mp3 tag editor

[Craig White]

On Sun, 2007-12-09 at 11:30 -0700, Matt Graham wrote:
> From: Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com>
> > On Sun, 2007-12-09 at 11:09 -0700, Matt Graham wrote:
> >> IIRC, this all has to do with the type of tag being created.  ID3v1 tags
> >> store the genre as a number, and this number gets looked up in a preset
> >> list.  ID3v2 tags store the genre as a string, which can be freeform.
> >> The tag editor that I like is called tagtool, and is a GNOME app.
> > I've been ripping my DVD's into mp4 on Linux. I tried setting idtags but
> > when I import them into iTunes, it seems the tags are completely
> > discarded.
> 
> How are you setting the tags?  With what program?
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I tried a few, I think I ultimately settled on Kid3
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> 
> > Are you familiar with idtags and mp4 files and iTunes?
> 
> mp4... never used it.  Its tagging scheme is probably completely different
> from the schemes used in mp3s.  Checking the ebuilds gives me only one lead,
> the easytag program.  I would install and try that GTK+ program on a file
> with known good mp4 tags, then try the same program on a file without them,
> and find the differences and correct them/whatever.
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I'll check out easytag...looks similar to kid3

I had to write a script to change an entire directory from .mp4 to .mp3
(and back) to use these things as they completely ignore anything but
an .mp3 file

Thanks

Craig