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I'm not a paid tech support guy like some of ya'll but I put a bunch of portable apps

http://portableapps.com/apps

It has grown a LOT. It used to come with a set of default apps. Now there's so many they don't even bother trying.

• AntRenamer
• Notepad++
• XAMPP (i used to run this on my flash drive 3-4 flash drives ago)
• BPBible (because i run the tech at a church)
• NetHack (never played it but i have it for the cred)
• Gimp (all day every day. always need gimp)
• Filezilla
• Lynx oh snap there's a portable Lynx... way back memories righ thtere.
• Firefox
• uTorrent (not always for piracy)
• Audacity
• VLC
• CoolPlayer+
• LibreOffice
• ClamWin
• 7Zip
• SIW
• texter
• TeamViewer
• Toucan
• VVV
• Zint Barcode Studio

and a few others like - TagScan (because I can get lost in the soothing process of properly tagging MP3s)

man that list gets longer everytime I come back to look at it. If I ever remake my utility drive I'll be throwing on a lot more.

I read about this potential problem when I added a 250GB SSD to my iPod.

The issue is around the amount of memory the iPod has to manage the database of songs so I figured I'd try and minimise the amount of information about each track.

All my music files are mp3. I used TagScanner to tidy up the mp3 tags so I only have artist, track title, album title and track number. If part of a compilation that is also tagged and if multiple CDs then disk x of x.

I don't use iTune (I don't know whether that adds additional metadata to the database), preferring CopyTrans Manager.

So far, I haven't hit a limit. I don't have my iPod with me at the moment so can't give you any stats. I'll try and remember to update later.

Hello,

read the Lookup & querying MusicBrainz section. Contains useful advice on how to improve the detection of your music by Picard.

For those albums/ songs that Picard fails to identify, you can install another mp3 tagger (no need to uninstall Picard) like the excellent Mp3tag. It searches in more databases, the one used by Picard included (you need to tell it in the settings which database to use).

TagScanner is also popular.

Turns out there was a limit on the total number of characters for filenames. It appears that 63 character filenames (including the ".mp3") will work fine, but 64 character filenames can't be read. This character limit also appears to apply to folder names on the drive. I used Tag Scanner (http://www.xdlab.ru/en/index.htm) to tag and rename the 5000 some odd MP3 files in my library, then I used Rename Master (http://www.joejoesoft.com/vcms/108/) to rename the 500 some odd folders in that library. The process was fairly painless, but an inconvenience to say the least. I have around 10 other devices that play my files flawlessly without such petty limitations.

The only other problem I have come across is the sorting of the files in each folder. They appear to be in numerical order most of the time but in some folders the order they play in is not correct. I have tried inserting .m3u playlists, but they don't fix the sorting problem.

I'M NOT GIVING UP ON YOU DAMNIT.

There must be an app that rips the metadata from the aiff files. Alternatively, http://www.xdlab.ru/en/ or http://www.mp3tag.de/en/, not sure if they work with aiff. But they should be able to automatically gather metadata based on file names.

TagScanner... This is a PC based program that allows full edit of the ID3 tag. You can also embed the album art directly into the MP3, so there are no "extra" album art files and folders.

Personally, iTunes to listen/organize. TagScanner to edit metadata on the files (http://www.xdlab.ru/en/). FlacSquisher to conver FLAC to 320kpbs mp3 (I know, I know, but FLAC is so much space) and Trader's Little Helper to convert from SHN to mp3. I keep albums as the "year-month-date - venue, city" format and am very meticulous in this! It is very easy for me to go to my "Grateful Dead" playlist (JGB, Dead, Ratdog, Studio, etc.) and scroll down to the exact date I wanna hear!

Your isp doesn't care about what your downloading. They get notices from companys that monitor bittorrent swarms and are required by law to tell you to stop. As long as you use a vpn that is not an issue. It's easy to spot a fake music torrents, so you probably won't get any malware. As far as torrent clients go, I like qBittorrent and Tixati.
For editing id3 tags and renaming my music, I use Tagscanner. Its got a bit of a learning curve, but it makes bulk renaming easy.
As for music recommendations, I've been listening to Lord Huron, The New Pornographers, and Weird Al Yankovic lately.

I use two apps to keep things tidy (note: the second one doesn't really answer your question, but it is a tremendous help in maintaining your library):

1) TagScanner - (free) an automatic ID3 tagging utility that can grab album information (including album art) from multiple sources, as well as bulk-rename files to match the ID3 tag (it can also attempt to grab ID3 tag info from the file name). In all, this program is highly configurable.

2) iTunesFolderWatch - (trial is free...full version is something like $7.00) a library management utility that scans any specified directories, and keeps your iTunes library clean (i.e., no "missing files", and no more mp3s in your directories that you've somehow missed while importing). The free version's only real limitation is that it has to be manually executed, whereas the full version continuously monitors all selected directories. If you ask me, the full version is well worth it.

Unfortunately, I'm not aware of any programs that remove duplicates. I'm pretty sure iTunes has this functionality, as long as the ID3 tags match. So, get your tags in order with TagScanner, then use iTunes to remove the duplicates.

Try this Guide for some tips.

On tagging I would recommend Tagscanner. It has all your bases covered for looking up album info and tagging. It has a different workflow than some other programs but works where other programs fail, and it is free.

I've been using Tagscanner until now, the interface might have a learning curve but it's got everything where it counts. I'll check out Picard too tho, can never have enough..

Try TagScanner.

Its been a godsend for my tagging needs, but never used it for lists. Just checked it out and there seems to be a function that does exactly what you described.

EDIT: Just tried it. It's what you want.

I use tagscanner, more manual than automatic for large batches. It's free and can pull from discogs, Amazon, and a few others. Let's you do tags, file/folder renaming, and cover art. http://www.xdlab.ru/en/

Hi,

Making playlists out of each folder seems best option.

My solution would be to first ensure you have NOT yet copied your music to your phone, then download my go-to tag editor http://www.xdlab.ru/en/

When the Tag Editor tab is up, open a specific folder in that (e.g. 80s). All the tracks in the folder should be appear in the program's menu. Select all, then click the red icon at the top which says Save playlist from selected files. You can then name the playlist "80s" and it will contain all the songs in that folder. For all the other folders, rinse and repeat.

After you've done this, open one of the Windows Phone apps (desktop or Metro version) and sync all the playlists. This will sync the lists plus the music, which is why it's important not to have the music copied over in the first instance.

Not sure if this is what you want or know about - here are two examples:

Mp3tag http://www.mp3tag.de/en/

TagScanner http://www.xdlab.ru/en/index.htm (TagScanner's user interface is different, so it takes time to get used to it)

Turns out there was a limit on the total number of characters for filenames. It appears that 63 character filenames (including the ".mp3") will work fine, but 64 character filenames can't be read. This character limit also appears to apply to folder names on the drive. I used Tag Scanner (http://www.xdlab.ru/en/index.htm) to tag and rename the 5000 some odd MP3 files in my library, then I used Rename Master (http://www.joejoesoft.com/vcms/108/) to rename the 500 some odd folders in that library. The process was fairly painless, but an inconvenience to say the least. I have around 10 other devices that play my files flawlessly without such petty limitations.

The only other problem I have come across is the sorting of the files in each folder. They appear to be in numerical order most of the time but in some folders the order they play in is not correct. I have tried inserting .m3u playlists, but they don't fix the sorting problem.

Assign the Album Artist on your laptop. Use tagscanner - http://www.xdlab.ru/en/ - at the top tab, click Tag Editor (like the first screenshot), select all the songs, then edit on the right. You can also assign artwork.

You can't put your ebooks into Play books because you can't. Use Aldiko, FBReader or one of the others.

If you're on Windows, Mp3Tag or TagScanner may work. I use MusicBee as my music player, and I can say for sure that it includes some tagging tools that can infer its tags from the file names. Other players may offer similar features.

NOT TRUE MY FRIEND.

BEHOLD, TAG SCANNER

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

I still can't wrap my head around how FREE SOFTWARE can have a change log like this.

5.1.612 (05/23/2012)

New: Ability to shuffle list of files Updated sorting logic for some columns of filelist Fixed behaviour of some file dialogs on WinXP Fixed problems with false error indication while saving ID3v1 tags Updated playback engine

5.1.611 (03/22/2012)

More accurate calculation of bitrate for FLAC-files Workarounds to work with files locked by other programs like Winamp, iTunes etc. Fixed: File operations on the filtered list of files Fixed: Positioning on multi-monitor systems Translations: Greek

All the metadata for your music should be stored on the files themselves, not the program. Assuming you're talking about MP3s (and the files allow tags to be saved*) then you should be able to take them anywhere.

However, it is possible (I don't know how likely) that Winamp is writing to one version of ID3 tags and Apple is trying to read another.

You can use a program specifically for editing tags. I use TagScanner. There are a lot of programs out there for this, but this one just works exactly how I want it to. Just set it to save all versions of ID3 (and APE) tags.

Try that on an album and see what iTunes reads. It's a long shot, but it might work.

*Try right clicking on a file and editing the properties manually. If you can change them, and the changes persist, then the files are fine. I've had a lot of music files that don't accept tags. I'm sure someone more knowledgeable can explain why that is.

TagScanner is also awesome EDIT: http://www.xdlab.ru/en/ It will automatically fill out ID3 tags with info from Amazon, or Discogs, will automatically fill out album art. Will will rename/reorder files based on tag information. Helped me organized 40+GB of music in about 5 days. Fan

I use tagscanner and love it. As good as Tag&Rename but free.

EDIT: Interesting, seems like Tag&Rename is now free, or was it always free? Either way I have used both of these programs and like them both.

I too bought the lifetime gold subscription, and I too am unbelievably livid with this asshole's decision to fuck over their loyal customers. They removed my favorite feature (analyse) and added one I don't even want (deduper) and expect me to throw more hard earned coin their way. I'm done with them, and if anyone is interested, theres an awesome FREE program that fixes metadata here. I use it and love it.

May I suggest TagScanner for those of you that like nicely ordered file names and tags on your mp3s. This thing can automatically rename your music filenames to your preferred format, set the tags for the whole album with a few clicks and so on.