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[dypsis]

Thanks for that Barna.

All working.

EAC uses ID3 tags for basic tagging. But when I use Tag&Rename, to fully tag, it uses FLAC tags.

How do I get EAC to use FLAC tags? I cannot see it anywhere in options.

Or if I cannot get EAC to tag with FLAC tags, how can I now remove the ID3 tags from my FLAC files?

[piovrauz]

I use mp3tag, there is an option to choose wich tag read/write/delete.

[dypsis]

OK. I found a method to remove ID3 tags that are with FLAC files.

When use Mp3tag to remove ID3 tags, it removes all tags including the FLAC tag. But if you choose Undo, it restores FLAC tags only. The only thing that I have noticed that isn't restored is the cover art. So you will need to restore that manually.

If anyone knows a better way, I would be interested.

[Barna]

Yeah the remove option of Mp3tag seems not really designed for FLAC files...
So I googled and came up with an application called Tag.
You can find it at http://www.synthetic-soul.co.uk/tag/
The discussion about removing ID3 from FLAC files is at this link on hydrogenaudio forums.
Most important is the switch --removeid3v2. Works fine (it's actually a very simple file operation). See the thread for more usages like handling all files recursive and so on.

[dypsis]

Yeah the remove option of Mp3tag seems not really designed for FLAC files...
So I googled and came up with an application called Tag.
You can find it at http://www.synthetic-soul.co.uk/tag/
The discussion about removing ID3 from FLAC files is at this link on hydrogenaudio forums.
Most important is the switch --removeid3v2. Works fine (it's actually a very simple file operation). See the thread for more usages like handling all files recursive and so on.

Thanks Barna.

Can you do multiple files in one pass with the switch? What do I put in <files>?

Tag --removeid3v2 <files>

[Barna]

You can do either:
TAG.EXE --recursive --removeid3v2 *.flac
To just remove all id3v2 from all flac files in one directory and all subdirectories, or
TAG.EXE --recursive --remove --force FLAC *.flac
to remove all types of tags except FLAC-tags from your files.

At least the sample file you sent me also has an ID3v1 tag (which is stored at the end of the file unlike the others), so maybe you want to go with the second one. But, just as in the linked hydrogenaudio forum thread, it is suggested, to test it first with some sample copies of your files in another directory before applying it to a big collection.

[dypsis]

Thanks Barna. I have learnt a bit about tags.

What is a good way to identify what tags a file has?

Mp3tag did not detect that I still had ID3v1 tags.

[Barna]

XMPlay actually is :-)
Check the message window (F2) and it outputs all tag sections in the file.

Otherwise you can also use that tag program. Just start it without a remove-command, but with --hidetags. i.e.:
TAG.EXE --hidetags <files>
TAG.EXE --hidetags *.flac
TAG.EXE --hidetags --recursive *.flac
TAG.EXE --hidetags --recursive *.*
Just check the third outputted line of each file (Tags:)
You can also add --tofilen <SOMEFILENAME>.TXT to save the output into a text file.

[dypsis]

Thanks Barna. 

Actually, I found that the command was simply tag.

tag *.flac

or

tag filename.flac

[jairmoreno]

Thank you for your great work... It works almost perfect =D

[Dimon3000]

I added a fifth align/stretch option which disables all stretching and aligning completely.

It would be nice if you also add an option which disables all stretching and aligns cover at center.

[dypsis]

When I switch between message and visuals when playing FLAC files, XMPlay sometimes crashes.

This happens when playing FLAC files with FLAC only tags.

Is anyone else experiencing this with FLAC files?

[Barna]

hmm, I can't reproduce it with the two FLAC files I have. I tried to switch from F2 (message) to F4 (visuals) or by just holding the F4 key (which switches the visuals on and off pretty fast). It didn't crash for me. I also tried it with both winamp plugins enabled and no plugin.
I'm using XMPlay 3.4.2.49 and FLAC rev. 6.

Are you using a Winamp visualisation plugin or do you just use the cover feature? If yes, which one?

It would be nice if you also add an option which disables all stretching and aligns cover at center.

Dimon3000, please (re-)download 0.9.9, I changed the new option to always center instead of top left corner.

[dypsis]

Are you using a Winamp visualisation plugin or do you just use the cover feature? If yes, which one?

I am just using the cover feature.

[Y@nek®]

Please add default album art loader from plugins folder (plugins/cover.jpg) option if no album detected.

[Dimon3000]

Dimon3000, please (re-)download 0.9.9

Exactly what i needed! Thank you!

[rofrol]

Hello there,
1st: I discovered xmplay a view days before and I am enthusiastic about it! It's small, it starts super-fast, and step by step I get all the stuff I liked so much with winamp. But I can't solve one Problem and that's album-art:  when I right click in the visuals window and chosse winamp wrapper 0.9.9, I can open (like described) a menue with the middle bottom of my mouse. When I choose "show album art" (by the way, the only black item, the rest ist grey) the plugin generates a file called vis.ini (content: [winamp_svp] show_albumart=1).
That's all. There's no album art (like in winamp), and I can't do this procedure again, until I delete the vis.ini. Did I miss to install another plugin?
Thx 4 your HELP!
rofrol

[Dotpitch]

Tick 'Show album art', then the plugin will load album art from the current file or from the folder that file is located in (like album.jpg, front.jpg, etc.). If you middle-click again and go to 'Auto cover download', you can have the plugin automatically search and download covers from Amazon sites (ofcourse you need an internet connection).

[rofrol]

That's exactly what I do ... but when I choose "show album art" the plugin generates a file called vis.ini. Really: that's all. There's no jpg displayed and I can't right click in "visuals" any more until I delete vis.ini.

[Dotpitch]

That's nasty... So when you tick that, you can't change visuals anymore, not even with your scroll wheel? Does the window show 'No album art'? What XMPlay version are you on? (Get the latest 'stuff' build here.)