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MP3 tagging software?
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Oh... I like the way Max is looking.... Downloading that when I get home!!! I will probably still use EAC on the windows side.... But this looks promising.
I ended up dumping the running of tag and rename under darwin. I was getting alot of crashes especially when I tried to edit the tags, more specifically adding album covers to all of the files.
What I ended up doing is creating a folder on the Mac side that can be seen back and forth between my Mac and VM Windows. One extra step but it works great now.
Thanks for the help with darwin etc...... So far this has been the best alternative for me.
What I ended up doing is creating a folder on the Mac side that can be seen back and forth between my Mac and VM Windows. One extra step but it works great now.
Thanks for the help with darwin etc...... So far this has been the best alternative for me.
I continue to use Tag & Rename via Parallels since I have yet to find a Mac equivalent. I will give Media Rage a try, however.
TriTag
I was struggling with this problem which is how I came to join this forum.
i tried using Tag and Rename in parallels and found it didnt work with large music files unless I transferred my entire music library to my Parallels C drive I then tried the suggestion of using T&R under Darwine. I found that worked better but it would lock up after just a few renames. The solution:
TriTag (Just google for download link) is a free and native OS X app which efficiently can rename your music files according to your selected naming convention from your ITunes tags. Just drag and drop all your music files and press rename. It coped successfully with my 11,000 plus library in about 10 minutes. The user interface is much nicer than Tag and Rename though it may lack some high end functionality. However it was great for my needs.
Wade
I was struggling with this problem which is how I came to join this forum.
i tried using Tag and Rename in parallels and found it didnt work with large music files unless I transferred my entire music library to my Parallels C drive I then tried the suggestion of using T&R under Darwine. I found that worked better but it would lock up after just a few renames. The solution:
TriTag (Just google for download link) is a free and native OS X app which efficiently can rename your music files according to your selected naming convention from your ITunes tags. Just drag and drop all your music files and press rename. It coped successfully with my 11,000 plus library in about 10 minutes. The user interface is much nicer than Tag and Rename though it may lack some high end functionality. However it was great for my needs.
Wade
Hi there,
I'm completely new to Macintosh computers - just recently switched 2 weeks ago, so please be patient with me...
Using Darwine would also enable usage of foobar2000 which ist downloadable at the .org-site of the same name. Foobar2000 is in my opinion the absolutely best (mass-)tagger under the windows environment I have seen so far. Possible even mp3tag (download from www.mp3tag.de) would be an option with its really overwhelming features, have to try that myself tonight.
Greets, oc2pus.
I'm completely new to Macintosh computers - just recently switched 2 weeks ago, so please be patient with me...
Using Darwine would also enable usage of foobar2000 which ist downloadable at the .org-site of the same name. Foobar2000 is in my opinion the absolutely best (mass-)tagger under the windows environment I have seen so far. Possible even mp3tag (download from www.mp3tag.de) would be an option with its really overwhelming features, have to try that myself tonight.
Greets, oc2pus.
ID3TagIt !!!
I am always stunned when the absolute most powerful and easy to use Windows tagging program I have ever seen is not mentioned in threads like this! ID3TagIt is *amazing* in terms of the size of collections it handles, its speed and stability, and its straightforward and powerful ID3 tagging features. It does not handle artwork or lyrics, but if you have a disorganized collection of MP3s in a mess on your disk then ID3TagIt lets you batch through more efficiently than anything else I have ever found. It's not a big general purpose tool, but what it does it does exceedingly well. Unfortunately, it is no longer actively supported. And it's a Windows tool.
Regardless, this thread is about finding a Mac tool. I just wanted to let you all know how high the bar is from my perspective.
Having said that, of all the tools mentioned here and in numerous other discussions Google found for me, TriTag comes closest to the purity and power of ID3TagIt. Unfortunately, and I recently wrote to the developer on this exact subject, TriTag is missing an absolutely essential feature, that of including the entire path name in its pattern matching scope when doing file-to-tag operations. It can't generate an accurate tag from a file like "artist/album/track - title.mp3" :-(.
If anyone here can direct me to a bare bones file-to-tag batch renaming tool with powerful and flexible pattern matching that handles the above case I would be ecstatic...
Anyone?
I am always stunned when the absolute most powerful and easy to use Windows tagging program I have ever seen is not mentioned in threads like this! ID3TagIt is *amazing* in terms of the size of collections it handles, its speed and stability, and its straightforward and powerful ID3 tagging features. It does not handle artwork or lyrics, but if you have a disorganized collection of MP3s in a mess on your disk then ID3TagIt lets you batch through more efficiently than anything else I have ever found. It's not a big general purpose tool, but what it does it does exceedingly well. Unfortunately, it is no longer actively supported. And it's a Windows tool.
Regardless, this thread is about finding a Mac tool. I just wanted to let you all know how high the bar is from my perspective.
Having said that, of all the tools mentioned here and in numerous other discussions Google found for me, TriTag comes closest to the purity and power of ID3TagIt. Unfortunately, and I recently wrote to the developer on this exact subject, TriTag is missing an absolutely essential feature, that of including the entire path name in its pattern matching scope when doing file-to-tag operations. It can't generate an accurate tag from a file like "artist/album/track - title.mp3" :-(.
If anyone here can direct me to a bare bones file-to-tag batch renaming tool with powerful and flexible pattern matching that handles the above case I would be ecstatic...
Anyone?
I have Tag & Rename running in Darwine, but I can't get "Get album titles from Amazon" to work.
Did you get this part of Tag & Rename working in Darwine? It's the main feature I use in the program...
I got the latest version of darwine (1.1.21) from here, and it works!
http://www.kronenberg.org/darwine/
You can run Tag & Rename on Mac OS X perfectly now, without a copy of windows!
"Get tags from Amazon.com" works too!
SWEET!!!!!
This is so much faster than running Tag & Rename in VMware Fusion...
http://www.kronenberg.org/darwine/
You can run Tag & Rename on Mac OS X perfectly now, without a copy of windows!
"Get tags from Amazon.com" works too!
SWEET!!!!!
This is so much faster than running Tag & Rename in VMware Fusion...
I use MPFreaker. It's a nice little app for tagging mp3s... you can manually rename all the songs you want. But if you want the payable version, it will help you look for songs and rename them etc. by itself. (the non-payable version will only look for 3 songs on each start of the program - if you wanted another 3 you'd have to restart it...)
http://www.lairware.com/mpfreaker/
http://www.lairware.com/mpfreaker/
I got the latest version of darwine (1.1.21) from here, and it works!
http://www.kronenberg.org/darwine/
You can run Tag & Rename on Mac OS X perfectly now, without a copy of windows!
"Get tags from Amazon.com" works too!
SWEET!!!!!
This is so much faster than running Tag & Rename in VMware Fusion...
Don't know how it can be "faster" but I will give it a try. So far running it under vmware I have had zero issues....
I wholly agree with the poster who extolled the virtues of foobar2k. It's the only Windows program I've missed since switching to Mac.
In terms of native OS X programs, the one I keep coming back to is The Tagger. Extremely intuitive UI, very good batch file rename/retag features, and a cute icon to boot. The main weakness is that it can't get tags from MusicBrainz or freedb -- but for the music I like, the best database for grabbing metadata is Discogs.com and The Tagger works great with it.
In terms of native OS X programs, the one I keep coming back to is The Tagger. Extremely intuitive UI, very good batch file rename/retag features, and a cute icon to boot. The main weakness is that it can't get tags from MusicBrainz or freedb -- but for the music I like, the best database for grabbing metadata is Discogs.com and The Tagger works great with it.
I find tune up media to be amazing. When you add an album to itunes even if it puts it into unknown album and artist you just drag the album across to tuneup (runs at the side of itunes) and it finds all the tags and artwork for you. Be prepared to pay though as the software accesses their own servers so non hackable. But is only $30 and well worth it in my honest opinion.
I got the latest version of darwine (1.1.21) from here, and it works!
http://www.kronenberg.org/darwine/
You can run Tag & Rename on Mac OS X perfectly now, without a copy of windows!
"Get tags from Amazon.com" works too!
SWEET!!!!!
This is so much faster than running Tag & Rename in VMware Fusion...
Still getting the crash when I look up on Amazon.com. Going to continue using the other method.
Oh well.
Thank you
I know this forum is relatively old, however I just recently switched from PC to Mac and was dying to find a program that I could use for file tagging on a mac. I used Media Monkey on PC and it was fabulous. Now, I can run it on my Mac! Thanks!
I know this forum is relatively old, however I just recently switched from PC to Mac and was dying to find a program that I could use for file tagging on a mac. I used Media Monkey on PC and it was fabulous. Now, I can run it on my Mac! Thanks!
hey everyone
I'm new to the mac,
and have just transferred all of my music to mac and iTunes
and I'm a bit anal about tagging, and making sure my music is all sorted.
and to be honest iTunes is a bit crap, with must tagging and album artwork.
im not that good i terms of porting a copy of windows to my mac,
and really just want a decent Mac tagging program
I'm new to the mac,
and have just transferred all of my music to mac and iTunes
and I'm a bit anal about tagging, and making sure my music is all sorted.
and to be honest iTunes is a bit crap, with must tagging and album artwork.
im not that good i terms of porting a copy of windows to my mac,
and really just want a decent Mac tagging program
I needed a program to do mass taging for me. I didn't found anything useful for free.
The only one that fit my needs was ID3X which was around 29$. The problem is that it does not work with Lion, and they dont have any support anymore.
Now I found Music Tag (www.music-tag.com), which do exacty what I want.
The only one that fit my needs was ID3X which was around 29$. The problem is that it does not work with Lion, and they dont have any support anymore.
Now I found Music Tag (www.music-tag.com), which do exacty what I want.
What does music tag do, that others don´t?
Serious question! I am also looking for a usefull tool for tagging, renaming, ...
Serious question! I am also looking for a usefull tool for tagging, renaming, ...
It tag your files from filename with pattern that you choose. No other program (for mac) can do this. You dont have to tag file by file and repair artist to uppercase...etc by hand. You can tag the whole folder at once.
Download and try it. You can test it and see tag/rename results in preview. For final job you need serial which is cheap...
Download and try it. You can test it and see tag/rename results in preview. For final job you need serial which is cheap...
What does music tag do, that others don´t?
Serious question! I am also looking for a usefull tool for tagging, renaming, ...
Serious question! I am also looking for a usefull tool for tagging, renaming, ...
Has anyone found something that will simply read through a LARGE multi-level volume (I keep my music files on a NAS) and then simply allow me to see which files are missing ID3 information by either filtering the results or simply sorting by a particular column (e.g. artist or song, etc). I use XBMC to listen to my music (either on laptops or via an ATV2 on the home stereo system) and XBMC seems to choke on bad ID3 tags, so I'm just trying to clean up my library. I do NOT use iTunes for obvious reasons...
EDIT: I'm playing around with MPFreaker and so far it looks pretty good for what I'm trying to do. Manually editing tags is a bit of a pain, but at lease I am able to load my entire library remotely across the network and manipulate the tag data. It seems to do its searches using existing tag information, so if you have a bunch of files called "Track 03" and no other tag data, this won't help. Likewise, if you have files with filenames like album-song-artist.mp3 but no tag data, this will not help either (unlike tag & rename). But for $10 it looks like one of the better options for those not using iTunes. It also integrates with iTunes, but doesn't require it.
EDIT: I'm playing around with MPFreaker and so far it looks pretty good for what I'm trying to do. Manually editing tags is a bit of a pain, but at lease I am able to load my entire library remotely across the network and manipulate the tag data. It seems to do its searches using existing tag information, so if you have a bunch of files called "Track 03" and no other tag data, this won't help. Likewise, if you have files with filenames like album-song-artist.mp3 but no tag data, this will not help either (unlike tag & rename). But for $10 it looks like one of the better options for those not using iTunes. It also integrates with iTunes, but doesn't require it.
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