An argument against tag-centric music players
Reply #19 –
I'm also paranoid about getting files corrupted while they are being tagged. That's what i usually do
0) i written a simple export script for mp3tag which exports filename and md5 for audio part to .csv file
$filename(md5list.csv,ansi)
$loop(%_folderpath_rel%)
$loop(%_filename_ext%)%_filename_ext% %_md5audio%
$loopend()$loopend()
So then when i want to tag a bunch of files
1) running this script on bunch of files i am going to tag and saving resulting .csv file as before.csv
2) making a backup of files i am going to tag
3) tagging them with mp3tag (or any other tool)
4) running the script on bunch of files i tagged and saving resulting .csv file as after.csv
5) if before.csv is bit-identical with after.csv (it's easy to check with total commander) then deleting backup of files otherwise investigating what's changed
6) now you can rename files with mp3tag if needed
Something like this. Totally paranoid i know ;-)