MeSue;361166 Wrote: > Here's how I would do what you are wanting with J River Media Center or > MediaJukebox (MC=Media Center, but MediaJukebox is free and should be > identical): > > > > > > - Import all music into J River so it reads the tags into its > database. - Turn off auto-import while you are working on this. - Search for duplicates and flag them with a custom database-only > field, just so they can be easily identified while you are working > on this. - Select the MP3's where you have a higher quality FLAC to replace > them with. - Convert them to FLAC (This is temporary; it's so you have a > matching file name in MC's database for when you overwrite the > files in the next step.) - Now--OUTSIDE of MC--copy the hi-quality FLAC over the converted > MP3 FLAC using the identical file name. - Go back into MC, select all the files you replaced, and do the > command "Update tags from library." This will update the tags for > what they really are and not what they were copied from. - On the same files, do the command "Update Library from tags." > This will update MC with the proper bitrate for the higher quality > files. (Be sure to do these last 2 steps in that order.) - Re-run audio analysis on all the files (Optional).> > > > It's not entirely automated, but I don't think it would take very > long.The only thing that bothered me about this program is that it used it's own proprietary system for replay gain. It doesn't work with any devices or any other programs. It's a nice program but not as nice as media monkey's free version.
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