I have an idea but it is rather geeky and will require some shell scripting and the use of a 3rd party ID3 editor that accepts command line functions. I'm speaking in general terms right now byt what is basically needed is that all your files are consistently named with track numbers in the same place in all file names. Then a shell or Apple script could roll through each file and parse the track number from the file name and then apply the ID3 tagger to update the track number internally. On linux, I have used simple command line tools like id3v2 to do the job but I believe id3 editor for the Mac can handle command lines - I hope.
That free program id3v2 would require macport or homebrew to get it installed. Hope these other ideas are of some value. On Sep 26, 2013, at 5:49 AM, Ray Foret jr <rfore...@att.net> wrote: > Uh, thanks, however, I REFUSE, TO, INSTALL, WINDOWS, ON, THIS, MAC!!! It > just ain't gonna happen EVER, EVER, EVER!!! > > > Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind > built-in! > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray > Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! > > On Sep 26, 2013, at 7:11 AM, Paul Erkens <paul.erk...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> What I use is fusion, and a little windows utility called mp3tag. It allows >> you to select a bunch of tracks, who's filenames have been nicely numbered. >> It looks at each file in turn, numbering it in sequence. Of course, your >> filename numbering must be correct, in order for mp3tag to match your track >> numbers accordingly. But that is very effective. You select your files, and >> then you tab across the mp3tag windows dialog, filling in general >> information that you want applied to each track. For example,you can fill in >> the artist and album name from within the mp3tag program window, and apply >> that to all selected files. You then select renumber as a second operation, >> and mp3tag fills in the track number field inside each mp3 file's meta data. >> If you then import those mp3 files into itunes, your metadata, i.e. the mp3 >> tags, will be just fine, so that itunes knows how to handle each mp3 file >> and move it into your itunes library. >> >> Hth, >> Paul. >> On Sep 25, 2013, at 6:31 AM, Ray Foret jr <rfore...@att.net> wrote: >> >>> Ah, I had thought perhaps that if I checked the Keep Library organized or >>> something like that, you know the one? Maybe then if I used a wild card >>> like 1* or 1+ that might work, but, no go. You can't enter special stuff >>> like * or + in to the track number edit box because they are not allowed. >>> So much for the wild card character idea. Okay. Looks like I'll have to >>> go to a third party renaming app. I'd prefer one that I can set up to >>> start putting track numbers in to the proper locations in the meta data >>> taging info and then just let it go. Only one I found so far is File >>> Renamer. Costs $19.95 though. >>> Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind >>> built-in! >>> Sincerely, >>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray >>> Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! >>> >>> On Sep 24, 2013, at 10:05 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> That would be an interesting and advantageous function. I don't believe >>>> that iTunes has that ability at all. No auto tagging features that I'm >>>> aware of. But, if you learn of something, I'd like to learn about it as >>>> well. >>>> >>>> Later... >>>> >>>> Tim Kilburn >>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>> >>>> On 2013-09-24, at 5:31 PM, Ray Foret jr <rfore...@att.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Okay. >>>>> >>>>> Now that I've finally made peace with the ITunes library system and >>>>> actually come to love it, I am faced with a slight delima. Is there any >>>>> way I can cause ITunes to write tags for track numbers sequencially? >>>>> Say, for example, I've got an album consisting of 63 tracks (I'm not >>>>> kidding). Now, instead of having to go in to the info for each track >>>>> individually and do track number 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 ETC all the way to >>>>> 63, is there a way of making ITunes assign track numbers through the >>>>> entire album? I know I can select all the tracks in an album and write >>>>> info for multiple items: however, how do I deal with numbering each >>>>> track? Do I write it like this 1: 63 and specify in the track count that >>>>> there are 63 tracks in the album? I really do not want to sit up all >>>>> blessed night doing each number by hand. 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