Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] Please don't use EasyTAG (was Re: Japanese support - solution)

[Andy Howell <AndyHowell austin rr com>]

Alex Lancaster wrote:
> Yes, indeed.  I wish people wouldn't recommend using EasyTAG because
> it can't handle ID3 v2.4 (mainly because it still depends on the
> obsolete and no longer updated id3lib library).  Once you edit your
> tags in rhythmbox you will no longer be able to edit them in EasyTAG.
>
> For standalone mass retagging I recommend using the exfalso tag editor
> which is part of quodlibet and handles ID3 v2.4 read/write and
> recommend *not* using EasyTAG until such time as it upgrades to a
> better tag rewriting library.
>
> Alex

Alex,

	Thanks for the info. I mentioned it because it worked for what I wanted 
to do; a one-time re-encoding of my files. I'll take a look at the 
exfalso tag editor.

Thanks again,

	Andy