Ripping CD's question. Re: featured artists

DaGrandMastah · DaGrandMastah #1 (**permalink**)

04-13-2012, 11:15 AM

Sorry, wasn't sure how to phrase the subject. Basically I'm ripping my cd collection with iTunes but I DESPISE how, it names multiple artists on one song.

For instance, I ripped 2pac's Greatest Hits CD and a song like California Love shows up as 2Pac ft Dr Dre as the artist. Is there a way to set it so they all go to 2pac and then the SONG is named California Love ft Dr Dre. I know you can change the album artist on multiple songs but I was hoping there was another way to go about this.

mrplow · mrplow #2 (**permalink**)

04-13-2012, 02:37 PM

Information like artist, track name etc is pulled down from a central database. This is populated by the data supplied by the record companies etc. so that's what you're going to get when you rip.

That said, if it upsets you to such a high degree, it's not much work to select the whole album, Get Info and change the artist to just one name.

DaGrandMastah #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 19, 2011 Posts: 86 Mac Specs: 21.5" 2.7GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 with 12GB RAM and 2TB HDD, 32 GB iPad 2, 32 GB iPhone 4	04-13-2012, 11:15 AM Sorry, wasn't sure how to phrase the subject. Basically I'm ripping my cd collection with iTunes but I DESPISE how, it names multiple artists on one song. For instance, I ripped 2pac's Greatest Hits CD and a song like California Love shows up as 2Pac ft Dr Dre as the artist. Is there a way to set it so they all go to 2pac and then the SONG is named California Love ft Dr Dre. I know you can change the album artist on multiple songs but I was hoping there was another way to go about this. Last edited by DaGrandMastah; 04-13-2012 at 11:44 AM.
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mrplow #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 01, 2007 Location: UK Posts: 5,541 Mac Specs: 27" iMac i7 (2011), iPhone5, iPad3, AppleTV2	04-13-2012, 02:37 PM Information like artist, track name etc is pulled down from a central database. This is populated by the data supplied by the record companies etc. so that's what you're going to get when you rip. That said, if it upsets you to such a high degree, it's not much work to select the whole album, Get Info and change the artist to just one name. External hard disk acquisition addict - but admitting the problem is the first step to a robust backup Please use the reputation system if you think you've been helped - top right of this post
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