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NBG

Jul 15 2006, 05:52

Hi,

i convert a mp3 like this:

lame.exe -b 96 1.mp3 result.mp3

1.mp3 has an id3-tag, but result got no one, why?!

I know Lame can add those tags:

http://lame.sourceforge.net/doc/html/id3.html

But why does it remove them while converting?

Sebastian Mares

Jul 15 2006, 06:28

If it does not write them to the destination file, it doesn't mean that it removes them. If you want to preserve tags, use foobar2000.

NBG

Jul 15 2006, 16:02

QUOTE(Sebastian Mares @ Jul 15 2006, 06:28)

If it does not write them to the destination file, it doesn't mean that it removes them. If you want to preserve tags, use foobar2000.

It don't means but it seams hm?

I know foobar2000, but i need the lame.exe as background for an application (not possible with foobar2000).

So i must read out the id3-tags BEFORE i convert and send them as parameters to the lame.exe?

http://lame.sourceforge.net/doc/html/id3.html

grommet

Jul 15 2006, 16:18

That is correct. LAME does not have ID3 tag reading capability. It also has very limited support for writing ID3... just the basic tags.

arpeggio

Jul 15 2006, 16:22

-- never mind --

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NeoRenegade

Jul 15 2006, 18:07

Please read before replying.

Foobar, and afaik, ALL2LAME and Multi Frontend (the latter two requiring TAG.EXE) should all be able to copy tags when transcosing/reencoding.

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