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Modify iTunes ID3 tags and fileds for better organization
Please!!! Please!!! Please!!!
If you are submitting tags to CDDB or other online source hold to the convention used by the iTunes Music Store (and Amazon) for classical music. That convention is: So This Album would be: Everything in fractacular's hint is better accomplished with standard ID3 tags as I have described and iTunes's smart playlists. What happens to your patch with the inevitable iTunes updates? What happens when iTunes start to display classical music in your library (properly) as it is in the Music Store with proper indentation? Metadata for Classical music is currently a mess on most online sources. By following the emerging standard of the iTunes Music Store, it will get better for all of us. Use the existing tools Luke! drewk
Modify iTunes ID3 tags and fileds for better organization
Doesn't fit compilation albums. Fine, put the composer in the Album field but ONLY IF the album name contains the composer name in the first place, i.e., album = album.
Modify iTunes ID3 tags and fileds for better organization
First, rest assured, all those who wish to condemn me to hell -- I would never submit to CDDB using my system.
Modify iTunes ID3 tags and fileds for better organization
(arriving a bit late at this party, but...)
If you'd like to keep your files organized in a folder structure other than the automatic Apple method, it can be done pretty easily with AppleScript. These scripts allow you to move files around based on track info: http://www.dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/scripts07.php?page=1#syncplaylistfilestofolder http://www.dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/scripts07.php?page=5#movefilesfold http://www.dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/scripts07.php?page=2#filestofolder http://www.dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/scripts02.php?page=2#ripthiswhereiwantit And it's easily modifiable. I used the above as a basis to create this, which moves selected files to folders based on Genre: http://clients.silentway.com/sw/tips/MoveSelectedFilestoFolderbyGenre.zip More here: http://www.silentway.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=67 This might give you an easy way to avoid non-standard ID3 tag headaches. (And, IMO, I agree with the folks who implore everyone to abide by one ID3 tag standard. Like it or not, the iTunes method is the best we've got. If you want to get creative, do it in the comments field, filename or finder folders.) ---
Modify iTunes ID3 tags and fileds for better organization
Also: What happens to your patch with the inevitable iTunes updates?
What happens is, I either update the resource fork again, which won't take terribly long now that I know what to do, or it will turn out that my localization resource can just be replaced with the old one. Either way, it's simple. I have personal mods to Safari which I perform every time it gets updated... no biggie.
Modify iTunes ID3 tags and fileds for better organization
Also: What happens to your patch with the inevitable iTunes updates?
What happens is, I either update the resource fork again, which won't take terribly long now that I know what to do, or it will turn out that my localization resource can just be replaced with the old one. Either way, it's simple. I have personal mods to Safari which I perform every time it gets updated... no biggie. |
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