Monkey is removing all tags.
This occurs with compression from .wav to .ape or .mp3. It also occurs with conversion from .ape to .mp3.
How can I get monkey to retain all the tags?
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Have you tagged your WAVE files with APEv2? This is not usual practise, and it's not surprising that an application would just ignore them.
I expect that foobar 0.83 would let you do what you want, but I doubt 0.9 will, as it adheres to standards more strictly.
I expect that foobar 0.83 would let you do what you want, but I doubt 0.9 will, as it adheres to standards more strictly.
QUOTE(Synthetic Soul @ Jun 25 2006, 09:54) 
Have you tagged your WAVE files with APEv2? This is not usual practise, and it's not surprising that an application would just ignore them.
I expect that foobar 0.83 would let you do what you want, but I doubt 0.9 will, as it adheres to standards more strictly.
The tags on the .WAVs were created by EAC&LAME. However, the problem is definately with Monkey since any combination of compression or conversion using Monkey strips the tags--any version of tag, and all information. My solution for getting the tags back is to use foobar--v0.92 works just fine. But I don't want to have to copy tag info back to the .APEs after their creation.
QUOTE(lllusion @ Jun 25 2006, 10:22)
The tags on the .WAVs were created by EAC&LAME.
I did not know you could use LAME to tag Wave files.
QUOTE(krmathis @ Jun 25 2006, 10:47)
QUOTE(lllusion @ Jun 25 2006, 10:22)
The tags on the .WAVs were created by EAC&LAME.
I did not know you could use LAME to tag Wave files.
Uh, er... (backstep) tags on .mp3s.
... Anyway, problem still exists: tags on .APEs get stripped when converting to .MP3 using Monkey.
You are confused. At least we got there in the end. 
Monkey's Audio GUI is a simple converter. To retain tags when transcoding use foobar or dbPowerAmp.
Monkey's Audio GUI is a simple converter. To retain tags when transcoding use foobar or dbPowerAmp.
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