ATL sets ID3 tags instead of VorbisComment on FLAC files

[GOATS2K]

The problem

When writing tags to FLAC files, ATL seems to be writing ID3 v2 tags instead of VorbisComment tags. This is evident from opening the file in a hex editor and seeing the ID3 header.

Environment

• ATL version (or git revision) that exhibits the issue: 4.36.0
• OS/version used to run ATL: Windows 10, Build 19045

Code To Reproduce Issue

private void Tag(ATL.Track track, Models.Track trackMetadata)
{
    // remove all existing tags
    track.Remove(ATL.AudioData.MetaDataIOFactory.TagType.ANY);

    track.Artist = ArtistUtils.CalculateArtistString(trackMetadata.Artists);
    track.AlbumArtist = ArtistUtils.CalculateArtistString(_album.Artists);
    track.Title = trackMetadata.TitleWithFeaturingArtist;
    track.Album = _album.Title;

    track.Year = _album.ReleaseDate.Year;
    track.Date = _album.ReleaseDate;

    track.TrackNumber = trackMetadata.TrackNumber;

    track.Genre = trackMetadata.Genre;

    if (_album.CatalogNumber is not null)
    {
        track.AdditionalFields.Add("CATALOGNUMBER", _album.CatalogNumber);
    }

    track.Save();
}

[Zeugma440]

Hi there,

Thanks for your feedback.

There are two ways to fix what you describe :

• Edit Settings.DefaultTagsWhenNoMetadata which promotes ID3V2 over Native tagging by default. Just switch the order of the default two elements and you should be good to go. or
• Wait for our next release to be able to specify which tagging system to use upon saving (see #227)

Cheers~

[GOATS2K]

Thank you for getting back to me so quickly.

I'll try that and see how it goes! :)

Edit: That worked!