[audacity4blind] Re: Can't delete track numbers wh editing meta data
- From: "Robbie" <tickleberryfun@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:06:06 +0200
Hi Sharni!
I wouldn't advise using Audacity for that sole purpose. Presumably you
import the files, edit the meta data and then export them, thereby
recompressing the audio and losing quality in the process. Besides, you
mentioned that a lot of your music is insufficiently tagged, so I'll suggest
a different remedy. There is a nifty tool called Mp3tag which you can use to
edit the meta data of whole folders as well as individual tracks. Removing
track numbers is easy. A word on track numbers though and I apologize for
straying off topic. Accurate meta data including track numbers is important
when using media players like iTunes, which sort files solely by the artist,
the Album and the track number supplied in the meta data. Folder and file
names are irrelevant. Track numbers are vital to preserve the track order.
If you have ever transferred an untagged concept album or audio book to your
iPhone and experienced the ensuing chaos, you will begin to tag your stuff
meticulously.
You can find Mp3tag on Google or contact me for the link.
Cheers! Robbie
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[mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sharni-Lee Ward
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 4:25 AM
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Subject: [audacity4blind] Can't delete track numbers when editing meta data
Hi,
I've been trying to edit the meta data for a number of my songs, which I got
via burned CD's from a friend years ago. Some of these have track-numbers
that are not relevant, as they're not even part of a professional album, so
I've been trying to get rid of them because they're annoying. (For some
reason, my screen-reader is reading the track-numbers as well as the song
titles in my Windows Media Player library and I don't know how to stop it
from doing that. I don't even know what I did to make it start doing it.)
I've tried deleting the track numbers in the "Edit Meta Data" feature in
Audacity and doing it in Windows Media Player, but no matter what I do they
won't. Go. Away. I can change the artist's name (a lot of my music has
"unknown" where the artist's name should be), but I can't remove the
irrelevant numbers. Is there anything I can do to get rid of them
permanently?
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