ALAC files are routinely ignoring my meta-tags

Hi all.

I’ve just thrown my Bob Marley library into Roon. It works out at around 112 albums. Most are in FLAC, a couple are in MP3 & about 10 or 15 are in ALAC (M4A file extension).

Everything has filed perfectly except for the ALAC files, where my dates have been ignored & Roon has used its own. All the ALAC files & only the ALAC files, so it’s very consistent in that sense.

I seem to recall that this has happened in the past & having wasted a ton of time removing the album, clearing caches & re-adding without success, I have either elected to “un-recognise” the album or convert the ALAC files to FLAC.

I’ve just un-recognised a couple of the Marley albums & they have moved to where they’re supposed to be. I’ll probably go ahead & do that for the rest, but I just wanted to flag this. It’s not a new thing, so it has nothing to do with any recent upgrades, but it is definitely a thing & should probably be addressed.

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Hi, @Snowdog, thank you for your report. Could you, please, upload a sample of such an album here

Thanks!


Ivan

Okay, that’s done. Thanks. It wouldn’t let me upload the folder, so I grabbed all the files that were in the folder & sent them up. I hope that’s okay. (Probably should’ve zipped the folder, now I think about it. :roll_eyes:)

No problem, @Snowdog, thank you!


Ivan