Tricky-Ricky Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Can anyone recommend a some free software for naming and organising MP3 files, that is simple to use, and doesn't bung everything in too many sub folders, or duplicate the artist? tried a free version of Rename MP3 files pro, but its proving a pain:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3LL Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 if you find one, let me know to please mate! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Are you looking for something that will scan files / folders and do this automatically or just something to edit them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-Ricky Posted November 6, 2008 Author Share Posted November 6, 2008 Automatically with as little fuss as possible, the one i have tried, apart from getting it wrong half the time, seems to duplicate and mix songs from other artists, and uses too many folders, not that i know too much about the whole process:( Am i asking too much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 I have one for iTunes that I promised Pete I'd tell him the name of about two years ago!? I'll have a look tonight and let you know... This only works in iTunes, mind... It updates tracks, album title, art work, the lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoff Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 I have one for iTunes that I promised Pete I'd tell him the name of about two years ago!? I'll have a look tonight and let you know... This only works in iTunes, mind... It updates tracks, album title, art work, the lot Sounds good, I'd be interested in that too:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 The best one is MP3 Tag (the best and it's for free) there is website http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-Ricky Posted November 6, 2008 Author Share Posted November 6, 2008 Which is the easiest to use, and actually gets it right, without duplicating/triplicating everything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garetheves Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Tag and Rename is the one i have always used : http://www.softdepia.com/tag_and_rename_download_1291.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Mine is called 'iTunes AI BE'... but it looks like it just imports art work now? This isn't the one I have, but I can't find a link to my version.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Still not sure what you're trying to do, in particular what your starting point is. You mentioned duplication, but what is in danger of being duplicated? The actual MP3 files, or tag text within files, or something else? Are you starting from a collection of unorganised MP3 files on your computer? Or are you looking for something to create the MP3s in the first place, and tag them in the process? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-Ricky Posted November 6, 2008 Author Share Posted November 6, 2008 ? Are you starting from a collection of unorganised MP3 files on your computer? QUOTE] But there not that disorganised, just lacking track names, but every time i try a new naming program it either ends up screwing them up or duplicates them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-K Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 tagging is different to organising mp3`s winamp will just do fine for tagging them,.i dont know of any software that can automaticaly organise and name them for you.,but im sure there will be one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_have Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 I would love to find some software that could list all my music by artist ie I have all the 'now albums' but have to open each one to find a track or use that doggy search thing (yeah I know I'm an IT numpty) that takes forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Hmmm. It should be possible if the names of the MP3 files correspond to what you want the tags to be. For example, a file called "Kylie Minogue - Two Hearts.mp3" could be interpreted by some software (I don't know of any off-hand, so I'm not being very useful here ), but only if the filename for all your MP3s follwed the same naming convention. If they don't, any software you hit it with would have no way of knowing what the artist/title is. Update: just looked on Google (searched "set mp3 tags according to filename"), and found this: http://jay-jay.net/src/perl/mp3ManagementSuite/mms-filename2tag.html - if a command-line prompt puts you off, this might not be for you. http://www.softpointer.com/tr_help/02.03_How_to_get_tags_from_file_names.htm - not sure if it's free or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 ... use that doggy search thing ... Too much pr0n will make you go blind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garetheves Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Tag and rename, the one in the link i provided, has a few options for automatically renaming the id3 tags. The best uses the existing filename and a macro that you set up to pick out the individual words. For example: Filename: metallica-master_of_puppets.mp3 You would create a macro (easy to do in the program) that recognises metallica as the Artist, it replaces the "_" with spaces and converts all the 1st letters to capitals. It also would recognise the "master of puppets" bit as the title. Then there are options for chaning the album title to all the files at once, as well as adding track numbers. Its really hard to explain on here but download the programme and have a play around, its really good...and free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-Ricky Posted November 7, 2008 Author Share Posted November 7, 2008 Well i finally had the best results with Winamp, BUT! there is always a drawback, when you copy the Winamp playlist to a folder or USB stick, it is a M3U file (.m3u) and not in folders, and will only open with WMP, i dare say i could change that but even so I'm not sure it will play via a head unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 id3 tagit, is my weapon of choice... http://www.id3-tagit.de/ It does multiple edits, for example setting a group of files to the same artist. Supports v1 and v2. Does suffer a little bit with files if they are broken, but to be fair not very often. It also allows you to do filename->mp3 tag or mp3 tag -> filename. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 id3 tagit, is my weapon of choice... http://www.id3-tagit.de/ It does multiple edits, for example setting a group of files to the same artist. Supports v1 and v2. Does suffer a little bit with files if they are broken, but to be fair not very often. It also allows you to do filename->mp3 tag or mp3 tag -> filename. Whilst loading my phone up with some audio enjoyment the tags were all over the place. That has sorted them out nicely. Thanks Gav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Whilst loading my phone up with some audio enjoyment the tags were all over the place. That has sorted them out nicely. Thanks Gav For some reason as I read that I was reminded of the recommendations on the home shopping channels... accents and all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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