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mp3s: tagging and file-naming
 

offline mimi on 2005-08-19 12:07 [#01700544]
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hi, i was wondering if there is some program that lets you
carry over your mp3 tag song name to your file name...this
is too much of a pain in the ass to do one at a time.

hopefully i am just a moron and there's a way to do it
through itunes.


 

offline rasec from mty (Mexico) on 2005-08-19 12:16 [#01700553]
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if you're looking for an automated way to tag you songs,
there's this piece of neat software ID3-TagIT...

i use it quite often, it's easy to use..


 

offline mimi on 2005-08-19 12:18 [#01700557]
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Cannot find server...is there another link? Does it do
filenames as well?


 

offline rasec from mty (Mexico) on 2005-08-19 12:19 [#01700558]
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oh! and also you can name your files using ID3 ver 1 or ver
2...

as stated here

TAG to Filename (ID3v1 & ID3v2)

Writes information from the tag to the filename using a
totally free format defined by YOU.
Filename to TAG (ID3v1 & ID3v2)

Reads information from the filename using a format YOU
defined and writes it into the tag.


 

offline rasec from mty (Mexico) on 2005-08-19 12:20 [#01700559]
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the website is working properly, i am able to open that
url...


 

offline mimi on 2005-08-19 12:20 [#01700560]
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must be down..i'll try another time. thanks!


 

offline rasec from mty (Mexico) on 2005-08-19 12:21 [#01700565]
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but if you cannot access that website through the link i
posted... just google it... i am sure that software should
be hosted somewhere else...


 

offline mimi on 2005-08-19 12:23 [#01700571]
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good point, i will give it a try after work tonight then!


 

offline Phresch from fucking Trondheim (Norway) on 2005-08-19 13:10 [#01700649]
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does it work the other way around too?

can i get the file name to be the id3 tag?


 

offline _gvarek_ from next to you (Poland) on 2005-08-19 13:21 [#01700656]
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I just click freedb button.


 

offline Aesthetics from the IDM Kiosk on 2005-08-19 13:50 [#01700665]
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Tag & Rename.

1.76mb I can email this program if you like?


 

offline rasec from mty (Mexico) on 2005-08-19 14:25 [#01700671]
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as posted before...

ID3-TagIT Features

enjoy! :)


 

offline Phresch from fucking Trondheim (Norway) on 2005-08-19 14:38 [#01700673]
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thanks!


 

offline VirtualBrain from Milan (Italy) on 2005-08-19 14:44 [#01700674]
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nice avatar


 

offline rasec from mty (Mexico) on 2005-08-19 14:53 [#01700675]
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VirtualBrain wrote:
nice avatar

which avatar?


 

offline Aesthetics from the IDM Kiosk on 2005-08-19 15:39 [#01700681]
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VirtualBrain from Milan (Italy) on 2005-08-19 22:44
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Followup to rasec: #01700671


 

offline epohs from )C: on 2005-08-30 13:45 [#01710218]
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so, mimi, what do you think about this program?


 

offline thatne from United States on 2005-08-30 13:49 [#01710219]
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It's probably bad for you to tag your mp3s, because if you
share them your name might show as "encoder" like in the
case of Casey Grabowski leaking that new B.O.C. record,
mimi. I would regret you getting sued and sent to "teh
debtors' prison just like Charles Dickens' father, John
Dickens from Portsmouth," innit?


 

offline yann_g from now on 2005-08-30 13:50 [#01710220]
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the afx spectrum analysis avatar?


 

offline QRDL from Poland on 2005-08-30 14:13 [#01710245]
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It's very easy in foobar

Right click on the file or a group of files -> masstagger
->move, rename or copy files


 

offline staz on 2005-08-30 14:16 [#01710250]
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SmartMP3 is awesome, but it requires registration.
Definitely the best one I've tried, though.


 

offline mimi on 2005-08-30 14:33 [#01710278]
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Well epohs, I haven't tried very hard to figure out how to
use the motherfucker. After a disappointing run-in with the
error message "The file could not be renamed because the
filename already exists. Perhaps two or more files have the
same TAG," I kind of gave up until my thread got bumped.
And then I got the error message again...it takes me a while
to become comfortable with new weird programs, so it's
probably just something idiotic that I'm doing wrong.

What the hell, when I put the artist/album/track title into
itunes, that's creating an ID3 tag RIGHT?!?!! oh god if it
isn't i wasted my life


 

offline QRDL from Poland on 2005-08-30 14:44 [#01710288]
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there are 2 versions of ID3 tags, right? Maybe that tagging
program uses a different one than iTunes? Maybe it's
adjustable somewhere.


 

offline mimi on 2005-08-30 14:52 [#01710294]
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oh lord. what a pain in the ass. v2.2?


 

offline epohs from )C: on 2005-08-30 14:56 [#01710302]
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What the hell, when I put the artist/album/track title
into
itunes, that's creating an ID3 tag RIGHT?!?!! oh god if it
isn't i wasted my life


yes, i'm pretty sure that itunes writes ID3 tags when you do
that.

Your life isn't completely wasted.


 

offline QRDL from Poland on 2005-08-30 14:58 [#01710308]
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Reminding about foobar. It's not evil.


 

offline acrid milk hall from United Kingdom on 2005-08-30 16:21 [#01710395]
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Naming files is pretty easy when you buy the full version of
Musicmatch Jukebox


 

offline rasec from mty (Mexico) on 2005-08-30 16:32 [#01710415]
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aaw... my first topic


 

offline rasec from mty (Mexico) on 2005-08-30 16:34 [#01710421]
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you don't have to pay when you can use VERY USEFUL freeware


 

offline kaen from the magical land of moo (United Kingdom) on 2005-08-30 17:04 [#01710477]
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tag scanner is the bestor


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2005-08-30 17:59 [#01710577]
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musicbrainz.org does a good job.


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2005-08-30 18:00 [#01710579]
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musicbrainz.org does a good job.


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2005-08-30 18:00 [#01710580]
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musicbrainz.org does a good job.


 

offline epohs from )C: on 2005-08-30 18:06 [#01710589]
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what about musicbrainz?


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2005-08-30 18:18 [#01710595]
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yeh, musicbrainz tagger works great. i use it fukkin all
the time.


 

offline mimi on 2005-08-30 18:25 [#01710603]
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musicbrainz will probably change my tags all around ie:
portizhead - sour timez
seymour bitz - the bitz, bay-bee
tranzluzion - l.i.f.e.

i'll give it a shot


 

offline bagpuss606 from Oxford (United Kingdom) on 2005-08-31 05:59 [#01710951]
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The one I've been using is the Godfather. It's a pain to
get the hang of but it's fast and does everything you could
think of. And it doesn't crash when you loads 10000 songs
at once.

tgf_full.zip - available in a million and one places
http://users.otenet.gr/~jtcliper/tgf/tutorials/01/ - big
help


 

offline mappatazee from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2006-01-02 03:51 [#01810239]
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what tagger will work best for both mp3 and flac?
thanks.


 

offline Ezkerraldean from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2006-01-02 04:39 [#01810247]
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look, post rezzing!!!!!!!!!!

i have no idea about flacs.
FREE RIP is the best audio ripper around if thats what you r
lookin for - rips CD to wav, mp3 and [the completely
pointless] ogg format. tags and file names come out the
same.
ive never actually really needed to use a standalone tagger
program.


 

offline xf from Australia on 2006-01-02 04:50 [#01810248]
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foobar2000, it does everything, great program


 

offline mappatazee from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2006-01-02 04:58 [#01810256]
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No I think CDex is the best


 

offline xf from Australia on 2006-01-02 05:03 [#01810262]
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cdex hasn't been updated for a long time, dissapointingly; i
quite like it, too. it still does the job, just make sure
you use the latest encoding dll's (lame, et al) to ensure
the best quality rip.


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2006-01-02 05:58 [#01810286]
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I tried that program once before and it raped my mp3 files

(Well, it changed their organisation.)


 

offline Neto from Ecatepec (Mexico) on 2006-01-02 14:30 [#01810564]
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Tag&Rename seems to me the best option to do all your
rename and retag of all your audio files, friendly and easy
to use, the only bad thing is that it is not a free
software. I'm still "learning" to use The Godfather, the
truth is that it is very confusing compared to Tag&Rename

Foobar2000: excellent program, VERY customizable, indeed
it does a LOT of things

CDex: very good choice, but as xf said, it hasn't
been updated, but again, it still can do a flawless job

EAC: Exact Audio Copy, without doubt the best
audio ripper out there, why?, well because it offer gap
detection, creation of CUE sheets; secure, fast and burst
extraction methods selectable... you must see the full list
features


 

offline leftblank from manchester/dublin on 2006-01-02 15:54 [#01810594]
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i stayed up all night once tagging my mp3s. god that was the
worst night of my life.

but i had the last laugh the next day when i woke up at 5pm
and could organise playlists by genre name. man that was the
best day of my life.


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2006-01-02 16:32 [#01810609]
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I'm still working on Genres with mine. It's always good to
have them organised though.


 

offline hanal from k_maty only (United Kingdom) on 2006-01-02 16:37 [#01810614]
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i once tagged from rochdale to manchester


 

offline mappatazee from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2006-01-02 16:40 [#01810615]
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I don't like labeling genres...


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2006-01-02 17:20 [#01810630]
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I don't have many genres

Podcast
Books & Spoken
Electronic
Alernative
Rock
Classical
Acid
Ambient

I think that covers everything I'll come across in my
collection. I'm tempted to make Theme Tune a genre though :D


 

offline swears from junk sleep on 2006-01-02 17:48 [#01810648]
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Whenever I get the train from Liverpool to Manchester, I
always see shitloads of graffitti. I wonder if Hanal had a
hand in any of it.
:D


 


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