#267 Post-XLD ALAC files have metadata impossible to edit in iTunes

[Anonymous]

Originally created by: ism...@raveem.com

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Rip a CD as one track with embedded chapters in XLD. Enter no metadata at this stage.
2. Import the whole track into iTunes. Chapters will show up OK, track name will be derived from file nameat this stage.
3. Edit metadata in iTunes.
4. iTunes will show correct album, artist, genre, etc., but these haven't really been written to the file, and iTunes will not indicate that this is the case. The file will actually have metadata unchanged from when it exited XLD.
5. This step is purely to check what happened to the file and whether the metadata was truly written into it. Create a new iTunes library, or take the file to a different computer and add it to its iTunes library. Only the track name (which is derived from the file name) will show up. All other metadata fields will be blank. Thus proving that post-XLD iTunes metadata edits weren't actually written to what looked like an innocuous M4A file.
6. Use a 3rd party program such as Tag3 to edit metadata. These changes will stick, but any further edits in iTunes will not. It's as if the file's metadata is somehow "frozen" by XLD, locking out iTunes from ever making any edits, and needing brute force from other means.

How about the reproducibility (always, sometimes, rarely, ...)?
Always.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
iTunes should be able to change the intrinsic metadata. It doesn't.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Mac OS X. XLD 20140504 (147.0).

Please provide any additional information below.

This one really is driving me insane. The whole point of using XLD is perfect chapterised rips. The whole point of using iTunes is subsequent metadata management and cataloguing, and using with iOS devices. Since XLD's metadata is imprinted with the strength of a thousand Samsons, preventing iTunes from editing it, this obvious pairing (XLD and iTunes) doesn't work. I really don't want to have to look elsewhere for ripping since XLD does such a good jib of ripping losslessly and with chapters.