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[codenx]

Hey Folks,

I'm using JRiver MC 20 on Mac. I tried editing the tags of a mp3 file using JRiver, all the changes get saved except for the "Language" tag. I wrote "eng" for Language but when I look at the file in a hex editor I dont see the language tag saved. I was looking for TLAN according to ID3v2 spec, but dont see it. This is what I see at the top of the file:

Note that I dont see TLAN. This looks like a bug in JRiver. Any suggestion how to fix or workaround this? Thanks!

0000000: 4944 3303 0000 0000 1f76 5449 5432 0000  ID3......vTIT2..
0000010: 002b 0000 0053 6869 7661 7265 6520 676f  .+...Shivaree go
0000020: 6f64 6e69 6768 7420 6d6f 6f6e 2028 2861  odnight moon ((a
0000030: 7564 696f 706f 6973 6b2e 636f 6d29 0054  udiopoisk.com).T
0000040: 5045 3100 0000 0a00 0000 5368 6976 6172  PE1.......Shivar
0000050: 6565 0054 5045 3200 0000 0a00 0000 5368  ee.TPE2.......Sh
0000060: 6976 6172 6565 0054 414c 4200 0000 1000  ivaree.TALB.....
0000070: 0000 476f 6f64 6e69 6768 7420 4d6f 6f6e  ..Goodnight Moon
0000080: 0054 434f 4e00 0000 0700 0000 4f74 6865  .TCON.......Othe
0000090: 7200 5052 4956 0000 0011 0000 4176 6572  r.PRIV......Aver
00000a0: 6167 654c 6576 656c 005d 1b00 0050 5249  ageLevel.]...PRI
00000b0: 5600 0000 0e00 0050 6561 6b56 616c 7565  V......PeakValue
00000c0: 00ff 7f00 0043 4f4d 4d00 0000 0d00 0000  .....COMM.......
00000d0: 0000 0000 456e 676c 6973 6800 5458 5858  ....English.TXXX
00000e0: 0000 0017 0000 0041 6c62 756d 2041 7274  .......Album Art
00000f0: 6973 7400 5368 6976 6172 6565 0054 5858  ist.Shivaree.TXX
0000100: 5800 0000 1800 0000 546f 6f6c 204e 616d  X.......Tool Nam
0000110: 6500 4d65 6469 6120 4365 6e74 6572 0000  e.Media Center..

[codenx]

bump Anyone from JRiver dev team?

[Arindelle]

Not a developer but maybe this will help ..

The language tag field is not set to write to disk by default.  To do so go to Options=>Library&Folders=>Manage Library Fields.

Find the language field and check the box save in file tags if possible. As long as the file container will support it, the fields you check this option box will be written to the file.

If this works for you; you can select all the tracks that have not been embedded in the file by selecting them right click=>Library Tools=>Update Tags from Library.

Custom calculation fields can't be written to the file, for info. Why not just do a tag dump from the tag window? a hex reader is pretty difficult to read.  I don't have a mac, but it should work the same way. You click on the info to the right of the album art in the tag window on a couple of the tracks.

[codenx]

Thanks for the suggestion, that was indeed the issue. After enabling "save to file" for the Language Tag I now see the tag getting saved. But it does seem to use the right code. FLAC is saved as "Language", which seems correct. But MP3 is also saved as "Language" when I was expecting "TLAN", according to ID3v2 spec. Is there a setting for this?

Also thanks for the tip about looking at the tag by clicking on the info next to the album, sure make it easier