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Re: In iTunes but not really an iTunes problem

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject Re: In iTunes but not really an iTunes problem
Date 2015-02-09 02:45 +0000
Organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2015-02-09, Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2015.02.08 18:52 , Robert Peirce wrote:
>> I discover I have a CD where the tracks play in the order shown on the
>> cover but when loaded into iTunes the names of the 5ty-9th track move up
>> one.  That is if the tracks actually played A, B, C, D, E, they would
>> appear in iTunes as B, C, D, E, A. I had to manually rename them so the
>> names would match the tunes.
>>
>> I first tried renaming the files on HD but it turns out the track names
>> are stored in the music file itself.  The HD names were ignored.
>>
>> I don't know how common this is.  I have hundreds of CDs in iTunes and
>> this is the first time I noticed it, but I haven't played everything and
>> I usually don't check what is playing against what iTunes says is playing.
>>
>> Has anybody seen this before or might it be a one off?
>
> I've seen it before.
>
> Another issue I have is a song not included on the album but shown as a 
> separate song altogether - not associated with the album from whence it 
> came (I import CD's as a "whole").  Several instances like that.
>
> I tried to "fix" these in iTunes or in the file structure (via Finder) 
> which was fruitless in both cases.

It's definitely possible to fix incorrect ID3 tags in iTunes, and it's
also possible, as I mentioned earlier, to change the tags *before* you
import that CD into iTunes.

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In iTunes but not really an iTunes problem Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2015-02-08 18:52 -0500
  Re: In iTunes but not really an iTunes problem Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-09 00:19 +0000
  Re: In iTunes but not really an iTunes problem Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-08 19:32 -0500
    Re: In iTunes but not really an iTunes problem Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-09 02:45 +0000
      Re: In iTunes but not really an iTunes problem Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-09 09:08 -0500
  Re: In iTunes but not really an iTunes problem dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-02-09 13:50 +1300
    Re: In iTunes but not really an iTunes problem AV3 <arvimide@earthlink.net> - 2015-02-08 22:00 -0500
      Re: In iTunes but not really an iTunes problem dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-02-09 16:23 +1300
        Re: In iTunes but not really an iTunes problem Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2015-02-09 08:04 -0500
          Re: In iTunes but not really an iTunes problem nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-02-09 13:01 -0500
        Re: In iTunes but not really an iTunes problem nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-02-09 10:51 -0700
          Re: In iTunes but not really an iTunes problem dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-02-10 09:40 +1300

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