Identifying tracks

Hi there,
is there a program out there that will take unnamed audio files and find the song and then title the song in the mp3 id and also change the file name?
Clues please?
Cheers

Hi Noah,
Select a track or tracks then from the iTunes menu bar click Store/Get Track Names.
From the iTunes help viewer...
"If more than one entry is found for the CD (which can occur if more than one person submitted information for the same CD to the Gracenote service), select one of the entries. If it isn’t correct, choose Advanced > Get CD Track Names again and choose the other entry. If it’s still not correct, you can edit the information yourself.
If iTunes can’t connect to the Gracenote service or if it has no information about the CD, you can enter your own song information into iTunes. You can also submit the information to Gracenote so that other people can use the information."
Carolyn

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