Automatic MP3 Tagging!
These guys on IRC today were raving about this mp3 tagging program called MusicBrainz. So after hearing all the good things said about this versitle app I decided to give it a try. After you download the free application you’re required to sign up with a simple username/pass and an optional email address that is apparently required if you’re going to make use of the full functionality. In any case, Once you load the app you’ll be fronted with a very simple interface with a few options to either add mp3s or add a folder containing MP3s. I decided to try a test folder containing a variant of 6 mp3s ranging from very popular to extreamly rare. To my surprise it picked up 5 of them, recognizing them as available to tag mp3s. WOW!!! When you double click on the recognized mp3 it will bring up a listing of what it guesses is its origin, be it a compilation or artist CD. You can then confirm that’s where it belongs or if you’re sure that that it doesn’t belong you have the option to submit changes to the main MusicBrainz database; thats where your email address is required.
I strongly suggest anyone with a large digital audio collection that is in dire need of tagging (adding m3u and standard file names) to their collection give this a try.
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MusicBrainz is a user-maintained community music metadatabase. Music metadata is information such as the ArtistName, the AlbumTitle, and the list of tracks that appear on an album. MusicBrainz collects this information about music and makes it available to the public so that music players can retrieve information about the music that is playing. For instance, most audio CDs do not contain the name of the artist, album, or a listing of the tracks. A music player can use the digital characteristics of an audio CD to look up the correct metadata and show it to the user during playback.