Help with tagging question/ Jriver Media/Apple OS

[mville]

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

Sounded too easy, and no that did not work. changing the file extension from .aif to .aiff did not allow the editing to be saved. :-(

Actually, I was really trying to understand what you had said earlier, as it is not clear to me at all, hence my question.

[Pack66184]

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

Thank you for the suggestion, I have been working from an external hard drive and to your suggestion moved it to the desktop. It still would allow any changes. So I will send an example vis email. As for now, I went about rebuilding from the source files over the weekend. Maybe a good thing as I have been browsing the forum and found a few ideas about organizing tags.

Again I just wanted to say thank you for all the quick responses!

[Pack66184]

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

So are you saying, if the filename extension is .aiff, dBpoweramp Edit ID-Tag is able to edit tags and save successfully, but not if the filename extension is .aif? If this is correct, change the filename extensions from .aif to .aiff.

Sounded too easy, and no that did not work. changing the file extension from .aif to .aiff did not allow the editing to be saved. :-(

[mville]

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

The source files are a collection of FLAC, MP3 or M4a files. The action I took was to go back to one or two source files (M4a) and reconvert to AIFF with dB. I did notice one difference between terhe 2nd work in that the older work ended in .aif while the new work ended in .aiff. dB seems to be able to edit with the tag command from a right click in file manager.

So are you saying, if the filename extension is .aiff, dBpoweramp Edit ID-Tag is able to edit tags and save successfully, but not if the filename extension is .aif? If this is correct, change the filename extensions from .aif to .aiff.

[PeterP]

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

Thanks for your feedback. Let's go over it from the beginning.

First, there are some notable differences between Mac and Windows dBpoweramp here which might cause some confusion-
The mac version has extended utility context menus all over Batch Converter, to invoke Finder and edit tags on the files. Hence you can edit tags through Batch Converter without actually converting files.

Second, it would appear that you have some AIFF files that dBpoweramp fails to tag. Does it make any difference if you copy the untaggable files to another location on your mac - such as your desktop - and try to retag them there?
If the location of the files makes no difference, there must be something about the content of these files that makes dBpoweramp fail to update the tags - it would be great if you could email a sample problem file to peter@dbpoweramp.com for analysis.

[Pack66184]

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

What is the file format of the source files that work fine and the files that do not work?

Let me first say thank you for your responses. The source files are a collection of FLAC, MP3 or M4a files. The action I took was to go back to one or two source files (M4a) and reconvert to AIFF with dB. I did notice one difference between terhe 2nd work in that the older work ended in .aif while the new work ended in .aiff. dB seems to be able to edit with the tag command from a right click in file manager. The newest files appear to have carried the tags over with art work.

[mville]

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

Went back to a few source files and converted those and that worked fine. I would really love to figure out this issue and continue with this project.

What is the file format of the source files that work fine and the files that do not work?

[Pack66184]

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

I added two more screen shots, Folders and files show read and write privileges. Went back to a few source files and converted those and that worked fine. I would really love to figure out this issue and continue with this project.

[mville]

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

I am using batch converter and selecting two files. Right click to access the edit tag command. After entering the tag information and clicking ok. No changes

Using finder, right click for edit tag command, enter artist info, click ok. No changes. Reopen with DB to confirm no artist info in tag

Are your audio files read-only?

[Pack66184]

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

Please can you confirm the following:

1. Are you right clicking an audio file or a folder?
2. After right clicking, a context menu displays showing dBpoweramp Batch Convert and dBpoweramp Edit-Id Tags options?
3. Are you selecting dBpoweramp Batch Convert or dBpoweramp Edit-Id Tags?

I am using batch converter and selecting two files. Right click to access the edit tag command. After entering the tag information and clicking ok. No changes

Using finder, right click for edit tag command, enter artist info, click ok. No changes. Reopen with DB to confirm no artist info in tag

I am missing the obvious?

[mville]

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

Is there a manual or a how to section?

View Online Help: Windows Apple OS X

[mville]

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

Using Batch converter, right click to access the Edit Tags option...

Please can you confirm the following:

1. Are you right clicking an audio file or a folder?
2. After right clicking, a context menu displays showing dBpoweramp Batch Convert and dBpoweramp Edit-Id Tags options?
3. Are you selecting dBpoweramp Batch Convert or dBpoweramp Edit-Id Tags?

[Pack66184]

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

Is there a manual or a how to section? Finally put some determination together to start this project and ran into this issue. Using Batch converter, right click to access the Edit Tags option. Assigned the tags with info and album art. I must be missing the action or command to apply the tags. No information is getting assigned to the track. What am I missing?

[mville]

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

If the source files have no tags than DB will not place tags on the output files.

No, not unless you use the Read metadata file DSP.

My new question is to confirm that DB does not have the ability to display what tags are available on each file. I had assumed that if iTunes displayed info in the file information(iTunes) & file manager showed album art that it was there or embedded/attached to the file. Or another way of putting it, can I open a file in DB and see what tags have been attached to a file?

Yes, you can view the tags and any embedded artwork for an audio file using dBpoweramp. Right-click an audio file and select Edit ID-Tag from the context menu.

[Pack66184]

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

Thanks for the direction and your time. If you don't mind a few questions. If the source files have no tags than DB will not place tags on the output files. My new question is to confirm that DB does not have the ability to display what tags are available on each file. I had assumed that if iTunes displayed info in the file information(iTunes) & file manager showed album art that it was there or embedded/attached to the file. Or another way of putting it, can I open a file in DB and see what tags have been attached to a file?

The configuration settings are as you mentioned.