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Richard Ellis - 26 Feb 2008 14:29 GMT

Being an on-again/off-again reader of this group I'm sure this subject
has been asked and answered several times over but I missed it. Sorry
for the repetition:

Is there a way to 'batch change' the Name, Artist, Album, or Composer
entry (entries) of listings in the Music Library. For example, each time
I purchase or download an album or piece of music by the composer
Shostakovich, it is listed differently: Dimitri Shostakovich, or
Shostakovich, Dimitri, or maybe Shostokovitch (etc). I would greatly
appreciate listing them under the same name.

I have nearly all his symphonies, piano and violin music but they're
scattered in at least 5 different places within the library when I list
under the heading of "composer". I have already created playlists and
folders which separate and sort my music -- but I'm a bit of the
compulsive / librarian type.

Thank you ahead of time...

de

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nospam - 26 Feb 2008 14:32 GMT

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<2dellis-BBAADC.06290826022008@news.phx.highwinds-media.com>, Richard
Ellis <2dellis@notthispart.cox.net> wrote:

> Is there a way to 'batch change' the Name, Artist, Album, or Composer
> entry (entries) of listings in the Music Library. For example, each time
> I purchase or download an album or piece of music by the composer
> Shostakovich, it is listed differently: Dimitri Shostakovich, or
> Shostakovich, Dimitri, or maybe Shostokovitch (etc). I would greatly
> appreciate listing them under the same name.

sure. just select all the songs that you want to change, then do a
cmd-i (get info) and change the fields you want.

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Richard Ellis - 26 Feb 2008 15:00 GMT

> In article
> <2dellis-BBAADC.06290826022008@news.phx.highwinds-media.com>, Richard
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> sure. just select all the songs that you want to change, then do a
> cmd-i (get info) and change the fields you want.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Thanks to both of you!! Now I get to go through all
4500 of my library entries and 'clean 'em up'!!!
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gtr - 26 Feb 2008 15:32 GMT

>> In article
>> <2dellis-BBAADC.06290826022008@news.phx.highwinds-media.com>, Richard
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> 4500 of my library entries and 'clean 'em up'!!!
> de

For simple batch changes iTunes is the way to go. With 4500 it might
be easier in orther ways. There is a great little program, Media Rage,
which use to be MP3 rage. It lets one perform all kinds of functions
on mp3's, with id3 tabs being the most noteworthy.

http://www.chaoticsoftware.com/ProductPages/MediaRage.html

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Lewis - 26 Feb 2008 14:46 GMT

In article
<2dellis-BBAADC.06290826022008@news.phx.highwinds-media.com>,

Select all the ones you want to change and hit command-I

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Richard Ellis - 26 Feb 2008 15:02 GMT

> In article
> <2dellis-BBAADC.06290826022008@news.phx.highwinds-media.com>,
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>
> Select all the ones you want to change and hit command-I

'Tis done! Thanks!

BTW - I like your Bart/Homer Quote. any idea (my compulsive nature
coming back again) where it comes from, or when?

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Lewis - 26 Feb 2008 15:52 GMT

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<2dellis-63C48D.07021926022008@news.phx.highwinds-media.com>,

> > In article
> > <2dellis-BBAADC.06290826022008@news.phx.highwinds-media.com>,
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> BTW - I like your Bart/Homer Quote. any idea (my compulsive nature
> coming back again) where it comes from, or when?

The Simpsons Movie from last summer.

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Howard Brazee - 26 Feb 2008 17:36 GMT

>Is there a way to 'batch change' the Name, Artist, Album, or Composer
>entry (entries) of listings in the Music Library. For example, each time
>I purchase or download an album or piece of music by the composer
>Shostakovich, it is listed differently: Dimitri Shostakovich, or
>Shostakovich, Dimitri, or maybe Shostokovitch (etc). I would greatly
>appreciate listing them under the same name.

What I do is select them all, right-click, get info, then change the
entry. With a complex selection, you might want to create a smart
playlist to catch them all.

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erilar - 26 Feb 2008 23:16 GMT

> >Is there a way to 'batch change' the Name, Artist, Album, or Composer
> >entry (entries) of listings in the Music Library. For example, each time
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> entry. With a complex selection, you might want to create a smart
> playlist to catch them all.

Not only that, but my computer has learned to fill in common ones with a
small prompt. I don't have to get past Joh before Bach's whole name is
there 8-)

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