I have a master library on my main PC which I then sync to multiple other locations, and may have to sync back as well, but I have difficulty identifying which files need to be synced. It ought to be possible to use the Archive flag, but Windows doesn't make it very easy to copy according to whethe…

This thread is still valid: [image] Backup copy of changes to music files General Discussion I use the built-in (windows) robocopy.exe to backup my music files. Thanks to the "last modified" date for every metadata change (Mp3tag -> File -> Options -> Tags -> "Preserve f…

Don't you have trouble with unwanted timestamp updates?

TBH, I can't tell you for sure. Every double click on a file in the main File List of Mp3tag automatically save it. Please also check your Tags options: [image] Every time I run Robocopy I have to copy thousands of files, so it doesn't really matter, if some more "untouched" files will be transf…

[image] Freddy: What do other people do to keep multiple deployments synced (I resort to copying the whole lot at times, which is lengthy and not useful if there have been alterations in more than one place)? From the link to my posting above you know that I use FreeFileSync. This software ha…

i must make some time to do trials: find out what exactly MP3Tag (and FB2K) does to files under what circumstances and according to settings. It doesn't work for me to just turn off timestamp updating completely (unless the archive flag can act as a substitute), nor copying files "just in case". A…

I have concluded MP3Tag (3.18) has some undesirable behaviour, in that it touches files (ie sets the A attribute, and updates the timestamp if not disabled in settings) when it doesn't need to. I'll take this up in the appropriate area of the forum.

I am not very confident that you will get MP3tag to change the behaviour to write back the tag data once you have opened the file. MP3tag does not compare whether you have made any changes. Getting into edit mode for a field is action enough to assume that you as the user wanted to modify somethin…

See here: Alteration Request: Make MP3Tag Not Touch Files Unless It Has To [image] ohrenkino: Getting into edit mode for a field is action enough to assume that you as the user wanted to modify something. Is it? You've never had a slip of the mouse?? That is a lazy assumption by the softwa…

I know that a number of features have been introduced to MP3tag in the meantime that where out of the question until otherwise. Form my point of view it is always a question of give and take. MP3tag offers you a couple of features (as a freeware program) and you see the advantages and perhaps the …

[image] Freddy: Is it? You've never had a slip of the mouse?? That is a lazy assumption by the software and not user-friendly. Of course I have double-clicked on places that later on proved to be not the right ones. But perhaps your use of MP3tag is not the optimum way. MP3tag is a tagging …

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LyricsLover November 24, 2022, 8:04am 2

This thread is still valid:

In my configuration, the timestamp in Mp3tag is activated.
I copy all touched files periodically to all my various backup destinations with the above mentioned ROBOCOPY.

In this (german) thread, another (GUI-) Tool called FreeFileSync was suggested: