Keep multiple versions

[VilCoyote]

Hello,
Is it possible to configure the software to keep songs that have several versions?
Thank you

[enzo1982]

I'm not sure what's the issue here. fre:ac does not care what songs it converts, so of course you can have several versions of one.

I'm guessing though that the issue is with how fre:ac names output files. For example, if you have the following input files:

Some Artist - Some Song.flac
Some Artist - Some Song ver 2.flac

And the metadata in both files just has Some Song as the title (i.e. the second one does not mention ver 2 in its TITLE tag), then by default, both files may get the same output filename.

If that is the issue, then the solution is to configure a different output filename pattern in fre:ac's configuration. The default output filename pattern is: <albumartist> - <album>\<track> - <artist> - <title>

You can set the output filename pattern to <filename> to keep the original file names, thus avoiding the files getting the same name. Alternatively, there is an option to append a sequential number to otherwise identical file names.

You can find both options at the bottom of the initial page after opening the config dialog.

[VilCoyote]

Hello and thank you very much for your quick response.
I will implement your advice and will keep you informed.
Sincerely, Alain