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Topic: foobar2000 2.0 LYRICS tag issue (Read 526 times) previous topic - next topic
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foobar2000 2.0 LYRICS tag issue

After updating to foobar2k from 1.6.4 to 2.0, I noticed that the contents of the LYRICS tag in the files turned into "." Both mp3 and flac are affected. The problem is also present on a clean install.
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If I force a lyrics search and save to a tag, the tag overwrites and display correctly.
The tag settings in the "Advanced" tab seem to be identical, but it's obvious that something has changed in reading tags when changing versions.
What would you advise to do to return the correct reading of the tag as in the old version?

Re: foobar2000 2.0 LYRICS tag issue

Reply #1 –
Try to Shift+right click on files in playlist->Tagging->Reload info from files and see if it works. If it works, than you need to do this for all files. Make fb2k rescan media library or add all files in playlist and do "Reload Info" for all of them in one-go.

Re: foobar2000 2.0 LYRICS tag issue

Reply #2 –
Quote from: Bogozo on
Try to Shift+right click on files in playlist->Tagging->Reload info from files and see if it works. If it works, than you need to do this for all files. Make fb2k rescan media library or add all files in playlist and do "Reload Info" for all of them in one-go.
No, this is not the case. I even tried adding files to a separately installed clean version. They don't read correctly.
Obviously, the tag reading algorithm has changed in the new version and it is no longer compatible with the changes made by the previous one.
For example, ID3Tag reads that tag correctly. But foobar2000 doesn't see LYRICS until it overwrites them on its own. Of course, it will write down what he read there, i.e. ".", so that's not an option.

Re: foobar2000 2.0 LYRICS tag issue

Reply #3 –
Nevertheless, the problem was solved by updating the tags, but not through the context menu (this method did not give anything), but in the tag viewer window, in the Tools menu:
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After that, the tags are read correctly. I have selected all files in the playlist and applied this method.
It is still not clear why, when added to the library, the metadata are read somehow differently. But it seems that the problem was solved in this way. Maybe it will help someone else.
 

Re: foobar2000 2.0 LYRICS tag issue

Reply #4 –
Quote from: venturus on
Nevertheless, the problem was solved by updating the tags, but not through the context menu (this method did not give anything), but in the tag viewer window, in the Tools menu:
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After that, the tags are read correctly. I have selected all files in the playlist and applied this method.
It is still not clear why, when added to the library, the metadata are read somehow differently. But it seems that the problem was solved in this way. Maybe it will help someone else.

Thank you very much! I myself also have some custom multi-line tag fields having this problem after updating to 2.0. And it was also solved by this method.