batch convert: merge .wav audio and .mp3 tags?

WaveLab
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Hello - I have a specific use case to ask about.

I have a large set of .wav files that need to be batch converted to FLAC. That’s extremely easy to do in WaveLab.

The challenge is that the metadata needed for the resultant FLAC files resides in same-named .mp3 files. So, for example, for each audio track, I have:

Philippe_G_IndaHouzz.wav (source for audio)
Philippe_G_IndaHouzz.mp3 (source for tags)

Is there a straightforward, automated way to get WaveLab to transcode the .wav files to FLAC while applying the tags from the same-named .mp3 file for each track?

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There is no way. There would be a way, if the tags were in the .wav files, and using… the next version of WaveLab.

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Thanks for the quick reply!

Good to hear about new tag handling capabilities in the next WaveLab. Just curious: Is there some new industry-wide implementation of tagging for .wav files about to take place (for example, official support in audio players and devices, etc.), and/or are you just extending internal capabilities in WaveLab?

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Is there some new industry-wide implementation of tagging for .wav

No. Nothing has emerged as a standard. There is id3v2, bwf, ixml, axml, among some others.