| 02 May 2008 03:56 am |
M v C Graphics Designer Rep: 9  Joined: 23 Jul 2006 Posts: 8,017 OFFLINE |
I have a little over 10,000 MP3s on my computer. And a lot of them are missing tags or have incorrect tags.
I need a program that will use an internet database to identify these songs and correct their tags. But there’s a catch.
I don’t want to have to sit at my computer during the entire process. So in other words, I want a program that will not need me to verify the tag information. I wouldn’t care if some of the tags were wrong. As I can correct a few hundred tags manually. But I’d rather the MAJORITY be done automatically, without my input.
Does such a magical program exist?
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| 02 May 2008 05:38 pm |
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| 04 May 2008 02:55 am |
Cid NLI Guest | Cid wrote:
Thanks for the help, anonymous. But I really can’t figure out how to use MP3bookhelper. I tried looking at it, but I don’t exactly know what the hell I’m doing. I’m not exactly computer savvy, unforuntaltely. Anything easier to use? Or maybe a guide to book helper?
(cid told me to send this)
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| 04 May 2008 09:15 am |
carrot Guest | Sorry, I normally test my solutions before posting. In this case this was a bit out of my realm of know-how (I know very little about audio). I just tried the program, and its interface was indeed hard to figure out. I did some more googling and mp3tag came up. It seems to have a slightly better interface. http://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html
I used to assume mp3 tagging using the online databases like freedb was done based on the mp3’s CRC or other signature (they might use something else, like audio signature). It’s not the case! They use the signature from the original audio CD! So I guess tagging without the original media may not be doable. I’ll research this some more and see what I can come up with - namely if there are mp3 databases. I apologize for my ignorance, as I’m not an audiophile.
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| 04 May 2008 09:18 am |
carrot Guest | The problem with simply using CRC’s for an mp3 database is that a slight change in the mp3 (for example one letter or a space or underscore in a tag) changes the whole signature - now if you consider the fact that songs can be ripped at different bitrates, use different version tags (ID3 v1, v2, a mix of the two, other tags like Real Player or APE, etc...) you can see how many variables you have.
The best I could find was at the bottom of this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_fingerprint
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