Writing tags to your files
What Trellis writes into a FLAC file, and the one action that puts it there.
Writing tags to your audio files is a separate action you take. Open a recording, go to the File Tags pane and click Write Tags to Files. You are asked to confirm. The write clears every Vorbis comment in the file and puts back only what is listed below.
What gets written
FLAC, as Vorbis comments. Empty database fields are left out.
| Tag | Holds |
|---|---|
| ARTIST | The act |
| ALBUMARTIST | The act |
| ALBUM | The date and the venue |
| DATE | The performance date |
| PERFORMER | One comment per person in the lineup |
| VENUE | The venue name |
| LOCATION | City, state, country |
| SOURCE | Soundboard, audience, and so on |
| GENRE | The act’s genre |
| LINEAGE | The transfer chain |
| TITLE, TRACKNUMBER, TRACKTOTAL | Per track |
| COMPOSER | The track’s songwriter |
| COMMENT | The track’s note |
ALBUM reads 1977-05-08 - Barton Hall. PERFORMER repeats once for every member
and every guest in the lineup Trellis resolved for that show.
A folder scan reads all of the above, plus the older keys Trellis and other collectors wrote before September 2026.
The amber signal
When the database holds metadata the files do not, the File Tags tab turns amber. Writing clears it.
What changes on disk on its own
The recording’s folder name is rebuilt whenever its metadata changes, and retitling a track renames its file to match.
A tag write breaks a whole-file MD5. An FFP survives it. See checksums and fingerprints.
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