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Title: Replace files but not syncing all tag fields: possible?
Post by: MarkCoutinho on December 31, 2020, 06:50:30 am: Hi all,

I've got some mp3's that are missing the contents of a certain field. A friend of mine has the same mp3's but he does have this certain field filled.
Is it possible to overwrite my mp3's with his whilst keeping my original tags BUT adding the tag of his 'certain field'?
Hope it's clear what I mean... :-)
Title: Re: Replace files but not syncing all tag fields: possible?
Post by: MarkCoutinho on January 03, 2021, 09:38:36 am: Quote from: MarkCoutinho on December 31, 2020, 06:50:30 am
Hi all,

I've got some mp3's that are missing the contents of a certain field. A friend of mine has the same mp3's but he does have this certain field filled.
Is it possible to overwrite my mp3's with his whilst keeping my original tags BUT adding the tag of his 'certain field'?
Hope it's clear what I mean... :-)

Bump...
Title: Re: Replace files but not syncing all tag fields: possible?
Post by: zybex on January 03, 2021, 10:14:21 am: You'll probably need to import both files, merge the labels into one of them (manually?), then delete the other.
Title: Re: Replace files but not syncing all tag fields: possible?
Post by: MarkCoutinho on January 03, 2021, 10:27:55 am: Thanks for your suggestion, but I'd rather not have to do this manually...
I hope there is a way to automate this one way or another.
Anyone else?
Title: Re: Replace files but not syncing all tag fields: possible?
Post by: zybex on January 03, 2021, 12:07:24 pm: To automate this kind of task, you may want to take a look at DataFiddler on the SwagOfTools:
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,106802.0.html

You'll still need to import both files, but you can then create a script to automate the merging of tags. You can even script the full cycle: import -> merge -> delete the copy.

This however has a steep learning curve... it's worth learning it if you plan on having to do this many times and/or for many files. For a one-time thing, maybe it's easier to do it manually (you can copy/paste file tags into Excel and massage it there).

Another automation alternative is MCUtils, if you're fluent in Perl:
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,100449.0.html

AFAIK there's nothing native in MC that you can use to automatically merge the tags from 2 files.
Title: Re: Replace files but not syncing all tag fields: possible?
Post by: MarkCoutinho on January 03, 2021, 12:11:59 pm: Thanks again, Zybex! I'll have a look at that SwagOfTools and keep my fingers crossed :-)
Title: Re: Replace files but not syncing all tag fields: possible?
Post by: wer on January 03, 2021, 12:33:11 pm: Quote from: MarkCoutinho on January 03, 2021, 10:27:55 am
, but I'd rather not have to do this manually...

It's not a burden I'd sympathize with when it's a couple of clicks that can be one all at once.

Import his files, select them all, hit Ctrl-C, then select your files and do a paste tags with only the tag you want selected. Done.
Title: Re: Replace files but not syncing all tag fields: possible?
Post by: MarkCoutinho on January 04, 2021, 02:12:52 am: Brilliant!
Exactly what I was looking for.
Was a bit of searching at the beginning as this option cannot be found under the right-click options. But it is in the main menu.

Many thanks!
Title: Re: Replace files but not syncing all tag fields: possible?
Post by: wer on January 04, 2021, 02:26:19 am: It actually is in the right click menu, in addition to the Edit menu of the top menubar. It's on the Edit Command sub-menu of the right click menu.

Make sure you have your source files and target files in the exact same order, and the same number of files must be selected for the copy and the paste. There is no validation.

Glad to help. Have fun...