Posted by sbt on 06/03/07 21:55

In article <1180903038.153695.20590@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, Paul
Soderman <kidpocono@aol.com> wrote:

> 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!
>

I'm not aware of any "pre-canned" method for accomplishing what you
request; however, you say that you have a tab-delimited text file with
the information. You should be able to write an AppleScript that takes
the information from the tab-delimited file and tells iTunes to place
the data in the corresponding fields (the trick will be having the
songs in the correct order so that the data maps across properly).

--
Spenser

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