User Generated Songs in Network Share - Metadata changes not being picked up when reindex
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I have a Node 2i. I have two network shares on a windows 10 computer. I have both network shares connected on Bluos app on my iPhone.
1st Share is an iTunes Library - these were files ripped from CDs. I can see artists, albums, and songs from this share in Bluos Library on iPhone. Through "Folders" can see this network share and access the directory structure (Artist/Album/Song) and play songs.
2nd Share is "MyMusic\"artist"\"album"\"song" directory structure. The songs in this directory tree are .wav files generated on Protools. These files currently have no metadata. Through "Folders" can see this network share and access the directory structure (Artist/Album/Song) and play songs. The songs all come up in the Library under Artists as "Unknown Artist" (all songs in same "Unknown Album"), under Albums as "Unknown Album" (all songs by same "Unknown Artist"), or songs (showing the "file name" in the directory which has for example .wav at end). I assume this is consistent with there being no metadata.
It tried editing one song file to add metadata for "Title", "Album", and "Artist" in this network share (using mp3Tag) which is what seems iTunes library song files have. Subsequently, in Bluos, I did Settings > Music Library > Reindex music collection. During reindexing seems it did two shares separately - first one said one song, the other had '1000" songs. However, song still shows up as "Unknown Artist", "Unknown Album" and the song name shows the file name (includes .wav) and not the Title metadata (which I deleted .wav from).
Does re-indexing not refresh the "database" with current metadata? Is there some way to get it to put the song under the "Artist/Album/Song" I have in the file structure (or now in the metadata)? Would it help if I added the metadata to songs before I put them in the structure?
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Re-reading your first post it looks like the problem affects only your WAV files. Whilst MP3 tag will let you add metadata tags to these file types they are not recognised by BluOS (or any other player that I'm aware of)
(Moderator's note - Kid3 will generate tags for .wav files recorgnised by BluOS) -
I found another post that was answered that says that in Settings, I should use Rebuild Index rather than ReIndex Music, but I don't see that option in settings?
I found another post that said that Rebuild Index was moved to Help>Diagnostics>Rebuild Index
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Hi Ric - in general 'reindex' should only be used in the case where files have simply been added or removed from the share. If the metadata is subsequently changed within files which have previously been indexed then it's necessary to 'rebuild' to refresh the details within the database.
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After rebuilding the index, the song that I updated the metadata on is still listed in "Unknown Artist", "Unknown Album", and the title is stil the 'filename' and not what is in the Title metadata.
I also tried removing the network share and re-adding the network share and still same result.
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So are you saying I need to convert my .wav files to some other format like flac or alac (m4a) in order to get bluos to recognize the metadata?
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Yes, since there are no widely used metadata standards for the WAV file format you should convert these files to a lossless format such as FLAC or ALAC before applying metadata. BluOS will then have no problem in recognising this data.
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Thanks Mark. Very helpful.
I have JRiver - will try to work through the conversion with that.
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No problem. If you struggle with JRiver there's always Foobar2000 (free) or dBpoweramp (21 day free trial) which will allow you to do quick conversions in batch.
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So was able to convert file to .m4a (ALAC) with JRiver.
Ran Reindex Music Collection and it found the file and picked up the metadata correctly !!!!!
After converting all files in directory tree, I noticed I had mis-typed the "Artist" on two songs (capitalized one letter incorrectly) - so ended up with additional artist and albums. After correcting and rebuilding - the files showed in the correct place, but also still had the 'additional artist' and 'addition albums' showing the corrected files in the wrong place. Am working through trying to get that straightened out ...
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Figured out I had Artist = "Artist" and Album Artist = "ARtist". Deleted Album Artist metadata and rebuilt index.
Everything is OK now.1
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