Yes, custom tags (we call them “flexible attributes”) are only stored in the database. In fact, this is how beets has always worked… is it possible you were using a custom setup previously to write a custom free-form tag to the files?
A > On Jun 21, 2017, at 7:45 AM, Arnaud Castaner <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > In the past, the "beets mod" command would actually write custom tags to > files. If I did "beet mod album:"This is it" savedir=ost" then that custom > tag would be written to file and you could see it from other softwares, like > so: > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OGfsoqi8fqM/WUpb_FVDBvI/AAAAAAAAAp4/mX64CHOhcP8VAbF3TKNa4WhX9Z-a7mooQCLcBGAs/s1600/2017-06-21%2B13_43_25-Properties%2B-%2B_Hit%2Bthe%2BLights_.png> > > Now if you do the same thing (tried with beets 1.4.5) the tag doesn't show in > the files any more - but beet still enforces and lists them. Does it mean > that now custom tags are kept only in beets database and not written into the > files themselves anymore? > > Regards, > > A. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "beets" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "beets" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
