Which ID3 tag version does iTunes use?

I'm doing some tag editing and I see that I have many different tag types. Which ones are important to iTunes? Are any of them obsolete?

CDs you rip with itunes have v2.2 tags.
The industry standard is to use v2.3.
http://www.id3.org/
As far as I know, none of them are obsolete, exactly. However, most folks expect artwork and v1 tags don't support art.

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What tag format does iTunes use?

I'm still uploading my library. I've gotten to my compilation albums. These are old. Like, 15 years old. The track reads album/song name/artist/year. When I import these the title stays the same; iTunes isn't sorting the information into its different fields. Since Sony's Walkman did, I'm guessing that the tags that iTunes can read is different.
I did a search for tag converters and found a whole bunch of stuff but I'm apprehensive about downloading something without knowing its reputation. Can someone suggest a tag converter or at the very least tell me which tag to convert to (so I make a better formed decision).
Thanks,
sws

For MP3 files, iTunes writes tags in ID3v2.2 using UCS-2 encoding by default, but converting them to ID3v2.3 (UCS-2 encoding) and ID3v2.4 (which uses UTF-8 encoding) is possible via its "Advanced" > "Convert ID3 Tags" toolbar menu. If both ID3v2.x and ID3v1.x tags are in a file, iTunes ignores the ID3v1.x tags.
I've used both ID3v2.2 and 2.3 and they both work.
I've just switched from PC (Windows) to Mac so I haven't yet tested any mp3 tag editors.
My advice is for you to test one or two to see how they work.
/Thomas

Which version of iTunes uses QT 7.1.6?

Long story short... I upgraded to the latest versions of both iTunes and QuickTime (as they come bundled) and found that some very important software I use conflicts with the latest version of QT. I was told by their tech support to downgrade to QT 7.1.6, which I have.
Now, iTunes tells me it won't open because I don't have the latest version of QT installed, which the newest version of iTunes requires. I've uninstalled iTunes and am looking to reinstall a downgraded version, but I need to know what the most up-to-date version is that can still use QT 7.1.6.
I hope that makes sense, and thank you in advance for any help!

I don't know what the most recent version of iTunes that can use QuickTime 7.1.6 is, but I looked back over my files and see that, before mid-November 2007, my latest files were encoded with iTunes 7.1.1 and QuickTime 7.1.5. After that, it was iTunes 7.5 and QT 7.3. Perhaps iTunes 7.5 could still use QT 7.1.6, and perhaps iTunes 7.1.1 could use QT 7.1.6. Maybe iTunes 7.7.1 was able to use QT 7.1.6, but I don't know.
You could Get Info for some of your older songs and see what encoded them.

What ID3 Tag version is ok for Sleek and MediaSour

Hi,
I've ripped all my music in iTunes, included album art and converted all to ID3 Tag version 2.4. The import wizard for the player/MediaSource isn't geting any useful info my songs though, now that I have a Sleek, such as album, artist etc. What do I do? I've 25 GB of music meticulously stored up and now I can't use it properly until MediaSource can import the tag info into its database!!
What ID3 Tag version is ok?
Is there anything else I can do?
Any other help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Gav

Hi guys,
I got it to work, thanks to yourself Mr Mouse.
It appears that MediaSource and the Sleek import wizard WILL NOT read ID3 v2.4 tags but the wizard WILL read v2.3 tags, when they have been created in iTunes. To solve the problem I converted my entire music library from v2.4 to v2.3 using the same iTunes menu action thingie I used to make them all 2.4 in the first place, as was suggested to me.
The mp3s are transferring as we speak and so far all is good.
I was really worried all that music would be unusable but fortuantely the above worked. It looks like creative are behind in implementing ID3v2.4 support. Their products are always fantastic, the sound always incredible but the softare always lagging.....
The documentation and FAQ should make specific mention to the ID3 tag versions supported, it would be helpful.
Thanks for the help,
Gav.

ID3 Tag versions?

Hey can someone help me out with this one... I am wondering what the difference is between the different ID3 tag versions available in iTunes. If anyone knows this or where i can find more info on this it would be greatly appreciated. Couldnt really find another topic that explained this one...

wikipedia has an explanation, but I don't know who inputs that wki stuff...ther is a proper & former ID3 tag forum that is more difficult to read. Google on it.
My unofficial advice is to use v2.3 for iTunes.

I'm trying to transfer music from iTunes on an old PC that uses an external storage device to a new PC (Windows 7) that will use that same external storage device. I am also dealing with new iTunes 11. How do I do this?? What folder does iTunes use?

I'm trying to transfer music from iTunes on an old PC (Windows Vista Home Basic) that uses an external storage device to store the files to a new PC (Windows 7 Starter) that will use that same external storage device. I am also dealing with the new iTunes 11. How can I accomplish this successfully? What folder does iTunes use to store the data in? I've tried several things. Home Sharing caused duplicates but not all songs or apps transfered. It is a large library! I've tried just setting the path in the Advanced Tab of iTunes preferences of the new computer with the external drive connected the same as the path when the external drive is connected to the old computer. This was the best solution so far but still a few artists missing and some apps. Any suggestions?

Here are typical layouts for the iTunes folders:
With iTunes 11 you might also have a Home Videos folder inside iTunes Media.
In the simplest cases you copy the entire iTunes folder from <User's Music> on the source computer to <User's Music> on the target machine, install iTunes, and it "just works"TM.
If the media folder (inside the red outline) has been split out to a separate location then you can copy the library folder (outside the red outline) as before and connect the drive holding the media so that it has exactly the same path as before. If the drive appears as D: on one system and E: on the other then the library won't be able to find the media.
The crucial file is iTunes Library.itl - this contains a record of the tracks that have been added to the library, ratings, play counts, playlists etc.
See also: Make a split library portable.
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What information (in my itunes) does iTunes use to retrieve album art?

What information does iTunes use to retrieve album art?

too bad we can't bring up a list of possibilities from Gracenote, like it does when it's confused about a CD you're importing
Good idea!
Send suggestions here -> http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html

Does iTunes use Internet Explorer to access the internet from a PC with Windows Vista?

Does iTunes use Internet Explorer to access the internet from a PC with Windows Vista?

Are you using Windows XP or Windows Vista?
Did you remove iTunes and the other Apple software also, and then reinstall iTunes.
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How does iTunes use or access existing files?

how does iTunes use or access existing files? My existing windows music folder is about 2GB in size. When moving to iTunes, will iTunes just access those existing files or will it make an actual copy of all the songs? Thanks!

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1549?viewlocale=en_US

Where's The Convert ID3 Tag option in iTunes 11?

What happened to the convert ID3 tag option in iTunes 11? It no longer appears when I right-click on a song.
Because iTunes still saves the ID3 tags in imported MP3's as v2.2, I have to convert the tags to v2.3 so that the MP3 information is recognized by my car radio.

Just to clarify for anyone else still having troubles.
Convert ID3 Tags... is still in iTunes 11, but it only shows up when you right-click on audio tracks while in Song or List View.
To recap:
You MUST be in List or Song View.
You can NOT be in Grid, Artist List, or Album View.
Also, please remember that ID3 Tags are only for MP3/MPEG audio files, and NOT MP4/AAC/Apple Lossless audio files.
Hope this helps.
Original Thread: Where's The Convert ID3 Tag option in iTunes 11?

ID3 tag incompatibility between iTunes and other media jukeboxes?

Hi
Although it is very nice, I feel iTunes lacks features in regards to smart id3 tag management for large libraries. I bought Music Match because of its capabilities to mass-change of tags and auto-completion of information using filenames and/or the Internet.
Besides the fact that Music Match does not recognize the nano, now in many of the songs whose tags have been corrected using Music Match (same for RealPlayer) will appear corrupted for iTunes: they will not play, if transferred to iPod, will not play there either, and if removed from itunes and then reinserted, the songs will not even reappear in the main library list. That is, the songs are lost as far as itunes is concerned, even though I can still play them with any other player (winamp, music match and real player).
So maybe itunes converts the tags to some format only itself will understand? And itunes would do this only once, at first, so that if the user externally changes the tags, something bad might happen? Any past experiences on this?
Any help will be appreciated.
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Why does iTunes use an iPod Photo Cache at all?

Hi,
When iTunes is used to synchronize photos to a device, it creates an "iPod Photo Cache" folder. Why does this folder even exist?
For users that have multiple devices with multiple resolutions (e.g., iPad 3rd Generation, iPad Mini, iPhone 4S, iPhone 3G), the iPod Photo Cache is grow to approximately four times the original size of the photo. If I have 15 GBs of photos and a 250 GB hard drive, then the combined usage of 75 GBs (15 GB photos + 60 GB cache) is extremely unreasonble.
Device resolutions change often enough (these days) such that having multiple devices is probably more common than having more than one of a single product. iTunes should be designed to do the real-time conversion (which it already does), but not save it to the hard drive.
Also allowing the ability to change the location of the "iPod Photo Cache" folder would help many users, but not myself since I do not have an external drive.
Any help is appreciated.
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Thank you for your response. I should have clarified. When trying to delete from the library, it gives me the option to delete them from the computer or just from the library. I choose not to delete them from the computer, just the library. As a result, I would not expect the deletions to free up room on the hard drive, but I don't see how it actually increases the space used up on the hard drive. If I delete a song from the library, but not the computer, does iTunes save the song again someplace else (such that there are now two copies of the song somewhere on the system)? That seems to be the only explanation for why the free space on my hard drive would decrease after deleting a song from the library.
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How do I go back to an older version of iTunes using Time Machine?

This latest version of iTunes (v.12) is crashing, not to mention when I connect my iphone or ipod it's not only harder to use them but I can no longer see the break-down of what is on them, e.g. now it's just "12 GB full" rather than "9GB music, 1GB audiobooks, 2GB podcasts". I want to go back to the previous version but Time Machine just says iTunes "can't be modified or deleted." Is there a way around this?

Do a web search for "revert iTunes". There are many web sites with detailed instructions. It is a complicated process and I do not think it can be achieved with Time Machine alone. Time Machine can act as a source for your old library file but the rest involves going into protected files and folders of the system and removing various components. Oh, the version to which you want to revert also has to be one of the few still available for download. I don't, for example, think you can download a copy of iTunes 12.0 It would have to be 11.4 and you would have to have a backup copy of your library file from back when you used that version.

Not all BPM's (Beats Per Minute) from ID3 tags show in iTunes...

I have a few thousand MP3's on my computer that I use for DJing, with Traktor software. The software analyzes the MP3 files to get the Beats Per Minute of the track, and then writes the ID3 information to the file.
My problem is that in iTunes, only about 60% of the files' BPM's from the tags show up in the BPM column, and I'm not sure why. The rest just come up blank, even though I know for a fact that the BPM of the tracks is in the file (when I move the files to my 2nd machine and I ask Traktor to read the tags, all the info is there).
Is there some kind of way to make iTunes re-read the ID3 tags so it'll finish the job?

I used a program called beatunes with the same result. Beatunes will only call back BPM on songs I have loaded from CD's - not songs I have purchased thru itunes. Could be your issue too --- I will let you know if I find a resolution.

Which Tv out chip does 4200 use?

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Hello, I was wondering which tv out chip MSI is using for their "Ti4200-VTD8X MS-8894" card and other 4200 cards. if you have one of these cards could u please check for me.
Its easy with the current nvidia drivers.
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I'm wondering which card has the best tv output, cause im building my brother a computer.
Thanks. )
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Which ID3 tag version does iTunes use?

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