Metadata software for Mac

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spirost (archived)
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Posted November 7, 2010 at 11:37 GMT
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Hi all,

I currently have something around 98Gb of music mostly with all details, however there are several ones that have no information at all.

As I'm not quite familiar with, is there any software that I could download and use in order to get all necessary information for some of my albums?

Many thanks in advance for any tip!

Best regards

Spiros
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spirost (archived)
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Posted November 9, 2010 at 17:11 GMT
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Anybody some hint!?!!!???!?
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PhilLondon
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Posted November 10, 2010 at 10:44 GMT
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Select the songs in iTunes and choose Advance > Get Track names

It works better if you select all the songs of 1 album at the same time and in the correct order.

P.

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spirost (archived)
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Posted November 10, 2010 at 13:20 GMT
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Already tried it but not very successful.

I saw that there are plenty of software for this reason but which one is the best?
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Klas (archived)
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Posted November 10, 2010 at 21:43 GMT
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tried a few Mac SW 2yrs ago...back then there was nothing so i installed WM Ware and MediaMonkey on WinXP install - much better for batch meta data management and save it hardocded into the tags of the files......

If u use iTunes for media tagging it only saves it into its own XML so when you add the files to another iTunes or you reinstall iTunes on another computer you will have to redo the tagging.....

i'm sure that the SW has improved/new releases in the last 2yrs......but don't know...

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spirost (archived)
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Posted November 11, 2010 at 07:34 GMT
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Hi Klas,

Many thanks. Just tried Media Monkey and seems that it is working (at least better than iTunes!!!)

Best regards

Spiros
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Harry2008 (archived)
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Posted November 11, 2010 at 17:20 GMT
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Some native OS X tools you can look at:

adding meta data including song text:

link

Adding covers from multiple - self definable sources:

link

I use both of them and like them.

They have been on sale previously at MacUpdate as well, so maybe they will return in the future for a reduced price again.

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spirost (archived)
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Posted November 12, 2010 at 00:27 GMT
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Hi Harry,

Quite interesting. I probably will check it during weekend.

Many thanks for the links.

Best regards

Spiros
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Harry2008 (archived)
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Posted December 9, 2010 at 18:07 GMT
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Spiros wrote:
Hi Harry, Quite interesting. I probably will check it during weekend. Many thanks for the links. Best regards Spiros

Hi Spiros,

Have you bought the software indeed and what are your experiences with it so far?

 

Harry

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spirost (archived)
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Posted December 9, 2010 at 23:47 GMT
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Hi Harry,

Still have not tried anything!!!

I had an issue with my music folders and now have to recover everything.

Most probably will do everything during Christmas holidays.

Best regards

Spiros
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