iTunes tagging

[abciximab]

Does changing the file info of a song in iTunes change the actual ID3 tag of the file itself, or does it just change the song's info in the iTunes Library file?

I'm just curious because i lost info on one of my iTunes libraries and had to make a new one, and was wondering if all the tagging i had done is now lost.

-yeah, i could go through and look myself, but at one point I stopped using iTunes to retag and started using iEatBrainz, so I don't want to scrutinize all my tags that closely if somebody knows the quick answer.

Thanks!

[kgarner]

It should change the ID3 tag info itself. The iTunes Music Library file is used for storing playlists, playcounts, and stuf like that.

[abciximab]

cool, that's what i thought. Thanks for your reply.

[calebjohnston]

yeah, it edits the actual file. The playlist in iTunes is just representative of the actual file's id3 tag.