Creates filenames out of MP3 ID3 tags & vice versa.
TriTag helps you to get a clear MP3 collection by either creating a new filename out of the ID3Tag or filling the metatags using the information found in the filename using a user defined pattern - easy due to a pattern builder. The first mode also allows to create a unique directory structure (artist/album/) similar to the one generated by iTunes "Consolidate library". Search the FreeDB database if neither the filename nor the tag contains correct information.
perfect and simple. essential if you've been creating your own id3 tags from analog recording software and need to name & number the files by the batch.
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see Goek review.
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still waiting for a Mac version of MediaMonkey and all it's helpful tools but this is a giant step in the right direction.
Fairly complete id3 tag editor
goek
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As far as I can tell this is the only piece of music management freeware that both edits id3 tags from file names and vice versa. Also allows you to edit tags manually. After you know your way around the program it does the job very well.
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This program does not let you edit filenames manually, only from id3 tags. There is a FreeDB button on the application but it's unavailable and I can't get it to work. Drag&dropping files from finder into the application is a pain.
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It does the job, but takes some exploring sometimes. There's a small field in the top left corner where you can select conversion modes that didn't notice at first. Also, you can see the changes you've made in the table with files at the bottom, but you have to click apply to actually save the changes.
Pretty good.
PasteEater
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />It works as advertised if you are paying attention. 2 things:
1) I wish that it didn't overwrite the entire tag. Meaning, I wanted to change the actual filename to the mp3 title. This worked just fine, but the rest of the tags were lost. Not good. Perhaps you could add an option to keep any remaining information that's not affected by whatever TriTag is modifying.
2) It would be nice if the program supported directories. So you could do something like %a/%t/%s and TriTag would know that if it follows the directory structure, it can automatically enter in the correct tags.
Overall, it's a pretty powerful program, it just needs a few features to knock it out of the park.
Incredibly useful
gabidanon--2008
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Thank you for this wonderful tool. Very easy to use and very powerful- saved me lots of tedious work.
Bravo!
RayCon
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br /><b>Very intuitive</b> -- didn't even need to read the manual.
<b>Very impressive</b> -- worked the first time (even with VBR).
<b>Very timely</b> -- and saves a lot of it, too!
Amazing!
sabor--2008
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I downloaded and in less than 5 minutes I was able to download info from the CDDB and then rename a folder completely with no problems.
The pattern matcher made it so simple to choose the tracks and track numbers from the song names and apply it to the ID3 tags. Great prodocut, thanks a lot!
Thank you so much!!!
VersionTrackerUserOpinion
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />This is a great freeware which safed me 25 bucks for MP3 Rage. Because this is the only feature I need. Thanks for your kindness and your cool software.