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Re: I-tunes update Jan 2011.

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nylon netJan 26, 2011

Hi Espen. What you say is true. You have to pay attention to tags because many players pay attention to them.

The track number tag is a mixed blessing, however. I've often seen audiobook files in separate folders (e.g. chapter1,chapter2,chapter3) and each folder's files' track tag count starts at 1. If I take the files out of their subfolders and put them all in a single folder, they will play in unexpected order, e.g. Chapter1 track 1, chapter2 track 1, chapter 3 track 1, chapter 1 track 2...

That's why I often use MP3tag to remove track number data and rely on consecutive filename serial numbers to cue files in the right order.

Mark
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-----Original Message-----
From: espen.kromke@...
Sent: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:17:08 +0100
To: just-a-minute@...
Subject: Re: [just-a-minute] I-tunes update Jan 2011.

> inconsistent with the filenames of the tracks: it uses their 'title' metatag for
> sorting rather than the filename. iPhone/iPod also uses the 'album' tag to
> group tracks into logical albums, regardless of filename.

... Ever considered start using those pesky info tags instead of
insisting on using the filename as info container?
I could probably eaily list 100 good reasons why players should use tags
and not filenames as source of info, but will settle with these three:

- Tags are structured data. The tags have titles. "Artist". "Title".
"Album". Track". "Year". Filenames could be *anything*. The number at
the beginning gof the filename could be *anything*. Like the owners
personal top ten list. Or a date. Or even the band-name. Go figure why a
player ignore the filename...! :D

- When people update, add or correct info in their music collection
typically this is done by the software by altering the metatags. They
don't start renaming the files.

- You got the "track number" tag for a reason - use it! Simple as that.

I do not use iTunes myself, nor any other Apple related product, but I
dare guarantee that the player take the track number tag into consideration.

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