Getting properties of music files?

Hey,
I've been looking around, and I can't find a way to get hold of the artist, song name, legnth of the mp3 or other music file ect.
I'm trying to get information about multiple mp3s to put into a swing table.
Can somone guide me in the right direction please :)
Thanks loads
Ryan

Googling for "java mp3 metadata" gave me 773,000 results with quite a bit of free, open source stuff on the very first page.
db

Similar Messages

Finder Get Info on music file shows comma in Year Recorded

Has anyone else seen this?
If you Get Info on a music file in the Finder I'll see the Year Recorded as "Year Recorded: 2,009" or whatever year. Does anyone have any idea why?
10.5.8
iTunes 9

I see the same thing. seems to be a minor bug. you can submit a bug report if you wish but since this bug is not present in snow leopard it is extremely unlikely that anything will be done about it.

How can I get all my music files into my itunes folder?

I have tons of music scattered all over my computer in different locations, I want to put all the music in my itunes folder- C:\Documents and Settings\David\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music
The problem is, is when I move the music to my itunes folder the music I move does not play in itunes. So how can I do this
Thanks

Don't move files manually! That indeed causes iTunes to lose track. Use the command Advanced > Consolidate Library. Before you begin, read up on Consoidate in the Help file so you understand what it does.
When you are done consolidating, you can delete the extras if you wish.

Where to get short background music files

Hi,
I like some of the music that comes with the standard themes in iDVD 6, however, I'm looking for a greater selection to include with my slideshows. Can anyone point me to a source on the net, preferably free?

I dont know of any free sites, but if you have soundtrack you can create your own royalty-free music whatever length you like. Also, QT Pro will allow you to edit music for your DVD's as well.

HT1848 How do I get music files from my iphone that were priviously synced back to the cloud?

Previously my Iphone was synced with a cable and all my music files and apps were synced. Now that Icloud is synced wirelessly, only purchased music is synced back to the cloud. How do I get my other music files and apps exported to the cloud or to my computer?

Robert...
You can delete songs directly from the iPhone.
Tap the Music tab in the Dock.
Now swipe to the left or right once. You should see a red delete button.

Itunes Music Files Lost

I recently bought a new PC. I had already copied all my files and folders from my old pc, including itunes, to a backup hard drive. When I copied back all my files to the new PC, all the files were there, except the itunes music. The library is there, but the music files are not. When I click on a song in the library I get an error saying that "The song cannot be used because the original file is not found, do you wish to locate it?". Now, I've read a number of forums saying that iTunes is prone to moving music when you change to a new system set up, and is not very good at finding it. However, I've searched high and low using the search tools in vista and I am fairly certain that the songs are not there. I have done the same searches in my backup drive and they are not there also. What could have happened?
I should point out that none of my music is purchased from Itunes, it is my entire CD collection of 2500+ songs which was ripped into itunes. It seems that apple is happy to suggest solutions for 'lost' music if you purchased from itunes, but there is little or no support for people who are using itunes to organise and hold a cd collection.
To make matters worse, I connected my Ipod to itunes without realising the songs were missing and now I have lost all the music from my Ipod as well.
I know that I have probably been stupid and done something wrong, but Itunes does not seem to be particularly user-friendly when it comes to moving it's files and folders from one Windows device to another. I have a strong feeling that I am going to have to start all over again, unless anyone can offer me some advice on how to get my old music files back?

wow i am in the middle of a very similar situation. i bought a new computer...had the store burn all itunes songs onto a disk, from old computer. put disk into new computer drive and downloaded all songs. now, they are all showing on my new computer harddrive but they won't play on itunes. when i click on a song, itunes comes up but nothing happens. i have done everything that the itunes online customer service dept can tell me to do. nothing is wrong with my new computer, the cd/dvd drive...the drivers, nothing. my new computer is now authorized with my itunes account. all of our ipods are now authorized with the new computer. the store where i got new computer says maybe the songs are licensed with my old computer. he says its all about where they were oribinally licensed. i have had it...spent HOURS trying to figure this out.

Laptop brokre, managed to recover files onto harddrive, how do i transfer the music files into my library on a new computer, Laptop brokre, managed to recover files onto harddrive, how do i transfer the music files into my library on a new computer

ok so to cut a long story short my itunes account was on a laptop that broke, managed to get photo and music file backed up onto hard drive.
Can i just log into my itunes account on a new pc to sync andbackup my iphone? or do i need to transfer my music file into the account?
Really need some help!
I have an iphone, Ipod and the account on the old laptop.

"I don't have the old computer. It overheated and literally melteddown!"
This is why it has alwasy been very basic to always maintain a backup copy.
Did you fail to do this?
"I have been talked through a back up process of the itouch music on to the new laptop before, but can't remember how to do it. Any ideas on this process."
Again.
The sync is one way - computer to ipod. the only exception is itunes purchases: File>Transfer Purchases
You may be able to buy a 3rd party program to get non-itunes purchased music from the ipod.

API to access and set properties for MP4 files

I am looking for some APIs in Visual C++ to use in Visual Studio to set
and get properties for .mp4 files. Can anyone help me in this regard?

Hi Rahul,
Try using the Windows Media Format SDK with help from the below document:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tims/archive/2004/03/28/extracting-metadata-from-windows-media-files.aspx
Alternatively, you can give a try to ffmpeg libraries for a open source alternative.
https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html
(Please mark as answer if this solves your query. Please upvote if this reply is helpful).
Regards,
Rajesh Nath

I'm making a slideshow on iPhoto and can't get a custom music to play

I'm making a slideshow on IPhoto 9.5.1 and can't get a custom music file to play. I've got all the latest updates and have selected what I think are all the rights boxes. What is the most common error made that would keep music from playing? The only music that will play while using the Ken Burns effect is the standard song. Help!

Launch iTunes use the File -> Library -> Organize Library -> Reorganize Library menu option. Then quit and relaunch iPhoto.
Credit to user keysandfood who found this solution.
OT

When trying to import music files I get a error message that says "importer reported a generic error" I'm using windows 7, DellPC, installed premiere elements 13 2 days ago. Also when previewing and editing video,screen looks great but when I transfer to

When trying to import music files I get an error message Thea says "importer reported a generic error". Also when editing video, screen views look great but when I transfer to PC or flash drive video quality is very poor. Any suggestions?

chansen232
Premiere Elements 13 on Windows 7 (presumed 64 bit).....
1. Music files and error message...are these music files from iTunes? If so, convert them to .wav in iTunes to convert them to wav version, and then import the .wav version into Premiere Elements 13 project using Premiere Elements 13 Expert workspace's Add Media/Files and Folders/Project Assets from where you drag the wav version to the Soundtrack.
The following are the instructions for the iTunes converting
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT1550
If any problems with the instructions, please let me know, and I will go through them with you.
2. How you set up the project and the export settings that you select greatly influence your end product result.
a. What are the properties of the source media?
b. What project preset did you (manually) or the project (automatically) set to match the properties of the source media.
(If you do not know, please tell us what you see for the readings of Editing Mode, Timebase, Frame Size, Pixel Aspect Ratio - even
if the fields look grayed out.)
c. For your export...Publish+Share/Computer/and then what? And what preset? Did you use the default settings of the preset or did you
customize the export settings of the preset under the preset's Advanced Button/Video Tab and Audio Tab?
Let us start here and then decide what next.
Thanks.
ATR

I had to install a new hard drive because my old hard drives boot files became corrupted, and i want to get all of my music files off the old hard drive and regain all my play counts/ratings/playlists

Greetings everyone
as the title says, ive had to install a new hard drive and i want to transfer my old itunes library onto the new drive, maintaining all playlists/play counts/ratings etc, album artwork if possible. The old hard drive is installed as a slave drive and is completely acessible, but due to the boot files being corrupted i cannot use it as the main drive and therefore operate my old itunes. Also, my ipod no longer contains my music library as itunes synced without my permission and wiped it.
The only thing i have tried is copying all of my old music files from the old drive by selecting 'add folder to library' and then the old drive, then replacing the new itunes library.itl file with the one from my old itunes. This restores all my playlists and playcounts but when i try to play any of the songs it says that the files could not be found, and i dont fancy locating 8500 music files individually!
Thankyou for taking the time to read my post, any help will be greatly appreciated.

Ah, my reply was based on the assumption that you had a default installation of iTunes.
i.e you had all your music in the iTunes media folder inside your iTunes folder.
If your iTunes folder is so small compared to the amount of music you have, you must have a different arrangement.
This complicates you situation considerably.
iTunes can cope with moving around as long as all the music is in the iTunes media folder, not not if it isn't.
Your first step should be to get iTunes working on the old drive. This will involve editing the xml library file so that the drive letter is correct and then rebuilding the library from the xml file.
Then you will need to consolidate your library which moves everything into the iTunes media fodler. After that you will be able to use my first suggestion.
Step 1
Find the iTunes folder on the old drive and copy the two library files somewhere else so you can find them again. That's iTunes Library.itl and iTunes Library.xml.
Now open the copy of iTunes Library.xml with WordPad.
Look for lines starting:
Location
These contain the paths to tracks.
You will need to use a find/replace to change the drive letter so that it is correct.
Make sure that you include enough in the "find" so that you only change the right thing.
Maybe /c:/ and replace with /d:/ or whatever.
After that, tell iTunes to use the library on the old drive with a shift key start.
Hold down the shift key and start iTunes, keep holding the shift key until you are prompted to choose a library. Navigate to the iTunes folder on the old drive and choose iTunes Library.itl.
Then use the method in the following article to rebuild your library;
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451
Unfortunately the date added will be today for all tracks.
If iTunes works correctly after this, consolidate your library
File>>Library>>Organize>>consolidate
This copies all tracks into to iTunes media folder and could create a problem if you do not have disk space so don't do it if you are unsure about free disk space.
Check that iTunes works OK and then use the first method.
Message was edited by: polydorus

How can i get itunes to find my music files?

i am reloading my hard drive after it crashed. everything is there, but itunes cannot find my files. how do i match my music files up with itunes? I keep getting the message " original file cant be found"

If that doesn't work for you then you should be able to use my FindTracks script to reconnect them to iTunes .
tt2

How do i get all my music in one library file?

My entire iTunes library is on an external hard drive "A". Due to my Powermac G5 dying, I had to set up iTunes on my Macbook Pro. I used Senuti to transfer all my music and content from my iPod to a different external drive I will call "B". Once that was set up, I erased and synced my iPod again. Everything is fine with the iPod and my Apple TV. In the iTunes preferences, I clicked Advanced and changed where I wanted my library to reside. I selected the new location which is drive "B".
My question now is that when I click on my iTunes Music folder, I am only showing 269 items which is a mixture of music and video content. I have well over 1,300 songs not to mention 87 music videos and 60 podcast videos. So when I did a search to see where a lot of my songs were located, I was surprised that it was showing the songs were being housed on external drive "A" even though I set it up that I want drive "B" to be where my library file should be. So as a test, I disconnected drive "A" then opened iTunes and tried to play a certain song and it said it couldn't play the song because the original file could not be found. When I reconnected the drive, it played just fine.
So what do I need to do to get all my music on one hard drive, for me that would be drive "B"? Do I need to follow the steps in the article below to make that happen? I have no problem with having a back up of my library, I just want all my music in one place in the location I have specified and keep the back up on the other drive so I won't have to keep it connected to the computer.
Thanks
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1449?viewlocale=en_US

Nevermind...I did what it said to do in the article and it worked!

I changed from manually manage music to create more space, and lost a LOT of my music from my current Itunes library. I HAVE to have that music back! How do I go about getting the missing/lost files back on my library and IPod?

I changed from manually managing music to create more space on my IPod and lost a lot of the my music since it synched with another library. ( I think off another long gone computer!) I HAVE to get this music back! There are songs I can no longer find! How do I get this "Cannot locate file for this song" music back on my ITunes library and IPod?
Thanks for any and all help!!

See this article for more help and information.
iTunes: Finding lost media and downloads
B-rock

I used to download illegal music files from limewire, I don't anymore though, and I've since deleted them all from my iPod and will never do it again, but could I get in trouble for what I did before?

And how can I delete the illegal music files on iTunes that me and my brother used to download? Maybe I could delete or report the music files, I really love apple and I really don't want to do this illegal stuff anymore. It's really not fair to anyone and it's also wrong. (Something I somehow couldn't see when I first got my iPod back in 2009) I buy all my music from iTunes now on my iPod, and have since deleted all the data which includes all the songs from my iPod (for a while I didn't use my iPod for music, just games) I am now afraid to put the songs I purchased and downloaded on iTunes on my computer with all of the pirated music! Please help, I really just want to know overall if apple could hate me for this, and what I can do to delete all the songs from iTunes (like the ones me and my brother downloaded that he still uses, though I guess I can't control that.)
Is it just me or was I never meant to feel like an honest user? (I really want to feel like I am)

Firstly, where do I go to delete the songs from my hard drive? Can I delete them straight from iTunes?
You can delete them right from iTunes:
- Click on the song to highlight it (select it). Alternatively, you can Control-Click on a number of songs to select them.
- Go to Edit in the Menu bar and choose Delete (alternatively, you can Right-Click on the song and choose Delete from the pop-up menu.
- You'll be asked "Are you sure you want to remove the selected song from your iTunes library." Click Remove.
- Next, you'll be asked " Do you want to move the selected song to the Recycle Bin, or keep it in the iTunes Media folder?" Click "Move to Recycle Bin"
- Empty The Recycle Bin on your desktop.
Can I delete all the illegal songs including the ones my brothers (Apparently more than one are doing this) downloaded? Would it be somehow against the rules to delete their songs even if they didn't pay for them?
It's best to talk to your brothers before deleting their stuff. Tell them how uncomfortable you feel about having 'stolen property' in your shared iTunes Library.
Could their downloading of these songs get me in trouble somehow? And lastly, should I still use iTunes on this computer if they're doing this?
If this is your computer and the Music Distributers find out through your Internet Service Provder that you/your brothers are illegally downloading/sharing music then you can get in trouble.
You can continue to use iTunes but I would really try to get this resolved with your brothers. Hope this helps and as I said earlier, you are doing the right thing by buying music legally!

Getting properties of music files?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for