REQUEST song info to file

Hi,
I don't know if this feature has been implemented in itunes or not.
While listening to itunes radio I would like to be able to add the song information (song name, author etc) displayed in the top window to a text or history file. It would be nice just to dbl-click on the progress bar window and add the song name to a file and then search and buy the songs in that file instead of manually writing down the information.
Home made Windows XP

it's also possible to make itunes enhancement requests direct to Apple nowadays. here's a link through to the relevant feedback form:
iTunes application feedback

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How do I transfer song info in iTunes Library back to mp3 files?

1. some info of my songs in my itunes library is different from the info stored in the respective mp3 files
2. I want the song info in the itunes library to be preserved
3. but when I play a song in iTunes, iTunes would automatically obtain song info from the mp3 file and update iTunes Library.
4. And I have many files like that
Quesiton: Is there a way I could transfer the song info in my itunes library back into the mp3 files?
thanks a lot if anyone has any idea!!

The album, artist, etc information displayed in the iTunes library comes from the ID3 tags in the MP3 song files. If you change it in iTunes (using Get Info), iTunes updates the file. iTunes does not automatically change it.
There may be other programs running that are changing it, e.g. the automatic setting in Windows Media Player.

Changing song info in Itunes and the actual file names

How can I change the song info in iTunes and make it change the actual file names?
It gets a bit tiring after every single time iTunes updates I have to re-organize my 3000+ songs. I tried to do a quick search for an answer in the forums but I wasn't exactly sure what I should search for so sorry if this is a duplicate post.
Is this possible? (does this make sense?)
Thanks!

I have the option checked and I made several changes to the ablums name and song names for several songs in my library. iTunes changed the files to the new folder names and renamed the files.
The only problem is that I have empty folders of the old album names.
Mark

Keeping song info when importing realplayer-created mp3 files

I recently moved to Mac and iTunes, but when I imported my (~6000) mp3 files from realplayer, about 20% came over without album, artist, or genre information. Instead, the song name was just the file name. for the other 80% of tracks, everything worked fine. Help?

The easy thing to do, IF you transfered them from the office PC using copy, you still have access to it, and all the music on your PC and this office PC is the same, is to transfer again with the iTunes Library file.
You will transfer the whole "My Music" folder. inside this folder is the "iTunes" folder with its "iTunes Library.itl" file. this file contains all the song info, playlist ratings ectect. more on the iTunes library can be found here http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93732
Another helpful artical for you maybe will be the one for transfering iTunes and music to a new PC using your iPod. Some steps you may not need to do, or have to alter abit, But it will give you a general idea on what you need to do to properly transfer things from one PC to another. An iPod is just a "Specailized" external harddrive after all. heres the link if you want to skim over it http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300173

Mp3 tagging song info rename revert PROBLEM!!!

Hi guys,
I can see that there are loads of people who have the same problem as me. That is... that itunes is a mp3 tagging nightmare. The problem is simple. after editing song information in itunes. sometime later, itunes will happily revert or change the info back to the original file name or only display a portion of it. Im sure you guys know what im talking bout. Someone suggested that u edit the ID3 tags with an external program. However, what i dont understand is that, my itunes last time had no problem whatsoever displaying the correctly edited song information. Suddenly, now it decides to randomly change whatever it feels like. Also, it is extremely troublesome to externally edit the song info. The whole point of itunes is to make it convenient and simple to use. What is the point of having itunes only to have to use another program to edit the info??? I have seen numerous other threads with the same problem as me. What frustrates me is that... why is Apple not doing anything bout it? and why arent they posting any solutions or answers as to why their fantastic software is behaving like a spoilt kid. Why are there no answers. It is NOT a small program. I have about 10000 songs and countless CDs. You cannot imagine what a headache it is to have spent months and months of carefully and meticulously editing the song info in itunes to perfection, only to start it up one day and find that 5000 songs are incorrectly named.
For Apple, this is just simply unacceptable.

Hey guys, i got this from the WMP help file...
"Update my music files (WMA and MP3 files) by retrieving missing media information from the Internet
Specifies that the Player automatically obtain and update missing media information for music files that are added to or are in Media Library, if the information is available. By default, the music files in your My Music folder are added to Media Library.
The Player attempts to update any missing media information in your music files by sending data about the files to a database operated by WindowsMedia.com if this check box is selected and you perform any of the following actions:
Use Media Library for the first time after updating the Player
Add files to Media Library by searching your computer
Add files to monitored folders, such as My Music
For example, if you have music files that contain the artist name but not the album name, the Player adds the album name to the file after retrieving the information from the database.
The Player also adds album art to files and music folders in your My Music folder."
In light of this information, wouldnt it be fair to say that WMp will only rename the files if they are physically added by the user in WMP? If i am not using WMP to play my mp3s, then why would WMP still be tracking and altering the file names?

I've imported several CDs that are "collections", with songs by various artists. Only a PORTION of the song info appears in iTunes, and, when a song is "clicked-on" to play it, a message appears that the "song could not be found". Any ideas ?

The CDs are imported into the "iTunes Media" folder, under "Compilations". Each CD has a folder, with the name of the CD. However, EACH SONG in the folder is assigned a sequential number as a prefix before the song's name. For example "2-1 Sunshine of Your Love." This prefix, I believe, prevents the song from being imported into the iTunes library. The song's name appears in the iTunes library (with the number prefix), BUT no other song info (artist, CD name, time, etc.) shows in the iTunes library. I am NOT designating these CD's as "complilations", but somehow, iTunes is arbitrarily assigning them to this "Compilations" folder, and then assigning sequential numbers to each song. I am confused. (My only remedy is to MANUALLY remove the prefix number from each song in the CD folder, within the COMPILATIONS folder, then "re-import" it into iTunes. Cumbersome.) Thanks in advance for any opinion, tips or guidance.

The numeric prefixes in filenames are probably the optional disc number, followed by the track number. iTunes will pick up the Compilation flag from the Gracenote CDDB database if you ripped the tracks with iTunes, or the flag may have been set earlier if these are existing tracks you have imported into a new library. The iTunes naming convention is <Artist>\<Album>\[<D#>-]<T##> <Name>.<Ext> where Album Artist is used instead of Artist if not blank, and Compliations is used instead of Artist when Part of a compilation is true. Empty Artist or Album values are replaced with Unknown Artist or Unknown Album respectively. With Windows, file and folder names are limited to 40 characters. If more than one file is added with the same details subsequent tracks get suffixes to separate them.
If iTunes can't find a file that usually means that it has been moved after it was added to the library. Select a single broken track and press CTRL+I to Get Info. Look on the summary tab at the location that iTunes expects to find the file. Where is it really? Post back both paths and I might be able to figure out what has happened, and suggest a fix.
tt2

How to Stop Finder WEBDAVFS from requesting .hidden, ._Directory , ._FileName files after Remotes File System Mount has happened?

Hi,
After I have mounted remote directory on Finder , Finder requests for all file types including .hidden, ._Directory , ._FileName files and all such files which is creating havoc to the performance of the Finder.
Case 1 : In one Directory I have 500 files+directories. When the Finder tries to fetch the directory content it is sending requests for even .hidden, ._Directory , ._FileName files and so the request count grows exponentially causing breakdown for Finder. Its taking 10 mins to load the directory. The same directory request when posted by Transmit by Panic it loads within 30 secs. Transmit do not send request for ._* files/directory.
I am rejecting request for all hidden file request but they keep on coming in thousands.
Case 2 : Finder tries to refresh the file listing whenever the Finder window is brought to Focus.
Any help is appreciated. When I try to use find for such files to delete I see no listing!
Used : ls -1aR /Volumes/InquiraWebDAV
To demostrate the problem please check example log :
Response XML1:
</D:multistatus>
Client IP =17.1.1.1 clientHeaderAgent=WEBDAVFS/1.9.0 (01908000) DARWIN/11.3.0 (X86_64)
DSID from cache =281950648 and path=/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled folder/.DS_Store
here4
Mar 7, 2012 12:51:17 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: webdav: [PROPFIND] /CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled folder/.DS_Store
Client IP =17.1.1.1 clientHeaderAgent=WEBDAVFS/1.9.0 (01908000) DARWIN/11.3.0 (X86_64)
DSID from cache =281950648 and path=/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled folder/._untitled folder 3
here4
Mar 7, 2012 12:51:17 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: webdav: [PROPFIND] /CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled folder/._untitled folder 3
Client IP =17.1.1.1 clientHeaderAgent=WEBDAVFS/1.9.0 (01908000) DARWIN/11.3.0 (X86_64)
DSID from cache =281950648 and path=/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled folder/._untitled folder 2
here4
Mar 7, 2012 12:51:17 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: webdav: [PROPFIND] /CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled folder/._untitled folder 2
Client IP =17.1.1.1 clientHeaderAgent=WEBDAVFS/1.9.0 (01908000) DARWIN/11.3.0 (X86_64)
DSID from cache =281950648 and path=/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled folder/._untitled folder
here4
Mar 7, 2012 12:51:17 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: webdav: [PROPFIND] /CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled folder/._untitled folder
Client IP =17.1.1.1 clientHeaderAgent=WEBDAVFS/1.9.0 (01908000) DARWIN/11.3.0 (X86_64)
DSID from cache =281950648 and path=/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled folder/
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Mar 7, 2012 12:51:17 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: webdav: [PROPFIND] /CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled folder/
inside doProfind() path=/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled folder/
req.getHeader('Depth')=1
Request XMl:<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?><D:propfind xmlns:D="DAV:">
<D:prop>
<D:getlastmodified/>
<D:getcontentlength/>
<D:creationdate/>
<D:resourcetype/>
</D:prop>
</D:propfind>
Element Node=#text |
Element Node=D:prop | null
Element Node=#text |
{281950648=[AOS_VIEW, APPLECARE_ALLGEOS, CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW, EXECUTIVE_RELATIONS_VIEW]}281950648
temp=/AOS_VIEW/ ###   temp1=/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/UNTITLED FOLDER/ isAllowed=false
temp=/APPLECARE_ALLGEOS/ ###   temp1=/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/UNTITLED FOLDER/ isAllowed=false
temp=/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/ ###   temp1=/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/UNTITLED FOLDER/ isAllowed=true
href/InquiraWebDAV
rewriteUrl(href)=/InquiraWebDAV/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled%20folder/
resourceName=untitled folder type=0
properties=java.util.Vector$1@2aa05bc3
property=getlastmodified
property=getcontentlength
property=creationdate
property=resourcetype
newPath=/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled folder/untitled folder
newPath=/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled folder/untitled folder 2
newPath=/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled folder/untitled folder 3
Response XML1:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<D:multistatus xmlns:D="DAV:"><D:response><D:href>/InquiraWebDAV/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untit led%20folder/</D:href>
<D:propstat><D:prop><D:creationdate>2012-03-06T22:56:52Z</D:creationdate>
<D:resourcetype><D:collection/></D:resourcetype>
</D:prop>
<D:status>HTTP/1.1 200 OK</D:status>
</D:propstat>
<D:propstat><D:prop><D:getlastmodified/><D:getcontentlength/></D:prop>
<D:status>HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found</D:status>
</D:propstat>
</D:response>

Here is a related discussion but no solution.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/8216700#8216700
Do any one know if Apple Support has any solution for this problem or How do I get expert help from them?

I just downloaded itunes 10.6 and it will not allow me to edit song info! Why?

why won't itunes 10.6 allow me to edit song info?

Have you moved your iTunes library recently? Are you using a different profile?
Right-click on your main iTunes folder and click Properties, then go to the Security tab and click Advanced. If necessary grant your account and SYSTEM full control of this folder, subfolders and files, then tick the option to replace permissions on child objects which will repair permissions throughout the library. This is the XP dialog but Windows 7 shouldn't be too different.
If it won't let you change the permissions use the Owner tab to take ownership from an account with administer privileges.
Also in iTunes properties tap the read-only check box until it clears, then click OK. When prompted apply the change to the folder and all files and subfolders.
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ITunes is not allowing me to edit song info?

can anyone help me? I am trying to edit song info in iTunes on my new PC - Dell with Vista? When I try to change a field such as genre or song title, whatever, I can type the info in, but iTunes does not change the info.
Any help is much appreciated.
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*Make sure the files are not marked Read Only and that you have Read/Write permissions to the files and the folders they are in.*
Can I get a bit more Info then this Were to I look to see if they are Read Only

Un able to edit song info in itunes 7

I am currently organizing and fixing some errors in my itunes library and i'm having extreme difficulty editing song info.
For example about half of my songs show up as blues in the genre category. So i've gone through and changed them to rock, electronic, etc. The info will change but when i double click on the track (play the track) it changes the info back to the previous settings. I went to itunes help which instructed me to uncheck "organize itunes library" in order to write the new info to the file. But this has not worked either. this is a very frustrating problem because GNDB has given some very wrong info about album names and and info and i can't reorganize it.
Another example is a CD by Blockhead the album title is Music by Cavelight. Only 3 tracks have the correct album title the others are Blockhead Music by Cavelight, for some reason the artist name is included in the album title. When i correct the tracks that have the improper album name they do change untill the song is double clicked on, and then it resets to the previous name.
Please help i am a DJ with lots of music and organization is KEY!
compac laptop Windows XP

Select one or more tracks, press CTRL-I to Get Info.
Are the tracks in question in .wav format? No tags there, so nothing for iTunes to read other than the filename. I have a script that get more data provided iTunes hasn't "helpfully" rearranged them.
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Can't edit track # in song info

In my music library, I'm able to edit song info such as artist, song name, album, etc. But I can't figure out how to change the track # of a song. I have the column displayed for track #'s, but clicking inside the track # boxes doesn't allow me to edit the numbers. This is particularly frustrating for files that don't have track numbers at all, since they're listed out of order. How can I fix this? Thanks

You can't get to it from the main library screen.
Right-click on the track > Get Info > Info tab
You can change it there.

Lost Song Info

OK, here's my situation:
I have Windows XP. I realised that no album artwork was showing on my iPod nano, even though it was on iTunes (most up-to-date version). This was because the error with the "Chkdsk" thing kept appearing. After I ran that, nothing changed, but after I'd changed some setting somwhere, I thought I'd fixed the problem. But I had to stop partway through the operation so only some of it came up on the iPod.
However, when I went back to it, I somehow accidentally deleted all song info (artist, album, album artwork etc) and now all that appears on both the iPod and iTunes is the song title. This is the case in "iPod", "Purchased" and "Library" sections. Nor is it on my hard drive.
Is there an easy way to retrieve all lost song info quickly and easily?
dell Windows XP
dell Windows XP

How many songs are you talking about? You can enter the information yourself for each one if you're up to it. Right click on the song file, then choose get info. On the second tab "info" where everything is probably showing up unknown, you can type in the information. I'm sorry I really don't know of another way to do this if the program can't ID the song to search the internet for details.
Are these whole albums or individual songs? If they're albums, you could burn them to a CD and then rip them into Windows Media Player. You'll get an option to search for the album info. online before you rip the CD. You can enter the artist or album name and let Windows Media Player find the correct song details, then Windows Media Player will enter the info into all of the columns for you. Once you have these albums ripped in Media Player, you can re-import them into iTunes and the tags will be there. (Just make sure you rip using mp3 so you don't have to go through a conversion process to bring them into iTunes.) Album art doesn't transfer from Windows Media Player to iTunes. You'll have to hand add this.
I don't rip in iTunes so I don't know how the program tags unknown albums. If iTunes can search for and add tag information to unknown albums--skip the Windows Media Player step and just re-rip everything in iTunes.

Re-importing songs whilst saving original song info

When you import a song from a CD that you already have on iTunes, it tells you that you already have the song and asks if you want to replace it. I love the way doing this keeps all the song info; ratings, artwork, comments, even which playlists it is in... whilst still re-writing over the song, which is good for if you want to change the format the song is in e.g. MP3 to AAC.
I am planning on making some copies of some of my dad's albums onto CD-R, with the songs in AIFF format, so that I can then always have a quality master copy to import from if I want to change how I store my music (e.g. MP3 to AAC.) This is because I won't always have access to my dad's CDs in the future.
My question is, is there another way to re-import songs in a different format that still saves all it's info (the playlists it's in, comments etc.)... or is doing it from the CD using the option to replace the old song the only way? Can you do this kind of thing from music stored on a hard drive, for example?
I hope I have explained my question ok, maybe someone who knows alot about iTunes type stuff will know the answer. Thanks everyone!

Thanks everyone.
In response to Mr Blobby, I am aware of the convert to option, but that doesn't keep the song in the playlists it was in before, it creates a whole new song whilst keeping the old one. I'll definately use it in the right circumstances though.
In response to Michael Allbrit; Thanks for the point about AIFF files not supporting ID3 tagging. It wouldn't really matter in the procedure I want to do, as I actually want to retain the info I'll ascribe to songs on songs in a format like AAC, which I'll keep on my computer, then have back-ups in AIFF on CD (which is good option as if I want to re-import the songs in a different format, I can replace the AACs, whilst still keeping all the info for them.) I may never even re-import them, I just want that option to kind of future-proof my music, especially as I'm 22 now, so I'm expecting that at some point there'll be a better way of storing it.
In response to peeble; thanks for your point. I won't be converting up to AIFF from something like an MP3, only from the original CD version. Good point though and would have been helpful had I not known.
If anyone out there does know the answer to my original question, I'd still like to know. Thanks.

Cant edit song info

Im having trouble editing my song info. A problem i haven't had in the past. I just got a new computer today, but all of my media is on my external hard drive. On my old pc, i had no troubles editing song info off of these files. and now it seems to not be working. Every time i hit "get info" everything comes up grayed out. Ive checked the properties on the hard drive and its listed as "read only" when i uncheck it it applies all the attributes and turns the read only off. But for some reason it doesn't keep. I cant get read only to stay off. So unfortunately i am unable to edit any of my song info. Has anyone out there had this problem? If so any suggestions?
Compaq Other OS God damnit i hate vista...

Problem Solved:
#1) after you install iTunes and reboot as it tells you to you must start up the program then log out of the program
#2) reboot 1 more time (this is redundant but you must do it to get your equalizer working and the ability to edit your song information).
Everything is working correctly now.

Vcast Media Manager won't play some songs after Correcting Song Info

I recently installed Vcast MM 1.1 build 11 (most recent version that I see).
I imported all my local media into MM just fine.
However, after using the 'Correct Song Info' feature, several songs no longer play in the MM player.
Before using this feature, these songs played fine.
I have not tried playing them yet in another player but I will.
Is there a known issue with this feature? Is there anything I can do to get these to play in the Vcast MM player once again?
I like this feature since I have a lot of songs that don't have good info and this is a nice way to correct those.
Any help would be most appreciated.
Thanks.
-SR

Thanks.
You are correct, I did not change the file type. I only changed the Genre, Album info etc. And I definitely did not change the file location.
I don't believe the 'Correct Song Info' feature even tries to change the file type. I think it's only meant to change ID3 tag info.

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