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Hi all,
I have a couple of questions/suggestions. I am currently using the latest beta of dBpowerAMP (dBpowerAMP-r2-beta8.exe), but some of the features/bugs reported below are in the stable release as well.
Here's the context. I am running Windows ME. All my files are .ape (Monkeys audio). I needed to add a couple of additional tags, like 'Tempo' and 'Canta'.
(I am currently working with my argentine tango CDs. It is very common to have the same song/composition interpreted by different artists. Some will have a singer, some will not. As a result I frequently have files with the same Track [name], but different Artist, different Tempo, instrumental or with different singers (his/her name in the "Canta" tag).)
1. File explorer tag editing vs. MMC tag editing:
If I am in MMC, on right-click to "Edit Tag" I get a Tag editor with separate "General" and "Details" screens/pages; I _cannot_ add my new tags in it. However, if I right-click on the same file(s) from a file explorer, I get a different tag editor that has "ID Tag" and "File Details" in the same window; it also has "Create New", "Delete Selected" and "Delete All" buttons. In this latter Tag editor, I _can_ create my two new tags without a problem. The new tags and their values seem to get written to the file.
Is this difference in tag editing between file explorer and MMC a feature or a bug? I would have liked it if I had the File explorer Tag editor in MMC because in file explorer I cannot sort the files by track number (having the files sorted by track number like in MMC is useful because the stuff I add is listed by track number on the CD)
This feature/bug is present in the stable release as well.
2. MMC column sorting (related to the above):
I have been playing with the MMC Beta release. Having MMC remember the column widths and re-arranging column order is great! However, remember that I now have two additional ID Tags. They do _not_ show up on the list in MMC when you go to Collection->Preferences. And I really need them because the whole point of adding them was that I can also sort files by singer (Canta) and by Tempo. Spoon, can you make the "column order editor" read all the tags, including the new ones, and put the new ones at the end of the list? Or, since the editor probably does not read the tags at all and just assumes what they are, maybe have a "create column" button just like in the ID Tag editor and then let MMC find the Tags and read their values?
3. If I take an .ape file with these new tags in it and convert it to an mp3 (lame) file, the new tags do not transfer well. I get the values OK, but the names of the new tags change to "user-defined-text" or something silly like that. Is this a bug in dMC or a limitation of the ID tag protocols?
Many thanks for any help in this.
Spoon, thanks again for the wonderful programs!
Best regards,
KZ
I have a couple of questions/suggestions. I am currently using the latest beta of dBpowerAMP (dBpowerAMP-r2-beta8.exe), but some of the features/bugs reported below are in the stable release as well.
Here's the context. I am running Windows ME. All my files are .ape (Monkeys audio). I needed to add a couple of additional tags, like 'Tempo' and 'Canta'.
(I am currently working with my argentine tango CDs. It is very common to have the same song/composition interpreted by different artists. Some will have a singer, some will not. As a result I frequently have files with the same Track [name], but different Artist, different Tempo, instrumental or with different singers (his/her name in the "Canta" tag).)
1. File explorer tag editing vs. MMC tag editing:
If I am in MMC, on right-click to "Edit Tag" I get a Tag editor with separate "General" and "Details" screens/pages; I _cannot_ add my new tags in it. However, if I right-click on the same file(s) from a file explorer, I get a different tag editor that has "ID Tag" and "File Details" in the same window; it also has "Create New", "Delete Selected" and "Delete All" buttons. In this latter Tag editor, I _can_ create my two new tags without a problem. The new tags and their values seem to get written to the file.
Is this difference in tag editing between file explorer and MMC a feature or a bug? I would have liked it if I had the File explorer Tag editor in MMC because in file explorer I cannot sort the files by track number (having the files sorted by track number like in MMC is useful because the stuff I add is listed by track number on the CD)
This feature/bug is present in the stable release as well.
2. MMC column sorting (related to the above):
I have been playing with the MMC Beta release. Having MMC remember the column widths and re-arranging column order is great! However, remember that I now have two additional ID Tags. They do _not_ show up on the list in MMC when you go to Collection->Preferences. And I really need them because the whole point of adding them was that I can also sort files by singer (Canta) and by Tempo. Spoon, can you make the "column order editor" read all the tags, including the new ones, and put the new ones at the end of the list? Or, since the editor probably does not read the tags at all and just assumes what they are, maybe have a "create column" button just like in the ID Tag editor and then let MMC find the Tags and read their values?
3. If I take an .ape file with these new tags in it and convert it to an mp3 (lame) file, the new tags do not transfer well. I get the values OK, but the names of the new tags change to "user-defined-text" or something silly like that. Is this a bug in dMC or a limitation of the ID tag protocols?
Many thanks for any help in this.
Spoon, thanks again for the wonderful programs!
Best regards,
KZ
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