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What tools do you find helpful in managing tags and missing album art work?

by eej71 5y ago

djrogers 5y ago
When ripping CDs myself with iTunes, I never found either to be a problem... Yeah, iTunes had other issues, but it's original functionality was 'Rip, Mix, Burn'.
tehnub 5y ago
I haven’t done a ton of ripping, but a fair amount, and I’ve found Music on macOS to be pretty decent.
benoliver999 5y ago
I use beets https://beets.io/ https://beets.io/ It's a bit nerdy but for large collections it's a godsend
- ghusto 5y ago
  This is great, I don't know how I missed it! Is there any configuration I can use to tag only, and do no conversion or copying. In other words, I'm more interested in correcting tags than actually managing the library. Can't seem to find the correct configuration options :/
  - benoliver999 5y ago
    https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/v1.6.0/guides/main.html https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/v1.6.0/guides/main.html Under the 'configuring' section there is a paragraph or two on this.
apocalyptic0n3 5y ago
Not OP but I've been using MusicBrainz Picard[1] to manage tags on my collection (much of it was ripped 20 years ago and has traveled with me; I now use Plex and Plexamp for all music listening). Picard does sonic analysis and compares it against its database to find matches and then allows you to preview, change, and approve new tags and album art. 1: https://picard.musicbrainz.org/ https://picard.musicbrainz.org/
ghusto 5y ago
I wrote a simple script that asks some questions and uses the information to write the tags after ripping and encoding. I looked into looking it up automatically with CDDB, but typing out a few song names by hand seems to be more reliable. EDIT: This is it, in case it helps. It's not great, but it gets the job done for me. I also use MusicBrainz to add cover art. https://pastebin.com/8mDcr178 https://pastebin.com/8mDcr178
nichos 5y ago
I highly recommend Quod Libet, open source and under active development. It's specialty is in large libraries: https://quodlibet.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ https://quodlibet.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

What tools do you find helpful in managing tags and missing album art work?

by eej71 5y ago

What tools do you find helpful in managing tags and missing album art work?

When ripping CDs myself with iTunes, I never found either to be a problem... Yeah, iTunes had other issues, but it's original functionality was 'Rip, Mix, Burn'.

tehnub 5y ago

I haven’t done a ton of ripping, but a fair amount, and I’ve found Music on macOS to be pretty decent.

benoliver999 5y ago

I use beets https://beets.io/ https://beets.io/ It's a bit nerdy but for large collections it's a godsend

ghusto 5y ago
This is great, I don't know how I missed it! Is there any configuration I can use to tag only, and do no conversion or copying. In other words, I'm more interested in correcting tags than actually managing the library. Can't seem to find the correct configuration options :/
- benoliver999 5y ago
  https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/v1.6.0/guides/main.html https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/v1.6.0/guides/main.html Under the 'configuring' section there is a paragraph or two on this.

apocalyptic0n3 5y ago

Not OP but I've been using MusicBrainz Picard[1] to manage tags on my collection (much of it was ripped 20 years ago and has traveled with me; I now use Plex and Plexamp for all music listening). Picard does sonic analysis and compares it against its database to find matches and then allows you to preview, change, and approve new tags and album art. 1: https://picard.musicbrainz.org/ https://picard.musicbrainz.org/

ghusto 5y ago

I wrote a simple script that asks some questions and uses the information to write the tags after ripping and encoding. I looked into looking it up automatically with CDDB, but typing out a few song names by hand seems to be more reliable. EDIT: This is it, in case it helps. It's not great, but it gets the job done for me. I also use MusicBrainz to add cover art. https://pastebin.com/8mDcr178 https://pastebin.com/8mDcr178

nichos 5y ago

I highly recommend Quod Libet, open source and under active development. It's specialty is in large libraries: https://quodlibet.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ https://quodlibet.readthedocs.io/en/latest/