Mac Music Tagging - mp3, ID3, etc: August 2009

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Tag&Rename on the Mac

Here's another option for adventurous souls: Tag&Rename on the mac using Darwine for OSX.

While doing a search to find some new tag editors, I came across posts describing the successful use of Darwine and Tag&Rename. I had used Tag&Rename to edit the tags on my mac using pc emulators, but the usage was always clunky and tended to freeze. Plus, I had to install windows and deal with all the pain that the windows os brings with it. (That's why I have a mac, right?)

This time installing darwine and getting Tag&Rename up and running was much faster. I simply installed a Darwine build for OSX, found here and then downloaded the installer for Tag&Rename here.

So far it does a great job at those mass tagging jobs I always end up doing to get all my tags and file names consistent. I tried to drag and drop an image from the mac to apply the album art, but that didn't work.

I'd be curious to hear other folk's experience with this option.

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, August 26, 2009

Tag&Rename on the Mac

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