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Mark -
Thanks for that. I guess thge thing to do is have a play, maybe with a
few examples extracted from the full set.
May I get back to you, maybe direct, if I need further advice?
Ian.
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On 30-01-2017 15:44, 'Mark P. Fishman' [email protected] [EAC] wrote:
> 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.
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> 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.
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> mp3tag can also take a text file with that sort of information and apply that as tags or filenames.
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> I would imagine that tagscanner, which I have not used but will look at, can do similar things.
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> I hope that's useful -- m.
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> On 01/30/2017 10:32 AM, Ian McPherson [email protected] [EAC] wrote:
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>> 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 tr
ack 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.