Mac Music Tagging - mp3, ID3, etc: October 2007

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Leopard - still no love for id3 tags in the finder

I've been waiting for Leopard to come out in the hopes that finally we'd see support for viewing id3 tags in the finder.

No such luck.

Despite all the hoopla about coverflow and other features being added to the finder - making it more like iTunes, there isn't really an easy way to see a list of your mp3 files and tell whether or not they're tagged. Or sort them by artist, album, etc.

The closest you get is when you use "quick look". Click once on a mp3, hit the space bar and you get a window that shows the song's id3 info along with a function that allows you to play - without having to open up another app. That's pretty cool - but far from what I was hoping for.

Didn't Windoze '98 include the ability to view and sort folders by artist, album, etc?

I guess we're expected to load all our mp3s into iTunes and view the info there...

Leopard

Picard from MusicBrainz (beta)

I've been waiting for this one to come out for a while. The folks at MusicBrainz have been rewriting their tagging software so that it will work on a variety of platforms - including Mac OSX. It's still a beta, but it's worth a look.

Picard

AutoTagX v3.00 Released

One of my favorite tools for tagging has version 3 out and it's hot! This is definitely one to check out. Searches for tags using a variety of sources and then lets you pick which results are the best. Highly Recommended.

AutoTagX

Mac ID3 Tag Editors

MP3-Info CMM	Handy Contextual Menu Module that lets you apply common rename patterns to individual mp3s without opening a full-fledged tag editor. Great stuff.
jiald3	Recent addition... still need to test this one, but it doesn't look like a very complete solution.
autotagx	From their website: "AutoTagX automatically tags and organizes your MP3 files with the simplicity of drag-and-drop and the power of internet music databases." They're working on a beta release now.
idtunes	These folks have the gall to charge for cleaning up your tags. "Less than a penny per song"
jajuk	A java tagger.
media rage	Probably the most complete set of tools, but the interface is really frustrating and annoying.
mp3tagger	Another java tagger.
itag	Simple and incomplete tagger
id3x	Another popular choice, but not very complete and hasn't been updated in years.
mp3freaker	This is one of those programs that "automatically" cleans your tags. I have to check this one out again, since there is a new version.
taggerwocky	Funny name. Ancient tag editor.
tritag	My current choice. Doesn't do it all, but the way it handles getting tags from filenames is easy and powerful.
tunetags	Not a tag editor per se, but a program to add keywords to your music.
music box	Mainly a music file database, which also has some tagging functions.
id3 editor	Another simplistic tagger.
itag (also)	Not a very original name. The icon is a foot with a toe tag.
tag	Another simplistic and incomplete editor.
ieatbrainz	I've tried this one a few times. It tries to fix tags automatically, but it's slooooow.
mp3 pretty namer	Ancient and missing the essential ability to get tags from the name of the file.
audiferousid3	Haven't really looked at this one yet... doesn't look promising
better finder rename	Does the renaming part, but missing the part where you get tags from the filenames.
music renamer	Another renamer missing most other functions.
id3 editor	Another simplistic editor...
itunify	Does some things that other tag editor might not... but this isn't a complete solution.
musicguru	Mostly for organizing the files rather than doing many tag editing functions.
ubertunz	Ancient player, editor.
idInfiltr8	Simplistic tag editor
audioTT	Yet another java tagger.
easyTAG	GTK+ editor that I could maybe get to work...
picard	Next generation tagger from MusicBrainz - Mac version not out yet.
skooby renamer	A file renamer rather than a tag editor
jaikoz	A java editor that's promising, but I hate the interface.
corripio	Mostly a artwork/lyric finder. Hoping they add some tag editing functions.
musorg	Simplistic tag editor, claims to do freedb lookup... will investigate further
id3mod	Doesn't really do tag editing... changes tag encoding for Double Byte Character System (DBCS) like Japanese and Chinese.
qloud	Add keywords to your artists, albums and songs. iTunes plugin. Similar to TuneTags, but suggests tags. In alpha.
Doug's Applescripts	Doug's Applescripts for iTunes include tag manipulating scripts.

Mac Music Tagging - mp3, ID3, etc

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Leopard - still no love for id3 tags in the finder

Picard from MusicBrainz (beta)

AutoTagX v3.00 Released

Mac ID3 Tag Editors

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