@Reason
right. but i can use qaac encoder to encode from flac to m4a (qaac encoder is encoder by apple, more accurate than standard aac encoder from ffmpeg, and also better than fdk_aac encoder)
unfortunately this wonderful encoder don't support conversion flac to m4a, so i need flac to wav, then wave to m4a. and on flac to wav with ffmpeg i lose tags. cause this i need mp3tag to copy all tgas from original flac and paste on converted m4a files (after wave to m4a with qaac encoder)
@Doug_Mackie
yes, understand. and thanks for explanation. and so i will remain with the original steps, select all files in current folder, copy all tags, go to target folder, again select all files, than finally paste all tags. sad, but always better to copy manually all tags, like my old app tag&rename do!
If you're willing to make the detour from one lossless format (FLAV) to another (WAVE) just to use QAAC, why not use a different lossless format (ALAC) instead of wave? I think you won't loose metadata on this way.
For FLAC to ALAC, for example, you could use fre:ac.
yea, maybe. but ALAC is big file for my backup, m4a is more lite and for me high audio quality.
also i think qaac encoder lose tag from ALAC to m4a: tried with wave to m4a (wave with tag) but after encoding wave to m4a with qaac no tag on final file
Currently, you're encoding FLAC to WAVE, which requires significantly more storage space than ALAC.
By the way, the m4a file suffix doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the encoder. Both ALAC and AAC are based on MPEG and use m4a as the suffix, with ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Coder) being lossless and AAC lossy.
I'm pretty sure QAAC doesn't drop the tags from lossless m4a (ALAC) to lossy AAC (m4a).
true. but i convert files wav to m4a immediately. m4a is for backup, wav just for conversion. also i've make bat file to convert into wav with ffmpeg and after wav to m4a (with qaac encoder), and delete all wav files!
qaac64 --alac "445.flac" ERROR: Not available input file format
unfortunately qaac encoder don't support flac to ALAC (do ALAC conversion, but no support from flac ...)
I never said that you can or should encode FLAC to ALAC with QAAC.
I merely suggested that you could replace the first step (FLAC to WAVE) with a FLAC-to-ALAC conversion, suggesting fre:ac as a possible software.
I think the loss of tags during the conversion to m4a is a problem with the software you are using.
I use dbPoweramp myself. I have tested using conversions from FLAC to aac (m4a) using the qaac encoder and the metadata remains intact. Same when converting from ALAC to aac. And this can be done directly without the intermediate step through a WAV conversion as well.
Rather than trying to create an action within mp3tag for a broken external process, perhaps an alternative converter that works is the better approach.
sure. dbPoweramp work great, without problem and convert flac to m4a with qaac encoder and keep tag and cover, as i already said in a previous post of mine
just idk how to dbPoweramp keep tag and cover while ffmpeg can't save cover. and qaac encoder loses both tag and cover ...!
what a mess. the best solution remains dbpoweramp or use the brilliant mp3tag to copy tags from flac to m4a files
I didn't see any previous post here that you have tried or are using dbPA. But if you have this tool already available that works, why are you trying so hard to point a square peg into a round hole?
because i love CLI and less automatic process ...! but well yu're right when i started the thread i didn't think it was hard thing to make a bat to automate the tag copying process
however thanks to amazing hydrogenaudio forum i've solved the direct conversion flac to m4 (direct, without wav step), also tag is added! just need to add into qaac encoder folder libFLAC.dll
now solved, but ... missing cover art in m4a files! shit
i've re-open this thread (leave Solution) because solved my issue flac to m4a from CLI, but can't solved copy tags from folder 1 to folder 2
if anyone has a good suggestion (again) for this, is welcome
So far you have not outlined a concept that would go
than copy&paste.
What would be the preconditions?
What would the workflow look like?
How should error conditions be met?
In which aspects would such a procedure be more convenient than the already required interaction with the program?
maybe you're right. sorry
my best goal is use bat file, trough your mp3tag tool (because only this tool can copy and paste all tags in batch from source folder to target folder) copy all tags from source and paste on target folder
so easy to open bat with notepad, add source and target folder, and bat file automates the whole process. this would be awesome
but i undertsand this forum is about mp3tag, and not about bat windows files
With ne already discussed tools it should be possible to define an output filename with a complete filename so that the converted files ends up in that folder.
In respect to MP3tag CLI, see the documentation:
There is currently no way to call an action a report or web source for further processing.
So you would be stuck with the GUI way again.
I think we can stop this discussion by now.