RE: [Bug-gnupod] Passthrough tags on file conversion?

[Robert Lippmann]

> Hi,
>
> > i do have one suggestion, namely passing through some vorbis comment
> > tags into id3 tags.  examples would be year (very useful for
> > generating 80s/90s song playlists that are installed by default on the
> > iPod),
>
> I could add more --set options to gnupod_addsong (like --set-year=),
> I'll think about that until the next release..
>

nothing that complicated.  simply, when you gnupod_addsong with --decode,
the perl scripts grab existing vorbis comments (ie artist, title, etc), and
pass through to lame/faac.  i'm simply suggesting if there's a year field in
the header, pass it through on the command line to the encoding program.

>
> > and gain values (i use vorbisgain, and converting to mp3, and
> > then having to run mp3gain again is very time consuming).
>
> Hmm.. The iPod has a normalization feature, but it's not fully
> understood at the moment.. Using the native feature would be better,
> and wouldn't break anything else (pcm/faac)
>

yeah, i don't know either (i don't use itunes).  i'm pretty sure that
mp3gain just writes an id3 tag, and it appears the ipod honors it on
playback....

thanks,
rob