Well, I got some more information now.
The short story:
Converting Track01.ape to Ogg Vorbis:
- with MJ 8.0.320 and Ogg encoder plugin 2.0.40: tags are preserved
- with MJ 8.0.327 and Ogg encoder plugin 2.0.41: tags are removed
The long story:
I decided to give it a try on my work PC. This one still had build 320 (with Ogg encoder plugin 2.0.40) installed. I downloaded Track01.ape (see URL in my previous post), and converted it to Ogg Vorbis. Tags were still present in the target file, and all was well.
Then I upgraded the system to build 327 (with the Ogg encoder plugin 2.0.41). All was not well.
When I doubleclicked Track01.ape in the explorer to play it (MJ was open at that point), I got the message "please select files to play". I closed MJ, and doubleclicked Track01.ape again. This time MJ opened and play the file correctly.
I then proceeded to convert the file to Ogg again, and noticed another small bug: in the convert format dialog, the field "New Format" still showed "Ogg Vorbis VBR", and when I clicked "Change", it was set to Windows Media (note that "Ogg Vorbis VBR" is only valid for the previous version of the Ogg encoder, the new encoder doesn't have VBR in the name field).
Anyway, I started the conversion, and again the tags were gone from the target file.
I haven't tried MPC again, but maybe you could also try converting Track01.ape to MPC, and see if there is any difference in behaviour between build 320 and 327. Also, could you have a look at the problems I had converting the APE to MP3 and then from MP3 to OGG or MPC ?
System info for my work PC:
Media Jukebox PLUS 8.0.327
Install Path: E:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox\
CPU: Intel Pentium III 545 MHz MMX
Memory: Total - 129 MB, Free - 33 MB
OS: Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 (Build 2600)
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2600.0000
ComCtl32.dll: 6.00.2600.0000
Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2600.0000
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2600.0000
wnaspi32.dll: 4.71 (0001) , ASPI for Win32 DLL, Copyright © 1989-2002 Adaptec, Inc.
Aspi32.sys: 4.71 (0001)
I would appreciate if you would look into this issue and provide a solution. Thank you in advance.
Oh, I and almost forgot the most important part of my post:
* BUMP *