ITunes X id3

Hello!!
Well, when I edit my songs (in the iPod) info, like title, artisti, album... with iTunes, the changes are not made on the id3 tags to.
When I listen the songs in other soft, like winamp, the song info are messed up... Hours of work lost!!
Anyone knows how to fix? (if realy are something to fix...)
Sorry for bad english and thank's!
iPod 5g 30gb

I don't add the music to the itunes lib beffor add to ipod. It takes a long time. I just drag and drop the files i the ipod icon on itunes. After this I made the changes on the songs that I put on iPod.
"How are you listening to these songs on the iPod with other software?"
Winamp search ipod, on hd mode for mp3 files and show this files on a media lib.
iTunes make or not the changes that I need? iTunes whrite id3 tag of the mp3 on iPod?

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the "let itunes organize your music" box is unchecked, and i imported my cds as mp3s, as i removed the songs from the itunes library (not the files), it took off all the tags!!!! i spent hours importing cds, once i removed the songs from the library, then dragged the folder back into the itunes window, the tags to the album, track #, artist, etc weren't there anymore!!!!! just the file name. WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP!!!! the program shouldn't have authority to mess with the id3 tags that are embedded into the mp3s once i remove the song from itunes!!! RIGHT?! what am i supposed to do with all the unlabeled mp3s!?!1 i'm not going to use iEatBrainz for everything, thats rediculous! could someone else try removing their songs from the itunes 6 version like the one i have here and see if they have the same problem?? its gotta be from the same folder where all your imported music goes....
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If you remove a song from the iTunes library the file will remain in the location that it was previously BUT the tune is removed from the library. The id3 tag was never changed. If you go back to the file in its' original location you can put it back into the iTunes library and all the id3 info is still there.
Usually it is best to let iTunes organize you library - unless you have a special reason not to let iTunes organize.
I removed tunes from my libary - keeping the files - then added them back and all was as it should be. If you are looking at the file via the finder the only info that you will see is the song title (the same info as in the "Name" column in iTunes). iTunes names the file on the HD the same as what is in the "Name" field.
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Go to edit>preferences>advanced>burning> if the audio CD is checked then your CD will not have the ID3 tags. But it will play in all or most CD players.
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I've just spent my afternoon naming 1,881 mp3s that I loaded up on my computer from old cd's that weren't in any music database and I named all the files properly. As soon as I loaded the songs into iTunes the artist switched to "various" and everything else is fine. When I get properties on the file, all the information is there. Why doesn't iTunes pick it up?
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My mistake, according to this topic, it is apparently the "Sound Check" feature that is adding the random numbers to your Comments field, coupled with already-dodgy ID3 tags.
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Tracks originally ripped in iTunes loose ID3 Tag then become corrupt?

Gurus....
I'm tearing my hair out... After investing in a Soundblaster Wireless Media device I started to copy the 6000 odd mp3's ripped from CD's and Vinyl listed in iTunes 4.7 (I have an iPod so need to maintain both libraries) to the Media Organiser. Many of the ripped CD's (possibly from later editions of iTunes) appeared to have no Tag information (Artist, Album and genre were 'unknown') I started to manually readd some of this but then found that the tracks were not playable in either location!!! iTunes and Media Centre behave like the tracks doesn't exist and skip straight passed them.
I'm guessing it's an iD3 incompatibility and was wondering if anybody out there knew what the problem was and if there is any way around this.
Thanks in advance
Wayne

WayneMar,
I had a very similar problem. Ripped tunes in ITUNES, added them to a library in Musicmatch. Everything came up as 'Unknown Artist'. Tried to fix the tags in Musicmatch and got a dialog box saying the headers were corrupt.
After a little trial and error went into ITUNES and used the 'Convert ID3 Tags' feature to change the tags to V2.3. Musicmatch detected the change and picked up the tags.
The 'Convert ID3 Tags' feature is under 'Advanced' on the top bar or available by right-clicking a tune.
Hope this helps,
Leebob

After converting mp3s to AAC, does itunes write id3 tags?

I'm on OSX 10.3.9 and running iTunes 5.0.1. I just recently converted a lot of music which was on mp3 format to AAC at 128kbps (saved about 30% space with no loss of quality).
Now when I'm running iTunes, it lags and a small window comes up sporadically saying "Writing ID3 Tags."
Is this for the files I converted to AAC recently, or what's this all about?

out of interest how did you do the conversion ?
Make an intelligent playlist, with the setings, "kind is" - "MPEG"
Check that your "convert to" setting is AAC.
In your MPEG playlist, press command and a keys together (or Edit > Select All, from the menu bar) and choose Advanced > Convert to AAC.
When you are done, use Select All then option and delete keys together in the playlist, to remove the MPEGs from your library.

ID3 tags that look fine in iTunes are ungood on the iPod touch

I've got 60,000-plus MP3 tracks, collected over a decade, that were encoded by a variety of apps on Macs and PCs. The tracks look OK in iTunes on a Mac, but on an iPod touch, many songs are missing artwork, and others display the lyrics in garbled "mojibake" characters.
If the garbling occurred in all the ID3 tags (Name, Artist, Album, etc.) of a track instead of just the lyrics tag, I'd simply reverse the unicode; but as it's not, the solution has to force the misbehaving ID3 tags/artwork to display correctly. I've tried selecting the problem songs and reassigning the ID3 tag, but iTunes can't or won't overwrite the bad tags.
What does work as a solution is toggling the ID3 tags off and on by selecting the bad tracks in iTunes, right-clicking and choosing "Convert ID3 Tags...", then assigning "None" as the ID3 tag version. Next step is to select "Convert ID3 Tags..." again, this time choosing v2.3 or v2.4 as the ID3 version. That does the trick every time, stripping away corruption in the ID3 tags and forcing the tracks to accept artwork. However, it also truncates tags longer than 30 characters, and deletes existing lyrics and artwork. That makes for a lot of cleanup editing.
Is there a way to make iTunes assign ID3 v2.3 to tracks so as to overwrite the corrupt tags without going through the steps I've outlined? If not, is there an app out there with the mojo to fix these corrupt files?

If the song is in iTunes, and it is in a playlist that you auto-sync your Touch to, then the only things that might cause this problem are:
1- Is this new song un-checked in iTunes? If your Touch is set to sync only checked items that would prevent it from syncing. If that's the case, just enable the checkmark next to the new song and re-sync.
2- Is this playlist a smart playlist that is forced to be limited in size? If so, there is a bug with the 3.1.x OS such that smart playlists that are limited in size will have different contents (and sorted differently) when you compare the playlist on iTunes vs. on the Touch. The solution in this case is to disable Live Updating in the smart playlist definition, then the two versions of the playlist will agree.
3- Is the new song tagged as "Skip when Shuffling"? If so, and if your Touch is in shuffle mode, then the song count in the playlist will not include songs that are designated to be skipped.
See if any of those three things are what is going on. If not, then perhaps you need to reset or restore your Touch, but I doubt that.

ITunes doesn't read ID3 tags properly on import

hi all,
today I've added ID3 tags to all my mp3 files, so that they will look better in iTunes and my iPod. I have added information for "title", "artist", "album" and "track #" in ID3v1 and ID3v2.3.
Now, when I import these files to iTunes, the ID3 information is read only partly or not at all. This means, some tracks show all information, some only show title and artist, some do not show anything at all.
I edited all the ID3 tags with the same software, which makes it even more mysterious. The software was implemented by myself in C#. To edit the ID3 tags, I used the library UltraID3Lib. I don't think that something is wrong with my software because the ID3 tags are displayed properly in Winamp without any problems.
I have also already tried the option in iTunes to convert the ID3 tags, but this also only yields strange results: If I select "none" as ID3 version, iTunes obviously imports the information from the ID3v1 tags, but it deletes the ID3v2 tag at the same time, so that titles and albums are cut down to 30 characters. If I choose other options, nothing changes.
Does anybody have an idea how to solve this problem? Or can someone maybe explain this "convert ID3 tag" option? It doesn't really make sense to me...
Many thanks in advance!
gehho.

As far as I know (and it may not be very far), iTunes does use standard ID3 tags for most things. The XML file stores info on ratings, playlists, playcounts and other iTunes specific information for use by other applicaitons. iTunes itself doesn't use the XML file but rather the iTunes Library.itl file.
It's possilble to do multiple file tag editing in iTunes for things like artist, album, year, etc. I would say, go with whatever works for you. It just seemed as if what you were doing wasn't working. Perhaps the other suggestion will solve you're problem.
Best of luck.

Problem with ID3 tags in iTunes

I was hoping that I could get some clarification on how iTunes uses ID3 tags with mp3s. The problem I am having is that I have fixed all the ID3 tags on my mp3s using another program (Tag & Rename is the name of the program, it does both v1 and v2 ID3 tags) but iTunes still doesn't recognize the changes I have made. I have tried deleting my entire library, and readding all the songs, but for some reason it still has the wrong information. I tried opening the files with other music players, and they read the ID3 tags fine.
Thanks in advance!
I don't know if this helps, but the most noticable program is with my compilations. I changed all the artists to the actual artist name instead of "Various" that it used to say, but iTunes still reports the artist as "Various".

I routinely change file names, change ID3 tags, and edit existing tracks using external programs. Once done, all I do is to double click the track in iTunes to ensure it reads updated ID3 tag info correctly from the track.
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2. If the filename has been changed for a track, iTunes prompts you to point to the right filename. When done, it populates ID3 tag info, while retaining the playcount and rating.
Hope this helps.

ID3 tags - I can't be the only one

iTunes 7.7.0.43, fully patched XP Pro SP3. "M:" drive on file server contains 4500 songs. Full read/write access.
ID3 tags simply do not work in iTunes. I have "Convert ID3 Tags..."'d to "None" dozens of times for the whole library and have attempted to "Convert ID3 Tags..." to ID3vanything without them actually being written to the file itself.
iTunes reports "None" on the info screen for ID3 tags after several hours of it supposedly converting tags.
I have invested a large amount of time in ensuring the iTunes library itself is accurate and would like to carry over the information in the library to the MP3s themselves via ID3.
After many searches I've found split results. Some people never have an issue with iTunes writing ID3 tags, others like myself have never gotten this to work. I will whip up a script to read the XML library and batch a program to update the tags outside of iTunes, but "Convert ID3 Tags..." is not a new choice and it is supposed to do what I'm looking for.
What gives?

Welcome to the discussions!
Has Apple repaired your MB this last time so that it does work properly? I ask this not to be flippant, but out of curiosity. If it is repaired and working properly, then Apple has no reason to replace it.
It is likely that if your MB needs a fourth repair that it would be replaced. An optical drive and case replacements are fairly striaghtforward repairs and not indicative of a completely faulty unit like a bad logic board or LCD would be.
If your MB does require another repair, I would call AppleCare and escalate it to a second tier representative. They have more authority to make exceptions and issue replacements than a first tier rep would have.

ITunes not writing tag info to file

Recently iTunes hasn't been writing the tag info to the mp3 files when I import a new cd. I've never had a problem with this until recently.
I'm using iTunes 6.0.5 on a Intel Mini 1.66 with OS 10.4.6. When I insert a new disc it shows the proper track, artist, album, etc info. It titles the tracks correctly and puts them in my iTunes library correctly. However, when I check the tag info in MediaRage it shows nothing! I don't think it's a problem with MediaRage because I tried to import the cds on my Powerbook and they import fine.
I discovered this when I recently needed to reformat my music harddrive. When I copied the files back into iTunes a bunch of tracks came up as unknown artist and album. When I checked them furhter I found they were the last 6 or 7 cds I had imported. So they went into iTunes initially with the correct info, but the tag info hadn't been written, so when I reimported them iTunes organized them into the unknown folder.
I've been able to work around this by using the convert id3 tags command immediately after importing a new cd. Then all the info shows up correctly in MediaRage. But I shouldn't have to do this extra step! I've updated to the latest version of iTunes in case the last version was corrupted somehow. That didn't help. I've looked for the iTunes preferences file but can't find it.
So sorry for the long ramble but I've searched everywhere and can't find a solution or even anyone else mentioning this problem.
HELP!
tia
G4 Titanium Powerbook, Intel Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.6) ext WD 320gb

It's difficult to say what's causing this problem, although at this moment in time there still seem to be a lot of bugs with various software when running on Intel-based Macs.
Unfortunately, for some odd reason, iTunes writes ID3 v. 2.2 tags by default rather than the more acceptable v. 2.3 (or even 2.4). You might try ripping your CDs with Max using the provided (LAME) MP3 encoder. You should get more accurate rips to start with (using the paranoia ripper), and the highest qualtiy MP3s using the superior LAME encoder. Your files will have ID3 v. 2.4 tags written to them. You can also configure Max, in its preferences, to add files directly to your iTunes library upon encoding for perfect integration with iTunes. Hopefully this will work well for you and your files will retain their metadata.

Music Artists' names appear as lowercase on my phone, but uppercase in iTunes?

Hi,
So I have quite a few artists whose albums I've decided to put on my iPhone 5S and for some reason their names are showing up as all lowercase. At first I thought the ID3 tags weren't correct, but after using two ID3 tag editors (alongside the iTunes "get info" screen), I found that the tags weren't the issue. I also thought it might've been the actual phone itself; perhaps the software was corrupt, but I actually had to get my phone replaced today because the screen was lifting and after syncing to my library at home and looking at my Music app and seeing the artist field still reading as all lowercase, I figured it wasn't my phone. So what could it be? It's really strange seeing some artists cased correctly like "Grace Jones" and "Sam Smith", while also seeing others cased incorrectly like "prince" and "fka twigs".
Please help me figure out what is wrong with these artist fields. I have tried the following to no avail: restarting my computer, updating iTunes, deleting iTunes plist files, reinstalling iTunes, deleting and reading songs into iTunes, editing ID3 tags, changing the artists' name to something else and then back to the correct name, restarting my iPhone, and hard resetting my iPhone.
To clarify, the artists' names all read in correct case on iTunes, and only read in all lowercase on my iPhone.
Thanks in advance!
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P.S. Not sure where to post thi

Ok sorted it looks like the folder where the music is stored had changed to itunes media when all my music is in itunes music. I have reset the default folder back to itunes music and that seem to have solved the issue. Thanks for those that helped.

ITunes U Bug List

This is my running list of the bugs remaining within iTunes U. If anyone else has a bug (or insights into ways to fix these bugs), please feel free to post them!
Ken Newquist
Lafayette College
ID3 Tags Often Go Amiss
Problem: MP3s created in Audacity 1.2.5 and exported to iTunes for ID3 tag editing often lose their tag information when uploaded to iTunes U. I believe this problem isn't unique to Audacity, as others have reported problems with their tags. This probably does not occur when uploading files created in GarageBand that have had their ID3 tags edited in iTunes.
Probable Cause: Based on what I can see in MP3 ID3X, the cause may be ID3 version conflicts between other applications and iTunes. When opened in MP3 ID3X, I see the same sort of partial ID3 tag info as I see after uploading a file to iTunes U.
Workaround: Edit the ID3 tags using a dedicated editor like MP3 ID3X (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/5840) or ID3 Editor (http://www.pa-software.com/product.php?prod=BC3B2E3A). Both are available for the Macintosh. I recommend MP3 ID3X because it allows you to edit images in addition to the text fields.
Podcast RSS Feeds Display the Title Field as Description
Problem: The RSS feeds use the "title" of the podcast for the description field in the feed; as a result the title ends up being listed twice. It would be better if the description field defaulted to using the comments field instead.
Workaround: None
HTTPS Nonsecure JavaScript Bug
Problem: When logging into iTunes U via secure connections, an error message about mixed secure/nonsecure page elements appears in IE web browsers (Firefox doesn't complain, but I may have disabled that warning). In IE 6 and 7 , you need to choose to accept the nonsecure items or else the page dies with JavaScript errors.
Probable Cause: One of the JavaScript components evoked by the Apple script resides at an insecure "http" address. The specific error message is:
The IE 6 Error Message:
Error: This page contains both secure and nonsecure items. DO you want to display the nonsecure items?
I think the problem code maybe here:
<Script language="Javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/detection/itmsCheck.js"></Script>
Workaround: Accept the nonsecure content.
"Store Not Found Error" in Firefox 1.5 and IE 6 on Windows
Problem: When launching iTunes U from Firefox 1.5 and IE 6 on a Windows XP machine running iTunes 6, I often get a message about iTunes not being able to connect to the Music Store. In all of these cases, iTunes 6 is closed, and Firefox/IE is opening the application.
I have not seen this error on machines with iTunes 7 installed.
The error message I see is:
"iTunes could not connect to the Music Store. The network connection was terminated unexpectedly. Make sure your network connection is active and try again."
(then the store loaded properly)
Workaround: Click the "ok" button on the Dialogue box and the store loads normally.
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Firefox Does Not Recognize the ITMS and ITMSS protocol
Problem: When Firefox is used to login into iTunes U, a dialogue box appears asking the user what they want to do with the url starting with "itmss". In Firefox 1.5 on the Mac, the dialogue box is exceedingly wide, hiding the "accept" button from the user.
Cause: Firefox does not no how to handle the itms:// or itmss:// protocols
Workaround: Most users can choose to allow Firefox to accept the itms:// protocol and allow the browser to remember their choice. For Firefox 1.5 users on the Mac, they will need to use special "empty" links to itms:// and itmss:// to train Firefox on how to handle the protocol. With Firefox 2.0 for the Mac, this ceases to be a problem because the dialogue box now appears at a manageable size.
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PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Problem: Lack of Permalinks in RSS
Overview: We are experimenting with using the RSS reader in Moodle to display feeds from iTunes U. We can display the feed's list in Moodle, but because there are no permalinks given, there is no way to click on a headline and bring up the course information in iTunes U. The RSS feed does link to the headline's file, but Moodle's RSS aggregator (based on Magpie) does not use that link, and neither do other RSS readers.
Workaround: We don't have a good one yet. In theory, we could modify our Moodle code to recognize iTunes feeds, and then programatically insert a link to the course in iTunes U. This is at best a hack however -- ideally we'd like to be able to use the public feeds to link to iTunes U in a variety of applications, including Moodle, Blackboard, and Luminis (a portal sold by Sungard SCT and based on the uPortal framework).
Suggested solution: A permalink to the course page in iTunes U should be included in each of the items in the RSS feed.
Ken Newquist
Lafayette College

Can't Create a "Year" entry in ID3 Settings

A number of music players have a "year" category in addition to the standards like artist, albums, etc. When I bounce a track, it seems that none of the ID3 fields translates into year. Instead I get some kind of default number there. Has anyone else encountered or solved this issue? Maybe the default isn't really default and can be set elsewhere? (for me, it's nothing like a year number though)
Thanks!

Awesome. Thanks for your help and suggestion to edit in itunes, that was the secret. The issue was with the "year" coming in incorrect in Cog and Songbird.
However, when I tried itunes, it was correct off the bat. For anyone reading who has this issue and wants to fix it for other players like songbird as well:
1) drag the newly bounced file into itunes
2) although it will look fine in itunes, convert ID3 to v2.4
3) then drag out of itunes. This saves a new copy of the mp3 with converted tags.
4) dragging this new copy into songbird or cog will have the year correct now. This would be a better version of the mp3 to distribute to others. A fix in Logic would be nice too.
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Exporting podcast, no ID3 tags.

I have tried this about 7 times on different episodes and it has happened to be every time. I am exporting it as a file and I have filled in all the title, artists, description fields etc.
1st time I export it and then open the file in iTunes no ID3 tags.
2nd time I export it and write over the first file then the ID3 tags work.
Oh and I also have to quit and restart GB in between the two attempts.
Anyone else experiencing this problem?

I guess no one else has experienced this then. I will just add it to the file in iTunes then. Shame it doesn't work through GB though.

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