MP3 Tags

[asaladinojr]

So has anyone else had a problem with downloading music and finding that media players don't like the tags on some of the files, or that some don't have tags to start?

I have about 8500 songs, and it tends to get on my nerves. For example, WinMediaPlayer shows many of them, but there is a list of almost a thousand that get placed as unknown artists and albums that I have to forage through.

I ran across a program called Magic MP3 Tagger and I am trying it out now, as it claims to solve that problem. I'll let you know if it works!

[TheDeadCpu]

What you could do is use iTunes. It's actually very good for that, just pop all the mp3s in and it fixes tags via audio samples online, then you got them fixed.
But... It's iTunes, it's shit for anything else.

[arrrghhh]

What you could do is use iTunes. It's actually very good for that, just pop all the mp3s in and it fixes tags via audio samples online, then you got them fixed.
But... It's iTunes, it's shit for anything else.

I was going to say... really? An iTunes endorsement? Haha!

Anyhoo, I've tried many, many different programs for this. MusicBrainz Picard was interesting. There was another one that did hash checks... Damnit, I'll think of it later. iTunes does this now? Is it an addon? It basically sounds like all the apps that claim to do automatic tagging. Kid3 was interesting, but really only worked "well" back when KDE3.5 was brand new and amazing.

Maybe it was MediaMonkey I was thinking of...

[asaladinojr]

Ok, so the Magic MP3 Tagger is crap. It only does 5 files at a time unless you buy the damn thing. Since the lappy is dual boot, Ubuntu Software Center has a program called Easy Tag, which helped some. Will try iTunes later.

[arrrghhh]

Ok, so the Magic MP3 Tagger is crap. It only does 5 files at a time unless you buy the damn thing. Since the lappy is dual boot, Ubuntu Software Center has a program called Easy Tag, which helped some. Will try iTunes later.

Deleted the doublepost. Try 'em out, let me know how they work for you. I used to love Kid3 back in the day... Haven't used it in a couple of years tho.

[asaladinojr]

Thanks for the deletion. For some reason it came up saying that a new message had been posted and that I should review to make sure I still want to post, but the post that came up was mine. Weird. I just hit submit anyway...

I don't know why I didn't think of iTunes sooner. If there is one thing Apple does well, it's knowing their nonsensical entertainment information.

[TheDeadCpu]

Did you try iTunes? :p

[asaladinojr]

Yeah, I tried it. But, it sucks too. Finally downloaded mediamonkey, which did it for me. Songs brought up in Ubuntu have the correct tags, and as long as I use it as my media player in Windows it does too. The convenience of having the file path in the list pane made it easy to categorize everything by path, and then group change the ones the internet couldn't help me with (many of the albums I have are rare or imports, and not listed in most databases). If I were to keep up with my collection this way, and check stuff after I acquire it, I wouldn't have thousands to do at once and it wouldn't seem like such a chore.

[arrrghhh]

If I were to keep up with my collection this way, and check stuff after I acquire it, I wouldn't have thousands to do at once and it wouldn't seem like such a chore.

That's the key. I have a sorted & unsorted music folder, and the unsorted music sometimes gets unwieldy..l just plug away at it for a few hours here and there. If I just had all my music in one folder, it would be a complete nightmare!

Glad MediaMonkey worked for ya. Wish it was not Windows only... but what can you do. Did you check out MusicBrainz at all? That software was way ahead of its time... I just wonder if it ever caught up to itself haha.

[asaladinojr]

Yeah, I checked out Picard for a few minutes, but it really didn't impress me too much. MediaMonkey is a more all-in-one program that does anything I need. Just suited me more. I admit Picard was better than some of the others, (including iTunes IMHO).

EDIT - Let me clarify, as I want to live through the day. "better than iTunes" in respect to the tagging of files. Any iTunes lovers bite me.