Help! Why itunes still remember the filename?

[jincheker]

The problem is this:

I imported some movies into itunes library. But the names of those movies are disordered and confused, so i try rename them to make the style clean.

Since there are a lot of them, i write some python code to do the work. I rename them directly from the source directory which is in iTunes/iTunes Music/Movies. But when I open itunes, the names are not changed. Then I try to use organize library option those names in the source file are changed back to old names.

After that, I move all those movies to other directory, and delete them in itunes. I try to rename those movies in that directory, and then import them to itunes. Surprisingly, when importing to itunes, they all changed to old names! I don't know why itunes still remember them.

Can anyone help me to solve this problem? Thx

 

[-aggie-]

You have to edit the metadata (the tags) of the music, not the filenames.

http://ipod.about.com/od/editingsonginfo/ht/editing_itunes.htm

 

[jincheker]

You have to edit the metadata (the tags) of the music, not the filenames.

http://ipod.about.com/od/editingsonginfo/ht/editing_itunes.htm

Is there any command to clean these tags?

 

[-aggie-]

Is there any command to clean these tags?

I believe there are apps that can do this. You might try versiontracker or macupdate to see what they have.

 

[jincheker]

Also, those files are movies. where the hell does the itunes store the tag information

 

[-aggie-]

Also, those files are movies. where the hell does the itunes store the tag information

Right click in iTunes>Get Info>Info or Sorting.