Just looked at this on some tracks I recently did a 'remove all tags', 'add tags from library'. Best I can tell there are no individual options to set v1 vs v2 tags and it still does what you are talking about above. It still writes the v1 tag and truncates it. Don't see a way to disable v1 tag updating so you could manage those via a separate program, or a way to view/edit v1 and v2 tags separately in MC>
Actually, you can set the ID3v1 and ID3v2 tag saving options separately in Plug-in Manager > Input > MP3 Plugin > Configure.
The ID3v1 options are:
- Save (create if necessary)
- Save (if file has existing ID3v1 tag)
- Don't Save (ignore existing)
- Don't Save (remove existing)
The ID3v2 options are:
- Save (create if necessary)
- Save (if file has existing ID3v2 tag)
- Don't Save (ignore existing)
- Don't Save (remove existing)
For example, it is possible to save ID3v1 first and then change the plug-in options and save different ID3v2.