Posts tagged “iTunes”
iTunes – Fixing ID3 tags in MP3′s – Take two
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 recently, it [...]
iTunes – Copying ID3 Tags in your MP3s from ID3v1 to ID3v2 in Perl
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 [...]
iTunes – Setting the Compilation Flag on MP3′s using Perl
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 [...]
ITunes – Embedding Folder.jpg into your MP3s for Cover Flow
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 [...]