'Locking' Tags

[KevMaverick]

I've just had to rescan my entire collection of music files.

I re-imported all my tracks into another program and it scanned them with its own system for the bpms - not very accurately I'm afraid! What makes it worse is the fact that it re-wrote all the existing bpms in the tags.

I've now re-scanned them all with Cross DJ, but would like to protect them against this ever happening again.

I know the easy answer is to stop using the other program, but I can't it's essential! I'd just like to force it to use the existing bpms in the mp3s, presuming that I can lock the tags first.

Would write protecting the actual mp3 files work, or would that cause problems with Cross DJ?

[christiankoopmann]

Hey,

you could check if the other program has an option to disable writing tags?

Write protecting all the files could cause problems maybe but it could also work well. I would test it with some files but I'm not shure if it will take effect to set a file protected.
(like I run my Cross DJ as Administrator and then it has other rights to files than running at normal permissions.)

What is the other program? than I could check the internet about editing tags.

Thanks
Christian

[KevMaverick]

Two other programs actually. One is Mixmeister, the other is Virtual DJ which I use at one of the clubs I work at.

I think Mixmeister is fixed. I've just found a setting on there that disables writing information to the files.

With Virtual DJ I can see it scanning each file when I drag it into the play window, and the bpm always changes! So annoying!

[christiankoopmann]

Hey,

i have no Virtual DJ but to my knowlege there was an option to disable editing tags in a earlier version. Would check the preferences if there is an option to change it.

What will work is to disable PBM calculation (I know that there is a option) and you can set the PBM with Cross DJ and Virtual DJ will use the information from the file tag but I have no information about how good than the Autosync function and so on will work.

regards
Christian

[KevMaverick]

Thanks for that info. I'll check out that function in Virtual DJ when I go to the club tomorrow.

Thanks.