Author Topic: m4a tag not read properly  (Read 6158 times)

Fabio

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i have m4a music files which show the correct tags in windows explorer but not in MuscBee 

Steven

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can you PM me a link to a zip of one of the files

Fabio

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here it is

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Last Edit: June 11, 2016, 02:19:11 PM by Steven

Steven

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i have no problems with the file you sent.
Which version of MB are you using and if its not v3, then i suggest you get the latest from the downloads page

Fabio

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i have 3.0.6004, i have installed the new version today... what may the problem be? do you have any suggestion of others things for me to check? i have Windows10

Steven

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the only suggestion i have is to rescan the file(s) using right click/ Send To/ Rescan File

Fabio

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no luck... i have just tried. also, i opened the Tag Inspector (right click->edit->tag Inspector) and the RATING name is not there, while i can see it for other m4a files.. 

redwing

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Maybe rating of that file is stored in the database only. Do you have "store ratings in the music file" option ticked under Preferences> Tags (1)? If not, tick that option, restart MB, change rating of the track, and check with tag inspector again.

Fabio

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yes, that option is ticked. the fact is that the file was tagged with another software (Tag&Rename), and i can see the tag on Windows Explorer, but not in MusicBee. this is driving me crazy. I really like MusicBee and this is the only problem i am having, but it is stopping me from moving fully to MB, since i have a huge collection of pre-tagged music and i am losing the tags of many songs.. what tags can you see in your MB for that file?

redwing

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The program seems to have export function. You could export rating of those tracks to a csv file from that program and then import those values into MB using Additional Tagging Tools plugin: http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=9149.0

I don't know what rating scheme that program uses. You might need to convert those values to MB's rating scheme (0-255).

boroda

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actually mb supports both rating schemes: 0-5 and 0-255, i.e. if rating is not greater than 5 on writing rating then rating is multiplied by 20.

Fabio

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i have tried the Additional Tagging Tools and it works well. Problem solved for now. Thanks for your help and thanks for developing MusicBee!!

yin

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Sorry to bump this old thread but I'm going through the same thing.

Imported a few m4a files and even though windows explorer shows them as having metadata, musicbee won't. I tried re-scanning, updating musicbee (currently it's in version 3.1.6585) and even auto-tagging using using the filename - nothing happens. If I try renaming the music manually I get an error saying "Validation failed after attempting to save file".

I checked the files and the "read only" option is turned off.

Steven

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PM me a link to one of the files and i will have a look

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