Cant get track names

got a new macbook pro with lion on... when i import cd i cant get track names ... how do i go about getting names for tracks

zenography wrote:
got a new macbook pro with lion on... when i import cd i cant get track names ... how do i go about getting names for tracks
iTunes prefs > Advanced.
Tick Always get CD track names from internet.
If you have already imported, select the tracks in iTunes, then iTunes menu Advanced > Get CD track names.

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ITunes 11.4.0.18 will not get track names for imported mp3 albums.

I'm new to Apple (Windows 7 i7 Sandy Bridge processor 16GB ram) and recently got an iPod touch 5g 64GB and I am trying to figure out iTunes. I have GB's of albums that I have collected over the years in mp3 format. When I imported them to iTunes via...File>Add Folder to Library...It imported all of my albums, but, almost NONE of the tracks are in order and they are "scattered" for lack of a better word. Some are with the albums they are supposed to be with, but MOST made their own names and albums. Getting the tracks with the albums I fixed by doing it manually. Getting the tracks in order in the albums...HELP. I tried to "Get Track Names", but iTunes comes back with "iTunes cannot get CD track names for songs that were not imported using iTunes. To allow iTunes to look for CD track names for this song, import the song again using iTunes."???? I'm assuming that iTunes will only get the track names if they are imported from CD only and not mp3? If I have to manually enter all of the information in myself....God help me...just leave it unorganized???

When iTunes imports a CD it records the information used to look up the album in the Gracenotes database. When you add your tracks into a different library that data is no longer available. See Grouping tracks into albums for some tips on organizing iTunes content.
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When I try to "Get Track Names" or "Get Album Art," the wrong info or no info is retrieved

I'm using the latest iTunes and Lion OS.
I have many songs from long ago (not downloaded from iTunes) which have incorrect album names, etc., and I want to clean them up, but when I enter the correct info and select "Get Album Art" or "Get Track Names," either nothing is found or the incorrect information is returned, respectively.
For example, I have a song:
Artist: James Taylor
Album: Greatest Hits
Name: Mexico
It does not have the associated Album Art, nor does it have the rest of the information like Track, Year, etc. It just has the Track Name, Album Name and Artist Name. I want to update this to show that it is from the original Album, "Gorilla," so I right-click and select Info, and I fill in the Album Name as "Gorilla." When I right-click and select "Get Album Art," it tells me: "Artwork for "James Taylor - Gorilla" could not be found - though it exists in iTunes. When I right-click and select "Get Track Names," the item is updatd, and now it reads:
Artist: America
Album: Mellow Rock Hits Of The 70s: Summer Breeze
Name: A Horse With No Name
When I rename everything to "James Taylor," "Mexico," and "Gorilla," and select either "Get Album Art" or "Get Track Names," I get the exact same thing: no album artwork found, and it renames it to America.
What is happening? What am I doing wrong? Do I have the wrong expectations of the two right-click options?

I don't think CDDB and iTunes Store is the same. The CDDB gets information for CDs only (not collections of tracks made from a CD) and uses CD features such as track lengths (exact, which could be modified by a fraction of a second when you make a MP3) track count, etc. It doesn't use any information such as artist, track name. From what Mike Johnson12 was saying it seems that ITMS uses the base tag information to identify the track fully.
I have never used iTunes Store to label a track so I can't provide information there. I have no idea what criteria it uses, but for other id3 tag application and iTunes, by "exact" we mean exact. Letter case is important, and I have even found that sometimes font can make a difference.
For album artwork I do a Google search, then restrict the finds to images and select the best quality I can find. This is also the biggest in terms of file size so I only attach the image to one file in a track. When playing iTunes on the computer it displays that image for all tracks in that album.

Unable to get track names for new album itunes 11.1.5

Hi All,
I have 2 computers running Mavericks
Both have the same version iTunes 11.1.5
On some imported albums I have not got the track names.
On one computer I can right click on the track and 'Get Track Names'+'Get album artworks' and it works, but on the other I do this and it does not.
Any thoughts on why one computer can do this and the other does not?
Both are connected to the internet and can connect to the itunes store.
Cheers
Simon

It may simply be that the CD you are trying to import is not in the CD track name database.

Fix for getting track names from GraceNote.

Finally found a Windows fix for getting iTunes to get track names from GraceNote (see below). It works!!!
Fixing iTunes CDDB lookup - more details
Since Apple’s forums don’t seem to support permalinks, the hint I previously posted about fixing iTunes for Windows’ connection to CDDB isn’t complete. Here’s how to reestablish connection to CDDB if your track lookups start failing:
Quit iTunes for Windows.
In Internet Explorer, go to Tools | Internet Options, click on the Connections tab, and click on the LAN Settings button.
In the dialog that follows, uncheck the checkbox about using a proxy. Hit OK, then OK again.
Open RegEdit and look for the following key: HKEYLOCALUSER\Software\CDDB\Control\2.0. Delete this key.
Open iTunes and insert the CD. iTunes should now be able to connect to CDDB again—at least, until it forgets again later...
If necessary, reenable your proxy settings.
Microsoft —Tim Jarrett @ 2/12/04; 8:59:45 AM Discuss Comment (0) Cosmos [#]
Cheers.
Tom W.
Other OS

Finally found a Windows fix for getting iTunes to get
track names from GraceNote (see below). It works!!!
Fixing iTunes CDDB lookup - more details
Since Apple’s forums don’t seem to support
permalinks, the hint I previously posted about fixing
iTunes for Windows’ connection to CDDB isn’t
complete. Here’s how to reestablish connection to
CDDB if your track lookups start failing:
Quit iTunes for Windows.
In Internet Explorer, go to Tools | Internet Options,
click on the Connections tab, and click on the LAN
Settings button.
In the dialog that follows, uncheck the checkbox
about using a proxy. Hit OK, then OK again.
Open RegEdit and look for the following key:
HKEYLOCALUSER\Software\CDDB\Control\2.0. Delete
this key.
Open iTunes and insert the CD. iTunes should now be
able to connect to CDDB again—at least, until it
forgets again later...
If necessary, reenable your proxy settings.
Microsoft —Tim Jarrett @ 2/12/04; 8:59:45 AM Discuss
Comment (0) Cosmos [#]
Cheers.
Tom W.
Other OS
I followed this exactly and it didn't work!
When I put in a CD and click on Get CD Track Names the "Accessing Gracenote CDDB" box flashes up and then disappears and nothing happens!
Any suggestions???
Thanks,
Rach

I am trying to import my cd's onto itunes on a new macbook pro. i can import the cd fine but can not get track names or album art work. after going into advanced it is just coming up with "CDDB information not available"

i can import the cd fine but can not get track names or album art work. after going into advanced it is just coming up with "CDDB information not available"
thank you

Use the trackpad to scroll, thats what it was designed for. The scroll bars automatically disappear when not being used and will appear if you scroll up or down using the trackpad.
This is a user-to-user forum and most people will post on here if they have problems. You very rarely get people posting to say there update went smooth. The fact is the vast majority of Mountain Lion users will not be experiencing any major problems with the OS, or maybe with apps which are not compatible, but thats hardly Apple's fault if developers don't update their apps.

'Server error' when getting track names

I have iTunes 10.4 installed, and am running Windows XP Pro. When I try to 'Get track names,' iTunes responds with 'Server error.' However, I am able to connect to Gracenote online in a web browser, and I can get track names just fine in Windows Media Player, so the problem appears to be with iTunes. I have uninstalled and reinstalled iTunes, and have made sure that my firewall is not blocking iTunes. I'm not sure what else I can do. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Ryan,
I am assuming this was never fixed? I have the same issue, but I think it's a port that isn't open on my firewall? Port 8880 doesn't work...
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Where is the command in itunes 11 to "get track names again"?

Actually, I need to get track names more than once AFTER I have ripped the CD.
My situation: I ripped a CD, got the message "multiple matches were found online for this cd" (I need this case, 4) and chose the wrong one so that all the tracks are named untitled.
Later (with no CD) I selected the mp3 track (In the Recently Added playlist) right-clicked and chose "Get Track Names" and chose the 2nd of 4 matches, but this was also wrong. Now, if I right-click and choose "Get Track Names" I can see a very brief cddb lookup in the top center (status?) window, but I don't get the dialog box offering the 4 cddb matches any more.
So now I still don't have the right track names and I can find no way to do another cddb lookup without inserting the original CD. Shouldn't there be a way?
Thanks I need advance,
Steve I need Berkeley

No, the old album list view is not an option in iTunes 11...
You can restore much of the look & feel of the previous version with these shortcuts:
ALT to temporarily display the menu bar
CTRL+B to show or hide the menu bar
CTRL+S to show or hide the sidebar
CTRL+/ to show or hide the status bar (won't hide for me on Win XP)
Click the magnifying glass top right and untick Search Entire Library to restore the old search behaviour
Use View > Hide <Media Kind> in the cloud or Edit > Preferences > Store and untick Show iTunes in the cloud purchases to hide the cloud items. The second method eliminates the cloud status column (and may let iTunes start up more quickly)
If you don't like having different coloured background & text in the Album view use Edit > Preferences > General and untick Use custom colours for open albums, movies, etc.
If you still feel the need to roll back to iTunes 10.7 first download a copy of the 32 bit installer or 64 bit installer as appropriate, uninstall iTunes and supporting software, i.e. Apple Application Support & Apple Mobile Device Support. Reboot. Restore the pre-upgrade version of your library database as per the diagram below, then install iTunes 10.7.
See iTunes Folder Watch for a tool to scan the media folder and catch up with any changes made since the backup file was created.
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After downloading the latest version of iTunes, I cannot get track names to appear when burning a cd from my playlists. Any ideas, please??????

What gives? I cannot get track names to appear on recently burned cd's. Just downloaded latest version of iTunes. I'm at a total loss. Have Googled- tried several things to no avail.

Go to the iTunes folder (it is in Music folder) and do this:
1. Back up your music
2. Delete "iTunes Library.itl". Then, open iTunes again and it should work

Running iTunes 11.0.3 64bit Windows 7. The "join Tracks" line has disappeared from the box that opens when you click "options" after inserting a CD. Only 2 lines show up: "Get track names" and "Submit CD Track names". Where did "Join Tracks" go?

Running iTunes 11.0.3 64bit Windows 7. The "join Tracks" line has disappeared from the box that opens when you click "options" after inserting a CD. Only 2 lines show up: "Get track names" and "Submit CD Track names". Where did "Join Tracks" go?

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HELP!! Trying to get track names from bought CDs

When I click on Advanced, Get Track Names it gives the the error: CDDB error. HTTP Processing error. It does this with all of my CDs. Can anyone please help?

Are you definitly connected to the internet whilst you try to obtain track names?

Getting track names for already transferred CDs

Had 1 to 1 session, technician explained how to get track names from Cds already transferred to MacBook pro. Can't recall procedure, is there a "walk thru" demo out there?

Yes, it did help, appreciate the hint re: right click! When I was at Apple Store, had my macally compact mouse which has right click capability. The mouse I use at home, or should say used to use, was not a right click device. I have purchased a wireles right click mouse, problem solved! So long as we're on the subject, I understand there is a way to have right click function with trackpad on MacBook pro, and chance you can explain that to me?? Thanks Much!

What happened to command to get track names

I'm using iTunes 11.01 on OS 10.6.8 having just recently downloaded the updated iTunes. What happened to the advanced menu and the command to get track names and infor? I ripped some CD's while I was offline, and now I cana't figure out how to access the Gracenote Database to get the track names. This is a serious omission in the new version.

It is still there. Right mouse click on a song or group of songs and select Get Track names

I keep getting ' user not register for online ' when trying to get track names for my CD imports for Windows 7

I keep getting ' user not register for online ' when trying to get track names for my CD imports for Windows 7 and I'm unable to find a solution.

I can't be certain exactly which steps are going to be needed in each case, but if you work through this in sequence hopefully one of the steps will prove effective.
First try this:
With iTunes closed.
Press the WinLogoKey+R
Type in %appdata% and press return
Double click on Apple Computer
Double click on iTunes
Delete the file CD Info.cidb
Start iTunes and try again.
If that doesn't work close iTunes and try deleting com.apple.iTunes.Gracenote.plist in the same folder.
If that doesn't work close iTunes and try deleting iTunesPrefs.xml. This will reset your some of your preferences in iTunes so be sure to check them and reset as required.
If that still hasn't resolved things close iTunes and try deleting the entire %appdata%\Apple Computer folder or look for parallel files/folders in the C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Local or C:\Users\<User>\AppData\LocalLow in case a corrupt file is persisting there.
Note that any iOS device backups are stored in the MobileSync folder within Apple Computer. Once things are working you should backup your devices again as soon as possible.
Or it might not be the preference files after all...
For general advice see Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates.
The steps in the second box are a guide to removing everything related to iTunes and then rebuilding it which is often a good starting point unless the symptoms indicate a more specific approach. Review the other boxes and the list of support documents further down page in case one of them applies.
Your library should be unaffected by these steps but there is backup and recovery advice elsewhere in the user tip.
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I using new ipad 32gb and i cant get user name and password how i configure it ? please give me solution

im using new ipad 32gb and i cant get user name and password how i configure it ? please give me solution

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