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["Scott Erichsen" <pianoman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think you'll find if you were on the internet, it would have showed up in 
the CDDB. Therefore, Itunes would have grabbed the info from there.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "G. McFarlane" <gmcf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <blindipod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 3:04 PM
Subject: [blindipod] Re: Media Player, ITunes and Winamp


> Hi Anna
> Thanks for your reply. I wish I'd realised before ripping all my 
> collection to wav.
>
> The funny thing is that after ripping them, all the information was 
> available in Itunes even although they were wav files. Also when I used 
> Itunes to convert them all into mp3s all the tags were carried over. Do 
> you think this is due to the information stored in the Itunes library file 
> rather than in the individual wavs?
>
> Also if the information is still resident in the wav files while they are 
> in Itunes which other lossless format would be worthwhile transferring to 
> in order to maintain quality and to have access to the tags?
>
> Regards.
> Gordon
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Woody Anna Dresner" <adresner@xxxxxxx>
> To: <blindipod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 5:45 AM
> Subject: [blindipod] Re: Media Player, ITunes and Winamp
>
>
> > Hi Gordon,
> >
> > WAV files can't store ID3 info; they were invented before ID3 tags were. 
> > So it won't matter which program you use - that info won't be saved.
> >
> > With Brian's scripts, I really like iTunes for importing and organizing 
> > music.  Winamp is okay, though I prefer iTunes, and I heard that the 
> > library in the latest edition isn't as accessible as it used to be. 
> > RealPlayer is usable but clunky, as is Media Player (at least, Media 
> > Player used to be usable; I haven't tried in a year and a half or so). 
> > So I think you could use any of these programs, but with the scripts, I 
> > think iTunes is easiest.
> >
> > One thing I have often done, though, is import using RealPlayer, then add 
> > the folders to the iTunes library.  I do this because RealPlayer isn't as 
> > resource-intensive when importing; I can run just about any other 
> > programs I want at the same time, which isn't the case with iTunes.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Anna
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