foo_masstag_codepage, codepage conversion tool for tagging Options

[Acropolis]

It is very inconvienient if without codepage conversion plugin when dealing with non english songs.
This is an extension of the foo_masstag, and is pretty much the same as the foo_codepage_action plugin for the old foobar2000, but this is for 0.9.x.

the two extra functions are:
- codepage conversion
- conversion between simplified and traditional chinese

This plugin has been renamed to foo_masstag_addons, feature requests are welcome.

* read my blog for the dependency requirements before downloading *

current version: 0.3.4

change log

0.3.4
- added a new action: “Embedded cuesheet inserter”

this is an action to automatically insert the related cuesheet to the file, currently only: *.ape;*.tak;*.flac;*.mac are supported.

this is developed when I convert my APEs to TAKs, the operation is:

C:\album.cue
C:\album.tak

load album.tak to fb2k and put it to the masstagger, and select the action, then run

the action will:
1. put data of album.cue to album.tak as embedded cuesheet
2. remove the actual album.cue file (only will remove if the operation is sucessfully done)

0.3.3
- codepage combo boxes items are sorted now, it was auto sorted in xp, but in vista, it is a mess.

0.3.2
- multi-instance support for the conversions, now mutiple actions of the same type is supported

0.3.1
- minor bugs fixed

0.3
- chinese conversion is also included with the codepage conversion, you can now do the two actions in one step.
- the names "current cp" and "target cp" are changed accordingly.
- conversion preview added, you don't need to worry about messing up your tags by selecting wrong codepage anymore.

0.2.3
- allows user to specify the which meta data to convert

0.2.2
- allows user to select the current codepage

A little tutorial
codepage conversion now allows user to select the codepage currently used to dislay and the
codepage to convert.

this let user fix those files tagged by foo_freedb2, which treats any tags retreived from the
server as utf-8, but in fact the tags could be something else.
to fix these files, user selects iso-8859-1 as the displayed codepage and the correct codepage
as what user thinks it should be (this can be known if user browses the freedb website with the DISCID).

the displayed codepage and correct codepage are not your operating system's codepage, but the
codepage used to store in the actual file when it is not unicode (utf16) and utf8.
but for other files not tagged by foo_freedb2, the displayed codepage is most likely your windows
current code page.

in fact for any mis-tagged files, user just needs to known the codepage in the files and
the correct codepage to get them fixed, unless the files really have incorrect tags.

This post has been edited by Acropolis: May 20 2007, 14:43

[xliu5]

How does this work? I see that it is similar to the special show file info plugin for 0.83. What tags does this plugin convert the codepage? All three of ID3v1, ID3v2.4 and APEv2 currently supported by foobar2k 0.92? I have my MP3 encoded in Chinese GBK but the portable MP3 player only recognizes ID3v2.3 UTF-16 encoding. I guess it is out of question for me to use the plugin to convert the codepage since foobar2k now saves the tags in ID3v2.4 and there is no UTF-16 encoding at the codepage conversion (only UTF-7 and UTF-8).

[Acropolis]

How does this work? I see that it is similar to the special show file info plugin for 0.83. What tags does this plugin convert the codepage? All three of ID3v1, ID3v2.4 and APEv2 currently supported by foobar2k 0.92? I have my MP3 encoded in Chinese GBK but the portable MP3 player only recognizes ID3v2.3 UTF-16 encoding. I guess it is out of question for me to use the plugin to convert the codepage since foobar2k now saves the tags in ID3v2.4 and there is no UTF-16 encoding at the codepage conversion (only UTF-7 and UTF-8).

no, it is similar to the foo_codepage_action plugin in 0.8.x.
this plugin in fact doesn't know what tag it will convert, because it just changes the codepage of the text from meta info, so the tag type really depends on the tag type you've chosen of the input file.

Also, it has nothing to do with ID3v1, or whatever. The main purpose of the conversion is converting the meta info text which is from other codepage such as big5, gbk, to utf-8.

The primary reason I write this plugin is because I have many mp3 using GBK in the tag, but I'm using Big5 windows, the text shown in foobar is garbage (you know what I mean, I think).
I need a plugin like this to convert the text so it can be displayed properly in my big5 windows (both simplified and traditional can be displayed).

This post has been edited by Acropolis: Jun 17 2006, 01:10

[surf]

no, it is similar to the foo_codepage_action plugin in 0.8.x.
this plugin in fact doesn't know what tag it will convert, because it just changes the codepage of the text from meta info, so the tag type really depends on the tag type you've chosen of the input file.

Also, it has nothing to do with ID3v1, or whatever. The main purpose of the conversion is converting the meta info text which is from other codepage such as big5, gbk, to utf-8.

The primary reason I write this plugin is because I have many mp3 using GBK in the tag, but I'm using Big5 windows, the text shown in foobar is garbage (you know what I mean, I think).
I need a plugin like this to convert the text so it can be displayed properly in my big5 windows (both simplified and traditional can be displayed).

Hmm...i have the same problems like yours.
but i'm wondering...
if i get the tags from freedb.org is in gbk encoding.
and i use the codepage action which plugged into foobar2000 0.8.3(i don't like 0.9.x..)
i choose convert simplified chinese into traditional chinese.
it worked..and the tags displayed perfect.
but i have a question...
the tags aren't in utf-8, are they?
how do i make sure the tags will be using traditional chinese characters in utf-8 library?
because when i use utf-8 to utf-8 using masstager...the tags just become a bunch of `?'

thanks

This post has been edited by surf: Jun 22 2006, 05:07

[Acropolis]

Hmm...i have the same problems like yours.
but i'm wondering...
if i get the tags from freedb.org is in gbk encoding.
and i use the codepage action which plugged into foobar2000 0.8.3(i don't like 0.9.x..)
i choose convert simplified chinese into traditional chinese.
it worked..and the tags displayed perfect.
but i have a question...
the tags aren't in utf-8, are they?
how do i make sure the tags will be using traditional chinese characters in utf-8 library?
because when i use utf-8 to utf-8 using masstager...the tags just become a bunch of `?'

thanks

you are confused with the old codepage_action plugin, I was, also.
the action of codepage conversion is converting the tagged file from the codepage to utf-8, while simplified to traditional chinese conversion is in fact utf-8 to utf-8 conversion.

to avoid '?', you need to be aware of what the tagging character set is, bascially, if you see the garbage text, you should have 2 conversions, first for codepage to utf-8, second for simp. to trad. conversion.
if you can see the simp. chinese before doing any conversion, you just need the sim. to trad. conversion.

This post has been edited by Acropolis: Jun 22 2006, 05:20

[surf]

you are confused with the old codepage_action plugin, I was, also.
the action of codepage conversion is converting the tagged file from the codepage to utf-8, while simplified to traditional chinese conversion is in fact utf-8 to utf-8 conversion.

to avoid '?', you need to be aware of what the tagging character set is, bascially, if you see the garbage text, you should have 2 conversions, first for codepage to utf-8, second for simp. to trad. conversion.
if you can see the simp. chinese before doing any conversion, you just need the sim. to trad. conversion.

Thank you for replying to my post.
but i still have a few questions.
i have files with tags in garbage texts.
but i don't know which code set it originally using..
how do you know that?is there any program that can identified the code page the tags or filenames is using?
or i have to convert in order to check if i'm right?
i mean this when the tags of the album can't be found in freedb database.

question 2.
i know foobar can directly tag mp3 files from freedb.
but there's a problem.
i get into the `get tags from freedb' page.
and i have to choose a code page that in preview will show more correct information.
``hope you know what i'm saying...like choose gbk and it shows the tags with correct simplified chinese instead of garbage codes...''
and i tag it.
but here's the question..
after i tag it....foobar shows the simplified chinese information...
but is the tags in utf-8?
how do i know?
(when i use codepage conversion...i choose utf-8 to utf-8...it becomes a bunch of question marks...ha..)

is there anyway to know what code page the tags of the known few tagging system, id3v2, flac tags, ape tags,.etc or the files' names in windows are using? or even just check if they're using utf-8

BTW...
I would really like to know more about code page....
any books recommended if i want to do code page conversion or identification programming...
i know there's a o'reilly book about unicode...
just hope to get some advice from people who are already doing this kind of things...

hope you all know what i'm trying to say...
(my english is not very good....)
thanks for your patience

also...
if anyone is also using the program Convertz...
i have a question...
i have some files with names with unicode simplified chinese and unicode japanese..since they only show right in unicode preview..
when i want to convert the unicode from unicode simplified chinese into unicode traditional chinese, unicode japanese will disappear..and if i actually do the conversion...the unicode japanese couldn't be recovered after the conversion.
i thought every unicode version contains the same things...
then why when i do conversions between unicode and unicode traditional chinese(that is..in Convertz...i do unicode to unicode traditional chinese), if there are characters in unicode japanese it will disappear after the conversion.
but the unicode japanese characters will show good when in unicode simplified chinese...(that is ...in Convertz i choose unicode to unicode simplified chinese.)

i wonder...

This post has been edited by surf: Jun 27 2006, 17:04

[Acropolis]

i have files with tags in garbage texts.
but i don't know which code set it originally using..
how do you know that?is there any program that can identified the code page the tags or filenames is using?
or i have to convert in order to check if i'm right?
i mean this when the tags of the album can't be found in freedb database.

you will not know, you have to guess to check.

question 2.
i know foobar can directly tag mp3 files from freedb.
but there's a problem.
i get into the `get tags from freedb' page.
and i have to choose a code page that in preview will show more correct information.
``hope you know what i'm saying...like choose gbk and it shows the tags with correct simplified chinese instead of garbage codes...''
and i tag it.
but here's the question..
after i tag it....foobar shows the simplified chinese information...
but is the tags in utf-8?
how do i know?
(when i use codepage conversion...i choose utf-8 to utf-8...it becomes a bunch of question marks...ha..)

if you can see the simplified chinese correctly in foobar, then it is already utf-8

is there anyway to know what code page the tags of the known few tagging system, id3v2, flac tags, ape tags,.etc or the files' names in windows are using? or even just check if they're using utf-8

I don't understand what you mean, or you can pm me in chinese

BTW...
I would really like to know more about code page....
any books recommended if i want to do code page conversion or identification programming...
i know there's a o'reilly book about unicode...
just hope to get some advice from people who are already doing this kind of things...

I have no idea.

if anyone is also using the program Convertz...
i have a question...
i have some files with names with unicode simplified chinese and unicode japanese..since they only show right in unicode preview..
when i want to convert the unicode from unicode simplified chinese into unicode traditional chinese, unicode japanese will disappear..and if i actually do the conversion...the unicode japanese couldn't be recovered after the conversion.
i thought every unicode version contains the same things...
then why when i do conversions between unicode and unicode traditional chinese(that is..in Convertz...i do unicode to unicode traditional chinese), if there are characters in unicode japanese it will disappear after the conversion.
but the unicode japanese characters will show good when in unicode simplified chinese...(that is ...in Convertz i choose unicode to unicode simplified chinese.)

I'm having the same problem with convertz, so I guess traditional chinese doesn't have the japanese characters.

This post has been edited by Acropolis: Jun 28 2006, 05:48