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Mac ID3 tag manager with directory batch updating

PheezerPheezer Registered User, ClubPA regular
Okay so I've got all these old backups that I'm pulling off of decaying CD-Rs to put onto my new external hard drive but this was before I used iTunes so I relied on file structure to organize them, rather than ID3 tags. I would rather not re-rip a bunch of CDs that are stored away in boxes right now, so I need to efficiently add in the appropriate ID3 tags.

This has revealed to me an interesting shortcoming in iTunes: You cannot sort the library by file location. And I don't want to do these one at a time either. So I need something for OS X that will let me grab a directory and add an artist/album to every file in it at once. I would greatly prefer a free solution.

IT'S GOT ME REACHING IN MY POCKET IT'S GOT ME FORKING OVER CASH
CUZ THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE AND IT'S GIVING ME A RASH
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  • PheezerPheezer Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited October 2008
    Okay so none of you know anything, awesome.

    Can someone move this to H/A or do you guys just want me to supermod

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    IT'S GOT ME REACHING IN MY POCKET IT'S GOT ME FORKING OVER CASH
    CUZ THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE AND IT'S GIVING ME A RASH
  • ZackSchillingZackSchilling Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I don't know of any existing solutions, but a script could do this easily (Applescript, shell script). I don't want to write one for you because it would take about an hour to get everything right and it's of no use to me. Do you know anything about shell scripting? This might help:

    http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030805003033280

    Edit: Reread request, linked program will do exactly what you want.

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  • PheezerPheezer Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited October 2008
    ugh, I code all day at work. Now I have to do it at home? Despite my intense laziness? Not fair at all.

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    IT'S GOT ME REACHING IN MY POCKET IT'S GOT ME FORKING OVER CASH
    CUZ THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE AND IT'S GIVING ME A RASH
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