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From: Rowland McDonnell on 10 Apr 2010 09:58 David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > David Kennedy wrote: > > zoara wrote: > >> David Kennedy<davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > >> > >>> Didn't MP3Rage allow you to do that sort of thing, either singly or in > >>> batches? > >> > >> I'm happy enough with the manual tag editing in iTunes. Just want to > >> avoid the slog of manually editing each of a few hundred CDs. > >> > > What I'd like is something that will work with the CDDB data base > > without wanting to do a direct import - I have loads of tracks imported > > from vinyl/tape that iTunes won't look at... > > > I've just downloaded MediaRage > > <http://www.chaoticsoftware.com/ProductPages/MediaRage.html> > > to see if that might do the job... I gather that the stuff mentioned here: http://lifehacker.com/5511473/start-to-finish-guide-to-whipping-your-mus ics-metadata-into-shape is good for the job in hand. And even I've been able to set up Wine Bottler to run MP3 Tag... Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: zoara on 10 Apr 2010 20:45 David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > zoara wrote: > > David Kennedy<davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > > > >> Didn't MP3Rage allow you to do that sort of thing, either singly or > > > in > >> batches? > > > > I'm happy enough with the manual tag editing in iTunes. Just want to > > avoid the slog of manually editing each of a few hundred CDs. > > > What I'd like is something that will work with the CDDB data base > without wanting to do a direct import - I have loads of tracks > imported from vinyl/tape that iTunes won't look at... > That sounds like something Pollux is designed to deal with. At least, it'll get you partway there (ie from no tags to a reasonable set). I'm already at a later stage than that, so Pollux is no longer any use. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Trooper on 12 Apr 2010 04:43
zoara wrote: > Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote: >> zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: >> >>> Can anyone recommend a decent app for cleaning up music tags? I'm >>> mainly >>> interested in album art and the year of release, and I'm talking >>> about >>> supplementing tags that are alredy there and known to be correct. >> If your music files are iTunes (only) then MetaX is good for what you >> want. > > They are - but I thought MetaX was video only? The website is struggling > right now (perhaps it's my work connection) so I'll look later. > >> TBH iTunes has better >> tag editing facilities, particularly when it comes to album art than >> most stand-alone editors. > > Righto. I'd just hoped to automate things a little. But now I have a few > things to try out - hopefully save me a handful of minutes... > > -z- > > http://www.tidysongs.com/ I bought this a while back, it's pretty good, but a little buggy :) Worth a look though. T. |