A bug, a request and a question

[Thain]

I've recently tried the trial of Mp3Tag v1.9.2, and have a few comments:

• The new danish translation is not very good. I've requested access at Crowding to fix it. I have a LOT of previous experience translating apps into danish.

• I would like to request that variables can be localized. It is confusing to have variables refer to fields that doesn't exist, as the latter are localized but the former is not.

• Why does the / character in filenames get converted to a : character? Is it due to the folder support? I'd really prefer that not to be the case.

• I really really don't understand the "Filename - Tag" dialog, to the extend I think it isn't working as expected. I assume it should pull the Filename string, let me modify it, and then let me choose an output field to add this string to. At least that's what the menu refers to ("Convert: filename to tag") and the dialog name ("Filename to tag"), but that isn't what the dialog actually does.

• The string next to the input field says "Formatstring" which I assume means "String format". Then it defaults to %Title%, but that seems to be the location, and not the string format?
• If I remove everything from the input field, or write "%Title%any-string" I would assume the string (Eg. "Formatstring") would then either be null or my new custom string, but that appears not to be the case, as I can't press the Convert button. This seems again to suggest that the field is output location and not "Formatstring"..
• If I then write "%Title%/any-string"(Notice the dash character), it pulls the string from the Album variable and wants to add it to the Title field? How does that make sense?
• Overall I really think the first four options under the Convert menu could be one single dialog, with a single input string based on variables and strings, a selectable output field, and with the option to append a string (eg. track number). As it is now it is really confusing.

[Florian]

@Thain

The new danish translation is not very good. I've requested access at Crowding to fix it. I have a LOT of previous experience translating apps into danish.

I've added you to the translation project! Many thanks for your interest in improving the Danish translation.

@Thain

I would like to request that variables can be localized.

This is unfortunately not planned.

@Thain

Why does the / character in filenames get converted to a : character? Is it due to the folder support? I'd really prefer that not to be the case.

Can you provide some details on where you observe this?

@Thain

I really really don't understand the "Filename - Tag" dialog

I think this section in the documentation explains it, please let me know if it's still unclear.

Rename Files and Import Tags from Files

Mp3tag provides a variety of possibilities to get tag information from parts of the filename or to rename files based on the information stored in the tag of a file. The base concept behind all converters in Mp3tag is the format string, which describes a pattern or template of a filename. A format string consists of any characters and predefined placeholders or scripting functions. Every placeholder begins with the percent sign %, followed by a tag field name and ends with the percent sign. …

It's possible that you'd expect a feature like this to work differently, but please understand that this is how it's implemented in this app.

It's especially crucial to familiarise yourself with the concepts of the app if you plan to contribute to the localisation.