Help with tagging question/ Jriver Media/Apple OS

[mville]

Re: Help with tagging question/ Jriver Media/Apple OS

Can I use DB to retag all files using the batch converter in one pass or would I have to use it for each folder one at a time?

Yes, you can use batch converter in one pass. However if the source files have no tags, the output files will have no tags.

Are you planning on using the Read metadata file DSP?

How can I verify outside of iTunes or Jriver the files are tagged by DB?

In Configure dBpoweramp >> Advanced Settings >> When Converting, you can set the Update 'Source', 'Encoder', 'Encoded By' & 'Encoder Settings' ID Tags option.

However, this does not tell you which individual tags, dBpoweramp has tagged.[/QUOTE]

[Pack66184]

Posting this question in the batch converter in the hopes that someone may know a solution to my problem. I use dbpower batch converter as my main solution for converting all my downloads to AIFF. Several years it has been a flawless. Now I have run into a challenge with JRiver Media Center, iTunes, and tagging. The problem~ Jriver's software does not see tagging for files that is in place in iTunes. I use a NAS to store the files. The JR folks explained that iTunes stores the tags separately. I thought that DBpower was tagging the files as it was converted from m4a or mp3 to AIFF. When I view the files with File manager I see the album art in the file, some have separate jpg's as folder or front cover album art. But Jriver will not acknowledge them. As a test, I deleted everything from the mac mini and reloaded and exported an XML file from iTunes. This helped Jriver recognize the files. Jiver went from over +3K files without tags or album art to less than 300. Now I am questioning what to do with the files on the NAS. I tried converting a few to FLAC and DB did not tag any of the files.

Can I use DB to retag all files using the batch converter in one pass or would I have to use it for each folder one at a time?

How can I verify outside of iTunes or Jriver the files are tagged by DB?

I should add the JRiver is the Mac OS version and not Windows based and I realize it is a third party software question separate from DB. I'm asking the question since I created a duplicate library, used JR to pull from that library and it did not acknowledge too many tags to ask if it may be the manner in which I converted the files.

Any advice in which path to trouble shoot this would be appreciated