Write metadata file DSP loses multiple composer separator

[ForSerious]

Between writing the metadata to a file and reading it back into the file, multiple composers lose their separating characters.
Example:
Dude man; The Dude Dude; Guy Diamond
Becomes:
Dude manThe Dude DudeGuy Diamond
Technically, there are newline characters in there, but they don't show when you view it in the ID-Tag editor.

How can I keep the format, or finangle getting it back after reading the file?

[Spoon]

Re: Write metadata file DSP loses multiple composer separator

Will check

[ForSerious]

Re: Write metadata file DSP loses multiple composer separator

Thanks. I tried a few variations of newline characters in the replace section of ID Tag manipulation, but nothing works so far.

[ForSerious]

Re: Write metadata file DSP loses multiple composer separator

Any update on this?
Been thinking of making a script that fixes the xml file.
I see in ID Tag Processing, I can use Externally Script Tags. That gives me %idtagstxt%. That's not going to edit the xml file, but might do the trick. Guessing I would need to run that after I have read the tags back in from the xml file.

From my testing, I know that I can modify the exported xml file and add the '; ' back in. After that, it will import the composers back in without modifying them.

[Spoon]

Re: Write metadata file DSP loses multiple composer separator

It would likely be fixed in the next release.

[ForSerious]

Re: Write metadata file DSP loses multiple composer separator

Welp. Scripting is a dead end so far. I'm using python. %idtagstxt% is a path as it should be, but it's always an empty txt file. Even telling the script to open the file in notepad shows it's completely empty.

[ForSerious]

Re: Write metadata file DSP loses multiple composer separator

Thanks for the fix! It's perfect!