Whilst I'm biased when recommending puddletag (I've had a hand in its evolution) it's definitely one of the top audio tagging solutions (if not the top solution) currently available to Linux and OS X users.
It was borne out of frustration with the toolset available under Linux. Its author, experiencing the same frustrations I had, decided it was time to code his own solution. Having tried every Linux tagger I could get my hands on and having tired of the limitations of running mp3tag under Wine, serendipity led me to discover puddletag. Its author and I quickly found we wanted the same thing and embarked on a journey of generating ideas and enhancing puddletag to its current state. puddletag is in effect a drop-in Linux based replacement for mp3tag and anyone familiar with mp3tag will immediately feel at home working with puddletag. Whilst it's loosely based on mp3tag (and incorporates most of the functionality available in mp3tag) it also incorporates many enhancements we wanted to see and allows efficient tag handling in ways not possible with most editors we'd tried. Examples include: * a spreadsheet-like layout that enables selection of individual tags/cells across multiple files and performing operations on the selected tags only * copying selected tag(s) from one track to many tracks in a single operation * quick search and replace of text across selected tags/ cells or entire tracks using Ctrl-H (no need to write an action for a quick search/ replace operation) * extended tags view that uses colour feedback to show you what will be added, altered and edited on hitting OK * ability to see stored tags as written to file (i.e. without tagname translation) to help resolve pesky issues like id3 and vorbis tag types in a single file * ability to tag single tracks using tag sources (handy when the album you're looking for doesn't exist in tag sources, but the songs do exist in other albums found in tag sources (why tag by hand when you can just take track metadata from other albums) * ability to include/ exclude specific tags from tag sources * easily select all tracks in a folder using a hotkey (Ctrl-Shift-S) (no more dragging the mouse cursor around and shift-clicking) * resize/relocate/close windows (configure your workspace to suit you) * realtime results feedback when defining actions (so you can see the results an action will generate as you define it) * importing tags from clipboard (in much the same way one would from text file (why copy track data from a website, save it to a file and only then write it... pop it into the clipboard and write it from memory) * dynamically change main window font size to suit your needs * launch puddletag with a predefined font size * (optionally) dynamically size columns to match tag metadata * drag and drop tag columns in main view to reorder them * predefined and readily editable tag patterns always available to you through a pulldown menu * customisable hotkeys * ability to import and edit tags directly in the QuodLibet library It's actively being developed and numerous additions are in the pipeline including: * masstagging by traversing a directory tree (requires albums to be in discrete folders) * tag combining allowing tags to be sourced from multiple tag sources in a single operation (currently being explored) * published API to allow interested users to add additional tag sources (currently Amazon, musicbrainz and FreeDB are supported) As an added bonus, it's reported to run equally well under OS X (after dependencies are installed). Last, but not least, puddletag's been developed using Python and is free as in free by being licencsed under GPLv2. -- audiomuze Oh, and yes, I almost forgot... there are those $250.00 acoustic pillows you can stick to your walls, or even better.... magic "tuning" dots - and the sheer act of using them will free you of the bondage of this dilemma. In fact I heard that if you paint your CD's green, put a M&M on the top of each speaker and stick a Brazilian carrot in your ass while sipping ginseng tea your stereo will never sound better! '*last.fm*' (http://www.last.fm/user/audiomuze) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ audiomuze's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33613 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79733 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
