ID3v1 to ID3v2

[nathanjg]

It's pretty simple to copy a v1 tag to a v2 tag for a single file, but is there a way to do it for multiple files? (Winamp or otherwise)


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Download a tag editor, such as Dr. Tag. This supports mass tagging and tag conversion.

[Nunzio390]

Yeah... that works great. I've used that proggie.

BUT... since I LOVE the LyricsAMP component, might I suggest????

Install LyricsAMP [Component ID: 121295]. It creates ID3v2 tags where none existed before, when it creates it's LAMP files.

So, you get the best of BOTH worlds...
1) Lyrics for all your songs
2) ID3v2 tags added

You may also want to read this page in the LyricsAMP discussion thread, and copy the last code I have in my post there, to create a BATCH file that will overwrite all your old MP3's with the LAMP file data, to get those ID3v2 tags added to your MP3's seamlessly. If you have difficulty locating that particular post, here is the batch file you can create to do this:

@echo off
cd\
cd music_directory
if exist *.lamp goto filesfound
echo.
echo There are no existing LAMP files in the music directory.
echo.
echo There are no files to replace right now.
goto end

:filesfound
echo One or more LAMP files have been found in your music directory.
echo About to give a choice to rename LAMP files to their MP3 counterparts.
echo Since there is no warning prompt in a DOS batch file to overwrite files,
echo the renamed file(s) will replace any/all existing MP3 files automatically.
echo This will preserve the added lyrics ID3v2 tag info in the new file(s).
echo You will be prompted now before this procedure begins.
echo.
echo Please Choose (1 or 2):
echo.
echo 1) I agree to the file(s) replacement... go for it!
echo.
echo 2) I want to keep my old file(s) intact and delete the LAMP file(s)
echo.

choice /c:12 /n
if errorlevel 2 goto Delete
if errorlevel 1 goto Replace

:Replace
ren *.mp3 *.xxx
ren *.lamp *.
ren *.xxx *.mp3
del *.xxx
echo.
echo New file(s) has/have been created, replacing your original(s).
echo The LAMP file(s) no longer exist and have replaced the original(s).
goto end

:Delete
del *.lamp
echo.
echo Found one or more LAMP files.
echo.
echo All LAMP files have successfully been deleted.
echo Original MP3 file(s) are intact.

:end
pause
exit

P.S.

Choice.com is an external dos command and is a DOS/Windows 9X/Windows ME thing. It was never available on NT, 2K or XP.
Therefore, the above batch file will NOT work on NT, 2K or XP without Choice.com and will instead generate an error.

But I have uploaded Choice.zip (contains Choice.com) as a file attachment in this post for all NT, 2K or XP users. Just unarchive Choice.com from Choice.zip and copy Choice.com into one of the directories in your path (I.E. your windows directory) and it should work fine on any system.

Any people who have Windows 9X/Windows ME already have Choice.com on their puters. So they don't need the file.