[F] Multiple values in tags: duplicate values appear -- and reappear . .

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#1

I posted this on another forum, but it seems more appropriate here because it looks like an actual bug. It is related to some issues people have been having with multiple values in tags. Perhaps they should be disallowed because of the ambiguity surrounding their use, not that there aren't already enough headaches with id3v2.x, but . . .

The issue is that mp3tag won't allow corrections to stick with wma artist tags that have multiple values (\\ separator) and sometimes incorrectly duplicates them: when duplicated, then they can be cleared only when all the values are cleared, but the duplicates reappear next time the multiple values are added again. Here is the earlier post:
Splitting multiple entries in a Tag value

(btw, thanks for the great program. it's hard to find a program that deals consistently with multiple values in tags. e.g. itunes doesn't support m4a multiple values in tags. wmp has better support for this, on wma & mp3 files, but doesn't play aac files yet etc. Possibly, despite their convenience, their use should be discouraged b/c of the generally problematic support in software for them.)

#2

I've tried to reproduce the issue, but everything seems to be working fine. Can you send me a small example file where I can reproduce this?

Kind regards,
Florian

#3

I've tried to reproduce the issue, but everything seems to be working fine. Can you send me a small example file where I can reproduce this?

Kind regards,
Florian

#4

Thanks, it happens on Wma lossless files, and the smallest I have is 40 MB. Should I send you that one? via ftp?

It does happen consistently, producing an artist tag like this:
Brahms\\CSO\\Perlman\\Giulini\\CSO\\Perlman
(where it's impossible to get rid of one of the two Perlmans, and an attempt to do so in mp3tag actually creates an additional, third, "CSO" entry).

#5

I've reproduced the issue and sent you an unofficial version for testing purposes via PM.

#6

I replied privately. Thanks. It seems fixed from some quick testing, though it would be good to know what is best (official) way to handle this--separate using "\\" or using "/" or using ";". --Or create identically named tags under extended tags (which I think is the FLAC-recommended way)!

edit: I believe "\\" always creates multiple values by creating another, identically-named tag (FLAC style for multiple values) and always shows only the value of the first tag in column view but shows multiple values in the "sidebar" on the left, separated by "\\".

#7

Yes, \\ can be used to create multiple fields in Mp3tag.

Glad that the issue is solved, thanks for reporting it!

#8

Thanks for fixing it (and so quickly!).

#9

This issue is now officially fixed in the Development Build.

#10

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