How to edit meta data on downloaded music?

Posted by: MichaelSch on 24 February 2013

 

I cannot edit meta data on downloaded music through the n-Serve. What is the best way to do that?

 

I have numerous downloads with (unassigned) Genre which is annoying and also a number of Albums with multiple discs that are split in strange ways and appears as individual albums. 

 

Any hints or clues?

 

Thanks!

Posted on: 24 February 2013 by PinkHamster

Get MP3TAG from the internet. It't free and one of the best tagging tools around. 

 

Note that it will not tag WAV files. WAV is only rudimatarily tagable and only a few tools are capable of handling WAV tags. If you have WAV downloads (from Musicload for example), I recomend that you transcode them to FLAC which supports tags superbly.

Posted on: 24 February 2013 by Bart

Michael -- Windows or OS X?  If OS X, a little free program called "Tag" does it well. 

Posted on: 24 February 2013 by MichaelSch
Originally Posted by Bart:

Michael -- Windows or OS X?  If OS X, a little free program called "Tag" does it well. 

OS X 10.8 it is.

 

Thanks!

Posted on: 24 February 2013 by MichaelSch
Originally Posted by PinkHamster:

Get MP3TAG from the internet. It't free and one of the best tagging tools around. 

 

Note that it will not tag WAV files. WAV is only rudimatarily tagable and only a few tools are capable of handling WAV tags. If you have WAV downloads (from Musicload for example), I recomend that you transcode them to FLAC which supports tags superbly.

Thanks, but MP3TAG does not support OS X.

 

I generally prefer WAV as I believe it has a slightly better depth of sound details. I have listened to numerous identical music tracks in both FLAC and WAV and have concluded my SuperUnity presents WAV with a better depth.

 

Will tags stick to the files if converting to FLAC - add the tags - and covert back to WAV?

 

Thanks!

Posted on: 24 February 2013 by DrMark

Too bad you can't use mp3tag - I have found it to work really well once I got better at using it.

Posted on: 24 February 2013 by PinkHamster
Originally Posted by MichaelSch:
Originally Posted by PinkHamster:

Get MP3TAG from the internet. It't free and one of the best tagging tools around. 

 

Note that it will not tag WAV files. WAV is only rudimatarily tagable and only a few tools are capable of handling WAV tags. If you have WAV downloads (from Musicload for example), I recomend that you transcode them to FLAC which supports tags superbly.

Thanks, but MP3TAG does not support OS X.

 

I generally prefer WAV as I believe it has a slightly better depth of sound details. I have listened to numerous identical music tracks in both FLAC and WAV and have concluded my SuperUnity presents WAV with a better depth.

 

Will tags stick to the files if converting to FLAC - add the tags - and covert back to WAV?

 

Thanks!

I'm afraid, they won't.

Wav is the worst of all solutions regarding tags.

Posted on: 24 February 2013 by MichaelSch

 

Naim itself is ripping to WAV and building its DB with "tags" etc. It would be very nice if one could edit the DB entries directly for downloaded tracks as well - e.g. correcting the errors etc.

 

I presume there are no ways to do that ... ?

Posted on: 24 February 2013 by Eloise
Originally Posted by DrMark:

Too bad you can't use mp3tag - I have found it to work really well once I got better at using it.

It is possible to use MP3TAG on Mac OS X using Wine.  If you google "mp3tag for mac os x" the first link points to the vortexbox forum where someone posted how to use mp3tag with the Mac.

Posted on: 24 February 2013 by Aleg
Originally Posted by PinkHamster:
Originally Posted by MichaelSch:
Originally Posted by PinkHamster:

Get MP3TAG from the internet. It't free and one of the best tagging tools around. 

 

Note that it will not tag WAV files. WAV is only rudimatarily tagable and only a few tools are capable of handling WAV tags. If you have WAV downloads (from Musicload for example), I recomend that you transcode them to FLAC which supports tags superbly.

Thanks, but MP3TAG does not support OS X.

 

I generally prefer WAV as I believe it has a slightly better depth of sound details. I have listened to numerous identical music tracks in both FLAC and WAV and have concluded my SuperUnity presents WAV with a better depth.

 

Will tags stick to the files if converting to FLAC - add the tags - and covert back to WAV?

 

Thanks!

I'm afraid, they won't.

Wav is the worst of all solutions regarding tags.

That's not due to the wav format but due to the misconception with general public and software developers alike about the tagging possibilities of wav.

 

use dBPoweramp, JRiver, MediaMonkey and probably some  others and you are just fine with editing tags in wav.

 

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Aleg

Posted on: 25 February 2013 by PinkHamster
Originally Posted by Aleg:
 

I'm afraid, they won't.

Wav is the worst of all solutions regarding tags.

That's not due to the wav format but due to the misconception with general public and software developers alike about the tagging possibilities of wav.

 

use dBPoweramp, JRiver, MediaMonkey and probably some  others and you are just fine with editing tags in wav.

 

-

Aleg

Which tags are possible with Wav then?

 

To my knowledge these are: Artist, Album, Title, Track

 

No Year, Composer, Album Artist, Coment etc.

 

Please correct me, if I'm wrong.

Posted on: 25 February 2013 by Aleg
Originally Posted by PinkHamster:
Originally Posted by Aleg:
 

I'm afraid, they won't.

Wav is the worst of all solutions regarding tags.

That's not due to the wav format but due to the misconception with general public and software developers alike about the tagging possibilities of wav.

 

use dBPoweramp, JRiver, MediaMonkey and probably some  others and you are just fine with editing tags in wav.

 

-

Aleg

Which tags are possible with Wav then?

 

To my knowledge these are: Artist, Album, Title, Track

 

No Year, Composer, Album Artist, Coment etc.

 

Please correct me, if I'm wrong.


Hi PinkHamster

 

WAV-format allows for embedding of ID-tags so you can use anyone you like.

dBPoweramp already offers a lot by default.

 

 

The knowledgebase on welltemperedcomputer will show you a (small) list of programs that support this convention of embedding ID-tags in wav-container.

 

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Aleg

Posted on: 25 February 2013 by PinkHamster

Thanks for that, Aleg.