iTunes Library - Truncated File Names for Imported Music
Problem 1 - When importing MP3 music sourced from a CD into iTunes the file name is severely truncated. How can I overcome this? Problem 2 - Can the file name (Name column in Music Library) be edited within iTunes? My music collection is in MP3 format with the bulk on data CDs. I am importing it all to my new iMac (iTunes 09) with storage on an external USB HDD (Maxtor 500 MB equally partitioned for Time Machine and Music). Original music sources include recent MP3 downloads from Naxos Classics Online, CDs, audio streaming and files created from cassettes and vinyl LPs. Many imported files display their full 60 character filenames in iTunes. However if the original source was a standard CD the iTunes library Name column only displays the first 30 characters of the track filename.The full 60 character filename is displayed in Finder. This is a significant problem: I now have, for example, a dozen tracks with Name of Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.I need to know the rest of the filename giving concerto, movement and opus numbers! The filename in Finder displays the full description which includes the remaining characters such as No 5 - Emperor - 01 - Op73. The Naxos files (downloaded in MP3 format) and all home recorded tracks from vinyl LPs etc display their full file names in iTunes. There is no difference in truncation if I import the data CD by dragging the icon into iTunes, copy a single file, or play a track and allow iTunes to automatically add it to the library. Regards Alan iMac 21.5 Nov 2009 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz / 4 MB OSX 10.6.2 Snow Leopard -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iTunes Library - Truncated File Names for Imported Music
Hello Alan, On 24/11/2009, at 12:31 PM, Alan Smith wrote: Problem 1 – When importing MP3 music sourced from a CD into iTunes the file name is severely truncated. How can I overcome this? Check to see which version of ID3 Tags your MP3 files were encoded for. The settings for older ID3 tag versions did not allow longer character strings in some of the fields. Select one of your problem tunes. Select Get Info... in the Summary Tab on the right hand side of the pane is the listing for which version ID3 Tag your file is. If it is not at least v. 2.3 then this is the source of your problem. Some files may not even have a version number or are only version 1.0, if so, then select all your problem MP3 files and from the Advanced menu select convert ID3 Tags, choose at least v. 2.3. Then you should be able to add more information into some of the fields in your MP3 files. Problem 2 – Can the file name (Name column in Music Library) be edited within iTunes? To edit song or CD information: Select the song or CD you want to edit, and then choose File Get Info (or press Command-I). Click Info and make your changes. My music collection is in MP3 format with the bulk on data CDs. I am importing it all to my new iMac (iTunes 09) with storage on an external USB HDD (Maxtor 500 MB equally partitioned for Time Machine and Music). Original music sources include recent MP3 downloads from Naxos Classics Online, CDs, audio streaming and files created from cassettes and vinyl LPs. Many imported files display their full 60 character filenames in iTunes. However if the original source was a standard CD the iTunes library Name column only displays the first 30 characters of the track filename.The full 60 character filename is displayed in Finder. This is a significant problem: I now have, for example, a dozen tracks with Name of Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.I need to know the rest of the filename giving concerto, movement and opus numbers! The filename in Finder displays the full description which includes the remaining characters such as No 5 – Emperor – 01 – Op73. The Naxos files (downloaded in MP3 format) and all home recorded tracks from vinyl LPs etc display their full file names in iTunes. There is no difference in truncation if I import the data CD by dragging the icon into iTunes, copy a single file, or play a track and allow iTunes to automatically add it to the library. Regards Alan iMac 21.5 Nov 2009 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz / 4 MB OSX 10.6.2 Snow Leopard Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iTunes Library - Truncated File Names for Imported Music
Hi again Alan, I meant to include this in my previous email. In iTunes 9 you need to Control-Click (or right click) the song choose Convert ID3 Tags select v2.4 Cheers, Ronni On 24/11/2009, at 12:57 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello Alan, On 24/11/2009, at 12:31 PM, Alan Smith wrote: Problem 1 – When importing MP3 music sourced from a CD into iTunes the file name is severely truncated. How can I overcome this? Check to see which version of ID3 Tags your MP3 files were encoded for. The settings for older ID3 tag versions did not allow longer character strings in some of the fields. Select one of your problem tunes. Select Get Info... in the Summary Tab on the right hand side of the pane is the listing for which version ID3 Tag your file is. If it is not at least v. 2.3 then this is the source of your problem. Some files may not even have a version number or are only version 1.0, if so, then select all your problem MP3 files and from the Advanced menu select convert ID3 Tags, choose at least v. 2.3. Then you should be able to add more information into some of the fields in your MP3 files. Problem 2 – Can the file name (Name column in Music Library) be edited within iTunes? To edit song or CD information: Select the song or CD you want to edit, and then choose File Get Info (or press Command-I). Click Info and make your changes. My music collection is in MP3 format with the bulk on data CDs. I am importing it all to my new iMac (iTunes 09) with storage on an external USB HDD (Maxtor 500 MB equally partitioned for Time Machine and Music). Original music sources include recent MP3 downloads from Naxos Classics Online, CDs, audio streaming and files created from cassettes and vinyl LPs. Many imported files display their full 60 character filenames in iTunes. However if the original source was a standard CD the iTunes library Name column only displays the first 30 characters of the track filename.The full 60 character filename is displayed in Finder. This is a significant problem: I now have, for example, a dozen tracks with Name of Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.I need to know the rest of the filename giving concerto, movement and opus numbers! The filename in Finder displays the full description which includes the remaining characters such as No 5 – Emperor – 01 – Op73. The Naxos files (downloaded in MP3 format) and all home recorded tracks from vinyl LPs etc display their full file names in iTunes. There is no difference in truncation if I import the data CD by dragging the icon into iTunes, copy a single file, or play a track and allow iTunes to automatically add it to the library. Regards Alan iMac 21.5 Nov 2009 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz / 4 MB OSX 10.6.2 Snow Leopard Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: iTunes Library - Truncated File Names for Imported Music
Hi Ronni Thanks and thanks. Both problems solved. I had used v1.1 tagging - I hadn't updated my MP3 software as the original version worked! Regards, Alan From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 24 November 2009 1:24 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: iTunes Library - Truncated File Names for Imported Music Hi again Alan, I meant to include this in my previous email. In iTunes 9 you need to Control-Click (or right click) the song choose Convert ID3 Tags select v2.4 Cheers, Ronni On 24/11/2009, at 12:57 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello Alan, On 24/11/2009, at 12:31 PM, Alan Smith wrote: Problem 1 - When importing MP3 music sourced from a CD into iTunes the file name is severely truncated. How can I overcome this? Check to see which version of ID3 Tags your MP3 files were encoded for. The settings for older ID3 tag versions did not allow longer character strings in some of the fields. Select one of your problem tunes. Select Get Info... in the Summary Tab on the right hand side of the pane is the listing for which version ID3 Tag your file is. If it is not at least v. 2.3 then this is the source of your problem. Some files may not even have a version number or are only version 1.0, if so, then select all your problem MP3 files and from the Advanced menu select convert ID3 Tags, choose at least v. 2.3. Then you should be able to add more information into some of the fields in your MP3 files. Problem 2 - Can the file name (Name column in Music Library) be edited within iTunes? To edit song or CD information: 1. Select the song or CD you want to edit, and then choose File Get Info (or press Command-I). 2. Click Info and make your changes. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
