It seems to me that personal computing really took off around 1990/1991, when people started getting the Internet. Many of my CDs are before that time. I expected the soundtracks for Trainspotting or Run Lola Run, or a couple of the newer CDs, to have been encoded so that their information could be read; but they all come up with ‘Track 01’, ‘Track 02’, etc. and when I click ‘Get Info’ I still have to enter everything manually.
I haven’t ripped any older CD’s in about two years or so but I seem to recall that if you filled in the title of the CD or group that there was a search function that would look for the track names in the iTunes database and fill them in for you.
Aha! Maybe I should connect to the Internet next session.
You must be doing something wrong or listening to REALLY obscure music. I have yet to find a CD that was not on one of the internet CD data bases. Most of my music was recorded before 1990.
Bad Religion, Suicidal Tendencies, Social Distortion, Frank Sinatra, soundracks for Tank Girl, Trainspotting and Run Lola Run, Wall Of Voodoo, Kate Bush, Karl Zero, Specials, The Stranglers, and The Kinks so far.
I’ll try connecting to the Intenet when I start again. Next up: Throbbing Gristle.
Okay, I found Get CD Track Names under the Advanced tab. Too late for Throbbing Gristle, but it worked for Oingo Boingo.
The data bases are on the internet. I have Social Distortion’s first couple of discs and they are on the data bases I use. I don’t use Itunes but it definitely has this feature or I am sure I would have heard about it in one of the apple suxxors vs window$ suxxors debates.
Both iTunes and WMP song/album lookup sucks and don’t find all of my CDs. Their settings are also cryptic and non-intuitive. I ended up buying the retail version of WinAmp and have had a MUCH more pleasant experience ripping since then.
I listen to some goddawful music, and It’s never ceased to amaze me that let alone some other soul out there actually likes the same crap I do, but they took the time to meticulously type all the song info into CDDB.
Johnny LA, give the iTunes “Get CD Track Names” another chance.
Oh yeah, congrats on your new Powerbook.
No, seriously, give it another chance. Highlight all the tracks labeled “track 01…etc.” and try again. Even if the CD is no longer in the CD drive, it’ll find the CD info (i.e., Throbbing Gristle should come up after the fact, as well as all your tracks, none of that stuff is so obscure as to not be in CDDB).
No, seriously. That’s what I did from Oingo Boingo onward, to good results. It even had Mermaid Lounge.
Yet another, satisfied iTunes customer. I filed my rebate card today, count me among the satisfied.