Dropping tags when converting

[delaney943]

Hello,

I've tried searching the forum but haven't been able to find the answer - hoping you can help: whenever I convert from flac to mp3, dBpoweramp drops the year tag and adds a date tag. Is there any way to stop this?

Many thanks,
Damian

[Spoon]

Re: Dropping tags when converting

You have a tag in FLAC which is for example:

Year: 2019

and the mp3 tag has a tag labeled 'Date'?

[damian.lunny]

Re: Dropping tags when converting

Yes: before the conversion my files would have Year as a tag. After conversion, the Year field is blank and Date has been added (with the same data). No other fields are touched.

[Spoon]

Re: Dropping tags when converting

You can upload one flac file to dropbox please and Personal mail me a link.

[Spoon]

Re: Dropping tags when converting

Which version is your dBpoweramp? does it run on Windows or OSX?

[damian.lunny]

Re: Dropping tags when converting

It's dBpoweramp 16.6 (64-bit), on Windows 7 (64-bit).

[Spoon]

Re: Dropping tags when converting

The FLAC file internally stores the year as 'Date', however dBpoweramp is normally set to read this as Year. I convert with R16.6 to mp3 and the written tag is Year.

Run dBpoweramp Control Centre >> Audio Codecs 'List / Options' >> Flac ID Tagging, ensure Mapping *4 'Year to Date'

[damian.lunny]

Re: Dropping tags when converting

That's it! Working now.

Many thanks for looking at this for me.

Damian