Lude Generation

To cut a long story short, I've been tidying up my music, despite it being nicely organised in folders, when on WMP and iTunes etc, obviously it picks it up from the artist/album tag so my folder organisation is irrelevant.

This causes a bit of the mess as some of the music hasn't got tags. So i've been working though and gradually allocating an artist and album to the mp3s in each folder.

The way i find out if it has a tag already is to right click the title bar in explorer (ie the bit that says "name / date modified / type etc") and adding "artist", "album artist" and "album" and , where missing, either then selecting all files and changing the details or selecting the ones that are missing.

However, each folder i go into, the title bar goes back to a default setting and i have to right click and add the artist, album etc.

Is there any way that I can change the settings so that the artist, album etc show as default in the title bar, rather than ad it each time?

(Topic title amended to Vista!)

Ooooft XP Try and find the XP equivalent of the "Folder and Search Options". In the "View" tab there are a load of options, click the "Remeber each folder's view settings". Then at the top click "Apply to all folders".

HTH.

Actually, thinking about it i have Vista on my laptop! Doh.

Cheers Merlin, i will look for that later [thumb smiley needed]

If you need a good renaming program I use Tagscanner

http://www.xdlab.ru/en/index.htm

Cheers,

Adam

In iTunes if you go File -> Library -> Organise Library... then consolidate files (or even reorganise files if you've not done it before) then if the correct tags etc. are in iTunes then it should have added them to the file itself. At least that's how it works on OS X Polar Bear version 2.1

Lol, cheers all.

I found an MP3 editor and was working through them last night. I have loads without any tags and with dodgy file names, so was using the album search facility to tag them with a name, artist, album art etc. I had to search and find the right album individually though. I can then rename the file the same as the tag by pressing a button.

@SpacePilotJohnLee , does the program you have linked work well on automatic batch selection, or can i do batches "supervised" as such, ie agree to the changes for each LP before it changes them?

With ripped CDs and some MP3s that may have appeared over time, i have 10,500 odd songs to sort, so probably near on 800 albums, so the way i am doing it could take forever.

Gorgon wrote:At least that's how it works on OS X Polar Bear version 2.1

I've heard of that one, you need a usb drm key with some of Steve Job's genetic material present or the machine won't boot?

indigolemon wrote:

Gorgon wrote:At least that's how it works on OS X Polar Bear version 2.1

I've heard of that one, you need a usb drm key with some of Steve Job's genetic material present or the machine won't boot?

What you need a silver framed photo of Jobs, then just a small incantation:

Windows, Unix, Linux,
Why do people use these every day?
Jobs give me strength,
Help me show them OSX is the only way.