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Title: Itunes questions
Post by: acgrundy on January 20, 2008, 08:11:34 PM
So I have my music organized in folders like this:

music/westcoast/a-m/Luniz/Operation Stakola

Not all of my music is tagged, so when it comes into Itunes it might get put under "Artist"

is there a way that I can have Itunes recognize my folders, and have it label the music like that?  For instance in this case, if this album wasn't tagged, it would label it under "Luniz" as the artist and "Operation Stakola" as the album.

Is this possible, or am I just wishing?
Title: Re: Itunes questions
Post by: white Boy on January 20, 2008, 08:13:50 PM
i like the auto-tag on winamp, but i just did it on itunes manually, shit was so frustrating, and still not close to done
Title: Re: Itunes questions
Post by: Nat Turner-reincarnated on January 20, 2008, 08:17:17 PM
i cant stand itunes mediamonkey is good. but dont know who to tag so i just add then highlight all then make sure they under the same album name
Title: Re: Itunes questions
Post by: acgrundy on January 20, 2008, 08:23:37 PM
i cant stand itunes mediamonkey is good. but dont know who to tag so i just add then highlight all then make sure they under the same album name

how do u do this?  Just high lite all the songs u want and right click?  I've never tagged in Itunes so I don't know how to do it
Title: Re: Itunes questions
Post by: Nat Turner-reincarnated on January 20, 2008, 08:30:08 PM
i cant stand itunes mediamonkey is good. but dont know who to tag so i just add then highlight all then make sure they under the same album name

how do u do this?  Just high lite all the songs u want and right click?  I've never tagged in Itunes so I don't know how to do it
yea basically its been awhile since i used itunes but i think you select all the song you want under a album the right click on it, and it should give u options on what u want to do
Title: Re: Itunes questions
Post by: WestCoasta on January 20, 2008, 09:08:53 PM
I don't know.... I usually just make sure they're archived correctly when I'm uploading them to my computer

that way the first time they go on the computer I'll always know where it's at
Title: Re: Itunes questions
Post by: Jome on January 20, 2008, 10:23:53 PM
Itunes = Crap

MediaMonkey 3 is far superior; better tagging, better layout, better search, more customizable, more options, and easier to sync with your Ipod..

And you can easily view all folders on your computer in a tree layout explorer style:

(http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/6550/screenhunter02dec260346en6.th.jpg) (http://img293.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenhunter02dec260346en6.jpg)

The album cover list is pretty sweet too, very easy to switch back and forth:

(http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/6918/screenhunter01jan210716qo7.th.jpg) (http://img293.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenhunter01jan210716qo7.jpg)   (http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/5870/screenhunter02jan210718rx8.th.jpg) (http://img502.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenhunter02jan210718rx8.jpg)

Everything can be customized, almost like Firefox.  8)


Title: Re: Itunes questions
Post by: Nat Turner-reincarnated on January 20, 2008, 10:39:24 PM
^^ umm what version is that?
Title: Re: Itunes questions
Post by: Jome on January 20, 2008, 10:42:07 PM
^^ 3  (3.0.2 to be specific, v.3 was released 3-4 weeks ago), with a couple of skins previewed for the case of show-off.  8)

Title: Re: Itunes questions
Post by: Nat Turner-reincarnated on January 20, 2008, 10:43:37 PM
^^ 3  (3.0.2 to be specific, v.3 was released 3-4 weeks ago), with a couple of skins previewed for the case of show-off.  8)


o okay cuz i was like damn why that shit look so much more advance then mine.
Title: Re: Itunes questions
Post by: white Boy on January 21, 2008, 06:56:16 AM
can i used meadia monkey with ipod?
Title: Re: Itunes questions
Post by: Jome on January 21, 2008, 09:32:33 AM
can i used meadia monkey with ipod?

Yep, pretty damn easy too.

Although I'm not known as the biggest Ipod-fan, I helped my brother update his Ipod through Mediamonkey, and without having done it before, it took me a minute or so to realize how to sync the Ipod with the desired folders on the computer.. real quick transfer as well.

Title: Re: Itunes questions
Post by: K.Dub on January 21, 2008, 10:10:36 AM
I like iTunes.
Title: Re: Itunes questions
Post by: Dr. Octagon on January 21, 2008, 11:11:51 AM
I like iTunes.

Why ?
Title: Re: Itunes questions
Post by: K.Dub on January 21, 2008, 11:39:51 AM
I like iTunes.

Why ?

It gets me more overview than winamp and wmp, I use my iPod with it, tag albums/songs
Title: Re: Itunes questions
Post by: The Purple Champ on January 21, 2008, 04:11:23 PM
http://musicbrainz.org/doc/PicardTagger


i like itunes. but then again, i also like databases...
Title: Re: Itunes questions
Post by: Let's Get Down on January 21, 2008, 07:05:43 PM
can i used meadia monkey with ipod?

Yep, pretty damn easy too.

Although I'm not known as the biggest Ipod-fan, I helped my brother update his Ipod through Mediamonkey, and without having done it before, it took me a minute or so to realize how to sync the Ipod with the desired folders on the computer.. real quick transfer as well.



with Mediamonkey, can you transfer songs from your Ipod to other comps??
Title: Re: Itunes questions
Post by: The Watcher on January 21, 2008, 10:49:28 PM
if you're running windows, you can use something like tag&rename or id3tagit to do the tagging

if you use tag&rename, it will search the freedb of tracklists/artists etc and tag your albums automatically for you, i run that over my collection every few months to see if ive missed anything
Title: Re: Itunes questions
Post by: Jome on January 22, 2008, 12:54:37 AM
with Mediamonkey, can you transfer songs from your Ipod to other comps??

Not sure.
I think Apple have removed that possibillity for Ipods to avoid "piracy", but there's ways around it.
I know this program called Sharepod that makes that possible, but I haven't checked/tested if MediaMonkey can do the same..


if you're running windows, you can use something like tag&rename or id3tagit to do the tagging

if you use tag&rename, it will search the freedb of tracklists/artists etc and tag your albums automatically for you, i run that over my collection every few months to see if ive missed anything


Or better yet, MediaMonkey.  8) No reason to use a program for tagging and one for playing music, when you can have both in 1 program.

Best program to tag I've ever used, you can very easily tag tracks, albums, folders, playlists, even if you have a large collection.
The "Auto-tag from Web" option is sweet, it recognized all albums I've ever looked up from Amazon, and tags them in 1 second.
The "Auto-increment track numbers" feature is also cool, and "Auto-tag from filename" is good for unreleased albums or mixtapes.

Title: Re: Itunes questions
Post by: NotoriousTDA on January 22, 2008, 11:59:38 AM
is it possible to use windows media player to transfer songs to your ipod?

i was thinking about buying one, but i dont want to go through tranfering all of my music from windows to itunes.

Any help?
Title: Re: Itunes questions
Post by: NotoriousTDA on January 22, 2008, 05:15:33 PM
is it possible to use windows media player to transfer songs to your ipod?

i was thinking about buying one, but i dont want to go through tranfering all of my music from windows to itunes.

Any help?