Comments on: What are ID3 Tags in MP3 Files?

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:58:00 +0000

Wish I could help, but unfortunately I have no experience of itunes. Anyone else got any suggestions?

By: Tijsko

Tijsko — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:50:53 +0000

I have mp3 files with their respective artwork added but somehow I cannot make itunes show this artwork in my library. Should I still add all artwork manually from different files? I am hoping I can somehow show itunes where to look into the mp3 file to retrieve the artwork part. I just don’t know how to…

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:03:31 +0000

I'm afraid I don't know who adds this information to the files, I suspect it varies, but at some point in the chain, someone will have to add this information manually. After this, certain programs such as Mp3tag can extract the song information from databases like www.freedb.org, although they may get it wrong in the automation process sometimes and try extracting the wrong information. You can always edit the tag information yourself with a tag editor if you really feel the need.

By: southofnonorth

southofnonorth — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:42:08 +0000

Very useful – what I’d like to know is how / who actually adds this info to the file – and how come it’s so inaccurate sometimes (Chieftains as Reggae!!) Is it an automated process or does some jobsworth have to encode it manually?

By: Specialbeat

Specialbeat — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:45:49 +0000

Thanks for this. Very useful!