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Topic: How to ignore the MP3 tags / metadata
Hi, my old VDJ had an option to ignore all MP3 tags (metadata). It used only the filename to identify the "artist - title", to show in the interface and write the tracklist.txt file.

Now, in VDJ 2024, I cannot find this option. I process the tracklist.txt using a PHP script, so, I rename manually all my MP3s to keep in format "artist - title (remix)", but now, the tracklist.txt is a mess, because it's based on MP3 tags, from several sources...

Can you help me? Thanks.
 
Posted Sat 02 Nov 24 @ 3:19 am
getTagsAuto option
 
My getTagsAuto is already "No"... Works for "new files" but not existing.
 
You can select all files, then use the tag editor to get tags from filename
 
Yeah, but I don't want to change the MP3 tags, just don't read it.

Well, I found a way... for old files, I just removed all lines started with "<Tags" from the database.xml file.
For new files getTagsAuto works. Not exactly a solution, but worked.
 
Unless you have setTagsAuto enabled or press the 'write tags' button, changes you make in the tag editor only affect the virtualdj database.
 
arvy wrote :
...process the tracklist.txt...

So change what setting tracklistFormat requests

MYTEST `get_filename`
 
Adion wrote :
Unless you have setTagsAuto enabled or press the 'write tags' button, changes you make in the tag editor only affect the virtualdj database.


Thanks, nice tip if happens again.