New tags, but foobar still shows the old tags, I updated my tags, but foobar still shows the old tags. |
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New tags, but foobar still shows the old tags, I updated my tags, but foobar still shows the old tags. |
 Nov 6 2009, 17:18
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Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 19-October 08 Member No.: 60427  |
Hello,
I know this FAQ very well I updated my tags, but foobar still shows the old tags. QUOTE This happens almost exclusively when you use a third party program to update tags (updates made by Foobar2000 itself are immediately reflected). Select the file(s), right click on any of them, go to Tagging, then click on "Reload Info from File(s)". But... 1) I don't have "Reload Info from File(s)" in "Tagging" menu. 2) Is there any way how to refresh tags everytime when they are loaded to Playlist. |
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Nov 8 2009, 01:53
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 Group: Developer Posts: 822 Joined: 2-December 07 Member No.: 49183 |
1) Preferences -> Display -> Context Menu. Add "Reload Info from File(s)" command.
2) I doubt it. |
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Nov 8 2009, 13:22
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Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 19-October 08 Member No.: 60427 |
Thank you, but "Reload Info from File(s)" still doesn't work.
I added it to context menu and applied to files but there are still old tags. |
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Nov 8 2009, 13:29
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Group: Developer Posts: 822 Joined: 2-December 07 Member No.: 49183 |
Maybe your (MP3 ?) files have both ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags, and ID3v1 tag was updated but fb2k reads old ID3v2 tag?
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Nov 9 2009, 03:22
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Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 19-October 08 Member No.: 60427 |
You got it.
I changed setting of my tagging program to write only ID3v2 in the past. I hoped that it deletes ID3v1 tags automatically during editation. Dot it doesn't. Thanky you for excellent acumen and sorry for this thread. But it wasn't totally useless. Wiki should be edited how to add feature: QUOTE 1) Preferences -> Display -> Context Menu. Add "Reload Info from File(s)" command.
This post has been edited by dayslypper: Nov 9 2009, 03:23 |
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Nov 9 2009, 05:10
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 Group: FB2K Moderator Posts: 2796 Joined: 1-November 06 From: Cincinnati Member No.: 37036 |
When id3v1 and 1d3v2 tags aren't the same, foobar2000 will read and display the longer of the two value, with the assumption that the shorter value is clipped or damaged.
-------------------- Calmer than you are, Dude.
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Nov 9 2009, 11:07
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Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 19-October 08 Member No.: 60427 |
That's realy strange. I doubt that all of old ID3v1 were longer than newer ID3v2.
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Nov 9 2009, 14:51
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Group: Members Posts: 242 Joined: 16-September 06 Member No.: 35261 |
Don't know if it still works this way, but a couple of years ago, when I had both ID3v1 tags AND ID3v2 tags in files, foobar would default to reading the ID3v1 tags.
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....04&hl=garym I've long since removed all ID3v1 tags from all my files as most modern programs/players can deal with v2 tags. |
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Nov 16 2009, 23:20
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Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 13-February 08 Member No.: 51278 |
I have the same problem. Foobar (I'm using v0.9.6.8) keeps old tag data even if I do "Reload Info from file(s)". How is this possible? I've removed all tags using my own program (i've checked by MPEGAudioInfo and Winamp that there is no tags for sure), then I've added only ID3v2 tag with different (I've changed song title) and reduced (I've removed album title) info comparing to orginal tag. Foobar didn't update tag information at all - album title wasn't empty and there was old title. I've also tried to do the same removing Tag using Winamp. Same result. It seem to be a bug in foobar. Hope that this would be fixed in future...
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Nov 17 2009, 00:03
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 Group: FB2K Moderator Posts: 1494 Joined: 30-November 07 Member No.: 49158 |
What does fb2k show when the file is "clean", still any old tags? What's under file's Properties under "General > Tag Type"? Does your program update the last modified timestamp - that's how the changes are noticed, obviously?
-------------------- Full-quoting makes you scroll past the same junk over and over.
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Nov 17 2009, 03:32
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Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 13-February 08 Member No.: 51278 |
There was an APEv2 tag
 ' That clears up everything. Thank you for help. I didn't know that there are other than ID3v1/v2 tag formats used with MP3s.
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Nov 17 2009, 03:37
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Group: FB2K Moderator Posts: 2796 Joined: 1-November 06 From: Cincinnati Member No.: 37036 |
mp3 doesn't have an official tagging standard like mp4/aac or ogg/Vorbis or just about any other format. So any number of different "standards" (id3v1; id3v1.1; id3v2.2; id3v2.3; id3v2.4; APEv2) have been added to the format to try to compete to be the "de facto" mp3 tagging standard.
The "de facto" end result is basically a mess. 
This post has been edited by shakey_snake: Nov 17 2009, 03:44 -------------------- Calmer than you are, Dude.
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