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Topic: PyMusique + foobar == DEATH (Read 1965 times) previous topic - next topic
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PyMusique + foobar == DEATH

So, very recently DVD Jon and a few others released a utility called PyMusique - apparently, iTMS files are not DRM'ed until iTunes itself slaps some tags on them- it's done client side. PyMusique skips this step. Finally, I can maybe use that $30 gift certificate to iTMS that I got for christmas

Problem is, though, that if one tries to tag these files in foobar, foobar kinda kills them, and can't play them anymore. If you use iTunes to open and tag them, foobar is capable of seeing the updates made inside of iTunes, but still kills them if editing them itself. After tag edits in foobar, iTunes is also no longer capable of playing the file back either.  I have placed an (ahem) example file up for examination- this is exactly as PyMusique retrieves it. This one has been tagged by iTunes with track/artist/album/tracknumber info.

foobar also fails when you try to extract the .aac track from the mp4 container or any of the other mp4 actions.

PyMusique + foobar == DEATH

Reply #1 –
ok, so the solution seems to be to "scrub" the files with jHymn. they work fine after this.