[PROBLEM] 2 moOde systems, same config, same music source, different songs counts

[TheOldPresbyope]

https://www.mp3tag.de/en/ for windows

I'd second this nomination. I didn't like it at first because I didn't understand how to configure/use it but mp3tag is amazingly versatile and probably as good as it gets for a Windows app. The latest version even resizes embedded cover art.

Because I'm in the middle of reinstalling systems on my laptop I don't have a running copy just now but IIRC you'll have to go to Tools/Options/Tags/Mpeg to tell it not to write ID3v1/ID3v2 tags. Or something like that.

BTW here's a couple of quick command-line tests that a FLAC file has not been diddled with an ID3V2 tag:

1) the characters represented by the first 4 bytes in the file should be "fLaC"

Code:

pi@moode3A:/mnt/SDCARD/Stereo Test $ od -c LRMonoPhase4.flac | head -1
0000000   f   L   a   C  \0  \0  \0   " 020  \0 020  \0  \0 003 323  \0

If, instead, the file begins with the three characters "ID3" you know what happened.

2) the file command should say exactly "FLAC audio bitstream data"

Code:

pi@moode3A:/mnt/SDCARD/Stereo Test $ file LRMonoPhase4.flac
LRMonoPhase4.flac: FLAC audio bitstream data, 16 bit, stereo, 48 kHz, 1860560 samples

I forget what file reports for a mis-tagged FLAC file. You'll find it in a post somewhere in the forum.

Regards,
Kent