Is there a way to compare all the info on two different files? I use Audio Station on my Synology drive and in a mix album, one song out of the twenty is broken out as a separate 'album'. I cannot find why this is happening since the readily available song info is the same. I assume Audio Station is…

MP3tag does not compare the tag content of 2 different files. MP3tag does not (really) look at the audio/video part of a file. [image] How to check files for errors? Howto It’s required and often helps to reduce support cycles to check files for errors before…

Thanks for the speedy reply! Will check out MP3 Diags. I'm not clear why you mention the 'audio/video part of a file'. I assume the difference is in some tag. I converted all the music tracks from MP3 to FLAC so I can't imagine that it is something in the one audio track.

[image] kenjaz: I converted all the music tracks from MP3 to FLAC I'm just curious: Why do you convert your sound from the lossy format MP3 to the lossless format FLAC?

[image] kenjaz: Is there a way to compare all the info on two different files? There is no action or scripting function that compares information from one file to another. But the tag panel has drop-down menus that show all the different contents for a field, in all selected files. If all s…

There is no way to directly compare tags of tracks. But there is a method I use when this has happened. Open all 20 of the album songs in mp3tag Select all songs In the tag panel you can check for all fields that should be the same, typically Album, AlbumArtist, Year, TotalTracks, TotalDiscs, and …

Whoops, how’s that for timing?

I am a novice at understanding the reality of this stuff at 74, but isn't lossless better sounding than lossy?

If you convert your music from a high quality source (like a physical CD) directly to FLAC, then the answer is YES. But if you convert a "crappy bad quality" MP3 to FLAC you still get a "crappy bad quality" FLAC in the end (sorry for the term...) Converting from a lossy format to a lossless format…

Lyrics Lover: Thanks. Got it. I thought that the FLAC conversion did some internal magic… ryeman and MotleyG: Thanks. Did that and every category checks out. No issues. So it must be something else. It may just be some fluke in Audio Station… I appreciate all the help! I think that the fine app MP…

If you like, you can show us a screenshot** from the one track that is broken out as a separate album. Then please show us the same screenshot** from one of the 19 correctly grouped tracks. ** Load both tracks into Mp3tag and press ALT + T or press the menu View -> Extended Tags for each of them. …

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ohrenkino August 9, 2022, 8:16am 2

MP3tag does not compare the tag content of 2 different files.
MP3tag does not (really) look at the audio/video part of a file.

Shows links to tools that also look at the audio part. Perhaps you find something there.