Suggestion: add support for FLAC tags in "multirename"
Posted: 03.01.2020, 05:48
FLAC has it's own native tagging system which is identical to that of Vorbis. They are called alternately "FLAC tags" and "Vorbis comments". It is the only tagging system required and guaranteed to be supported by FLAC implementations. These FLAC tags ARE NOT ID3 TAGS USED FOR MP3 FILES, but all the same fundamental fields present in MP3 tags (i.e. ID3v1 and ID3v2) are also present in FLAC tags.
==> I would like to suggest that support for the main FLAC-tag data fields be added to the dropdown list of fields available for "multirename", in order to be able to use it for a music collection of both MP3 and FLAC files like I do, which probably is not at all uncommon. In fact some users may only have FLAC or MP3, but supporting both tag types in "multirename" seems very useful.
I have recently made use of the incredibly powerful and easy-to-use "multirename" function. I used it to rename zillions of old pictures stored in many folders, taken by old iPhone cameras and DSLR cameras, renaming them to show camera name as well as shooting date/time, followed by the original image file name. This made the folder collections now finally usable. Renaming based on EXIF data fields is superbly useful.
I also used "multirename" to insert the 2-digit track number in front of thousands of MP3 files ripped years ago but without track number in the external file name (which was simply the track title). Thus when the folder (i.e. the album) was played, songs were played in pure alphabetical order by song title, rather than in the original track number sequence as found on the CD. Mass-renaming them to insert the 2-digit track number (in the MP3 tag) in front of the song title solved the problem.
I actually have the same issue of course for my own personal collection which has a mixture of both MP3 and FLAC files. I would like to rename all music files in my collection (currently about 7600, of which about 1800 are FLAC and the rest MP3) to force the track number into the high-order position of the external file name, precisely so that they would play back in CD-track sequence. But I can't use FCXE "multirename" as it only supports MP3 tags (i.e. ID3v1 and ID3v2).
==> Seems like a reasonably simple enhancement to add reading FLAC tags (i.e. Vorbis comments) and include the same main fields as are available for MP3.
Many thanks for an amazing product.
==> I would like to suggest that support for the main FLAC-tag data fields be added to the dropdown list of fields available for "multirename", in order to be able to use it for a music collection of both MP3 and FLAC files like I do, which probably is not at all uncommon. In fact some users may only have FLAC or MP3, but supporting both tag types in "multirename" seems very useful.
I have recently made use of the incredibly powerful and easy-to-use "multirename" function. I used it to rename zillions of old pictures stored in many folders, taken by old iPhone cameras and DSLR cameras, renaming them to show camera name as well as shooting date/time, followed by the original image file name. This made the folder collections now finally usable. Renaming based on EXIF data fields is superbly useful.
I also used "multirename" to insert the 2-digit track number in front of thousands of MP3 files ripped years ago but without track number in the external file name (which was simply the track title). Thus when the folder (i.e. the album) was played, songs were played in pure alphabetical order by song title, rather than in the original track number sequence as found on the CD. Mass-renaming them to insert the 2-digit track number (in the MP3 tag) in front of the song title solved the problem.
I actually have the same issue of course for my own personal collection which has a mixture of both MP3 and FLAC files. I would like to rename all music files in my collection (currently about 7600, of which about 1800 are FLAC and the rest MP3) to force the track number into the high-order position of the external file name, precisely so that they would play back in CD-track sequence. But I can't use FCXE "multirename" as it only supports MP3 tags (i.e. ID3v1 and ID3v2).
==> Seems like a reasonably simple enhancement to add reading FLAC tags (i.e. Vorbis comments) and include the same main fields as are available for MP3.
Many thanks for an amazing product.