Thanks, Alex B
Apparently the "Remove Tags" feature in only available in the Media Center program. The help file is based on Media Center's help and as you said, either this part of the help file is incorrect or the feature is missing by mistake.
I didn't think of that, but it makes sense.
However, even if it were available it would not do what you want. It removes the physical file tags from the files, but it does not alter the field values inside the database.
Trying to change the database entries was the very reason I wanted to remove the physical tags! I was hoping that after I removed the tags, the AutoUpdate would replace the database entries with blanks. I would then use my VBA program (written in MS Access) to replace the tags, which AutoUpdate would then read.
Actually, in here you can configure MJ12 to automatically reread and import externally changed file tags: "Update for external changes" (This might not work if use a tagger that preserves the old last modification dates.)
I have ticked the
Update for external changes box. It's excellent for when I move finished folders from my working drive into my Library drive, but it doesn't seem to notice the changes I make outside of MJ. My coded updates conform to the ID3 tag version 2.4.0 Specification at
http://www.id3.org/id3v2.3.0.txt, and MJ reads them without a problem. It's when I alter a tag externally that AutoUpdate re-writes the physical tag from the database, rather than the other way around. Just in passing, I've noticed that sometimes MJ writes the title in Unicode, sometimes not, but I haven't yet found out what criteria it uses. (My titles are all in standard ANSII.)
JRWorker.exe is mainly used for importing and building thumbnails in the background. The flashing CMD window problem is new to me. Perhaps some of your imported files start a badly behaving DirectShow filter, but that should not happen with internally supported formats. What file formats do you have?
Almost my first action was to disable the "Build thumbnails" option.
File types: I've ticked the "Default Formats" box. While debugging I chose
Tools > Options > File associations > Deselect All Types without any noticeable change. Currently I have only the
MPEG audio option ticked. I have Audio files only in the watched Folders (no video formats.)
The Tagging options I can live with, but the popup Command window is driving me nuts! In the 20- odd minutes I've been both typing this and verifying options I've been "blacked out" a dozen times. I can Restore the window (with Alt/Enter) if it persists for more than a few seconds, and in the merest fraction of a second before the window closes I can see a very brief lash of text. The first line appears to be:
Found 0 devices (devices will be listed below)That's about it.
I've verified that there's nothing selected in Options for HandHeld or Podcasts, and I'm out of ideas.
Thanks for helping.
Alan Carpenter