Struggling to process metadata with TuneFUSION

[SP0]

I cannot get TuneFUSION to execute the ID Tag Processing DSP effects which I have set up.

New TuneFUSION installation on Windows 8.1 (in a VM under MacOS). Sources are FLAC.

Simple test example: Re-encode Lossless as Flac; 1:1 disabled; DSP effect Capitalization: All Caps (because this should make a good test).
Choose Refresh All. Run.
Output: Creates the files but according to MP3tag and exiftool, the tags are the same as in the source, ie no capitalisation.

I've tried DSP effects to add tags, change tags etc -- in all cases it seems not to be executing the DSP effect.

Help please!

[SP0]

Re: Struggling to process metadata with TuneFUSION

Does this work for others or have I done something wrong? I'm stuck and would appreciate some help... Thanks.

[Spoon]

Re: Struggling to process metadata with TuneFUSION

Bug confirmed, we will fix for next release, which should be quite soon as we have lots of fixes waiting.

[Spoon]

Re: Struggling to process metadata with TuneFUSION

Actually I forgot to uncheck the options Audio Formats & Naming: 'Copy 1:1 Audio Tracks Which Are' uncheck all here. However we will update TuneFUSION to run the ID Tag Processing DSP Effect even if doing a 1:1 copy in the next update.

[SP0]

Re: Struggling to process metadata with TuneFUSION

Actually I forgot to uncheck the options Audio Formats & Naming: 'Copy 1:1 Audio Tracks Which Are' uncheck all here. However we will update TuneFUSION to run the ID Tag Processing DSP Effect even if doing a 1:1 copy in the next update.

Not sure I understand you. I have unchecked the 1:1 options. It should be running DSP processing for me shouldn't it?

How long will the new version be? I bought TuneFUSION primarily to wrangle metadata so hope it will be soon. Or is there an earlier working version I can revert to?

[Spoon]

Re: Struggling to process metadata with TuneFUSION

As a test enable the option to check destination file size, then you can simply delete one file on the card and resync to quickly find out what is happening. I do not think any encoding is happening, try setting different FLAC compression levels, you should see the destination file change size each time you sync.

[SP0]

Re: Struggling to process metadata with TuneFUSION

I do not think any encoding is happening, try setting different FLAC compression levels, you should see the destination file change size each time you sync.

OK. Here we go. My current view is that encoding IS happening, but the DSP for ID Tag Processing is not being called.

File size with FLAC compression set to 5: 118166476
File size with FLAC compression set to 1: 133857688

On that second pass I included ID Tag Processing "Deletion: all except Artist" and "Album Art export to cover.jpg". Neither had any effect. I tried Fixed Bit Depth: 8 bit, and that DID work.

So in summary: compression is happening; DSP effects are working; but ID Tag Processing is broken.
(Plus the issue you have noted already, which is that ID Tag Processing should ALSO work when doing 1:1 copies.)

[Spoon]

Re: Struggling to process metadata with TuneFUSION

You have just 1 DSP effect 'ID Tag Processing'?

[SP0]

Re: Struggling to process metadata with TuneFUSION

You have just 1 DSP effect 'ID Tag Processing'?

Have tried with just one simple ID Tag Processing.
Have tried with two.
Have tried with ID Tag and another (fixed bit depth).

In all cases, no change to ID tags.

[SP0]

Re: Struggling to process metadata with TuneFUSION

Example using Tag Processing to capitalise (just for illustration purposes).




Result:

$ ls -l /sourcedir/filename.flac
-rwx------@ 1 userid  staff  10366245 26 Jun 14:14 filename.flac

$ ls -l /destinationdir/filename.flac
-rwxr-xr-x  1 userid  staff  10357321 26 Jun 14:18 filename.flac

$ exiftool /sourcedir/filename.flac | grep Artist
Album Artist                    : Susan Manoff
Artist                          : Sandrine Piau, Susan Manoff

$ exiftool /destinationdir/filename/flac | grep Artist
Artist                          : Sandrine Piau

Observations:
1. File is being rewritten (probably re-encoded)
2. Nothing has been capitalised: the Tag Processing did not work
3. Bizarrely, Album Artist has disappeared from the output file altogether.

New discovery: if I turn off "rewrite ID tags", the Tag Processing now works!
The option to save art to "cover.jpg" does nothing (that was one of the cases I was using as a simple test) so that may be broken in some other way, but never mind.

[SP0]

Re: Struggling to process metadata with TuneFUSION

I really can't get this to work. It did fix my metadata once, but no more.

All I am trying to do is to execute this for each file:

IF Album Artist=[anyvalue]
SET Artist=[Album Artist]

The file before sync has this metadata (according to exiftool and Mp3tag)

Artist                          : Giuliano Sommerhalder, Juliua Schroder, Kammerorc
Title                           : Overture in D: 1. Overture
Album                           : Fasch: Concerti & Ouverturen
Albumartist                     : Kammerorchester Basel

After executing the above rule, the re-encoded file contains the same ID3 tags. I was expecting it to write "Kammerorchester Basel" into the Artist field.

[garym]

Re: Struggling to process metadata with TuneFUSION

I really can't get this to work. It did fix my metadata once, but no more.

All I am trying to do is to execute this for each file:

IF Album Artist=[anyvalue]
SET Artist=[Album Artist]

The file before sync has this metadata (according to exiftool and Mp3tag)

Artist                          : Giuliano Sommerhalder, Juliua Schroder, Kammerorc
Title                           : Overture in D: 1. Overture
Album                           : Fasch: Concerti & Ouverturen
Albumartist                     : Kammerorchester Basel

After executing the above rule, the re-encoded file contains the same ID3 tags. I was expecting it to write "Kammerorchester Basel" into the Artist field.

IF [B]AlbumArtist[/B]=[anyvalue]
SET Artist=[[B]AlbumArtist[/B]]

What if you use "AlbumArtist" instead? or even "Albumartist"

[SP0]

Re: Struggling to process metadata with TuneFUSION

What if you use "AlbumArtist" instead? or even "Albumartist"

Same (lack of) result with either of those options. Does it work on your system?

[garym]

Re: Struggling to process metadata with TuneFUSION

Same (lack of) result with either of those options. Does it work on your system?

I just started playing with tunefusion. But I couldn't get the ID TAG PROCESSING to work either (artist was not changed to album artist).

[Spoon]

Re: Struggling to process metadata with TuneFUSION

A few things to note:

If there is any 1:1 copy then DSP Effects are not run.

If you have 'Rewrite ID Tags' then this option overrides ID Tag processing and the original tags are written.

Both of these issues will be fixed for next update.