TidySongs program

Lizzy Borden · Mar 18, 2011

Has anyone tried the program TidySongs? Good? Bad? Is it as good as it sounds?

TidySongs | Add Album Art, Remove iTunes Duplicates, Fix Misspellings

robduckyworth · Mar 19, 2011

No, i have found it to be pretty rubbish.

I have used SongGenie, which is fairly hit/miss for me (i have alot of obscurely named songs in my library) but it worked fairly well.

Equinix also do CoverScout, which was actually really good, even for my needs. it finds artwork that is quite obscure or not on itunes.

BeaTunes is another good alternative, I dont think it does Tagging, but it figures out alot of good info such as BPM, and library inconsistencies automatically.

the best automatic tagger i have used is called Pollux. worked brilliantly, but i dont have the money for a license. (10$) - it analyses the waveform of the Audio, so if it is in the database, it can find it, and its usually never wrong.

EDIT: FetchArt is a free option for getting album artwork.

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/12083/fetch-art-for-itunes

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equinux - Mac software for finding, applying, editing and printing album covers

Download SongGenie for Mac - Analyzes and completes tags for untitled tracks in iTunes. MacUpdate.com

Kevriano · Mar 19, 2011

+1 for Coverscout, but if you want tagging sorted automatically as well, then Tune Up is the one I'd recommend. The only issue is the cost vs. long term use, because once you have sorted a big library, you are really done with it, because manually keeping on top of things makes more sense afterwards.
There is also Tagr, which is free, but quite manual, nothing you can't do in iTunes with some patience.

john.med · Mar 19, 2011

robduckyworth said:
No, i have found it to be pretty rubbish.

I have used SongGenie, which is fairly hit/miss for me (i have alot of obscurely named songs in my library) but it worked fairly well.

Equinix also do CoverScout, which was actually really good, even for my needs. it finds artwork that is quite obscure or not on itunes.

BeaTunes is another good alternative, I dont think it does Tagging, but it figures out alot of good info such as BPM, and library inconsistencies automatically.

the best automatic tagger i have used is called Pollux. worked brilliantly, but i dont have the money for a license. (10$) - it analyses the waveform of the Audio, so if it is in the database, it can find it, and its usually never wrong.

EDIT: FetchArt is a free option for getting album artwork.

Download Fetch Art for iTunes for Mac - Grab iTunes album cover of current song. MacUpdate.com

beaTunes ~ build better playlists

Pollux | Music Organization Meets Automation | Home

equinux - Mac software for finding, applying, editing and printing album covers

Download SongGenie for Mac - Analyzes and completes tags for untitled tracks in iTunes. MacUpdate.com

Running fetch art now, thanks for the heads up

john.med · Mar 19, 2011

Great thread guys.

Having a bit of trouble tho, tried fetch art, it bogs with even 10 songs and gives error codes left, right and centre!

Can anyone recommend a decent freeware?

Kevriano · Mar 19, 2011

Never found a good free one. Tune Up has a free trial, which is useful for doing a few (I think it does 50 covers, 100 retags etc>) so worth doing IMO.
Coverscout is best for art, but a little pricey maybe.

john.med · Mar 19, 2011

Ta Kev. I used tune up a few years back, so I can't use it again now without paying?!

robduckyworth · Mar 19, 2011

yeah Fetch Art is a bit buggy: I think the developer only recently got an intel mac, and so is still ironing out the bugs. you could try a repair permissions in disk utility and see if that gives you any success.