Resulting WAVs have no "ALBUM" tag (using INFO chunk option)

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When converting files from FLAC to WAV, using the "INFO chunk" tag option, the 
resulting WAV file lacks "ALBUM" tag. 
When using the "ID3 chunk" option, the resulting WAV file has all required tags.

So there is the problem in saving "ALBUM" tag in "INFO chunk" format in WAV 
files.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by denis.go...@gmail.com on 21 Apr 2013 at 5:26

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Not a bug. Tag support of the INFO chunk is very limited, and the album tag is 
not added.

Original comment by tmkkmac on 21 Apr 2013 at 5:31

• Changed state: WontFix

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Just wanted to check if it possible, as the Xrecode tool 
(http://xrecode.com/#Features) on Windows (which I use for transcoding from 
FLAC to WAV in VirtualBox) uses "LIST" chunk format, as well as ID3 format, and 
has ALBUM tag in resulting WAV file.
I guess that INFO chunk and LIST chunk are different things.
My car cd receiver can handle only INFO/LIST chunk tags in WAV files, that is 
why this is what i'm interested in and search such option in software tools.

Original comment by denis.go...@gmail.com on 21 Apr 2013 at 6:01

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>I guess that INFO chunk and LIST chunk are different things.
They are the same.

There is no "ALBUM" equivalent in the INFO tags. See 
http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/TagNames/RIFF.html for a complete 
list. Maybe xrecode uses an alternate chunk for the album tag.

But anyway INFO tag writing is done by libsndfile, not by XLD. And libsndfile 
doesn't write the album tag to wav files(*). So please ask libsndfile devs if 
you want a support for extra chunks.

*source: https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/blob/master/src/wav.c#L1227

Original comment by tmkkmac on 21 Apr 2013 at 6:13

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Ok, thank you for the detailed information on the issue.

Original comment by denis.go...@gmail.com on 21 Apr 2013 at 6:18