mp3 retagging

[stuh505]

Well, I got an iPod a week ago for my birthday but I can't really use it yet because I need to get ALL my songs tagged.

I have tried 3 or 4 different freeware programs (including itunes) for doing en-mass filename->id3v1 tag, but so far none of them are reliable enough to actually be helpful

Anyone know one of these programs that is reliable enough that you can actually select a whole folder and have it covnert without crashing?

[Al_Ninio]

MusicBrainz Tagger.
Probably the best MP3 tagger/renamer I've tried.

[LGM]

http://www.mediamonkey.com is also great, for going in and doing it yourself. MusicBrainz is an automatic type thing, but sometimes it can be innacurate. I suggest using both to really do your library justice.

[stuh505]

Thanks guys

[Al_Ninio]

MusicBrainz is an automatic type thing, but sometimes it can be innacurate.

Ah, then you're not using it correctly. The automatic-type tagging is... not very good. I just load up an album, go to the album's page, and tag the songs one by one.
Just look at this tidy playlist! All thanks to MusicBrainz.

[ManicMatt]

This person likes Aesop Rock AND Stabbing Westward? AND Mew? AND....

We'd both have a field day playing each other's record collections!

[RickJ]

I use "MP3 Book Helper".  It's name is a bit uncool but it is a very productive tool.

http://mp3bookhelper.sourceforge.net/

[LGM]

Oh yea, Al_Ninio? Look at mine made with Mediamonkey!!

http://www.lilgryphmaster.com/temp/pls.htm

[dasjoe]

lgm, you don't get the point.

musicbrainz tagger  is a frontend for the musicbrainz database. it hashes your files, looks the hash up and tags the file.
you probably spent ages tagging that manually. i tagged 40 gigs in about 2 hours. its drag & drop.

[n3tgraph]

Winamp can tag too right? - file info?

[LGM]

No no no, I perfectly understand what MusicBrainz does. Just because it has a database and does it automatically doesn't mean it's RIGHT... I feel much more comfortable doing it manually.

[dasjoe]

no no no, you got it all wrong. but i won't go into detail now, cba to write a how-to

[Al_Ninio]

Just because it has a database and does it automatically doesn't mean it's RIGHT...

Oh, the database definitely makes it right in my case.
MediaMonkey (from what I gathered when I tried it, ages ago...) uses Amazon as the source for tags and whatnot.
I (as I'm sure you know, LGM. ), listen to some obscure music.
Most of it didn't even show up on MediaMonkey, while in MusicBrainz it either: a) showed up because someone's added it to the database, or b) allowed me to import the album from CDDB or add it manually.
Then again I didn't tinker with MediaMonkey a whole lot, might've missed a thing or two.

[LGM]

Yea, that's one thing wrong about Monkey.. It won't check FreeDB when you're tagging, but it will when you rip... STRANGE!

Yea, I meant right as in... What it changes the tag data to may not be right.

[dasjoe]

well, it is right. always. you've been using it wrongly.

drag one album at a time in it, then mark them as wrong identified, locate the CORRECT VERSION of the album on musicbrainz.org withthe tagger. tag songs.

no mistakes.

[Garnet]

I used many tag editors and many of them didn't suit me because of their lack of functionality. mp3Tag Pro is the best program for me. But it's only my opinion.

[Bulbapuck]

hahaha
Another one? Only 4 years old this time eh?