As promised, here is how I use mp3tag to modify tags within the library and let LMS detect the changes but prevent a change of the order in New Music.
There are two batch files, SaveLastWriteTime.cmd and IncrementLastWriteTime.cmd: 22173 The first saves the last modification time of a file to a text file at the same place where the original file lives. The second reads the time back, increments it by one second, sets this as the new modification time of the original file and deletes the text file. Both batch files use powershell commands to process the time stamps. I'm not a powershell guru but occasionally just try to find my way through. Since powershell has some security measures built in, you should try whether the batch files work out-of-the-box for you. Just copy the files to any folder and drag&drop a file to SaveLastWriteTime.cmd. It should temporarily open a console window and create the text file besides the original file. In case of problems the console window will stay open and you can check the error message. To use the batch files in mp3tag, open Options->Tools and add two new entries like this: Name: SaveLastWriteTime Path: c:\path\to\SaveLastWriteTime.cmd Parameter: "%_path%" (with the double quotes) Be sure to check "for all selected files" (similar for IncrementLastWriteTime.cmd) Now when you right-click one or more tracks in mp3tag you can select Tools->SaveLastWriteTime and for each selected file a console window will open and perform the command. At first sight the many opening windows might be confusing and I wouldn't apply this for hundreds of files at once. And even if it takes several seconds to startup lots of powershell commands in parallel, all console windows should finally disappear. Now you can edit the tags. When your done, don't forget to select the same files again and open Tools->IncrementLastWriteTime from the context menu for modifying the time stamps and deleting the text files. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: ModifyLastWriteTime.zip | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=22173| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ reinholdk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36070 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107000 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
