iPod touch syncing the touch

[timtrax]

I synced my Touch. Many mp3's ended up in the 'unknown artist' folder.
I went to that folder on my HD and fixed most things - creating new folders and putting the right song in the right artist folder. (for a wasted hour and a half) I re-synced the TOUCH.
The songs were right back in the wrong folders. grrrrrrrr
Why does this happen?

 

[robbieduncan]

You need to fix the ID3 tags within the files. Moving them to different folders makes absolutely no difference at all.

 

[timtrax]

You need to fix the ID3 tags within the files. Moving them to different folders makes absolutely no difference at all.

OK - I'm new to this. I am familiar with the tags - but I don't know how to change them. I notice there's an info file with each song in Itunes but that doesn't seem editable. So.... how do i change the tags.

 

[robbieduncan]

OK - I'm new to this. I am familiar with the tags - but I don't know how to change them. I notice there's an info file with each song in Itunes but that doesn't seem editable. So.... how do i change the tags.

1st lesson: don't change the files at all. Don't even look at the files. Do everything in iTunes!

So once you find the songs in iTunes select them and hit command-I to inspect and change the properties. If you are using Windows instead of Mac OSX then the key combo will be different: look on the menus.

 

[timtrax]

1st lesson: don't change the files at all. Don't even look at the files. Do everything in iTunes!

So once you find the songs in iTunes select them and hit command-I to inspect and change the properties.
OK - Thanks - This should only take me 3 or 4 days!!!!!!