tag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:/discussions/questions/2525-what-operations-change-the-original-on-disk-filesbeaTunes: Discussion 2014-10-21T15:27:12Ztag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/315190532014-02-10T10:32:19Z2014-02-10T10:32:19ZWhat operations change the original on-disk files?<div><p>Hi Paul,</p>
<p>some of your questions are answered in <a href=
"http://blog.beatunes.com/2013/10/so-where-exactly-does-beatunes-store.html">
http://blog.beatunes.com/2013/10/so-where-exactly-does-beatunes-sto...</a><br>
But the first question I have to ask, is whether you use a
folder-based or iTunes-based library? See <a href=
"http://help.beatunes.com/kb/troubleshooting/how-to-tell-an-itunes-based-library-from-a-file-based-one">
http://help.beatunes.com/kb/troubleshooting/how-to-tell-an-itunes-b...</a>
to find out.</p>
<p>Regardless of the answer to this:</p>
<ul>
<li>folder based libraries <em>always</em> modify the files</li>
<li>iTunes based libraries <em>always</em> modify the files for
<em>fields also visible in iTunes</em> (because iTunes modifies
them!!)</li>
<li>to modify the files for things like <em>key</em>,
<em>language</em>, <em>color</em>, etc. for an iTunes based
library, you have to check the <code>embed non-iTunes fields</code>
box in beaTunes general prefs.</li>
</ul>
<p>Hope this helps,</p>
<p>-hendrik</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/315190532014-02-12T08:24:58Z2014-02-12T08:24:58ZWhat operations change the original on-disk files?<div><p>Thank you. I should have noticed that blog.</p>
<p>I’m using iTunes based, so it’s interesting that
iTunes hacks at the original files. Maybe I’ll make them
immutable next time and see how it handles them ;-)</p>
<p>I haven’t embedded colour etc. Not much point since I know
that the file will get overwritten; maybe I’ll spend some
time extracting metadata from local disk, compare it with the
original file, and apply any changes back.</p>
<p>Regards</p>
<p>Paul</p></div>paul.hargreaves