[audacity4blind] Re: Can't delete track numbers wh editing meta data
- From: Sharni-Lee Ward <sharni-lee.ward@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 04:21:50 +0930
I import the files to amplify the sound as well, as the person I got the music
from often supplied tracks that were quieter than they would have been on a
studio album.
I don't intend on messing with the track numbers of any of my professional
albums. It's just the unordered stuff that was compiled into CDs for me that I
want to change the data for. Some of these discs had repeated tracks and ones I
didn't like, which I deleted (I never do this with professional albums except
for compilations). So the track numbers are irrelevant.
Is this program you suggested free?
From: tickleberryfun@xxxxxxxxx
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Can't delete track numbers wh editing meta data
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!
RobbieFrom: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sharni-Lee Ward
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 4:25 AM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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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