Application that can fetch and update metadata of songs on iPod
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I am looking for an application that can fetch and update metadata (i.e. album, artist, year, etc) of songs on iPod. I'm sure there are a lot of applications like this out there, but i want something more specific. Mainly, it needs to somehow work with iTunes using the music on my iPod rather than working on the files on disk and then having me sync with the iPod. This is because i don't keep all my songs on my local hard drive, i only keep them on the iPod (also, some are on an external HD). I'm not sure if it is possible to do this, however i imagine it could by possible using COM to interface with iTunes (as this article suggests). I want the metadata to be consistent throughout my library. The application should be able to find the required information for all songs (or at least, a vast majority) using some online database. At the very least, it should find the album name, artist name, year released and genre. It would also be good if it got other stuff like composers and album art. Since i at least have the title of the song, it should use this name to search for. The album and artist, if already available, should be used to narrow down the search. Obviously, what i have mentioned is fairly specific, but i am merely saying what i want. If anyone knows of an app that can do exactly that, that would be great. But otherwise, one that comes close would probably do.
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modified on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 6:00 PM
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I am looking for an application that can fetch and update metadata (i.e. album, artist, year, etc) of songs on iPod. I'm sure there are a lot of applications like this out there, but i want something more specific. Mainly, it needs to somehow work with iTunes using the music on my iPod rather than working on the files on disk and then having me sync with the iPod. This is because i don't keep all my songs on my local hard drive, i only keep them on the iPod (also, some are on an external HD). I'm not sure if it is possible to do this, however i imagine it could by possible using COM to interface with iTunes (as this article suggests). I want the metadata to be consistent throughout my library. The application should be able to find the required information for all songs (or at least, a vast majority) using some online database. At the very least, it should find the album name, artist name, year released and genre. It would also be good if it got other stuff like composers and album art. Since i at least have the title of the song, it should use this name to search for. The album and artist, if already available, should be used to narrow down the search. Obviously, what i have mentioned is fairly specific, but i am merely saying what i want. If anyone knows of an app that can do exactly that, that would be great. But otherwise, one that comes close would probably do.
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modified on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 6:00 PM
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I am looking for an application that can fetch and update metadata (i.e. album, artist, year, etc) of songs on iPod. I'm sure there are a lot of applications like this out there, but i want something more specific. Mainly, it needs to somehow work with iTunes using the music on my iPod rather than working on the files on disk and then having me sync with the iPod. This is because i don't keep all my songs on my local hard drive, i only keep them on the iPod (also, some are on an external HD). I'm not sure if it is possible to do this, however i imagine it could by possible using COM to interface with iTunes (as this article suggests). I want the metadata to be consistent throughout my library. The application should be able to find the required information for all songs (or at least, a vast majority) using some online database. At the very least, it should find the album name, artist name, year released and genre. It would also be good if it got other stuff like composers and album art. Since i at least have the title of the song, it should use this name to search for. The album and artist, if already available, should be used to narrow down the search. Obviously, what i have mentioned is fairly specific, but i am merely saying what i want. If anyone knows of an app that can do exactly that, that would be great. But otherwise, one that comes close would probably do.
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modified on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 6:00 PM
- have you looked at the open-source itunes replacements ? (google that). - other than that, me think you will have to look for resources to look into the ipod filesystem (must be documentented somewhere); mount the ipod as a disk and look at it. For fetching the information, normally it starts with the CD and the CD id to get data from CDDB (now Gracenote, not free, i think, but you could use itunes for that) and match the tracks and get the metadata. Brute force searching on the web will have to be done for more detail info like composer and album art. anyway, one simpler way would be to transfer the data back to your computer and do the work there and sync back to your ipod. good luck...
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- have you looked at the open-source itunes replacements ? (google that). - other than that, me think you will have to look for resources to look into the ipod filesystem (must be documentented somewhere); mount the ipod as a disk and look at it. For fetching the information, normally it starts with the CD and the CD id to get data from CDDB (now Gracenote, not free, i think, but you could use itunes for that) and match the tracks and get the metadata. Brute force searching on the web will have to be done for more detail info like composer and album art. anyway, one simpler way would be to transfer the data back to your computer and do the work there and sync back to your ipod. good luck...
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TorstenH wrote:
try sharepod - works fine, faster than ITunes and just the tool one wants - without video, shop and lots of graphical overhead.
I have heard of sharepod when i googled for a way to transfer files from the iPod back to my computer. But i do not see any features for fetching metadata from the internet, only tag editing.
Maximilien wrote:
me think you will have to look for resources to look into the ipod filesystem (must be documentented somewhere); mount the ipod as a disk and look at it.
Yeah, i think jailbreaking the iPod allows drive letter access to it (for iPod Touch, that is). Once i do that then i could just operate on the files directly in the file system. Of course, i would still need a 3rd party tool to fetch the metadata.
For fetching the information, normally it starts with the CD and the CD id to get data from CDDB (now Gracenote, not free, i think, but you could use itunes for that) and match the tracks and get the metadata. Brute force searching on the web will have to be done for more detail info like composer and album art. anyway, one simpler way would be to transfer the data back to your computer and do the work there and sync back to your ipod.
I get most of my music from the internet, not CD. Obviously it would be easy to get metadata from a CD since the data already exists on the CD and it is just a matter of extracting it (i think iTunes can do that). And yes, "brute force" searching is what i want. Of course, the search engine would be most of that "force", but i want to be able to confirm that the search result is correct before i use that data. Windows Media Player does this. You select an album (or a group of songs) and it shows you the search results. You still have to manually confirm, but it's a whole lot faster that googling each song yourself.
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