Hi, I'll add a couple of points about the Gracenote database. First, there are standards for syntax and formatting for submission listed in their web page FAQ: http://www.gracenote.com/about/faqs/ Navigate to the heading on "Are there guidelines for submitting (uploading) CDs?" to read them. Secondly, the entries I am most likely not to find there are for multi-disc audiobooks. I don't particularly like having each disc with a different album title (e.g., "[Disc 1]", "[Disc 2]", etc. apended at the end of the album title), especially since there chosen format (with no leading 0 on the number) won't sort correctly for more than 9 discs. So I may submit following their syntax rules, but then go back and change the album to a single album name for my own library. (This is more work.) Thirdly, if you edit the tracks names of the CD before ripping, as you would have to do for submission to Gracenote, then they will show up with those track names whenever you insert the CD again (using iTunes on that computer), whether or not you submit information to Gracenote. If you only edit the track titles for the imported content this will not be true; the tracks will instead be named Track 1, etc.
HTH, Cheers, Esther On Nov 13, 5:37 am, Chris Blouch <[email protected]> wrote: > One other tidbit is that after you go through the trouble of putting in > all that data it would be nice to submit it to Gracenote so others don't > have to do it again. With the CD selected and all the data entered go to > the Advanced menu and choose Submit CD Track Names. That way, after a > few days, your stuff will be used by Gracenote to populate track names > for anyone else who imports the same CD. > > CB > > On 11/12/12 11:06 PM, Esther wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Max, > > > When you insert a CD it should be highlighted in the iTunes sources list, > > and if you press Command-I (Get Info) you should bring up a "CD Info" > > window. If the CD is in the GraceNote database, then the information about > > Artist, Composer, Album, disk number, genre, and year may be filled in. > > Even if it is, you can always override this information for all tracks on > > your CD with your own data. > > > I find it easiest to fill in this information in the CD Info window, since > > the information in these fields will be applied to all tracks at once. If > > this is a compilation album (e.g. one artist playing works by many > > composers), you can leave the "Composer" text box blank, and check the box > > for "Compilation". For multi-disc albums, fill in the boxes to indicate > > whether this is disc "1" of "1" or disc "1" or "2" of "2", etc. Add the > > year if you like, and choose a genre. > > > Using VO-Space on the "OK" button or simply just pressing "return" when you > > are done filling in entries will apply your selections and close the window. > > > Now you have a choice: you can either start importing the CD, which will > > have the Album, Composer, Artist, etc. information, but no track titles, or > > you can decide to fill in the track titles before importing the CD. If you > > want to fill in the track titles before you import your CD, navigate to the > > songs table, interact, and select the first track (VO-Shift-Space). Use > > Command-I to bring up the Get Info window for that track, and navigate > > (VO-Right arrow or Right Arrow) to the "Info" tab and select it (VO-Space). > > Then move to the first text box and type in the name of the track. Then > > navigate to the "next" button and press it with VO-Space. (You can also > > reach this button by moving to the end of the window, and Left arrowing or > > pressing VO-Left arrow twice.) You'll be shown the "Info" tab for the next > > track, where you can fill in the name (and other information you want). If > > you get lost, the track number is one of the pieces of information that is > > automatically filled in. Continue to use the "Next" button to move through > > all the entries. > > > Alternatively, you can import the CD, then location the album and fill in > > the track names the same way from your iTunes database. That might be > > easier, since you can just press space bar to start the track playing for > > your identification. > > > The main difference from Alex's instructions is that the "CD Info" window > > is easier to use as a quick way to fill in the Album information. > > > To print a list of album names by artist press Command-P to bring up the > > "Print" window, then navigate to the "Album list" radio button and select > > it (VO-Space). Then continue navigating to the pop up button, VO-Space, and > > set it to "List of albums". Press "return" or VO-Space on the "Print" > > button. In the "print" window navigate to the "PDF menu button" and select > > "Save as PDF". (Of course, you can do this however you want -- or even > > view this in Preview or actually print.) > > > HTH. This may not be exact because I'm not running the latest version of > > iTunes on the Mac which has a CD slot. > > > Cheers, > > > Esther > > > On Nov 12, 2012, at 17:06, Alex Hall wrote: > > >> When you rip the cd, it may mark the files as unknown. I would do a > >> search for "unknown" with the group by album radio button checked, > >> then vo-space on your album (each unknown should have a date on it). > >> Once the cd is open, cmd-a to select all, then cmd-i to open the info > >> window. Select the second tab (I don't remember what it's called) and > >> you will have a bunch of checkboxes and edit fields to fill in (I > >> don't know what the checkboxes do, but I always check the one for any > >> edit field I fill in). Since this is for all the tracks, not just one, > >> only enter things like album name, artist, and other information that > >> applies to all the tracks as a group. Cmd-w to close the window once > >> you're done. Now you can go back and look up all those disks, naming > >> each track if you want to and entering other optional information like > >> track number, with that cmd-i command on any track or group of tracks. > >> Note that if you select multiple items, you will get a warning when > >> you press cmd-i; this warning does not come up for individual tracks. > >> I know it's a pain, but eventually you'll have a great database of > >> music searchable by track name, album, artist, and so on. Best of all, > >> with the right settings this makes it incredibly easy to sync only the > >> music you want onto your iOS device, if you have one, especially with > >> smart playlists. I hope this all made sense. > > >> On 11/12/12, Agent086b <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Hello all, I am starting to import my CDS to iTunes. How do I import CDS > >>> that are not in the Gracenotes database? If I import the tracks it just > >>> splatters among other CDS. Is there a way to create the album then import > >>> the tracks? Also is it possible to print a list of albums by album name > >>> and > >>> artist? I can print a list but it includes the track names. Thanks as > >>> always > >>> for the great help. > >>> Max. > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
