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(Linux/Windows) SourceForge summary page Credits SmartTagFix uses the following libraries: wxWidgets id3lib and the Nullsoft Installer |
This simple utility fills in missing ID3 tags for all MP3s within a directory structure. It uses the file name, directory name, and a bit of "common sense" to guess the correct labels. The program is designed to reduce the amount work for the user who has hundreds of MP3 files named in a completely disorganised fashion.UsageFirst
you must specify the root directory where
you
keep your MP3s, by pressing the Configure...
button.
Then, when you press the Search button it looks for MP3s with incomplete tag data and makes a list of suggested corrections. Notice the first entry in the screen shot above:
(Notes: Only fields marked
in blue are updated, other
fields are left untouched. Both ID3v1.1-
and ID3v2-Tags are updated)
If you want to prevent any track from being updated simple uncheck the
check box.Notice how accurately it guessed the artist and title fields. It uses existing data from your MP3 collection to help it guess correctly. For instance, it saw that you already had some tracks by ZZ Top and Estopa, so when it saw these words in the file name it knew that they were the artist and not the track, or album. Why use this program?Most MP3 players depend on the id3 tag to categorise the song. However when you download music from the internet half the time the tag information is missing, or incomplete. On top of that the files are named in a variaty of different standards, for example:Massive
Attack-Mezzanine/02-Risingson.met
There are many great MP3 organisers available, which
can generate tag data from the file name, however they can only bulk
update if your files are named consistantly. For the above case you'd
have to enter the tag data manually (and I'm sure you can think of
better
ways to spend your free time!)08 - Young Americans - Best of Bowie - David Bowie.mp3 King Afrika-La Bomba.mp3 Download & Installation
Although this is an alpha release it has been tested quite thoroughly. I tested the Windows version on WinXP, Win2000 and Win98. The Linux version of this program has only been tested on Ferdora Core 1. If you have any problems installing please let me know by posting them here. (Note: it would be very nice if you tried to troubleshoot the problem as much as you can, as I am by no means a Linux expert ;) ) Planned featuresAt the moment it does nearly everything I want it to do. When I have time I may add the following features:
User will
have to select a number of tracks and click a button. The CDDB web page
will be sent a query and the result will be parsed and the data shown
in the list boxes. The logic will be the same as the normal search.
User will be able to select
multiple tracks in the grid and changing a field in one track will
cause them all to be changed
I will also consider any user requests. Please use the SourceForge page to submit them. LicenseThis software is provided free under the GPL.It is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty. In no event will the author be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software. wxWidgets enhancementsIn the course of developing this program I made some enhancements to wxGrid. Details here. |