MusicBrainz tagger for single FLAC files with embedded CUE sheets on Linux console

[adhawkins]

Thanks for that!

There's another release due any day now, there was a problem with writing tags in some cases if they contained accents or similar. This is now fixed.

Also I found what was (I think) a problem with the cueconvert program I used to convert a TOC to a CUE. On some of my discs (relatively few) it didn't convert correctly, so the discids calculated didn't match.

The software will now ship with a simple ripping script (and a sed script to fix up the TOC file prior to converting) which appears to do the job.

Andy

[JohnSwenson]

Is it possible to make a statically linked version of flactag? As is it creates a dynamically linked version which requires setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH, thats not normally done on all my machines.

Thanks,

John S.

[adhawkins]

Hi,

In article <JohnSwenson.2jo79z1167552001 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com>,
JohnSwenson<JohnSwenson.2jo79z1167552001 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com> wrote:
> Is it possible to make a statically linked version of flactag? As is it
> creates a dynamically linked version which requires setting
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH, thats not normally done on all my machines.

Presumably the required libraries aren't 'installed' in the standard library
sort path?

I'm not sure if static versions of the libraries exist do they? If they do,
then I guess it's just a question of changing the linker options.

If anyone can let me know what needs to be done to achieve this, then I can
add it to the Makefile as appropriate.

Andy

[adhawkins]

Ok, my prediction of 'any day now' for the next release was a little optimistic, but v1.0-RC2 is now out there. Some highlights:

* Add install target to install application and associated scripts

* Documentation now generated using asciidoc

* Scripts for ripping now included (including modification of TOC files where necessary)

* PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN can now be used for scrolling in windows

* Always use index number 1 when calculating TOC for FLAC file (fixed a nasty bug when calculating disc IDs for albums that used INDEX markers to subdivide tracks)

* Convert accented characters to standard characters in filenames

* Add —discid option to report calculated discid for FLAC file

* Fix various compilation errors on some systems

* Report differences in tags when using —check option

* Compare real path of file (not path used in command line which could be relative) to see if renaming should be allowed

* Don't write ALBUMARTIST tag (causes problems with artist sorting in current SlimServer software)

* Add —force-write option

* Correctly write UTF8 values for tags

As always, the software is available here. Comments and feedback always welcome.

Andy

[adhawkins]

Just thought I'd post here to say that I've just released flactag v1.0.

Thanks to all that have tried the software thus far and provided comments and suggestions. No real changes between the last RC and this one.

As usual, it can be found here.

I've started working on v1.1. The main new features so far are:

* Use the latest MusicBrainz library (the old one is now deprecated)
* Support storing cover art in the 'PICTURE' block of the FLAC file, not as a tag.

Andy

[reverber]

Any word on 1.1 yet?

Cody

[adhawkins]

Hi,

In article <reverber.3cel8n1215812401 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com>,
reverber<reverber.3cel8n1215812401 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com> wrote:
> Any word on 1.1 yet?

I could probably have an RC available quite soon. Watch this space.

Andy

[adhawkins]

Hi,

In article <reverber.3cel8n1215812401 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com>,
reverber<reverber.3cel8n1215812401 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com> wrote:
> Any word on 1.1 yet?

I have just release a first 'release candidate' for v1.1. All comments
welcome.

Available here:

http://software.gently.org.uk/flactag

Andy

[adhawkins]

Hi all,

I've just released v1.1 of flactag. I'm in the process of getting a Debian package ready for it too.

Main changes since v1.0:

Support for latest version of MusicBrainz library
Cover art now stored in PICTURE block rather than tags
Switch to libneon for downloading cover art
New '--overwrite-existing' option when renaming
Various bug fixes

Any comments welcome. As always, the software is available here.

Thanks

Andy

[adhawkins]

I am pleased to announce the release of flactag v2.0.1. Flactag is a tagger
for whole-CD FLAC files with embedded CUE sheets, using data retrieved from
the MusicBrainz service.

This release provides support for the new 'NGS' web service at MusicBrainz.
I am also happy to welcome Daniel Pocock to the project. Daniel has modified
the build system to use autotools, as well as providing fixes and general
support during the development of this version.

The software is available to download via SourceForge:

http://flactag.sourceforge.net.

Full source is available via a git repository, also hosted at SourceForge.

git://flactag.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/flactag/flactag

The checksums of the file are as follows:

MD5: 9d18ec8c7463792ed36d55218a83371f
SHA224: c622ee35dbd4d2c2f4ea3c7ff6816a39bd5788d8893189d9f3 3ffaf3

This release is tagged in the git repository as '2.0.1'. The commit ID is

6b6db05bf5737c30e63d2074467a7c02e53c23c0

I trust that you will find flactag a useful tool.

Thanks

Andy Hawkins