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Originally posted by crapfromthepast crapfromthepast wrote:

I run Windows. I use a free program called Mp3tag to take care of all my tagging.

You can literally copy and paste tags from file to file. It will even do it in batches, for a group of files. I do
this all the time when I convert from one format to another. You can put flac (or mp4) in the same directory or a
different directory, open the two directories in Mp3tag at the same time, sort by file type (so that the subgroups are
in the same order), and copy-and-paste just like MSWord.

You can also read specific tags in from an external file, which is handy if you have a track listing from somewhere
else and don't want to type everything in. You can also run some routines that fix the capitalization of everything,
or replace & with And, or replace commas, question marks, and exclamation points with nothing. And so forth.

Mp3tag. And it's free.


OK, I've downloaded the software.

It seems I've isolated the problem files to anything I updated between May and June 2020 (which is still a ton of
files--over 2000 of them). How can I get MP3Tag to just find those particular files to get the tags?

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Originally posted by sriv94 sriv94 wrote:


It seems I've isolated the problem files to anything I updated between May and June 2020 (which is still a ton of
files--over 2000 of them). How can I get MP3Tag to just find those particular files to get the tags?


Is it possible to sort by date modified and just highlight those with those dates, and then drag and drop them into MP3Tag?

Also, try dragging the WAV files you created into MP3Tag and see if the WAV files have tags. Are you sure the tags didn't convert as well?

If they don't, then Ron is right, you should be able to use MP3Tag to copy a batch of tags from the iTunes files to your new WAV files, possibly even all of them at once. However, I think your m4a and WAV files will need to be
in exactly the same order as each other when they're in MP3Tag. But MP3Tag sorts them alphabetically by file name, so if your WAV files have the same file names as your original iTunes files, you should be good.

So try it:

Drag and drop a few m4a files into MP3Tag. Then highlight all the files by hovering your cursor over the list of files and hitting CONTROL and the letter A on your keyboard. Now right click on your mouse and select "Tag Copy" in
the menu that pops up.

Then press the Delete key to delete the files from MP3Tag. (This does not delete the files themselves.)

Next, drop the WAVs of those same songs into MP3Tag. Check to see that they're in the same order from top to bottom -- they should be, if the file names are the same as the m4a files. Again, select all the WAVs with CONTROL-A,
then right-click and select "Tag Paste." Finally, press the "Save" button in the upper left. This should have pasted the iTunes tags into your WAV files.

Can't guarantee it'll work, but it's worth a shot.




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Copying the files into WavePad does remove the tags, unfortunately (since my copy is a free version that
doesn’t allow me to save M4As as M4As—I have to save them as WAVs then convert them in iTunes—and some
tags [like artwork] don’t save in WAV files).

I’m en route to my office, so I’ll give your suggestion a try upon my arrival.    

Thx, Brian!

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That worked like a charm. Thx, Brian!
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Originally posted by eriejwg eriejwg wrote:

Hi Doug,

I've used Virtual DJ for years now. To eliminate the issue
you're having, open Virtual DJ and click on settings at
the top right part of your screen. Once settings is open,
type AutoCue. Change the setting from Skip Silence to No.


I'm glad this original topic was posted as "Off topic."

I was using PCDJ Red up until I quit the business of DJing. It was a simple program, or "App" if you will. I always liked the simplicity of it and the fact that despite all
the inherent problems with Windows back then, it seemed to perform without issue. I haven't looked much into Virtual DJ, but gather it is a lot like the newest versions of PCDJ.
Add to the fact that I could keep all the actual music on a separate drive, and swap out a drive in a pinch. (Back when solid state hard drives cost more than my house.)

I have to admit, when DJ software started taking off online, it all began to look the same. I never looked into Tractor, but heard it was pretty good too.
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