DennyL wrote: > I have quite a few FLACs and OGGs and, reading the Squeezebox > 'Beginners Guide to tagging', I see that FLAC and OGG tags should > contain Vorbis Comments, and FLACs may also contain ID3 tags, but this > isn't good. My question is: how do I ensure that my FLACs and OGGs > contain only Vorbis comments?
One sure way with FLAC is to re-encode the file in place using flac.exe. Tags are copied over and no ID3 tag will be written. Unfortunately, you can't (or don't want to) do that with Ogg Vorbis, as re-encoding a lossy encoded file will degrade the sound quality. > I have been able to use MP3Tag to manage my mp3 tags by using the > settings 'Write ID3v2 ISO-8859-1' and 'Remove ID3v1 and APE'. This seems > to have worked, but there are not corresponding options for FLACs and > OGGs, such as 'Write Vorbis comment' and 'Remove ID3'. Yeah, I've lobbied for settings like this for FLAC and Ogg Vorbis files for years. I think the philosophy is that since Mp3tag reads and writes only vorbis comments, then there's nothing to be configured. In the long run what it boils down to is that Mp3tag isn't all that great for _fixing_ problem tags. I've seen FLAC files with more than one vorbis comment block that give Mp3tag fits. > When I load FLACs in MP3Tag and use the big red cross to delete, it > deletes all tag contents. Can anyone suggest a way of managing FLAC and > OGG tags? It's a little clunky in Mp3tag and it doesn't feel very safe, but the way to do it is to Cut and then Paste (and I think you also have to do a manual Save). This will remove all tags, including any ID3, but will only write vorbis comments. I'd be very cautious when doing this, however, as the tagging data will only exist on the clipboard during the time between the Cut and Paste. I'd never do this on more than a couple hundred files at a time and I'd have backups just in case the data gets lost. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95500 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
