Attributing titles to CD's
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From: AV3 on 24 May 2010 11:13 On May/23/2010 11:0046 PM, Gerry wrote: > In article<htcn8c$99e$1(a)news.albasani.net>, > AV3<arvimide(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >> Until the most recent version of iTunes, whenever I inserted a CD not >> previously run on my computer, iTunes/Gracenote attributed a title to >> the disc and titles to each track. I could change those titles, and each >> time I re-inserted the disk, those titles would appear on the disk and >> its tracks, as well as in iTunes. >> >> >> Now, iTunes retains all titles and changes, but the disk itself sits on >> my desktop entitled "Audio CD" and its tracks only in sequence "Track 1, >> 2, etc." Is there a way to restore titling to the disk itself? > > This behavior is due to the age of the CD not to iTunes. Older CDs > weren't encoded to handle CD Text, newer CDs are. You are quite right about the age of the CD playing a role. In fact, the last three CD's I had a problem with were old, so I tried a newer CD I had never previously inserted and it behaved in the normal, established fashion. In fact, the title searched out in Gracenote immediately appeared on the desktop icon itself without having to re-insert the CD as previously. But the problem with the old CD's does not apply to older OS's. On my old laptop, OS 10.5.x, the titles are applied to the CD regardless of age. On the other hand, on my current laptop, OS 10.6.3, old CD's titles and tracks cannot be changed in any way, nor can I change their ownership. -- ++====+=====+=====+=====+=====+====+====+=====+=====+=====+=====+====++ ||Arnold VICTOR, New York City, i. e., <arvimideQ(a)Wearthlink.net> || ||Arnoldo VIKTORO, Nov-jorkurbo, t. e., <arvimideQ(a)Wearthlink.net> || ||Remove capital letters from e-mail address for correct address/ || || Forigu majusklajn literojn el e-poŝta adreso por ĝusta adreso || ++====+=====+=====+=====+=====+====+====+=====+=====+=====+=====+====++
From: John McWilliams on 24 May 2010 11:26 AV3 wrote: > On May/23/2010 11:0046 PM, Gerry wrote: >> In article<htcn8c$99e$1(a)news.albasani.net>, >> AV3<arvimide(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >> >>> Until the most recent version of iTunes, whenever I inserted a CD not >>> previously run on my computer, iTunes/Gracenote attributed a title to >>> the disc and titles to each track. I could change those titles, and each >>> time I re-inserted the disk, those titles would appear on the disk and >>> its tracks, as well as in iTunes. >>> >>> >>> Now, iTunes retains all titles and changes, but the disk itself sits on >>> my desktop entitled "Audio CD" and its tracks only in sequence "Track 1, >>> 2, etc." Is there a way to restore titling to the disk itself? >> >> This behavior is due to the age of the CD not to iTunes. Older CDs >> weren't encoded to handle CD Text, newer CDs are. > > > You are quite right about the age of the CD playing a role. In fact, the > last three CD's I had a problem with were old, so I tried a newer CD I > had never previously inserted and it behaved in the normal, established > fashion. In fact, the title searched out in Gracenote immediately > appeared on the desktop icon itself without having to re-insert the CD > as previously. > > > But the problem with the old CD's does not apply to older OS's. On my > old laptop, OS 10.5.x, the titles are applied to the CD regardless of > age. On the other hand, on my current laptop, OS 10.6.3, old CD's titles > and tracks cannot be changed in any way, nor can I change their ownership. Sorry for the excess curiosity, but if your tracks are already in iTunes, why would you want to insert the CD, and why would you care how the tracks are labelled or not? -- john mcwilliams
From: AV3 on 24 May 2010 17:43 On May/24/2010 11:2616 AM, John McWilliams wrote: > AV3 wrote: >> On May/23/2010 11:0046 PM, Gerry wrote: >>> In article<htcn8c$99e$1(a)news.albasani.net>, >>> AV3<arvimide(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Until the most recent version of iTunes, whenever I inserted a CD not >>>> previously run on my computer, iTunes/Gracenote attributed a title to >>>> the disc and titles to each track. I could change those titles, and >>>> each >>>> time I re-inserted the disk, those titles would appear on the disk and >>>> its tracks, as well as in iTunes. >>>> >>>> >>>> Now, iTunes retains all titles and changes, but the disk itself sits on >>>> my desktop entitled "Audio CD" and its tracks only in sequence >>>> "Track 1, >>>> 2, etc." Is there a way to restore titling to the disk itself? >>> >>> This behavior is due to the age of the CD not to iTunes. Older CDs >>> weren't encoded to handle CD Text, newer CDs are. >> >> >> You are quite right about the age of the CD playing a role. In fact, >> the last three CD's I had a problem with were old, so I tried a newer >> CD I had never previously inserted and it behaved in the normal, >> established fashion. In fact, the title searched out in Gracenote >> immediately appeared on the desktop icon itself without having to >> re-insert the CD as previously. >> >> >> But the problem with the old CD's does not apply to older OS's. On my >> old laptop, OS 10.5.x, the titles are applied to the CD regardless of >> age. On the other hand, on my current laptop, OS 10.6.3, old CD's >> titles and tracks cannot be changed in any way, nor can I change their >> ownership. > > Sorry for the excess curiosity, but if your tracks are already in > iTunes, why would you want to insert the CD, and why would you care how > the tracks are labelled or not? > 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. -- ++====+=====+=====+=====+=====+====+====+=====+=====+=====+=====+====++ ||Arnold VICTOR, New York City, i. e., <arvimideQ(a)Wearthlink.net> || ||Arnoldo VIKTORO, Nov-jorkurbo, t. e., <arvimideQ(a)Wearthlink.net> || ||Remove capital letters from e-mail address for correct address/ || || Forigu majusklajn literojn el e-poŝta adreso por ĝusta adreso || ++====+=====+=====+=====+=====+====+====+=====+=====+=====+=====+====++
From: John McWilliams on 24 May 2010 18:04 AV3 wrote: > On May/24/2010 11:2616 AM, John McWilliams wrote: >> AV3 wrote: >>> On May/23/2010 11:0046 PM, Gerry wrote: >>>> In article<htcn8c$99e$1(a)news.albasani.net>, >>>> AV3<arvimide(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Until the most recent version of iTunes, whenever I inserted a CD not >>>>> previously run on my computer, iTunes/Gracenote attributed a title to >>>>> the disc and titles to each track. I could change those titles, and >>>>> each >>>>> time I re-inserted the disk, those titles would appear on the disk and >>>>> its tracks, as well as in iTunes. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Now, iTunes retains all titles and changes, but the disk itself >>>>> sits on >>>>> my desktop entitled "Audio CD" and its tracks only in sequence >>>>> "Track 1, >>>>> 2, etc." Is there a way to restore titling to the disk itself? >>>> >>>> This behavior is due to the age of the CD not to iTunes. Older CDs >>>> weren't encoded to handle CD Text, newer CDs are. >>> >>> >>> You are quite right about the age of the CD playing a role. In fact, >>> the last three CD's I had a problem with were old, so I tried a newer >>> CD I had never previously inserted and it behaved in the normal, >>> established fashion. In fact, the title searched out in Gracenote >>> immediately appeared on the desktop icon itself without having to >>> re-insert the CD as previously. >>> >>> >>> But the problem with the old CD's does not apply to older OS's. On my >>> old laptop, OS 10.5.x, the titles are applied to the CD regardless of >>> age. On the other hand, on my current laptop, OS 10.6.3, old CD's >>> titles and tracks cannot be changed in any way, nor can I change their >>> ownership. >> >> Sorry for the excess curiosity, but if your tracks are already in >> iTunes, why would you want to insert the CD, and why would you care how >> the tracks are labelled or not? >> > > > 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. I accept your apology nonetheless.... But I'd never put an anonymous disk into my computer, nor do I keep disks in the drive unless they're in use. You might be interested to see what Tune up can do for you: http://www.tuneupmedia.com It's perfect for those who want their music info complete, but aren't anal about it..... -- John McWilliams
From: Gerry on 24 May 2010 18:56
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. |