JulianL said the following on 14/12/2005 18:29: > Oh boy. How annoying (after 530 CDs ripped)! Oh well. Thanks for the > explanation.
It's relatively easy to remove all ID3 tags from your flac files: http://robinbowes.com/article.php/2005080815102187 > I'm now playing with your perl script after installing Active Perl on > my Windows XP system. After some fun and games working out how to > escape special characters in a Perl string constant (so that I could > edit in the full pathnames for Flac and Lame) I now have it running in > the background on a subset of my collection. I just checked the tagging > on the first few files and it's done them perfectly. Well, almost > perfectly.... There is one tiny flaw in the transcription of the tags > from my FLAC to mp3 files. The Track tag on my FLAC files is "1" (for > instance) and this ends up as "01" on the corresponding mp3 file. This > really is no biggie but I thought I'd mention it since it is the only > thing I can see wrong. This is a "feature", i.e. it's done deliberately. If you'd like to see something different, add a ticket at http://projects.robinbowes.com/flac2wmp3. > Before I let it rip on my entire collection I have a small question. > Your readme says: > > <Begin Quote> > It can take a directory structure like this: > > lossless > | > +--Coldplay > | | > | +--Parachutes > | | > | +-- 01 - Don't Panic.flac > | 02 - Shiver.flac > +--The Chameleons > | > +Script of the Bridge > | > +-- 01 - Don't Fall.flac > 02 - Here Today.flac > <End Quote> > > Is it tollerant of other directory structures? My Flac directory > structure has an extra level in there, i.e.: > ...\Artists_C\Coldplay\Parachutes\<Tracks> > Will this upset your script or will it recurse (or otherwise) down > through the Artist_? directories and create them as required in the > destination tree? It simply mirrors the source directory tree. So yes, it will create directories as required. R. _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
