MP3 metadata info?

[YanKleber]

Every time I render a song to MP3 format I have to fill in all the MP3 metadata. Currently the only way I know to do this is by loading the song into Winamp, then right-click the track in the playlist, choose the option 'view file info' and fill in the forms. I am sure that this is probably the dumb way to deal with it though.

I wouldn't care to do that once for each track (as I would have to do it anyway) but the problem is that if I need to re-render a song I have to enter all the info again.

There is any place (or a plugin or whatever) in Reaper where I can enter MP3 metadata and keep it there so I don't have to fill it up again and again? Or maybe some kind of application to manage tunes metadata?

Thanks!

 

[bouldersoundguy]

I don't know if there's a way to retain that info, but you don't have to open the file in Winamp. In WinXP I just right-click on the file, select Properties, click the Summary tab, click the Advanced button and enter the data.

 

[YanKleber]

I don't know if there's a way to retain that info, but you don't have to open the file in Winamp. In WinXP I just right-click on the file, select Properties, click the Summary tab, click the Advanced button and enter the data.

Cool, thanks for the info!



It would be nice if we could keep a database of our tunes in production then in case of re-render the song it would just browse the file, select its profile and apply the data. I am surprised that there is not an application to do that. I had googling around and couldn't find any.

 

[YanKleber]

I think that the application should be something to "backup and restore MP3 tags".

 

[bouldersoundguy]

Cool, thanks for the info!



It would be nice if we could keep a database of our tunes in production then in case of re-render the song it would just browse the file, select its profile and apply the data. I am surprised that there is not an application to do that. I had googling around and couldn't find any.

You could put it in a small text document and paste it back into the summary.

 

[YanKleber]

I found it. The name is MP3 TAG RESTORE.

Basically it is an application to backup/restore mp3 tags that stores the data into an MDB database, so anyone that has MS-Office or Libre Office will be fine.

The program is a bit ackward (and ugly) but it is simple once you learn how to use it. I spent about 5 minutes making a couple tests to understand it.

For whose be interested:

Download program Tag Backup & Restore by Keve Zoller

Enjoy!

 

[fat_fleet]

I found it. The name is MP3 TAG RESTORE.

Basically it is an application to backup/restore mp3 tags that stores the data into an MDB database, so anyone that has MS-Office or Libre Office will be fine.

The program is a bit ackward (and ugly) but it is simple once you learn how to use it. I spent about 5 minutes making a couple tests to understand it.

For whose be interested:

Download program Tag Backup & Restore by Keve Zoller

Enjoy!

Is it really that much faster than just, you know, entering a few fields over again?

 

[Armistice]

For some reason I've yet to work out some of my tunes in Win Explorer don't actually give me access to the meta data...

I use a freebie program called MP3 Stamper anyway, from memory.

 

[YanKleber]

Is it really that much faster than just, you know, entering a few fields over again?

Well, for me it is. It may be simple just to re-enter the text if you are dealing with a single song. But what if are several ones? Also beside the fact that I hate to keep redoing things I think that there is not a point to keep memorizing things if a program can do it for me.



And on a side note, I, personally, have a big problem on memorize things -- really really REALLY bad memory.

 

[YanKleber]

I use a freebie program called MP3 Stamper anyway, from memory.

Yeah, I know this one... it is similar to Mp3Tag. But they both are just forms to allow you to enter info. They don't backup data if you need to reuse it again later.