Attributing titles to CD's
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From: David Empson on 24 May 2010 22:40 Gerry <everyday(a)sunrise.net> wrote: > In article <htertd$i3b$1(a)news.albasani.net>, > AV3 <arvimide(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > As I said in the original message, an anonymous CD on my desktop > > requires me to open iTunes to identify it. I often keep music CD's in > > the computer over several days, so after some absence I may forget which > > is there. Also, I often play sets of CD's, and it is convenient to know > > if it is, ex., "Disk 3 of 4," as I always add such information to CD > > names. And I correct spelling and information errors on track names, > > both on the CD itself as well as in iTunes. No apologies for being anal > > in this newsgroup. > > How can you possibly change the information on the CD? > > The information on the CD is burned in and can't be changed. Because the information displayed by Finder for audio CDs is not stored on the CD. It is stored in a set of database files in your preferences folder (see my earlier post). It might originally come from CD TEXT on a modern CD which bothered to include that data, but more commonly from Gracenote via iTunes. When you edit the information about a CD in iTunes (or in Finder), it is editing those database files. -- David Empson dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz |