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3rd Party Plugins - (fb2k) / Re: External Tags
Last post by Case -It seems that external tags can not be preserved when renaming files outside fb2k - except maybe in ADS? Have I understood correctly thatAlternate Data Stream is kept along with the file by the OS when possible. As long as the track stays on a file system where it's supported, it will follow the file. At least when using Explorer.
* Using SQL: linked to file name, lost if file is moved or renamed
* folder.tags: contains file name, lost if file is moved or renamed, but can be recovered by editing the file
* .tag file. Has same name as the media file, can be recovered by copying the filename manually
SQLite format is quite simple. There are tables for art and tags. You can use any SQLite browser to open the database and correct the path in the tables.
External APE tag is easy to manually repair too. Just rename or copy the file over.
Folder tag is the only one that isn't easy to manually alter.
But there has been this issue that foo_renamer does not rename over the .tag file if renaming also changes directoryI recall I improved things with foo_renamer. Have you still had issues?
Is this possible with external tags or not at all ? I am using the SQLite database, if that matters.Unfortunately the native Properties dialog doesn't call any of the External Tags component's code when it detects the referenced file is missing. Otherwise your idea should work in theory.