Preserve metadata (for AIFF) in batch processing

maddib · 09-06-2022, 10:35 AM

Hello,

Now, I thought I found the right tool to process hundreds of audio files with VST effects in a batch (Mac version).
And while testing I found a little bummer for me. My source files are mainly AIFF, all with metadata (text and cover art). And any batch process I ran so far eliminated all metadata during the process. So, in the end, I received nice results when it comes to audio, but there's not a tiny bit of metadata included in the destination files (e.g. MP3).
I know the batch option says "preserve metadata if possible". But currently, this is by far not enough 😉. I can't re-tag the destination files, and that makes them useless for me.
Very sad, since the batch itself runs pretty well.
Are there any plans to improve metadata support?

Thanks,
Matthias

schwa · 09-06-2022, 10:55 AM

Can you link to an .aif file that contains embedded text and cover art?

maddib · 09-06-2022, 02:01 PM

Sure, here you can find a short example: https://www.dropbox.com/s/83befqksgc9y1el/test.aif?dl=0
On a Mac I can see all the information incl. cover.

schwa · 09-06-2022, 02:11 PM

Ah... this .aif file has an embedded ID3 tag, which is not something I've seen before. We can probably add support for this, although I would not expect much (or any, really) third-party software to be able to read the tags.

schwa · 09-06-2022, 02:17 PM

Actually that was super easy, at least on the read side. It's probably too late to make it into the upcoming 6.67 release, but reading ID3 tags in .aif files (and preserving the metadata when converting to other file formats) will be in the next development build of REAPER.

maddib · 09-06-2022, 02:18 PM

Okay, I wasn't aware of the concrete kind of tagging. But I use a lot of applications on e.g. macOS and iOS which all show the metadata incl. cover. For example dBPoweramp, roon, macOS and iOS without additional applications, and several Steinberg programs.
So, I thought this is rather common.
On e.g. Macs tagged AIFF files are very common since WAV is obviously less tag friendly, even on Windows. As far as I know.

maddib · 09-06-2022, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by schwa

Actually that was super easy, at least on the read side. It's probably too late to make it into the upcoming 6.67 release, but reading ID3 tags in .aif files (and preserving the metadata when converting to other file formats) will be in the next development build of REAPER.

Wow, that sounds like very good news :-)))
Thanks for your quick response. I hold my breath ;-)

09-06-2022, 10:35 AM	#1
maddib Human being with feelings Join Date: Sep 2022 Posts: 8	Preserve metadata (for AIFF) in batch processing Hello, Now, I thought I found the right tool to process hundreds of audio files with VST effects in a batch (Mac version). And while testing I found a little bummer for me. My source files are mainly AIFF, all with metadata (text and cover art). And any batch process I ran so far eliminated all metadata during the process. So, in the end, I received nice results when it comes to audio, but there's not a tiny bit of metadata included in the destination files (e.g. MP3). I know the batch option says "preserve metadata if possible". But currently, this is by far not enough 😉. I can't re-tag the destination files, and that makes them useless for me. Very sad, since the batch itself runs pretty well. Are there any plans to improve metadata support? Thanks, Matthias

09-06-2022, 02:18 PM	#6
maddib Human being with feelings Join Date: Sep 2022 Posts: 8	Okay, I wasn't aware of the concrete kind of tagging. But I use a lot of applications on e.g. macOS and iOS which all show the metadata incl. cover. For example dBPoweramp, roon, macOS and iOS without additional applications, and several Steinberg programs. So, I thought this is rather common. On e.g. Macs tagged AIFF files are very common since WAV is obviously less tag friendly, even on Windows. As far as I know. Last edited by maddib; 09-06-2022 at 02:26 PM.

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09-06-2022, 10:55 AM	#2
schwa Administrator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY Posts: 16,519	Can you link to an .aif file that contains embedded text and cover art?

09-06-2022, 02:01 PM	#3
maddib Human being with feelings Join Date: Sep 2022 Posts: 8	Sure, here you can find a short example: https://www.dropbox.com/s/83befqksgc9y1el/test.aif?dl=0 On a Mac I can see all the information incl. cover.

09-06-2022, 02:11 PM	#4
schwa Administrator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY Posts: 16,519	Ah... this .aif file has an embedded ID3 tag, which is not something I've seen before. We can probably add support for this, although I would not expect much (or any, really) third-party software to be able to read the tags.

09-06-2022, 02:17 PM	#5
schwa Administrator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY Posts: 16,519	Actually that was super easy, at least on the read side. It's probably too late to make it into the upcoming 6.67 release, but reading ID3 tags in .aif files (and preserving the metadata when converting to other file formats) will be in the next development build of REAPER.