Retry save if file is locked

[stheine]

Hi,

I often run into the following:

• Listen to a song (foobar2000, but anything that keeps the file locked would work)
• Realize that the cover or some other metadata is missing and should be updated
• Open the folder in mp3tag
• Modify
• Save
  -> File ...mp3 cannot be opened for writing. Do you want to continue? Yes/No
• if I click Yes, the remaining files are updated, if I click No, the remaining files remain unchanged.
  -> No matter what I do, the file that's currently locked, is not updated
  -> When updating covers, this leads to 'Cover varies', and I cannot simply Save again

Instead, I would like to have a Retry option, so I could forward to the next file in the music player to unlock the file and simply retry the Save action.

This issues has been confirmed in v2.94.

Regards
stheine

[ohrenkino]

This issues has been confirmed in v2.94.

AFAIR there has been a discussion that it would be nice to have such a feature.

Request: Repeat Last Action

Can you consider adding a new feature to Mp3Tag to Redo the last action. Similar to some Microsoft Office programs that you can re-apply the last edit to another selection by pressing F4. This feature could be triggered from an icon next to Undo icon in the toolbar. Rationale A Redo feature will considerably speed up a workflow when editing mp3 tags. Instead of going through a keystroke combination to get to the desired action, a Redo feature will put he last performed action one click or s…

I do not see any confirmation about "issues" or "bugs".

Just to give a more complete picture, here is another thread that also deals with the pair of foobar and Mp3tag leading to blocked files.

Possible to change behavior when "cannot be opened" occurs?

I have used Mp3tag for years. It is one of my favorite programs, and it is a critical part of my music workflow. Still, one issue has bugged me for a while. I searched the application options and the forum, but I didn't see anything. Short Version: When editing tags, is there a way to make Mp3tag display a "Try Again" option when it encounters a file that is in use and cannot be opened for writing? Long Version I use foobar as my music library and I use Mp3tag for all of my tagging. I very o…

The conclusion at the time was, that the topic is on the "radar".

[kein_schwabe]

i totally agree + wish for retry option

[Florian]

FYI, I'm moving this to #general and treat it as a feature request.

[Florian]

I've added the retry option with Mp3tag v3.00a.