Tagging
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How to use http://tools.tango.info/tagging.php
These are instructions for ripping cds to your hard drive and tagging the resulting mp3 or flac files with tagging information from tango.info.
Step 1 - Rip cds to your hard drive: Use a program such as CDex (available from http://cdexos.sourceforge.net ). You need to rip each cd to a separate folder.
Step 2 - Retrieve the tagging information for the newly ripped mp3 or flac files: Go to http://tools.tango.info/tagging.php Examine the cd you just ripped and whose tracks you wish to tag. Copy its 14 digit bar code number (TIN-14) into the query window and click on "submit query" button. This query will return the tags for all the tracks on your cd.
If you don't have the TIN-14 number: search the cd in the eng.tango.info database using artist name. When you locate the title or cover of the CD you wish to tag from the search results, click on it to see the CD details. Click on the tools.tango.info/tagging link. This link will return the tags for the tracks on your cd.
e.g.: http://tools.tango.info/tagging.php?tins=00743219561220
Step 3 - Create a txt file with the retrieved tagging information: With your mouse, highlight the list of tags you retrieved in Step 2, then right click and Copy it. (note-you don't copy the whole page, just the data list. 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.) Paste the list of tags into a text program like Notepad. Save this txt file.
Step 4 - Tag the mp3 or flac files: Here are instructions for a good free tagging program called mp3tag, available from http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ (english). Configure the program:
a. Open the program; b. Choose 'File' 'Change directory' (CTRL + D); Browse to the location of your tracks; Select the folder where you saved your audio files. c. With your mouse, select the first track in the resulting list of audio files. Using that track as an anchor, use the 'shift' and 'end' keys to select the entire list.
d. Select "Convert" and then "text file - tag" (Taglist-file/Tag in older versions); e. for filename you enter the location of the text file for format string enter the following sequence (you can copy and paste the sequence below)
" %dummy%;%album%;%track%;%title%;%artist%;%genre%;%year%;%dummy% " (leave out the quotation marks)
the number of fields in the text file must equal the number of fields in the format string