id3 tag problem

[Llorean]

"Shouldn't" and "Isn't" are too very different things.

If one set of files doesn't work, then there's something different about those files. It could be that your tagging program is doing something different *because* of the difference in those files, and while the difference itself wasn't enough to make Rockbox crash, once the tagging program does its different things too, that causes the failure.

Just a possibility.


Of course, if you made all the files yourself, this wouldn't be a problem.

[deadlysyphen]

yeah, sent you a pm with the file. If anyone else wants the file, just ask.

[Llorean]

Are you 100% sure these files worked unmodified, because even when I strip it of all tags, it won't play on my player.

Further note: If I simply transcode it from flac to flac, it works fine after.

[deadlysyphen]

I'm 100% sure that the files work unmodified. They already have tags, but i changed two of tags and that's the file i gave you. You told me to give you a modified file.

And what does this mean?

If I simply transcode it from flac to flac, it works fine after. What's transcoding?

[Llorean]

Do you have a program that makes FLACs? Give it a FLAC as an input, and have it output it as FLAC again.

I am curious what causes this problem, but I personally don't know what further to look for with your file. Hopefully someone who's more familiar will spot something.

[deadlysyphen]

Well thanks for your help. One more thing, does transcoding result in any degradation of quality?

[Llorean]

Not with lossless files.