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[DJ_Tet]

Ok got my iPod today from freevideogames.com

Some/a lot of my mp3's apparently don't have ID3 tags. How can I create/fill them in?

Is it as simple as right clicking the song in iTunes, choosing Get Info, and filling in the Album, artist, and track info there? And then they will be put in the correct order?

 

[BuddyC]

Is it as simple as right clicking the song in iTunes, choosing Get Info, and filling in the Album, artist, and track info there? And then they will be put in the correct order?

Yes.

By holding down Ctrl you'll be able to choose a bunch of songs at once, that'll make tagging artists and albums easier. Using Shift makes things easier too - click on one song, scroll down, hit shift and click on another song - all the songs inbetween will be highlighted. Happy tagging, think of it as your initiation.

 

[xsarien]

Ok got my iPod today from freevideogames.com

Some/a lot of my mp3's apparently don't have ID3 tags. How can I create/fill them in?

Is it as simple as right clicking the song in iTunes, choosing Get Info, and filling in the Album, artist, and track info there? And then they will be put in the correct order?

Yes. Also, if a bunch of songs are from the same album, or have the same artist, you can just select a bunch and have that one entry apply to all of them.

 

[DJ_Tet]

Thanks guys, guess I got some work to do.


Another quicky, what are the differences between ID3 tags? I mean the versions, anything to be concerned about there?

 

[xsarien]

Thanks guys, guess I got some work to do.


Another quicky, what are the differences between ID3 tags? I mean the versions, anything to be concerned about there?

Nothing to be too concerned about, no. Just go with what iTunes gives you.

 

[DJ_Tet]

Thanks man, god this is gonna take days It will be worth it though.

 

[Justin Bailey]

Ok this is going to sound pretty dumb but. . .

I think I'll be getting an iPod soon as well (from the same company that runs freevideogames.com) and I was wondering about the ID3 tags. Does the iPod only read that info or something? The filename itself is useless? I'm clueless here. . .

 

[BuddyC]

I think I'll be getting an iPod soon as well (from the same company that runs freevideogames.com) and I was wondering about the ID3 tags. Does the iPod only read that info or something? The filename itself is useless? I'm clueless here. . .

Yes. You're right, the iPod categorizes files based on the ID3 tag alone.

 

[Justin Bailey]

Yes. You're right, the iPod categorizes files based on the ID3 tag alone.

Shit, well this outta be fun.

 

[DJ_Tet]

Ok this is going to sound pretty dumb but. . .

I think I'll be getting an iPod soon as well (from the same company that runs freevideogames.com) and I was wondering about the ID3 tags. Does the iPod only read that info or something? The filename itself is useless? I'm clueless here. . .

I had all my mp3s in one folder, with subfolders for genre/artist/album etc. I loaded the mp3 folder into iTunes, and it was obvious which files had ID3 tags and which ones didn't. You'll see. I'd recommend getting your mp3 folder under control now, unlike I did. About half of my mp3s had the artist/album name filled in under iTunes (which meant they had ID3 tags) and about half didn't. Luckily most of those had the info in the title name of the mp3, but that doesn't help iTunes organize it.

 

[sc0la]

If you import things into iTunes in clusters of like files (artist album etc) you can mass rename the applicable portions of the mp3s.

 

[Fusebox]

We get it, you got an iPod, hoorah, start another thread:

http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=6781

 

[Freestyler]

If a song is selected in iTunes, you can just left-click in any of the fields to start editing instantly. It's helpful for when you're not doing mass renamings.

 

[Fresh Prince]

We get it, you got an iPod, hoorah, start another thread:

http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=6781

LOL

I still think we need DJ_Tet Noob Impressions on 4G iPod Thread.

 

[fart]

http://www.misticriver.us/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&req=getit&lid=26

musicbrainz - the best/weirdest tag software ever.

it actually does some kind of spectral analysis of the audio data to figure out what the track is and then tags it.

 

[DJ_Tet]

LOL

I still think we need DJ_Tet Noob Impressions on 4G iPod Thread.

Hey fuckstick, I got stuck with a 3G iPod. Don't make me start a thread on who to complain to


I quoted Fresh Prince but was really targeting Fusebox.

Two separate questions, two separate topics

 

[DJ_Tet]

http://www.misticriver.us/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&req=getit&lid=26

musicbrainz - the best/weirdest tag software ever.

it actually does some kind of spectral analysis of the audio data to figure out what the track is and then tags it.

I'm going through musicbrainz now. Does it fill in some ID3 tags by itself? If so, can I suck your dick

I'm not a gay poster btw, but if it did fill in a bunch of ID3 tags, well...you know







i'd be worth it...

 

[DJ_Tet]

I'm using MusicBrainz now.

I've got 916 recognized tracks, 314 unidentified, 356 error, and 236 pending files. Does this program fill in my missing mp3 tags?

What does this program do?

 

[Wellington]

Waiting for my iPod to get here on Wednesday, and I've been tagging all of my MP3s as well. Musicbrainz wasn't much help, and neither was The Godfather which was recommended in the other DJ_Tet ID3 Tag topic. Thankully, iTunes makes it easy to change ID3 tags on all songs, though it has been a bit time consuming.

 

[DJ_Tet]

Did The Godfather name any mp3s that Musicbrainz missed?