Posted by Paul Soderman on 06/03/07 20:37

I have a batch of self-made CD-Rs which I'd like to import to iTunes
for use on an iPod. I know how to do the import work, but I'd like to
avoid having to manually input the song/artist info. Since these are
all compilation CDs with multiple different artist/year of recording
information, it would not really help me to do a "multiple" input of
info manually (using the "Get Info" menu/window), as I would not be
saving any time since I'd have to type in the name of the song and
then artist and year, from scratch. (ie. even a multiple field like
"artist" would not be used, since each song has a different artist).

If the CD had been something that would be found online, this would
not be a problem, since the iTunes software would search Gracenote or
whatever internet database and then permit the easy import of the
music files and the accompanying information. I don't have that
option, since I made these CDs myself; however, I do have database
files for the CDs which have tab-delineated fields for the song/artist/
year etc. Ideally, I'd like to use these files to either have iTunes
grab the information or use a copy/paste action to have the entire
information input into iTunes before the CD is imported/ripped. The
databases I have exist in either FileMaker Pro, Excel or Appleworks
applications.

Hopefully, I've described what I'm looking to do with sufficient
clarity to get some help. Is there any way I can do this? I'm running
iTunes 7.2 on a Mac with OS 10.4.9. Much thanks for any help!

Paul

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