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Re-laming to tag

I've lame'd a bunch of WAV to MP3 over time with no  regard to tagging.  Started thinking the
tags would come in handy now, and I know the proper flags to use with lame now.  But
if I actually run lame on an mp3 to create a new mp3 with tags -- is it possible I'll throw
away any more fidelity?  Am I using the wrong tool to tag?

I'm on Linux, BTW (Fedora).

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Reply #1 –
You don't want (or need) to do it that way. There are tools just for adding/changing tags. I don't personally know any Linux-specific tools, but wine+MP3Tag has worked well for me.
Kittens give Morbo gas.

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Reply #2 –
Quote from: bfc on
is it possible I'll throw away any more fidelity?
It's a certainty that you'll throw away more fidelity.

http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Transcoding

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Reply #3 –
No need to re-encode, causes extra loss anyway. Just have a look here http://easytag.sourceforge.net/ it's an easy way to change/add tags to existing mp3's causing no extra losses and it works on Linux
Stpuid questions do not exist.

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Reply #4 –
I second Easytag.

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Reply #5 –
thanks everyone, felt stupid for asking, but now that i know i would lose more bits, i'm glad i asked.
easytag yum'd right down, so i'll give it a try!

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Reply #6 –
Stupid questions do not exist, only stupid answers!
Stpuid questions do not exist.

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Reply #7 –
Quote from: cpchan on
I second Easytag.

Latest stable is very old, and dev is 2008. I mean, if it works, it works, but seeing how foobar2000 keeps updating the tagging code, it makes me nervous.

I recommend foobar2000 with the tagging component.

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Reply #8 –
The TC asked for a tagging option under Linux, and foobar2000 is only available for Windows.

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Reply #9 –
It works undet WInE just fine.
 

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Reply #11 –
Thanks, easytag is working fine, though i'd rather just run some commandlines which are a bit easier
to build up quickly.  I'll look at puddletag as well.

I don't mess with Wine much though it has helped me occasionally.