a CDTEXT.BIN is created. Track artist and track name have been removed. Album artist and album name remains.

It’s a very uncommon request but I thought I would mention it.