Tidying up mp3 ID3 tags?

Feek · 22-02-2007, 18:51

I've got a large collection of mp3 files, going back quite a few years. Some I ripped myself, some I downloaded but the ID3 tags are a mess.

Is there any way to automate the tidying up of these tags to a common format? I don't mind having to search through album lists to find the right one and then just applying the tags and names, but to have to do it all manually would take approximately 3.87 months, working 8 hours a day (but having a 1 hour lunch break)

Desmo · 22-02-2007, 20:11

The Godfather. Tis what I use

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/godfather.html

Feek · 22-02-2007, 20:23

I love you and want to father your babies.

(see what I did there?)

Davey_Pitch · 26-02-2007, 11:12

I use Tag and Rename myself (http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm), looks similar to The Godfather in terms of functionality

Desmo · 26-02-2007, 11:37

The other thing I love about Godfather is that it will move your MP3's into the correct folders for you ... eg. MP3/Artist/Album. You can set this up pretty much any way you want it.

Wryel · 26-02-2007, 17:06

I'll have to dig round for the software I got a while ago. I know one neat feature was it could take the file name and put it into ID3 tag, you just had to tell it what the format was of the filename so it it copy the right info.

Desmo · 26-02-2007, 17:17

That's what Godfather can do. It can take a file or folder name and use it for tags. It can also take the tag names and rename the files.

killerkebab · 28-02-2007, 00:15

I use ID3 TagIt myself. Very good program. Either way you can't go wrong, they all have roughly the same features

22-02-2007, 18:51	#1
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Tidying up mp3 ID3 tags? I've got a large collection of mp3 files, going back quite a few years. Some I ripped myself, some I downloaded but the ID3 tags are a mess. Is there any way to automate the tidying up of these tags to a common format? I don't mind having to search through album lists to find the right one and then just applying the tags and names, but to have to do it all manually would take approximately 3.87 months, working 8 hours a day (but having a 1 hour lunch break) __________________

22-02-2007, 20:11	#2
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	The Godfather. Tis what I use http://www.snapfiles.com/get/godfather.html __________________

22-02-2007, 20:23	#3
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	I love you and want to father your babies. (see what I did there?) __________________

26-02-2007, 11:12	#4
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26-02-2007, 11:37	#5
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	The other thing I love about Godfather is that it will move your MP3's into the correct folders for you ... eg. MP3/Artist/Album. You can set this up pretty much any way you want it. __________________

26-02-2007, 17:06	#6
Wryel Absinthe Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,148	I'll have to dig round for the software I got a while ago. I know one neat feature was it could take the file name and put it into ID3 tag, you just had to tell it what the format was of the filename so it it copy the right info.

26-02-2007, 17:17	#7
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	That's what Godfather can do. It can take a file or folder name and use it for tags. It can also take the tag names and rename the files. __________________

28-02-2007, 00:15	#8
killerkebab Vodka Martini Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bristol/Reading Posts: 656	I use ID3 TagIt myself. Very good program. Either way you can't go wrong, they all have roughly the same features __________________