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Keith templin

05 Jul, 2011 10:57 AM

After beaTunes returns it's anaysis that several tracks are "Missing Album Artist" and makes suggestions on how to fix it. Are these fixes only done in the iTunes Library or is it done at the file's id3 tag level and itunes is then updated?

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by hendrik on 05 Jul, 2011 11:26 AM

   

   Hi Keith,

   iTunes always writes changes to id3 - if possible at all.

   If you are using beaTunes with an iTunes library (as opposed to a directory based library), beaTunes asks iTunes to make the change. iTunes in turn updates the id3 tag (in the case of mp3).

   There are several cases in which this might not work. E.g. when the file is "locked" (OS X feature) or "read-only". It also does not work for file formats that don't support tagging like WAVE.

   Hope this answers your question.

   -hendrik

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2. 2 Posted by ktemplin on 06 Jul, 2011 01:27 AM

   

   That You arte correct, bought the full version and tested.

   Thanks

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by hendrik on 06 Jul, 2011 09:47 AM

   

   Great. Thank!

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4. hendrik closed this discussion on 06 Jul, 2011 09:47 AM.