* For files referenced by a tags file: how to make the media library see "only one copy"?
* Is there a way to quickly scan for orphans?

I think I have found a bug in the component.

I have some albums whose tracks are in separate FLAC files named as "[tracknumber] Title.flac"

As the square brackets are special JSON character, I understand I should escape them with \[ or \]. This works when escaping the quotation marks (\"), but when the square brackets are escaped, foobar2k hangs when adding the m-tags file.

According to the JSON specifications, these characters should be automatically escaped as long as they are inside a string (i.e. enclosed by quotation marks), but that's not the case with foo_tags. I've even tried escaping with unicode character codes (\u005b and \u005d for [ and ]), but foobar still couldn't see my tracks.

Can anyone confirm?

"TEST" : "test\\[01] title.flac"

* For files referenced by a tags file: how to make the media library see "only one copy"?

Genre / Style : $if($strstr(%filename_ext%,.tags),%<genre>%)|$if($strstr(%filename_ext%,.tags),[%<style>%])
Artist : $if($strstr(%filename_ext%,.tags),$if3(%<artist>%,%<album artist>%,'('Unknown Artist')'))

Genre : $if($greater(%filesize%,100000),%<genre>%)
Album Artist : $if($greater(%filesize%,100000),$if3(%<album artist>%,%<artist>%,'('Unknown Artist')'))

* Is there a way to quickly scan for orphans?

So how can we currently do to find orphans ? (.tags files that don't point to the right files anymore)

Quote from: Semyon on 2016-10-30 08:21:08

Hello!

I have a problem with streams. Tags are not displayed dynamically. They are fixed by. that are written in the m-tag file. Is it possible to show the values from the file when the stream is not running and display tags from stream when it is launched?

Yes it is. I already responded to this, but, in order to save you time, here is how:

You have create a "shadow" set of tags. For example, if the TITLE metadata is subject to change dynamically, do NOT create an m-TAGS file with that tag. Rather, use something like DEFAULT_TITLE (it could be the station name). Then use $if2(%TITLE%,%DEFAULT_TITLE%) to display the dynamic information when available and the m-TAGS value when not. If you use ColumnsUI, for example, the above is what you would write in the Column/Display field. And don't forget to make DEFAULT_TITLE and not TITLE the Linked Meta Field for online editing!!!

Please note that dynamic technical tags (non-metadata tags, like dynamic bit rate, etc.) are always transparently relayed by m-TAGS.

Hello!

I have a problem with streams. Tags are not displayed dynamically. They are fixed by. that are written in the m-tag file. Is it possible to show the values from the file when the stream is not running and display tags from stream when it is launched?

Maybe somebody with the right skills could write a script that would :
- Scan recursively a directory for .tags files
- Scan every .tags file for all the "@" fields
- Look for the corresponding media files in the same directory as the .tags file
- If a given media file seems to be missing (either because it has been deleted or because its physical name has been changed), just add its path to a log that will be produced at the end of the scan

# Set this to $true if you want the script to print successfully-located
# files in green. Useful to check that the script is working properly,
# but will make it harder to figure out which files are broken.
$showLocatedFiles = $false

# Find all !.tags files in the folder hierarchy starting in the current directory.
ls -rec "!.tags" | % {
  # Save a reference to the parent directory of each !.tags file.
  $parent = $_.Directory
  # Extract the relative filenames of each source file.
  gc -literal $_ | jq -r '.[] | .\"@\"' | `
  # Turn these into full paths, and drop the | suffix for *.cue files.
  % {"$parent\$(($_ -split "\|")[0])"}} | `
  % {
    if (test-path -LiteralPath $_) {if ($showLocatedFiles) {write-host -ForegroundColor Green $_}}
    else {write-host -ForegroundColor Red $_}
}

And I go in the panel Biography I have in real time also the cover of the artist that at that time the radio is airing. With m-tags, unfortunately I can't get the same result.

Quote from: ApacheReal on 2019-03-06 10:32:37

And I go in the panel Biography I have in real time also the cover of the artist that at that time the radio is airing. With m-tags, unfortunately I can't get the same result.

This works fine for me with m-TAGs tagged internet radio and the Biography 1.0.1 by WilB (for Spider Monkey Panel) - when there are dynamic title/artist updates, it shows biography and artist pictures. (Not album covers, but nor do I know a station that streams album titles).

So I think the problem is not m-TAGs. Make sure you have not tagged title/artist fields, otherwise they cannot be dynamic.

Cheers