Overview
In these last three posts [1] [2] [3] I tackled fixing my existing MP3’s to make them more iTunes friendly. I did it with three Perl scripts using two different ID3 libraries : Audio::TabLib which is a Perl wrapper to KDE’s TagLib, and MP3::Tag.
I’ve since given up on MP3::Tag. Although updated [...]

Update
I’ve consolidated this script into a new one. GO HERE : http://warped.org/blog/2009/05/03/itunes-fixing-id3-tags-in-mp3s-take-two/
Overview
MP3’s have been around almost 15 years now. In the beginning there was a slot in the top of the MP3 file where you could hold the Artist, Album Name, Title, Track Number, etc. This is called the ID3 tag, and [...]

Update
I’ve consolidated this script into a new one. GO HERE : http://warped.org/blog/2009/05/03/itunes-fixing-id3-tags-in-mp3s-take-two/
Overview
If you have an album that’s a compilation or DJ mix, then Cover Flow gets confused and does not group all the tracks together into an album because there is a different “Artist” for each track.
iTunes gets around this by setting it’s own custom [...]

Update
I’ve consolidated this script into a new one. GO HERE : http://warped.org/blog/2009/05/03/itunes-fixing-id3-tags-in-mp3s-take-two/
Overview
Let’s say that you have a well organized MP3 collection that you previously used with something like nAMP / Apache::MP3 that already has album art in each directory. Or better yet, you have a friend who does!
You may have collected album [...]