― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 14:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― You've Got to Pick Up Every Stitch (tracerhand), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 14:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 17:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 22:50 (nineteen years ago) link
Just occasionally, a track (downloaded ones it seems - never ripped ones) will not let me change the tags on it. It looks like it's changed, but as soon as I play it again, it reverts to the old data. Looked elsewhere on net for an answer, but no one seems to have worked out why it sometimes does it. The only solution I've found: using (the free) MP3 Rage to retag these rogue tracks.
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 22:56 (nineteen years ago) link
The itunes version of this (aside from the slightly clunkier hands-on interface after you load it) is to take your entire mp3 folder and, based on what might be incorrect tags, just put them into the folders it deems best in an automatic process that you have no control over. Have a compilation folder with a bunch of different' artist's tracks? It'll create a folder for each individual song. That gets really tiring after you get more than a few gigs of mp3s downloaded or ripped.
― Slim Pickens (Slim Pickens), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 23:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 23:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 23:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 23:18 (nineteen years ago) link
What I still don't understand about all this is why it matters to you what folders the mp3s are in. I hardly ever even look at the file directories for mp3s. I just use the Library. If you retag the tracks correctly then it will put them in right artist folder. I'm not sure why you are having that problem with compilations - the V/A compilations I have all seem to go in a folder called 'Compilations' and then in subfolders named after the title of the compilation. It doesn't create a separate folder for each song at all. I don't know if this is caused by checking that 'part of a compilation' check box. As I say, I never really look at the folder structure when it comes to my mp3s.
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 23:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 23:23 (nineteen years ago) link
Anyway, if it's working properly then you should just be able to uncheck 'keep organised' and 'copy to itunes music folder' in Advanced Prefs, to stop it doing all the auto organising, should you wish. I don't know why this wasn't working for Jay. I wish one could do the same in iPhoto.
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 23:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― AaronHz (AaronHz), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 23:43 (nineteen years ago) link
Well, do you mean manually? Because that seems to make itunes' first-time-run "we'll organize your files for you" function irrelevant. I care about what folders my mp3s are in because I use different programs for burning them than playing them...either musicmatch or nero, and usually browse my music folder and click 'n drag the files into those programs. Also, I've mostly used winamp to play mp3s so I queue them up from folders as well. I'm just used to dealing with folders so it's much more of a psychological thing.
― Slim Pickens (Slim Pickens), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 23:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 00:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 00:38 (nineteen years ago) link
I'm not sure what you mean either! Manually, or by using the Gracenote CCDB tool, yeah. As soon as you retag it, the mp3 will be moved to the relevant artist - album folder. Anyway, I sort of understand this folder interest as a 'that's what I'm used to' thing.
― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 07:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― 57 7th (calstars), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 17:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 17:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 17:59 (nineteen years ago) link
The Doug's iTunes AppleScripts page is hella useful for managing tracks
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 18:06 (nineteen years ago) link
I use: 1) Exact Audio Copy w/ LAME set to www.bestmp3guide.com specs for ripping & encoding
2) Musicbrainz for tagging if I haven't been able to find the disc on the freedb
3) Nero for burning
4) WinAmp for playing, and the IPod plugin for WinAmp to manage my IPod. It is the shit.
5) SharePod to backup my IPod / transmit mp3 files from my IPod to my hard drive.
I used ITunes for about half a day before I junked it. It became completely superfluous when I got the new free WinAmp IPod plugin, which seems to have faster transfer rates and a more intuitive interface for PC users. Plus, configurable.
― J (Jay), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 18:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 18:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― My faxed joke won a pager in the cable TV quiz show. (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 14:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― R.I.P. Concrete Octopus ]-`: is a guy with a belly button piercing (ex machina), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 14:28 (eighteen years ago) link
couldn't they just install whatever quicktime uses to decode the music without making you download the video player part of it? i don't want itunes to be a video player (or a music store, or a podcast player).
― My faxed joke won a pager in the cable TV quiz show. (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 14:45 (eighteen years ago) link
NO IT WAS! QUICKTIME +ITUNES TOTAL IS LESS THAN 100 MEGABYTES (I'm using that as an upper bound ;) ... probably like ~25 iirc)
MAYBE YOU SHOULD GIVE UP ON COMPUTERS IF YOUR COMPUTER DOESN'T HAVE THE GONADS TO HANDLE ITUNES, MAN!
Macintosh Minimum Requirements400 MHz G3 processor or fasterAt least 128 MB of RAMMac OS X v10.3.9 or laterWindows Minimum RequirementsA Pentium processor-based PC or compatible computerAt least 128MB of RAMWindows 2000/XP
Windows Minimum RequirementsA Pentium processor-based PC or compatible computerAt least 128MB of RAMWindows 2000/XP
― R.I.P. Concrete Octopus ]-`: is a guy with a belly button piercing (ex machina), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 14:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― R.I.P. Concrete Octopus ]-`: is a guy with a belly button piercing (ex machina), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 15:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 15:06 (eighteen years ago) link
alba: thx, will try it out later.
― My faxed joke won a pager in the cable TV quiz show. (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 15:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mr Jones (Mr Jones), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 15:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Greig (treefell), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 15:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― My faxed joke won a pager in the cable TV quiz show. (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 15:20 (eighteen years ago) link
Do you have a DELL?
― R.I.P. Concrete Octopus ]-`: is a guy with a belly button piercing (ex machina), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 15:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― My faxed joke won a pager in the cable TV quiz show. (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 15:42 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.tadpolecomputer.com/html/products/mobile/bullfrog-dual/
― R.I.P. Concrete Octopus ]-`: is a guy with a belly button piercing (ex machina), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 15:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― fauxhemian (fauxhemian), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:11 (eighteen years ago) link
500MHz Pentium III or comparable64MB RAM15MB Hard Disk Space16bit Sound CardWindows 98 SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 20031x speed or greater CD Burner (Required for Burning)2x speed or greater CDROM (Required for Ripping)Recommended system requirements1.5 GHz Pentium IV or comparable128MB RAM30MB Hard Disk Space32bit Sound CardWindows 2000, Windows XP8x speed or greater CD Burner (Required for Burning)16x speed or greater CDROM (Required for Ripping)
― R.I.P. Concrete Octopus ]-`: is a guy with a belly button piercing (ex machina), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― steal compass, drive north, disappear (tissp), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― steal compass, drive north, disappear (tissp), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:20 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.foobar2000.org/
― R.I.P. Concrete Octopus ]-`: is a guy with a belly button piercing (ex machina), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:42 (eighteen years ago) link
TURN THAT OPTION OFF THEN.
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:49 (eighteen years ago) link
Winamp interface is fine. Foobar2000 has a silly name and smells of wee.
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:02 (eighteen years ago) link
I have one artist that shows up twice in the Artists list. There is an extremely annoying-looking fix that involves adding an X to the end of every field that should be the same, then removing it ... it just seems there should be a script that does this automatically.
― lukas, Tuesday, 4 January 2022 17:55 (two years ago) link
removing and adding files back usually fixes bugs like that for me.
― calstars, Tuesday, 4 January 2022 18:15 (two years ago) link
Select everything by that artist (from both lists), right click, "Get Info", delete and retype the artist name in the proper field.
Or look at metadata for both lists... maybe one of the artist fields has a space at the end of it. I've had that issue.
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Tuesday, 4 January 2022 18:56 (two years ago) link
Thanks both. The X thing was actually quite easy, just had to select all the tracks, changed the artist name to AutechreX, and then back to Autechre. Merged.
― lukas, Thursday, 6 January 2022 01:03 (two years ago) link
When you open the Get Info window, it grays out all the icons in the main window, so if you're wondering why you're not hearing audio and glance over to the AirPlay icon, iTunes might just be lying to you.
― death generator (lukas), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 19:31 (one year ago) link
piece of shit
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 15:05 (one year ago) link
i'm givin it all i got, captain
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 17 May 2023 15:19 (one year ago) link
f’in thing sucks
― calstars, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 15:46 (one year ago) link
i'd still love a good alternative. Siegbran has talked about navidrome and Plexamp but neither one really did what I want which is basically just be a sturdy list of songs that allows me to search, create playlists and stream to my phone as long as my computer's on and running it
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 15:54 (one year ago) link
i’m cool with whatever iteration of music i have rn, except for the one time it deleted my entire library lol
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 17 May 2023 15:56 (one year ago) link
(it wasn’t a permanent deletion, but i am still correcting album art and tagging errors from when i reconstructed my library … 1.5ish years ago)
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 17 May 2023 15:57 (one year ago) link
oh, one forever beef: album artist tagging dividing an album into two albums sometimes has been a recurring issue in this fucking program since i was in college
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 17 May 2023 15:58 (one year ago) link
i know how to fix it but it’s still incredibly stupid
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 17 May 2023 15:59 (one year ago) link
iTunes is nearing its end, it’s already long gone on the Mac and the new Apple Music app is now downloadable as a beta on the Microsoft Store.
― Siegbran, Thursday, 18 May 2023 06:42 (one year ago) link
DIEMOTHERFUCKINGMusic Library.musiclibraryDIE..... it's bullshit how much is offloaded to this stupid file.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 18 May 2023 09:29 (one year ago) link
I don’t use “album artist” and just stick with “artist” field.
― But his face would not turn into hot Kirby (Evan), Thursday, 18 May 2023 10:19 (one year ago) link
I've used itunes forever only as a way to organize mp3s on my computer, I haven't updated to a new version in years, hopefully I'm not going to run into issues if it goes away
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 18 May 2023 14:57 (one year ago) link