Sorry SteveG,
I'll try to make it a bit more clear.
1. If I use Convert Format on some APE files and have the files output to my Archos or to another location and then manually copy them to my Archos, they have ID3 tag info. However, there seems to be a problem with Convert Format where MC tries to overwrite the original file with the converted file.
2. I tried sending some APE files to my Archos using the CD, DVD, Handhelds method. I right-click an APE file and select CD, DVD, Handhelds and send the file(s) to my Archos. Then I open the CD, DVD, & Handhelds tree and select the icon of my Archos (also has drive letter H next to it). I show a list of all the files in the que waiting to be uploaded to my Archos. I select the options button in the lower right corner of MC in the upload files area. In the options I specify that I want to force file conversion during uploads. I'm converting from APE to MP3 VBR. After MC has uploaded the files to my Archos player, neither MC nor Archos can see any ID3 tag info in those files that were uploaded.
Hope this makes sense. Let me know.
Looks like you already put a reply on Kiwi's post that I was refering to.
Kiwi's post -
2nd, when I don't select the "update database" option, it attempts to over write my original file with the new one... with its name converted. So, Foo.ape is converted to foo.mp3, and then for some reason MC tries to copy Foo.mp3 back to Foo.ape.
Brian Palmer