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#11 2015-03-10 18:19
- den4b
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Re: Probleme With renamer insert Folder, Subfolder on .flac files
den4b wrote:ReNamer uses Audio Tools Library 2.3 for extracting most audio meta tags. Unfortunately, this library was discontinued with last release dated back to 27 May 2005.
Wow that's old!
No doubt it cannot handle anything beyond FLAC 1.1.2 (released in Feb 2005). Wouldn't it be better to switch to something newer?
The beauty of Audio Tools Library is that it is pure pascal code developed for Delphi 7, without external dependencies. This is highly compatible with Free Pascal / Lazarus and allows compilation on any platform, e.g. Windows, Linux, Mac.
The libraries that you have mentioned are great, but integrating them will require significant work.
Tags Library requires a much more recent version of Delphi and does not compile in Free Pascal / Lazarus, without first going through the entire library code base and fixing all compilation problems. This could take from a couple of hours to a couple of days or weeks, without guarantee that it will work in the end. Also, keeping such library up-to-date will be a big challenge.
MediaInfo is a viable option which I have considered in the past. It is packaged as dynamically linked libraries pre-compiled for different platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac). They could be integrated, but will require quite a bit of work.
My take on this: If it ain't broke - don't fix it.
So far we have managed to fix all issues with Audio Tools Library, so let's keep using it until we come across serious problems which will warrant its replacement.
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