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*http://www.mp3tag.com | *http://www.mp3tag.com | ||
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==How to use http://tools.tango.info/tagging.php== | ==How to use http://tools.tango.info/tagging.php== | ||
These are instructions for ripping CDs to your hard drive and tagging the resulting | These are instructions for ripping CDs to your hard drive and tagging the resulting track files (in format MP£, WMA, FLAC etc.) with tag info from tango.info. | ||
===Step 1 - Rip | ===Step 1 - Rip CDs to your hard drive=== | ||
Use a program such as CDex (http://cdexos.sourceforge.net). Ensure you rip each CD to a separate folder. To be able to perform multiple CD tagging (see below), you must ensure you rip every track from each album. | Use a program such as CDex (http://cdexos.sourceforge.net). Ensure you rip each CD to a separate folder. To be able to perform multiple CD tagging (see below), you must ensure you rip every track from each album. | ||
===Step 2 - Retrieve | ===Step 2 - Retrieve tag info=== | ||
Note: This requires the mp3tag program V2.39c or later, from http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ (English, free of charge). | Note: This requires the mp3tag program V2.39c or later, from http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ (English, free of charge). | ||
Note: Currently this procedure works only for single-CD albums. | Note: Currently this procedure works only for single-CD albums. | ||
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## Paste into the (unlabelled) query window and click '''Submit Query'''. | ## Paste into the (unlabelled) query window and click '''Submit Query'''. | ||
===Step 3 - | ===Step 3 - Save tag info=== | ||
With your mouse, highlight the list of tags you retrieved in Step 2, then right click and Copy it. (Note: don't copy the whole page, just the list of tags. Each line of this list begins with the 14-digit number and is followed by other tagging info such as album, song title, track number and year.) | With your mouse, highlight the list of tags you retrieved in Step 2, then right click and Copy it. (Note: don't copy the whole page, just the list of tags. Each line of this list begins with the 14-digit number and is followed by other tagging info such as album, song title, track number and year.) | ||
Launch Notepad, press CTRL+V to patste this list, then press '''CTRL+S''' to save and enter as the Filename '''c:\temp.txt'''. | Launch Notepad, press CTRL+V to patste this list, then press '''CTRL+S''' to save and enter as the Filename '''c:\temp.txt'''. | ||
===Step 4 - | ===Step 4 - Put tag info into the track files=== | ||
# Launch '''mp3tag'''. | # Launch '''mp3tag'''. | ||
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Note: If the file set fails to include every track from each CD, the tracklist will be misaligned with the tag list and hence mistagging will occur. | Note: If the file set fails to include every track from each CD, the tracklist will be misaligned with the tag list and hence mistagging will occur. | ||
=== Notes === | === Notes === | ||
1 The 'disc_tin' field carries a TIN - see http://wiki.tango.info/mul/Tango_Information_Number . | 1 The 'disc_tin' field carries a TIN - see http://wiki.tango.info/mul/Tango_Information_Number . |
Revision as of 2007-10-22T22:32:57
Software
How to use http://tools.tango.info/tagging.php
These are instructions for ripping CDs to your hard drive and tagging the resulting track files (in format MP£, WMA, FLAC etc.) with tag info from tango.info.
Step 1 - Rip CDs to your hard drive
Use a program such as CDex (http://cdexos.sourceforge.net). Ensure you rip each CD to a separate folder. To be able to perform multiple CD tagging (see below), you must ensure you rip every track from each album.
Step 2 - Retrieve tag info
Note: This requires the mp3tag program V2.39c or later, from http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ (English, free of charge). Note: Currently this procedure works only for single-CD albums.
The barcode number referred to below is the 13 or 14-digit number found next to the barcode which is usually found on the back cover of the CD case.
Either
- For a single CD for which you have the barcode number:
- Go to http://tools.tango.info/tagging.php.
- Enter the bar code number into the (unlabelled) query window and click Submit Query.
- or, for a single CD for which you do not have the barcode number:
- Go to http://eng.tango.info, enter album's artist name and click search.
- In the search results, locate under CDs the title of your album, click on it, and then click on tools.tango.info/tagging.
- or, for multiple CDs for which you have barcode numbers:
- Ensure each CD is in a separate folder the name of which somewhere contains the barcode number, and that all these folders are in a single containing folder with no other audio files.
- Launch mp3tag.
- Click File | Change directory... and select the folder containing your CD files.
- Click File | Export | <starred page icon> and click OK.
- In the text editor window, replace the entire content with the following two lines (taking care to preserve the line break):
$filename(,ansi)$loop($if($eql(%_directory%,$regexp(%_directory%,^(.*)('[''[':digit:']'']'{13,14}).*$,\2)),,$regexp(%_directory%,^(.*)('[''[':digit:']'']'{13,14}).*$,\2)),1)$if($eql(%_directory%,$regexp(%_directory%,^(.*)('[''[':digit:']'']'{13,14}).*$,\2)),,$regexp(%_directory%,^(.*)('[''[':digit:']'']'{13,14}).*$,\2)) $loopend()
- Save the file.
- In the mp3tag Options dialog box, click OK.
- When asked Display Export file now?, click Yes.
- In the text editor window that appears (showing a list of the barcode numbers of all the CDs), copy all lines to the clipboard.
- Go to http://tools.tango.info/tagging.php.
- Paste into the (unlabelled) query window and click Submit Query.
Step 3 - Save tag info
With your mouse, highlight the list of tags you retrieved in Step 2, then right click and Copy it. (Note: don't copy the whole page, just the list of tags. Each line of this list begins with the 14-digit number and is followed by other tagging info such as album, song title, track number and year.) Launch Notepad, press CTRL+V to patste this list, then press CTRL+S to save and enter as the Filename c:\temp.txt.
Step 4 - Put tag info into the track files
- Launch mp3tag.
- Click File | Change directory... and select the folder containing your ripped CD(s).
- If you are tagging multiple CDs:
- Right-click the tracklist heading, and click Customise columns....
- In the Columns dialog box that appears, click <starred page icon>.
- In Name enter "TIN".
- In Value and Sort by enter
$if($eql(%_directory%,$regexp(%_directory%,^(.*)('[''[':digit:']'']'{13,14}).*$,\2)),none found in folder name,$regexp(%_directory%,^(.*)('[''[':digit:']'']'{13,14}).*$,\2))
- Click OK.
- In the tracklist heading, click on "TIN".
- Click Edit | Select all files.
- Click Convert | Text file - tag.
- In Filename enter c:\temp.txt.
- In Format string enter
%dummy%;%album%;%track%;%title%;%artist%;%genre%;%year%;%dummy%
. - Click OK. The files will be tagged.
Note: If the file set fails to include every track from each CD, the tracklist will be misaligned with the tag list and hence mistagging will occur.
Notes
1 The 'disc_tin' field carries a TIN - see http://wiki.tango.info/mul/Tango_Information_Number .