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Questions / Re: Custom tag not working in fields and sorting.
« on: July 13, 2021, 07:28:08 PM »
Oh that, sorry. But the problem is not gone even after removing it.
Ok, back to the drawing board then.
In your OP you stated 'it is not working'.
Could you specify what that means exactly?
And perhaps post your virtual formula and the custom tags it depends on?

As you can see, in the image I posted, inside the Red marker, instead of displaying the output, the whole formula is displayed, wheres it is working in the preview (inside green marker).

This is the formula:
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$IsNull(<Original Date>,$Date(<Year>,yyyy-MM-dd),$Date(<Original Date>,yyyy-MM-dd))

And it depends on the custom tag Original Date which replaces the tag "WWW Publisher".

Not only that it doesn't display the correct output in the field, it also doesn't sort correctly when I use it for sorting. For example when I set the following sorting order: 1: Album Artist, 2: Sort Original Date (it is the same formula above), the result sorting very wrong to what it is supposed to be.

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Questions / Re: Custom tag not working in fields and sorting.
« on: July 05, 2021, 07:48:20 PM »
There is not custom tag named "Date", I made one called "Original Date".
Ok, you created a virtual tag for it. Same difference…



Oh that, sorry. But the problem is not gone even after removing it.

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Questions / Re: Custom tag not working in fields and sorting.
« on: July 05, 2021, 06:57:01 PM »
By default any virtual tag will sort as a string. Try setting the field type in Preferences/Tags(2)/Configure Fields

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i see you are formatting the date so it should not matter, so i dont know why it would not sort correctly. Trying myself the sorting is working fine

I am sorting by "Album Artist/Sort Original Date" and tracks are not sorted properly according to the values I put in them.

Is it something wrong I am doing?

And how to display the date in the field?

Thanks

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Questions / Re: Custom tag not working in fields and sorting.
« on: July 05, 2021, 06:44:41 PM »
It is a custom tag. And it is shown working in the preview. If it isn't valid then it wouldn't work in the preview.
Maybe your custom tag 'Date' is conflicting with MB's internal Date function?
What happens if you name that custom tag Date2. (or anything else)

There is not custom tag named "Date", I made one called "Original Date".

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Questions / Re: Custom tag not working in fields and sorting.
« on: July 05, 2021, 06:43:51 PM »
It is a custom tag. And it is shown working in the preview. If it isn't valid then it wouldn't work in the preview.

"Original Date" isn't labeled in the "identifier" field as a custom definition, so are you saving it "to music file as tag" from the previous settings screen?

I set it as one of the WWW tags.

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Questions / Re: Custom tag not working in fields and sorting.
« on: July 04, 2021, 12:32:01 PM »
It is a custom tag. And it is shown working in the preview. If it isn't valid then it wouldn't work in the preview.

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Questions / Custom tag not working in fields and sorting.
« on: July 04, 2021, 12:07:36 PM »
Hi,

I've made a tag to use it in sorting and might use it to display in fields. It shows me that it is OK in preview, but when I want to use it doesn't work.



https://imgur.com/Ww8GKYX this is a link to the image since it is not showing here.

What is the problem, and how can I fix it?

Thanks

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If you mean raw *.aac files, that's probably where the issues lie.  There is no native tagging system for ADTS AAC, although some players/taggers allow "welding" ID3 tags in which may or may not be compatible with other players.  This can be solved by wrapping the AAC files into a M4A wrapper, which allows regular MP4 tagging.

I do the majority of my tagging through external taggers like Kid3 and Mp3tag which have easy options to delete all tags.  You can delete tags in MB with Tag Inspector but chances are it won't find any in the AAC--at least it didn't when I tried adding a cover image to an AAC via Mp3tag and checking it in MusicBee--because of adherence to standards.  Anyway, I recommend you check out one of the above mentioned taggers.

After stripping, you can wrap the AAC in a M4A wrapper with ffmpeg.exe using the following command line executed within a folder containing just the problem AAC's you wish to wrap:

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FOR %F IN (*.aac) DO C:\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe -i "%F" -codec copy "%~nF.m4a"
Change the path of ffmpeg to match yours.  After the M4A wrapper is applied, you can tag it easily with MusicBee.  The wrap process is lossless.  You could try wrapping them as-is without stripping and then seeing if they can be cleaned up later (ID3 removed, etc) but the results would be anybody's guess.

Thanks for the help.

I managed to wrap them in a M4A container using the line code given. After wrapping, all tags were removed automatically so I had to re-tag them again, and now the artwork works with these files finally.

I use MusicBee to tag because that is how I started, so I am used to it now. What are the advantages, other than being able to easily delete tags, for using those taggers?

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1.  What file types are they--flac, mp3, etc?

2.  What image type are you trying to import into the file?

3.  Do the images that don't show in MusicBee show in another player or external tagger (mp3tag, etc.)?

My guess, albeit not knowing the above yet, is that the tags are corrupted, in which case I would delete the entire ID3/Vorbis/MP4/Ape (as the case may be) set of tags, and re-tag them from scratch within MusicBee--no big deal with only 6 files.  If they are mp3 files, additionally run them through mp3val before re-tagging (http://mp3val.sourceforge.net/).

1. They are AAC files.
2. Image is JPEG.
3. I did not try another player.

How do I delete the entire set of tags and re-tag?

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Hi,

I have 6 files that always display this error. I tried different images, different locations, and different fixes and methods. The image does not display and when I import it, and when I go Edit > Artwork, an error is displayed saying :"A picture is corrupted, no longer exist or is in accessible."

Is there a fix for this problem?

Thanks

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@vincent kars Thanks. I did not know about different options of search. Now it works with the "+ Filename."

Why did the "search all fields" work for "flac" though?

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Testing a custom search works as expected. 
".Ext is mp3"

Right, I did not know about custom search. Thanks.

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Hi,

In my library there are mp3, m4a, and flac files. When I type "mp3", and "m4a" in search field, however, no results show. That is not the case for "flac", which does show results.

What is the reason for this? And how to show results?

Thanks

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Questions / Tracks Analysis and Replay Gain...
« on: January 24, 2021, 08:53:37 PM »
Hi,

If I analyze tracks, will it only write the tracks' gain in the tags, or will it, also, change the gain they are played on? If write tags only, how can I play the adjusted gain?

My question maybe not be understandable because I did not yet comprehend the whole gain concept and how to apply it.

Thanks

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Questions / Re: Are custom tags temporary?
« on: November 24, 2020, 07:58:25 AM »
If the latter, I suggest using a second custom tag to copy them into the files (just to be sure there's no data lost in the process).
You can also save them to any currently unused tag (assuming you will never need it for its original purpose.) I use "WWW Copyright", WWW Commercial Info", etc.


Thanks I will consider this.

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