Renaming MP3s

Stobo · Stobo #1 (**permalink**)

05-16-2010, 12:12 PM

I have a collection of music, ripped form my CD collection before I had internet access (yes there was such a time). I now need to get the titles changed to be able to use them in iTunes. Does anyone know a good automatic way of identifying the tags and renaming the files accordingly. There seems to be a load of stuff for the other platform but I cant find anything for Mac osx.

louishen · louishen #2 (**permalink**)

05-16-2010, 12:17 PM

Are they whole albums, and can you tell which files belong together in the same album?

Stobo · Stobo #3 (**permalink**)

05-16-2010, 12:33 PM

Yes, they're whole albums. I originally saved them into folders I made but at the time there was no automatic online referencing so if you didn't name them yourself then you got track01 etc. Back then this wasn't an issue, I only had media player and no portable device. now I use iPod and iTunes so without id names they're pretty useless.

louishen · louishen #4 (**permalink**)

05-16-2010, 01:20 PM

If you give put an individual album into a playlist you should be able to use iTunes's get track names, but let us know if this works

Kevriano · Kevriano #5 (**permalink**)

05-16-2010, 02:28 PM

You could also try this:

Apple - Downloads - Audio - Tagr

scathe · scathe #6 (**permalink**)

05-16-2010, 02:37 PM

you can tag songs right from iTunes, it will do a batch tag for multiple songs you select so you don't have to type the album and artist every time

it's done from Get Info

and do try what louishen suggested

_humfy · _humfy #7 (**permalink**)

05-16-2010, 05:28 PM

This site is handy for scripts to do various bits and bobs that'll run with iTunes :

Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes ♫ - dougscripts.com

Stobo · Stobo #8 (**permalink**)

05-17-2010, 12:15 PM

Thanks Folks

Kevriano's answer works best. The free downloadable Tagr is very easy to use. Searches for art work, track info etc. Very quick, then you select which tracks to impose the info onto and it writes back to your drive. Even if they're already added to your iTunes, the first play updates the info

.

Gr8 stuff, thanks

louishen #2 (permalink)
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louishen #4 (permalink)
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Stobo #8 (permalink)
Member Since: May 16, 2010 Posts: 3	05-17-2010, 12:15 PM Thanks Folks Kevriano's answer works best. The free downloadable Tagr is very easy to use. Searches for art work, track info etc. Very quick, then you select which tracks to impose the info onto and it writes back to your drive. Even if they're already added to your iTunes, the first play updates the info. Gr8 stuff, thanks
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Stobo #1 (permalink)
Member Since: May 16, 2010 Posts: 3	05-16-2010, 12:12 PM I have a collection of music, ripped form my CD collection before I had internet access (yes there was such a time). I now need to get the titles changed to be able to use them in iTunes. Does anyone know a good automatic way of identifying the tags and renaming the files accordingly. There seems to be a load of stuff for the other platform but I cant find anything for Mac osx.
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scathe #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 12, 2009 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Posts: 1,096 Mac Specs: 2,4Ghz 15" unibody	05-16-2010, 02:37 PM you can tag songs right from iTunes, it will do a batch tag for multiple songs you select so you don't have to type the album and artist every time it's done from Get Info and do try what louishen suggested
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_humfy #7 (permalink)
Member Since: May 18, 2005 Posts: 106	05-16-2010, 05:28 PM This site is handy for scripts to do various bits and bobs that'll run with iTunes : Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes ♫ - dougscripts.com
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