Re: Re: New Feature

Ah, OK. For the CDs, a lot of my collection is classical for which the 
CDDB or FreeDB data is either missing or just plain a mess. Plus, since 
the tagging systems are all designed for pop music where one track == 
one "work", I have made my own adjustments, and I put the name of the 
work (symphony, concerto, oratorio, etc.) in the album field so the 
track title can represent the movement, aria, etc.. The original release 
format (CD catalog #) isn't realy important except for compilations or 
non-classical music, and a comment field can hold that.

mp3tag, which I've used extensively, can take the file name and probably 
the path and transfer it to tags (it can also go the other direction: 
tags to filenames). It has a large set of variables that you can use to 
indicate the layout of the information you want to use. It's worth 
experimenting with. You can also tell it to retain the file modification 
date when it changes tag information, in case the rip date is important 
to you.

mp3tag can also take a text file with that sort of information and apply 
that as tags or filenames.

I would imagine that tagscanner, which I have not used but will look at, 
can do similar things.

I hope that's useful -- m.

On 01/30/2017 10:32 AM, Ian McPherson [email protected] [EAC] 
wrote:
>
>
> Hi Mark -
>
> Thanks.  Most of my flac files are created from CDs using data that EAC
> finds on the web.  But I also have a lot of vinyl and cassettes that I
> have ripped to flac using Audacity for which I enter the track titles
> myself.  I mostly use a Sonos system that can read the track titles from
> a NAS drive or hard disc but I also use WinAmp a bit and have an Ipod
> for the car.  The files I've ripped myself don't have any tags at the
> moment.
>
> I've always assumed that programmes such as Tagscanner and Mp3tag use
> the track lengths to identify the parent CD; of course those I've ripped
> myself will not correspond to the "proper" CD track lengths although
> I've heard that Tune Up somehow reads the music to assign file names.
>
> Each album is in its own folder titled <Artist> - <Album Title> and each
> track is a single flac (or mp3) file.  Are these programmes able to use
> the information that is already there or do they need to access the web?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Ian.



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