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tagging issues - FLAC to MP3 transcode

I'm trying to use the commandline encoder to transcode from FLAC to MP3.

The problem I'm running into is the FLAC files have vorbis tags and when foobar transcodes to mp3 it seems it is converting the tags to id3v1 so some of the tags get truncated.

Is there some way to get foobar to convert to id3v2 tags instead?

I've tried the following string -V 2 --vbr-new --id3v2-only --pad-id3v2 --ta "%a" --tt "%t" --tl "%g" --ty "%y" --tn "%n" %s %d

but the encode fails.

Sorry if this isnt foobar specific, wasnt sure if it was a foobar issue or a LAME issue.

tagging issues - FLAC to MP3 transcode

Reply #1 –
You're using LAME commandline-options to tag the files. Instead of doing that, you can just tell foobar2000 to tag the files.

1. Set up foobar2000 to use ID3v2 tagging. (You might need to install foo_id3v2.)

2. Use this as your string: -V 2 --vbr-new - %d

3. Select Tag: "default".

tagging issues - FLAC to MP3 transcode

Reply #2 –
The reason your command line is failing is because you are using EAC placeholders - e.g.: %a, %t, etc.!

You can tag from the command line, I do it, so that I can control the tags that are copied.

It should work with:

-V2 --vbr-new --id3v2-only --pad-id3v2 --ta "%artist%" --tt "%title%" --tl "%album%" --ty "%date%" --tn "%tracknumber%" - %d

However, as kjoonlee says, the easiest way is to just let foobar do it.
I'm on a horse.

tagging issues - FLAC to MP3 transcode

Reply #3 –
Yes, using %variables% works with the commandline encoder.

However, I'm not sure if foobar2000 will leave the ID3v2 tags alone in that case. I guess it depends on what you choose from the "Tag:" dropdown list, and what you choose from the "Tag type to write:" dropdown list.

tagging issues - FLAC to MP3 transcode

Reply #4 –
Hmm... good point.

With Diskwriter you scan set Tag to "none".  With Converter you don't get that option.

That's a real shame as far as I am concerned.
I'm on a horse.

tagging issues - FLAC to MP3 transcode

Reply #5 –
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You can tag from the command line, I do it, so that I can control the tags that are copied.

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Thanks for help, thats the exact reason I want to do it from the command line.

So it sounds like with the new .90 betas you dont get the option to not have foobar tag the files? If that is the case I really hope they rethink that.

tagging issues - FLAC to MP3 transcode

Reply #6 –
Well, you can select all converted tracks, bring up the properties info window, and Remove all tags except the ones you want to keep. Very easy.

0.9 also has a masstagger action for "Remove all except for": artist;title;album;tracknumber;genre;disc;date. You can customize that list.

tagging issues - FLAC to MP3 transcode

Reply #7 –
I have v0.9 beta 10 and when I edit a custom preset there's the option
[ ] Write tags after encoding
So the option is still there, but with a different name.