Hi

I have a few questions about foobar, mp3, and tagging!

ok

1. which tagging standard does foobar use (as default) to tag mp3 files?

2. if you have mp3 files with "ape tags", is there an easy way to convert them to "id3 tags"?

3. if you have mp3 files with "id3 tags", is there an easy way to convert them to "ape tages"?

1) Whatever you selected under: prefs --> input --> std input --> mp3 tag writting

2) If you use std names you can use case's TAG with --force id3

3) You can use case's TAG with --force ape2

IIRC, by default FB2K uses APEv2 and ID3v1 to tag MP3s.



Use Case's Tag with the --force id3 option.



Use Case's Tag with the --force ape2 option.

Edit: Rats, Jan S. beat me to it.

I got tag.exe and typed "tag filename.ext". this displayed the tags in the file. It displayed both ID3v1 and APEv2 tags.

When I play these mp3 files in PocketMVP on my PocketPC no tags are displayed?

Do you know why?

I thinks I have seen ppl having problems with some players if both ape and idv3 tags are present. Try removing the ape2 tags as we suggested.

I think it has something to do with the order in which the APE & ID3 tags are written. For instance the two commandlines:
tag --force ape2 --force id3
or
tag --force id3 --force ape2

I can't remember which one does which. All I know is that when I look at the files with Tag&Rename, some will display the ID3, but some won't. And reversing the order of the tags fixes the problem (it's not really a problem, let's call it a quirk

Have tried everything everyone has said here. Nothing worked