Cannot tag album information into the Apple lossless file format

**Spoon** · April 26, 2020, 12:11 PM

Re: Cannot tag album information into the Apple lossless file format

Try uninstalling it, to rule it out.

**muka2000** · April 26, 2020, 12:29 PM

Re: Cannot tag album information into the Apple lossless file format

Same after uninstall

**Spoon** · April 26, 2020, 05:33 PM

Re: Cannot tag album information into the Apple lossless file format

Please upload to dropbox:

a) a flac file with the correct artist tags
b) a apple lossless file you have created from the flac file which has the artist tags missing

I will try the exact same conversion. Personal message me a link please to the files.

**Spoon** · April 28, 2020, 11:35 AM

Re: Cannot tag album information into the Apple lossless file format

I have the file and it works as expected when converting that flac to alac.

If you can open dBpoweramp Control Centre >> Advanced and enable the music converter debug option at the end of the list.

Then convert that exact flac file to Apple Lossless. After conversion a debug log is created, paste here please.

**muka2000** · April 29, 2020, 10:18 PM

Re: Cannot tag album information into the Apple lossless file format

Splitting Command Line:"C:\Program Files\dBpoweramp\CoreConverter.exe" -dbcmd="C:\Users\muka2\AppData\Local\Temp\dBTC037.t mp"
->-> [dBCoreConverter::ReaddBCommandFile]
<-<- [dBCoreConverter::ReaddBCommandFile]
Decodes [clDecoder::Get]
BatchID [clDecoder::Set]
->-> [cldBCodecHandler::LoadEncoder]
Loading Encoder 'C:\Program Files\dBpoweramp\encoder\Apple Lossless.DLL'
<-<- [cldBCodecHandler::LoadEncoder]
BatchID [clEncoder_ALAC::Set]
->-> [dBCoreConverter::StripCoreConverterCmds]
<-<- [dBCoreConverter::StripCoreConverterCmds]
SendRawUnCompressed [clEncoder_ALAC::Get]
Communicate [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate [clEncoder_ALAC::Get]
NeedHQAudio [clEncoder_ALAC::Get]
->-> [clDecoder::Open]
Opening file 'F:\tmp1\01. Bossa Antigua.flac' for read access: Opened
Init FLAC:
Reading Meta Data:
Contains picture block, size (bytes): 74897 type: 3
contained 7 tags:
GENRE: Jazz
ALBUM: Brazilian Nights
ARTIST: Kenny G
Year: 2015
TITLE: Bossa Antigua
Track: 1/14
Album Artist: Kenny G
->-> [clDecoder::ReadIDTags]
<-<- [clDecoder::ReadIDTags]
->-> [clDecoder::FillAudioProps]
Encoder: FLAC reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
Sample Count: 10,029,596
ID Tag: Vorbis Comments
Contains: Album Art, CRC, ID Tag [Vorbis Comments]
<-<- [clDecoder::FillAudioProps]
->-> [clDecoder::FillAudioInfo]
Uncompressed WFX (sent to db): Format Tag: 1 Channels: 2 Bits per Sample: 16 Samples Per Second: 44100 Bytes Per Second: 176400 Block Align: 4 CB Size: 0
Audio Length: 227428 mili-seconds 30565595 bytes 1411 kbps
<-<- [clDecoder::FillAudioInfo]
Creating Decode Buffers: Created
<-<- [clDecoder::Open]
SendOverReplayGainTags [clEncoder_ALAC::Get]
->-> [clEncoder_ALAC::BeginConversion]
Converting to 'F:\tmp1\01. Bossa Antigua.m4a' encoder settings ''
<-<- [clEncoder_ALAC::BeginConversion]
Communicate [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate [clEncoder_ALAC::Get]
Encoding To: Apple Lossless
Encoder Cmd Line:
============= CONVERSION BEGIN =============
============= CONVERSION END =============
Communicate [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate [clEncoder_ALAC::Get]
->-> [dBCoreConverter::CloseDecoder]
->-> [clDecoder::Close]
<-<- [clDecoder::Close]
->-> [clEncoder_ALAC::EndConversion]
<-<- [clEncoder_ALAC::EndConversion]
File Size Check : 30433603 bytes Filename: F:\tmp1\01. Bossa Antigua.m4a
File Size Check (before ID Tags Written): 30433603 bytes Filename: F:\tmp1\01. Bossa Antigua.m4a
->-> [dBCoreConverter::IDTagWriter]
Decodes [clDecoder_M4A::Get]
IDTags [clDecoder_M4A::Set]
<-<- [dBCoreConverter::IDTagWriter]
->-> [clDecoder_M4A::Close]
<-<- [clDecoder_M4A::Close]
->-> [aacstream::clDecoder_M4A::Close]
<-<- [aacstream::clDecoder_M4A::Close]
Communicate [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate [clEncoder_ALAC::Get]
Conversion completed in 2.2 seconds x104 realtime encoding
File Size Check (core converter exit): 30510859 bytes Filename: F:\tmp1\01. Bossa Antigua.m4a
->-> [clDecoder::Close]
<-<- [clDecoder::Close]

**Spoon** · May 08, 2020, 10:10 PM

Re: Cannot tag album information into the Apple lossless file format

Can you try with the DSP effect 'ID Tag Processing' and set it to delete the album art, then re-run with the debug log please.

**muka2000** · May 10, 2020, 08:47 PM

Re: Cannot tag album information into the Apple lossless file format

Splitting Command Line:"C:\Program Files\dBpoweramp\CoreConverter.exe" -dbcmd="C:\Users\muka2\AppData\Local\Temp\dBTE7C4.t mp"
->-> [dBCoreConverter::ReaddBCommandFile]
<-<- [dBCoreConverter::ReaddBCommandFile]
Decodes [clDecoder::Get]
BatchID [clDecoder::Set]
->-> [cldBCodecHandler::LoadEncoder]
Loading Encoder 'C:\Program Files\dBpoweramp\encoder\Apple Lossless.DLL'
<-<- [cldBCodecHandler::LoadEncoder]
BatchID [clEncoder_ALAC::Set]
->-> [dBCoreConverter::StripCoreConverterCmds]
<-<- [dBCoreConverter::StripCoreConverterCmds]
SendRawUnCompressed [clEncoder_ALAC::Get]
IsLive [clDSP::Get]
SendOverReplayGainTags [clDSP::Get]
BatchID [clDSP::Set]
Communicate [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate [clEncoder_ALAC::Get]
NeedHQAudio [clEncoder_ALAC::Get]
->-> [clDecoder::Open]
Opening file 'C:\Users\muka2\Music\tmp\01 Love´s Theme.flac' for read access: Opened
Init FLAC:
Reading Meta Data:
contained 6 tags:
Genre: Pop
TITLE: Love´s Theme
ARTIST: &*33865;&*40599;&*20736;
ALBUM: FRANCES YIP Discovery 2
Track: 01
Album Artist: &*33865;&*40599;&*20736;
Contains picture block, size (bytes): 949163 type: 3
->-> [clDecoder::ReadIDTags]
<-<- [clDecoder::ReadIDTags]
->-> [clDecoder::FillAudioProps]
Encoder: FLAC reference libFLAC 1.3.1 20141125
Sample Count: 6,371,287
ID Tag: Vorbis Comments
Contains: Album Art, CRC, ID Tag [Vorbis Comments]
<-<- [clDecoder::FillAudioProps]
->-> [clDecoder::FillAudioInfo]
Uncompressed WFX (sent to db): Format Tag: 1 Channels: 2 Bits per Sample: 16 Samples Per Second: 44100 Bytes Per Second: 176400 Block Align: 4 CB Size: 0
Audio Length: 144473 mili-seconds 12964994 bytes 1411 kbps
<-<- [clDecoder::FillAudioInfo]
Creating Decode Buffers: Created
<-<- [clDecoder::Open]
SendOverReplayGainTags [clEncoder_ALAC::Get]
->-> [clDSP::BeginConversion]
<-<- [clDSP::BeginConversion]
->-> [clEncoder_ALAC::BeginConversion]
Converting to 'C:\Users\muka2\Music\tmp\01 Love´s Theme.m4a' encoder settings ''
<-<- [clEncoder_ALAC::BeginConversion]
Communicate [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate [clEncoder_ALAC::Get]
Encoding To: Apple Lossless
Encoder Cmd Line:
DSP Effects:
ID Tag Processing: -delsingle0="[Album Artwork]" -case="0" -exportart="(none)" -importart="(none)" -maxart="(any)" -maxartkb="(any)"

============= CONVERSION BEGIN =============
============= CONVERSION END =============
Communicate [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate [clEncoder_ALAC::Get]
->-> [dBCoreConverter::CloseDecoder]
->-> [clDecoder::Close]
<-<- [clDecoder::Close]
->-> [clDSP::EndConversion]
<-<- [clDSP::EndConversion]
->-> [clEncoder_ALAC::EndConversion]
<-<- [clEncoder_ALAC::EndConversion]
File Size Check : 12177172 bytes Filename: C:\Users\muka2\Music\tmp\01 Love´s Theme.m4a
File Size Check (before ID Tags Written): 12177172 bytes Filename: C:\Users\muka2\Music\tmp\01 Love´s Theme.m4a
->-> [dBCoreConverter::IDTagWriter]
Decodes [clDecoder_M4A::Get]
IDTags [clDecoder_M4A::Set]
<-<- [dBCoreConverter::IDTagWriter]
->-> [clDecoder_M4A::Close]
<-<- [clDecoder_M4A::Close]
->-> [aacstream::clDecoder_M4A::Close]
<-<- [aacstream::clDecoder_M4A::Close]
Communicate [clDecoder::Get]
Communicate [clEncoder_ALAC::Get]
->-> [clDSP::AfterConversion]
<-<- [clDSP::AfterConversion]
Conversion completed in 2.7 seconds x52 realtime encoding
File Size Check (core converter exit): 12179490 bytes Filename: C:\Users\muka2\Music\tmp\01 Love´s Theme.m4a
->-> [clDecoder::Close]
<-<- [clDecoder::Close]

**Spoon** · May 11, 2020, 12:41 AM

Re: Cannot tag album information into the Apple lossless file format

I have run out of ideas on how to debug this, the tags look as though they are being written.

**Spoon** · May 12, 2020, 10:14 AM

Re: Cannot tag album information into the Apple lossless file format

Looks like someone else has the same issue:

Tags lost after converting DSF to Apple Lossless - dBpoweramp Forum

https://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?45079-Tags-lost-after-converting-DSF-to-Apple-Lossless

Both artwork and tags are good when editing DSF using Music Converter. After conversion from DSF to Apple Lossless, artwork is good and tags are mostly lost. e.g. title, artist, album are lost. genere is good. this is really weird? any way to solve? Splitting Command Line:"C:\Program Files\dBpoweramp\CoreConverter

Please as a test convert the FLAC file to m4a AAC (FDK), do the tags get written?

**cbank8** · May 12, 2020, 02:56 PM

Re: Cannot tag album information into the Apple lossless file format

Too bad. I am joining this thread from the other one. same problem here. I have done the following tests:
1. uninstall and re-install
2. try FLAC to Apple Lossless
3. add DSP, tags processing, remove artworks

none of these works. no luck :(

I use Windows 10. no security software except the one coming with Windows 10. Using R17 64bit. I haven't purchased the software yet. today is my first day to use it. if this problem is solved I will definitely pay for it.

**Spoon** · May 12, 2020, 03:50 PM

Re: Cannot tag album information into the Apple lossless file format

Tell me about your computer, Windows version, any security software? Please as a test convert the FLAC file to m4a AAC (FDK), do the tags get written?