OT: MP3 Tag Utility

All, I need a great MP3 Tag Utility. I don't want it to play music. I don't want it to download music. I just want the best MP3 Tag Utility there is. I prefer the best FREE one available because this is a one-shot deal. Once I've got this mess cleaned up, I won't need it any more. I have to correct a bunch of 'experimentation' issues I created when I ripped the CD's, and I don't want to have to re-rip them just to fix things up. I own MusicMatch JukeBox Plus (I'm a lucky earlyl adopter and have full, free upgrades for life - no upgrade subscription needed). It has great MP3 Tagging abilities, but it only works on files you've added to the library. It won't act on external files you haven't added yet (a serious feature-miss that I've already requested). I don't want to add files to my library until I clean up the tags. Thanks! Larry

On Mon, 02 Dec 2002 08:39:29 GMT, "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I just want the best MP3 Tag Utility there is. > >I prefer the best FREE one available because this is a one-shot deal. Once >I've got this mess cleaned up, I won't need it any more. I have to correct >a bunch of 'experimentation' issues I created when I ripped the CD's, and I >don't want to have to re-rip them just to fix things up. Use tag&rename http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm, it has a trial period of 30 days, then you need to register. Should be fine since you will only use it for a one-shot deal. -- karkrazy AT softhome DOT net http://karkrazy.m4driving.sm

What the hell "IS" an mp3 tagger? Boy have I been concentrating too much on sims lately or what? dave henrie

On Mon, 02 Dec 2002 17:58:16 GMT, "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote: > What the hell "IS" an mp3 tagger? Boy have I been concentrating too much >on sims lately or what? >dave henrie > MP3s have ID tags with the artist name and song title. MP3 taggers will rename them for you. They will also rename the filenames correctly if the are already id tags in the songs. Very useful if you are a neat freak and like having files named a certain way. -- karkrazy AT softhome DOT net http://karkrazy.m4driving.sm

Getting it now. Thanks! -Larry "cc" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Mon, 02 Dec 2002 08:39:29 GMT, "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >I just want the best MP3 Tag Utility there is. > > > >I prefer the best FREE one available because this is a one-shot deal.Once > >I've got this mess cleaned up, I won't need it any more. I have tocorrect > >a bunch of 'experimentation' issues I created when I ripped the CD's, andI

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> >don't want to have to re-rip them just to fix things up. > > Use tag&rename http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm, it has a trial > period of 30 days, then you need to register. Should be fine since > you will only use it for a one-shot deal. > > -- > karkrazy AT softhome DOT net > http://karkrazy.m4driving.sm

MP3 files contain information about the Author, Album, Track Number, Track Name, etc... The information most players display about a song come from the TAG, not the file names. -Larry "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:YaNG9.209863$QZ.32227@sccrnsc02... > What the hell "IS" an mp3 tagger? Boy have I been concentrating toomuch > on sims lately or what? > dave henrie > >

Looks pretty good. Oddly, though, it omits an important feature. The ability to batch-modify several track at once. For example, let's say that I have an album that has 10 songs. All to songs have the wrong album name. I select all 10 songs, edit the Album Name field, and it should change it in all 10 songs. Nope. Just the one. Have to do each one individually :( That's the only fault I found, but it's unfortunately a serious one. -Larry "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:liQG9.65179$[email hidden]...

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> Getting it now. Thanks! > > -Larry > > "cc" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > On Mon, 02 Dec 2002 08:39:29 GMT, "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > > >I just want the best MP3 Tag Utility there is. > > > > > >I prefer the best FREE one available because this is a one-shot deal. > Once > > >I've got this mess cleaned up, I won't need it any more. I have to > correct > > >a bunch of 'experimentation' issues I created when I ripped the CD's,

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> I > > >don't want to have to re-rip them just to fix things up. > > > > Use tag&rename http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm, it has a trial > > period of 30 days, then you need to register. Should be fine since > > you will only use it for a one-shot deal. > > > > -- > > karkrazy AT softhome DOT net > > http://karkrazy.m4driving.sm > >

On Tue, 03 Dec 2002 18:39:23 GMT, "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Looks pretty good. Oddly, though, it omits an important feature. The >ability to batch-modify several track at once. > >For example, let's say that I have an album that has 10 songs. All to songs >have the wrong album name. I select all 10 songs, edit the Album Name >field, and it should change it in all 10 songs. > >Nope. Just the one. Have to do each one individually :( > >That's the only fault I found, but it's unfortunately a serious one. > >-Larry

You can do this with tag&rename. make sure you click the "select all" button, it should have blue checkmark in a box. -- karkrazy AT softhome DOT net http://karkrazy.m4driving.sm

On Tue, 03 Dec 2002 12:02:51 -0800, karkrazy <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>On Tue, 03 Dec 2002 18:39:23 GMT, "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote: > >>Looks pretty good. Oddly, though, it omits an important feature. The >>ability to batch-modify several track at once. >> >>For example, let's say that I have an album that has 10 songs. All to songs >>have the wrong album name. I select all 10 songs, edit the Album Name >>field, and it should change it in all 10 songs. >> >>Nope. Just the one. Have to do each one individually :( >> >>That's the only fault I found, but it's unfortunately a serious one. >> >>-Larry > >You can do this with tag&rename. make sure you click the "select all" >button, it should have blue checkmark in a box.

And another thing. I assume you were using the Multi file ID3 tag editor option at the top of the screen too right? This allows you to batch rename album and artist all at once. There was nothing I couldn't get tag&rename to do and I've tried quite a few mp3 taggers. -- karkrazy AT softhome DOT net http://karkrazy.m4driving.sm

I did this. It only changed the field for the one file that I right-clicked on to get the change dialog, not all of them. -Larry "karkrazy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Tue, 03 Dec 2002 18:39:23 GMT, "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Looks pretty good. Oddly, though, it omits an important feature. The > >ability to batch-modify several track at once. > > > >For example, let's say that I have an album that has 10 songs. All tosongs

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> >have the wrong album name. I select all 10 songs, edit the Album Name > >field, and it should change it in all 10 songs. > > > >Nope. Just the one. Have to do each one individually :( > > > >That's the only fault I found, but it's unfortunately a serious one. > > > >-Larry > > You can do this with tag&rename. make sure you click the "select all" > button, it should have blue checkmark in a box. > > -- > karkrazy AT softhome DOT net > http://karkrazy.m4driving.sm

Now THAT one I will have to re-visit. There are an awful lot of icons on that interface :) Thanks! -Larry "karkrazy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Tue, 03 Dec 2002 12:02:51 -0800, karkrazy > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >On Tue, 03 Dec 2002 18:39:23 GMT, "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > >>Looks pretty good. Oddly, though, it omits an important feature. The > >>ability to batch-modify several track at once. > >> > >>For example, let's say that I have an album that has 10 songs. All to

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> >>have the wrong album name. I select all 10 songs, edit the Album Name > >>field, and it should change it in all 10 songs. > >> > >>Nope. Just the one. Have to do each one individually :( > >> > >>That's the only fault I found, but it's unfortunately a serious one. > >> > >>-Larry > > > >You can do this with tag&rename. make sure you click the "select all" > >button, it should have blue checkmark in a box. > > And another thing. I assume you were using the Multi file ID3 tag > editor option at the top of the screen too right? This allows you to > batch rename album and artist all at once. > > There was nothing I couldn't get tag&rename to do and I've tried quite > a few mp3 taggers. > > -- > karkrazy AT softhome DOT net > http://karkrazy.m4driving.sm