Topic: Tagging FLAC?

[davepeck]

another vote for Tag & Rename here. fantastic program.

http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm

[deadhoarse]

I don't normally tag FLACs, but here is a great program I use for MP3s, and it works equally well for FLAC, WMA, AAC, APE, etc.

http://www.mp3tag.de/en/

It also converts filenames to tags and vice-versa, and will load tags from a text file. 

Excellent tool, I use it a LOT.

Yes, great program.  I also like how it can reach out to amazon.com for album art (to either put a jpg into a folder, or attach the jpg to the end of the mp3).  It makes streaming music from my modded Xbox look really sharp. 

I just recently started tagging my flac's with it as well.

[davepeck]

so i just used the foobar live show tagger for the first time tonight. it definitely beats typing out all the song titles.

however, i don't like the fact that the date/venue/city/state don't populate to the 'album' field. i typically put all that info into the album field.

i'll probably start using this in conjunction with Tag & Rename for tagging my shows from now on. it will definitely save me a bunch of time (typing out song titles). appreciate the walkthrough!

[3-Fan]

I have a few questions:

If I tag a FLAC show that already has a FFP, will the FFP still check out OK?

I was trying to use the Live Show Tagger via Foobar last night.  The show I chose to tag had 2 .txt files in the directory.  One was the actual setlist and the other was showown.txt.    I opened the FLAC files in Foobar, went to the live show tagger and the showown.txt file popped up as the default.  I loaded the actual setlist .txt and all the FLAC files disappeared out of the LST window.  I drag the FLAC files back into the LST window and the .txt line goes back to the showown.txt.  I tried temporarly removing the showown.txt file from the folder and still had the same results.

I chose another show to tag.  All worked perfectly.  But then I compressed it for my portable device and brought it into the portable device software.  The song title, track # and composer showed up just fine, but the album name didn't appear.  It still came in as Miscellanos.

Any guidance?

Thanks,
G

[bgalizio]

I have a few questions:

If I tag a FLAC show that already has a FFP, will the FFP still check out OK?

For tagging - yes, the FFP is the same. It is a checksum of the audio only.

Not sure about your other questions.

[davepeck]

I chose another show to tag.  All worked perfectly.  But then I compressed it for my portable device and brought it into the portable device software.  The song title, track # and composer showed up just fine, but the album name didn't appear.  It still came in as Miscellanos.

check out my post right above yours. this was my one complaint. it doesn't seem to populate the album field with date/venue/city/state info, which, IMO, it should.

[T.J.]

so i just used the foobar live show tagger for the first time tonight. it definitely beats typing out all the song titles.

however, i don't like the fact that the date/venue/city/state don't populate to the 'album' field. i typically put all that info into the album field.

i'll probably start using this in conjunction with Tag & Rename for tagging my shows from now on. it will definitely save me a bunch of time (typing out song titles). appreciate the walkthrough!

that's exactly what do. the only thing i populate in tag&rename is date/venue for album. works like a charm

[Gordon]

not sure what y'all are doing but the venue info shows in the "album" field for me.  the date doesn't but it has it's own field.  you can right click in foobar and choose what you want to show on playback.  example here

[T.J.]

not sure what y'all are doing but the venue info shows in the "album" field for me.  the date doesn't but it has it's own field.  you can right click in foobar and choose what you want to show on playback.  example here

that's how it looks for me too gordon. which is fine with me b/c i use foobar. however if you play the flac tagged by the "live show tagger" in winamp the venue tag never shows. the other tags are visible (i.e. artist, song name, etc...) it takes two seconds in tag&rename to add an addition album field like: 2008-04-30 - World Cafe Live so it will be displayed in other players.

redundant: absolutely 

[Gordon]

ah.  I haven't used in winamp in years.

[T.J.]

ah.  I haven't used in winamp in years.

it *may* just be winamp the venue tag doesn't display. but since tag&Rename seems to be compatible with every playback software, i do the extra step. i will alway use the "live show tagger' first for song names, artist, notes, etc. THAT aspect of it can't be beat.

[Gordon]

I use a iriver for flac playback in the car and just checked and sure enough the album doesn't show.  it shows the actual file name instead.  threw it in tag and rename and fixed one, checked the iriver and it shows it.  damn time to re tag all my shows   in foobar I removed the date from showing on playback since it's now in the album field with the venue etc.

[T.J.]

I use a iriver for flac playback in the car and just checked and sure enough the album doesn't show.  it shows the actual file name instead.  threw it in tag and rename and fixed one, checked the iriver and it shows it.  damn time to re tag all my shows   in foobar I removed the date from showing on playback since it's now in the album field with the venue etc.

good to know. that was my concern: when i get a mp3 player to play flacs the album tag is pretty necessary. otherwise all your shows will just be lumped together by artist, right? that could get difficult to keep track of

[Gordon]

I use a iriver for flac playback in the car and just checked and sure enough the album doesn't show.  it shows the actual file name instead.  threw it in tag and rename and fixed one, checked the iriver and it shows it.  damn time to re tag all my shows   in foobar I removed the date from showing on playback since it's now in the album field with the venue etc.

good to know. that was my concern: when i get a mp3 player to play flacs the album tag is pretty necessary. otherwise all your shows will just be lumped together by artist, right? that could get difficult to keep track of

using a rockboxed Iriver it's not too big of a deal.  all the shows are listed under files by the folder name.  not sure how to group by artist but since it's only 20gigs of flacs it's not that many shows anyway.

[3-Fan]

No albumn shown in Itunes or Musicmatch.