Lookup/tag ID3 tags automatically

[DerBlitzkrieger]

Is there a way to lookup and change the existing tag data automatically for an album without having to input everything by hand?
Kind of like how you can change the album art from the internet, but with the ID3 info.
Is this possible to do at all, because I have a large collection of music that I've gotten without tag data, and I would hate to have to do it all by hand.

[garym]

Re: Lookup/tag ID3 tags automatically

I don't think dbpa can do this (yet). You might look at:

http://www.blisshq.com/music-library-management-blog/2012/02/07/new-release-20120201-autotagging-untagged-files/

[DerBlitzkrieger]

Re: Lookup/tag ID3 tags automatically

I don't think dbpa can do this (yet). You might look at:

http://www.blisshq.com/music-library...ntagged-files/

Thank you, I will check this out. For some reason, I always thought dbpa could do this, because when you rip a CD, it will check the CDDB and other online sources for tag info. Guess I just never checked it.

I used to use Musicmatch jukebox, which had a super-tagging feature, but this is long-gone since Yahoo Music became what it is now.
(Feel free to laugh about the MMJB, I was a huge fanboy of MP3PRO back in the day, and even had an old POS RCA Lyra)

[garym]

Re: Lookup/tag ID3 tags automatically

Thank you, I will check this out. For some reason, I always thought dbpa could do this, because when you rip a CD, it will check the CDDB and other online sources for tag info. Guess I just never checked it.

I used to use Musicmatch jukebox, which had a super-tagging feature, but this is long-gone since Yahoo Music became what it is now.
(Feel free to laugh about the MMJB, I was a huge fanboy of MP3PRO back in the day, and even had an old POS RCA Lyra)

yep, it can do that while ripping, but not later (at least not yet as far as I understand). Re: mm jukebox. I'm not laughing. I ripped probably 150,000 tracks with mmjb to 192 CBR mp3 before I learned about secure ripping, lossless (FLAC), etc. I'm been on a journey ever since to rerip everything to FLAC with dbpa.....oh man!

[Spoon]

Re: Lookup/tag ID3 tags automatically

We release to beta in about 4-6 weeks an auto tagger.

[DerBlitzkrieger]

Re: Lookup/tag ID3 tags automatically

Spoon,

That's great, thank you for this.
The blisshq thing seems a bit pricey, especially for someone who has to convert to pounds from USD. I did, however, hear good things about MP3tag

http://www.mp3tag.de/en/index.html

garym, what are you using to play your MP3s with now? I'm still trying to limp along with older versions of MMJB, but want to make the switch to a modern player. I should definitely try Renaissance, eh? I was also looking at Clementine. I just don't need any folder or music library compilation BS, as I listen to all of my music from folders instead of through the player. This is part of the reason why I prefer Cowon for MP3 players as well.

[garym]

Re: Lookup/tag ID3 tags automatically

Spoon,

That's great, thank you for this.
The blisshq thing seems a bit pricey, especially for someone who has to convert to pounds from USD. I did, however, hear good things about MP3tag

http://www.mp3tag.de/en/index.html

garym, what are you using to play your MP3s with now? I'm still trying to limp along with older versions of MMJB, but want to make the switch to a modern player. I should definitely try Renaissance, eh? I was also looking at Clementine. I just don't need any folder or music library compilation BS, as I listen to all of my music from folders instead of through the player. This is part of the reason why I prefer Cowon for MP3 players as well.

mp3tag won't automatically fill your tags. I use for listening:

Computer player - foobar2000 with facets component installed
Home - various Logitech Squeezebox Hardware players, with music stored on local computer serving the various SB hardware players (using Logitech Media Server) around the house (connected via ethernet or WIFI to my local network).