On-the-fly conversion and tagging of .FLAC to .MP3

[LeninISnotDEAD!]

Having recieved a Zen Micro and wanting to utilise it with my music collection, which consists mostly of non-tagged .FLAC-files, I turned to Sveta Audio because I think that it is here I'm most likely to find a program that suit my needs, which are:

1. On-The-Fly (converting while transfering) conversion from .FLAC to .MP3 (I found out how to do this already. :thumbup: )

2. On-The-Fly creation of ID3-tags. (The tricky part :( )

I use a naming string for my music files where I bring in catalog number and year of release and have artist and album in the foldername, which I have found to be uncommon. Here's an example:

Kraftwerk - Computerwelt - ©1981 EMI 746 130 2\07 - It's More Fun to Compute.flac

I would like to have all of these factors merged into the ID3-tags. I am perfectly aware that there isn't cells for all this kind of information in ID3-tags, but I'd like most of it merged into the Album Name field, so that's not a problem. :p

The question is: Can Sveta do this? :cool:

I hope someone have the time and knowledge to answer my question - I'll appreciate it greatly! :komisch9:

William.

[Spoon]

So your flac files have no tags? just the filename?

[LeninISnotDEAD!]

Yes, only filenames.

I sincirely hope that there's someway this can be done that doesn't include me having to tag each one manually. :yawn:

Thank you for your reply! :komisch12

[ChristinaS]

Have you tried Tag from file name as a codec? You have to figure out how to describe your convention to it, but if you've been consistent, it should work at least partially.

[LtData]

Also, if you have entire CDs ripped, you can use a program called "The Godfather" to retrieve your tags via freedb and apply them to your FLAC files. http://users.otenet.gr/~jtcliper/tgf/

[LeninISnotDEAD!]

Thank you for your advice. With regard to "The Godfather", I prefer not to rely on freedb tags - I find they're often falsy and they do not include label & catalog number information, as far as I know. Correct me if I'm wrong on this matter. The program seems very nice, though. Thank you for that one!

Tag from filename seems like exactly what I need. ;) However, I do not know how to use it. It's a plug-in, but I don't know which application I should plug it in. The help file of the plug-in says: "... it should not be used from Audio CD Input, Auxiliary input or Sveta Portable Audio." However it suggests that you use it by: "... right clicking on audio files (on a hard disk) or through File Selector."
When I right click on my files in a regular windows window, I do not get the option to tag anything.

It seems that this program won't do on-the-fly tagging, just regular tagging.
One should think when this plug-in already exists, it shouldn't take long to reprogram it in order to make it work for on-the-fly tagging with Sveta Audio, and why doesn't it already?

What does "Power Pack" mean? Is it an overall name for Sveta Audio, Music Converter and dMC Audio CD Input? I mean, does it have a graphical front-end? Either way, I can't find any .exe file on the "Power Pack".

Thank you for your advice - I appreciate it very much :komisch9:

May you have a few good laughs from my questions! :smile2:

[ChristinaS]

"Tag from file name" is a program you download from Codec Central and it installs just like a codec. So you use it the same way as you'd use any codec to perform a conversion.

PowerPack is sort of a general term referring to a collection of features you get when you buy the registered dMC package. There is no program called PowerPack as such. When you have it, you get to see a button like a rocket in various programs that make up dBpowerAMP. Clicking that button offers some extra options.

In general you need that in order to encode to mp3 since now a license is required. The license is present in the PowerPack.

You see if you have it or not in dMC Configuration.