Posted by Barbarossa on 06/04/07 00:03

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).

Barbarossa:

I strongly recommend that you look into 'Copy-Paste-X':

<http://www.scriptsoftware.com/copypaste/>

Shareware; $30

I understand your problem, as I have some 83,000 tracks, many
of which I have had to correct myself.

Using a clipboard manager like 'Copy-Paste-X' you can "stack"
multiple "copies" from the Database into the clipboard palette
and then switch to the "Get Info" of the track and then Click,
Tab, Click, Tab, ... &c.

I do this, for instance, when I have a Books-on-CD that can
run anywhere from 5 to 26 CDs long. The Gracenote CDDB is
remarkably full of Misinformation, Malinformation, and
Noninformation and even when the Info is nearly correct it never
is in the format that I like to use. So, 'Copy-Paste-X' is
indispensible.

Further it is always best to correct all the info on the CD-R
BEFORE you rip, as you will be simply correcting words on the
screen. If you try to correct mp3 or m4a tag info AFTER you rip
you will be correcting 3 or more levels of metadata, not to
mention moving files and folders around - it literally takes ten
times as long, no kidding!
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