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>
