[X] Track number assistant broken in 2.35n?

[petit_prince]

The subject's title pretty much says it all: I have problems using Mp3tag 2.35n's Track number assistant on m4a files (that's MPEG4-AAC created by Nero, QuickTime, vlc, etc.). Whatever I do, Mp3tag will not write the total number of tracks to the file (e.g. 03/12).

Can anybody confirm this behaviour? - Thanks a lot!

Edit: Aditional research: 2.35 stable works fine on the same file, so I guess the problem is not related to the file in particular.

[Sebastian_Mares]

It will, but not in the old fashion, but will use the standard TOTALTRACKS field for that which is also what iTunes (and fb2k?) does.

[petit_prince]

It will, but not in the old fashion, but will use the standard TOTALTRACKS field for that which is also what iTunes (and fb2k?) does.

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I see, thanks, Sebastian! - Am I right to assume that was introduced in 2.35b?

NEW: support for tracknumbers in x/xx format for MP4 tags.

[petit_prince]

One more thing (or rather two ):

(1) I completely agree that a consistant handling of the TOTALTRACKS field by iTunes, FB2K and Mp3tag is a rather good thing. I wonder though if Mp3tag's GUI, in particular the input fields on the left shouldn't be modified then: With the new handling of TOTALTRACKS there now is no direct view of how many tracks your album has - in other words: The information on TOTALTRACKS that could be found within the TRACK field prior to 2.35b (?) (e.g. 03/12) would now have to be retrieved via View -> Tags... individually for each track. A rather time-consuming solution I think - or am I doing something wrong here?

(2) Wouldn't a sort of Transition Assistant for - well, let's call them - "legacy tags" be a good idea? - I have used Mp3tag's TRACK/TOTALTRACK format since the very beginning and now I have literally hundreds of tracks that I would like to have the new format as well ...

[Sebastian_Mares]

I see, thanks, Sebastian! - Am I right to assume that was introduced in 2.35b?

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Correct.

(1) I completely agree that a consistant handling of the TOTALTRACKS field by iTunes, FB2K and Mp3tag is a rather good thing. I wonder though if Mp3tag's GUI, in particular the input fields on the left shouldn't be modified then: With the new handling of TOTALTRACKS there now is no direct view of how many tracks your album has - in other words: The information on TOTALTRACKS that could be found within the TRACK field prior to 2.35b (?) (e.g. 03/12) would now have to be retrieved via View -> Tags... individually for each track. A rather time-consuming solution I think - or am I doing something wrong here?

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Since 2.35b you can also add your own fields to the tag panel.

NEW: support for user-defined and extended tag fields at the tag panel (see 'Options > Tag Panel').

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(2) Wouldn't a sort of Transition Assistant for - well, let's call them - "legacy tags" be a good idea? - I have used Mp3tag's TRACK/TOTALTRACK format since the very beginning and now I have literally hundreds of tracks that I would like to have the new format as well ...

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I am not 100% sure since I don't have any files using the older notation, but maybe simply resaving all tags will do what you want or you can use a Format values action and tell it to write %_total% in the TOTALTRACKS field.