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[Manabi]

You can use a program, such as the free Mp3Tag, to edit the ID info embedded in the file. They have versions for Windows (there's even an old version that works back to Windows 95!) and Mac OSX. It's easy to use.

Renaming the files is a good idea, though. If something happens and the ID data gets wiped, you'll still know what it is. You can always dig up the rest of the info from that.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by koland

I start by ALWAYS changing the name of the file - I use the artist or composer's name, a dash, then the piece name (album first if there is one). Then, I can at least look it up if I get interested in fixing the ID Tags. Which I sometimes do, but not on all the freebies, as some get deleted, eventually.

I then move music to one of two directories (one local, the other on my NAS) and every time I start Media Monkey it scans those directories (and iTunes, etc) to see if there is anything new. If there is, it gets added to its database. I then use Media Monkey to search for music, just as I use Calibre for books.

Originally Posted by Manabi

You can use a program, such as the free Mp3Tag, to edit the ID info embedded in the file. They have versions for Windows (there's even an old version that works back to Windows 95!) and Mac OSX. It's easy to use.

Renaming the files is a good idea, though. If something happens and the ID data gets wiped, you'll still know what it is. You can always dig up the rest of the info from that.

Both of you have given me lots of help. I don't know why I didn't think about this need when I first started downloading music (not associated with iTunes, et al.).

Others, feel free to chime in. I'm still working on a plan.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Manabi

You can use a program, such as the free Mp3Tag, to edit the ID info embedded in the file. They have versions for Windows (there's even an old version that works back to Windows 95!) and Mac OSX. It's easy to use.

Renaming the files is a good idea, though. If something happens and the ID data gets wiped, you'll still know what it is. You can always dig up the rest of the info from that.

I just re-read your post. For some reason, it didn't hit me the first time that I read it. Is there ID info embedded in every sound file? If so, it must be hidden. I am vaguely familiar with exif files in digital photos, which are embedded in all of them (I suppose, unless there is a way to disable it) somehow. They contain metadata. But I suppose that it takes special equipment and/or software to reveal the info? How about with sound files if they have info embedded in them? It seems like it will take something like that for me to go back now and identify the music files that I've already downloaded . . . . I can't see any other practical way . . . .

[cromag]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

I just re-read your post. For some reason, it didn't hit me the first time that I read it. Is there ID info embedded in every sound file? If so, it must be hidden. I am vaguely familiar with exif files in digital photos, which are embedded in all of them (I suppose, unless there is a way to disable it) somehow. They contain metadata. But I suppose that it takes special equipment and/or software to reveal the info? How about with sound files if they have info embedded in them? It seems like it will take something like that for me to go back now and identify the music files that I've already downloaded . . . . I can't see any other practical way . . . .

Not every sound file can incorporate tags -- for instance, WAV files don't support tags -- but tags are part of the specification for the MP3 file format. They can be edited with the appropriate software.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ID3

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by cromag

Not every sound file can incorporate tags -- for instance, WAV files don't support tags -- but tags are part of the specification for the MP3 file format. They can be edited with the appropriate software.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ID3

Thanks. Several more pieces of information. I'll need to experiment, taking what y'all have mentioned.

[GtrsRGr8]

Thursday's classical freebie from YourClassical is Frederic Chopin's Etude No. 3, Op.10.

It comes from a Naxos album entitled, The Romantic Chopin - A Celebration of Chopin's Most Romantic Music.

The Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice performs the works on the album, along with Idil Biret on the piano on at least some of the pieces. Robert Stankovsky is the conductor. There is lots more information about the entire album on Naxos' dedicated webpage for the album. I encourage you to do some exploring and reading of that webpage and its links.

On this dedicated YourClassical webpage for the free piece, you can stream the 4 minute, 34 second piece and/or download it. Downloading this MP3 piece is simply a matter of clicking on the "Direct MP3 download link" on that webpage.

Of course, all of you are waiting anxiously to learn my expert opinion of the piece, right? (ha) In all honesty, it doesn't sound much like romantic music to me, especially because of the piano part. If this is part of Chopin's "Most Romantic Music," then I would have to say that he didn't write much of it.

[Manabi]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Thanks. Several more pieces of information. I'll need to experiment, taking what y'all have mentioned.

Since I know you download FLAC files from Naxos, those also support ID3 and Mp3Tag can edit the tags for them too.

[pdops]

Originally Posted by Manabi

Since I know you download FLAC files from Naxos, those also support ID3 and Mp3Tag can edit the tags for them too.

Thanks for the info. I installed Mp3Tag and it seems that the mp3 files downloaded from the "Direct MP3 download link" on YourClassical webpages do not have tags. Can anyone confirm what I'm seeing?

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by pdops

Thanks for the info. I installed Mp3Tag and it seems that the mp3 files downloaded from the "Direct MP3 download link" on YourClassical webpages do not have tags. Can anyone confirm what I'm seeing?

Yup. You'd have to type in your own tags. All I see is the bitrate, length, etc., not title or orchestra or composer.

[pdops]

Originally Posted by Catlady

Yup. You'd have to type in your own tags. All I see is the bitrate, length, etc., not title or orchestra or composer.

Oh well I'll just continue renaming the files as I download them. Thanks for taking a look.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8;3435915
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you[/B] for something, however. It has to do with labelling the classical music files and keeping them organized (e.g., everything by Tchaikovsky in one folder, everything by Dvorak in another folder, etc.)
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I was going through my recent audio downloads to look more into the file names to see what kind of information might lie there. Here are two observations, for what they're worth:
1) Downloads from some of the providers have some truly helpful information in their file names. First, I make reference to my post #1136 on this thread, pertaining to Alexander Street giveaways. One of the free movements was Am Rebenstocke blinket jetzt. The downloaded file name is "1. Die Jahreszeiten - Am Rebensctocke blinket jetzt [Joseph Haydn] - 1m0s.mp3". So, I've got the composer's name (Joseph Haydn), the name of the composition (Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons)), and the name of the movement (Am Rebenstocke blinket jetzt). I might be able to live with no more information than that. I noticed that another provider also had quite a bit of useful data in their file names.
2) YourClassical is not one of the providers that gives much helpful information in their file names--at least in an obvious way. That's unfortunate, since we get more giveaways from them than probably anyone else (remember that some of the providers which don't have daily giveaways, do give more pieces when they do make their giveaways. For example, you can get two complete albums from Naxos each month). However, I've noticed that in the file names there is an 8-digit number. Checking the last few files from YourClassical, I notice that there is the number "2016," followed by four other numbers. Hmmmm . . . could it be the number "2016" indicates the year that the giveaway was made? The odds of it, I would think, are extremely high. I'm going to do some investigation about the last four digits of the 8-digit number and see if they can provide any help (like being a catalog number? That might be too good to ask for. But, if so, there may be some information that we can learn from that).

BTW--Koland, on her blog (a really good one, by the way), more or less simultaneously posts the same free piece as YourClassical's, but they come from publicradio.org (there is some kind of arrangement in which YourClassical, publicradio.org, and Minnesota Public Radio, and maybe others, all make a post of the same piece everyday--that's about all that I know about it), instead. I noticed that the file name from publicradio.org is the same as from YourClassical and, if I was a bettin' man (which I'm not), I would bet the farm that you would find the file name for them to be the same, too. I say all of that really to say, if you're aware of this arrangement between the three or more organizations, you probably needn't bother seeing if their file names yield anymore informaton.

The downside, if the above pans out, is that I'm going to have to block off on my calendar a couple of weekends to re-label the files, not to mention get them organized. It would have been so much better if I just had been doing this all along, as I got new classical freebies . . . .

Gotta go.

[Red Falcon]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Thursday's classical freebie from YourClassical is Frederic Chopin's Etude No. 3, Op.10.

It comes from a Naxos album entitled, The Romantic Chopin - A Celebration of Chopin's Most Romantic Music.

The Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice performs the works on the album, along with Idil Biret on the piano on at least some of the pieces. Robert Stankovsky is the conductor. There is lots more information about the entire album on Naxos' dedicated webpage for the album. I encourage you to do some exploring and reading of that webpage and its links.

On this dedicated YourClassical webpage for the free piece, you can stream the 4 minute, 34 second piece and/or download it. Downloading this MP3 piece is simply a matter of clicking on the "Direct MP3 download link" on that webpage.

Of course, all of you are waiting anxiously to learn my expert opinion of the piece, right? (ha) In all honesty, it doesn't sound much like romantic music to me, especially because of the piano part. If this is part of Chopin's "Most Romantic Music," then I would have to say that he didn't write much of it.

Chopin is most defintly Romantic. The name Romantic in classical music denotes the period of music it is in. Most people, myself included, that are into Classical music consider him one of the greatest piano composers of all-time. His minuature piano pieces are IMO some of the most beautiful music the human race has ever created.

I will try to devote some time to provide some background information for the free pieces GtrsRGr8 highlights here. If you want I can toss some links on here that has a lot of information about classical music so you can learn more about this art form.

[TrevorViking]

Nine free Christmas albums from Microsoft digital, today only.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/stor...holiday_albums

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by TrevorViking

Nine free Christmas albums from Microsoft digital, today only.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/stor...holiday_albums

Great find, thanks. Got 5 of 'em.

[Conan46]

Originally Posted by TrevorViking

Nine free Christmas albums from Microsoft digital, today only.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/stor...holiday_albums

Nice! Thanks!