Comment 2 for bug 1752697

It seems that I do not understood how this works.

In my point of view (that I think is the first thinking of a lot of people).

Configuration should be a global setting. If not activated, it should no
be possible to change the metadata of files from Mixxx. It is a main
safe setting.
If activated, "Metadata > Export to File Tags" can be used. If not
activated, it should not be able to use it.

Metadata > Export to File Tags should be a one shot command. Not a
commande to mark the file for futur automatic modifications.
When I use Metadata > Import from File Tags, I understood that it is
done once. I need to redo it each time I whant to update Mixxx Tags.

This is only my understanding. If it is not like that, the manual have
to be very clear about this, and may be information windows when to use
this command.

Thanks

Le 02/03/2018 à 09:53, Uwe Klotz a écrit :
> I cannot reproduce this bug. Tags are not exported unless the the config
> option is enabled. I'm always able to restore the metadata that is
> present in the file with Metadata > Import from File Tags. Please note
> that missing fields in file tags are ignored during import and do not
> overwrite the metadata managed by Mixxx. The file tag must contain an
> empty/blank field to clear the corresponding field in Mixxx.
>
> Did you execute Metadata > Export to File Tags before modifying the
> metadata? This will mark the track for metadata export regardless of the
> config option. If you afterwards modify the metadata again before Mixxx
> got the chance to update the file, those changes will be exported, too.
>