iTunes and Song Names

• Tokiko wrote on 2010-11-09 05:58
  So some certain songs on iTunes are displayed as Band-Song like for Example "Saetia - Some Natures Catch No Plagues" instead of being "Some Natures Catch No Plagues"
  Of course when I play it gets fixed but a lot of my favorite songs are like these and when I re-update my music library it reverts back to Band-Song.
  Like is there any way to fix it?
  I know there's programs that claim they can fix it and I'm very careful when it comes to this because I devoted about 2-3 years getting as many songs as I have right now.
  So has anyone else had this problem and how do I solve it?
  Thanks
  :T_T:
• Andy-Buddy wrote on 2010-11-09 07:30
  Manually check if the song is named that, then change it?
• Pocoyo wrote on 2010-11-09 09:34
  Have you tried right-clicking on the song name and clicking "Get Track Name"?
• Legault wrote on 2010-11-09 10:48
  I right-click and then click "Get Info". Then you just fill it out yourself.
  ...at least that's what I do. ._.
• Pocoyo wrote on 2010-11-10 09:25
  If you go down further there is "Get Track Name" option, it connects iTunes to something and gets the track name.
  
  EDIT: Lol, just realized thats only for Songs imported by CD.
• Adelynn wrote on 2010-11-10 16:35

  Quote from Legault;209599:

  I right-click and then click "Get Info". Then you just fill it out yourself.
  ...at least that's what I do. ._.

  
  
  This is what I do also, since a lot of the music I like I don't really have access to in the ways I'd like. 8D;
• theinsomnianiac wrote on 2010-11-13 02:26

  Quote from Mozendo;209495:

  So some certain songs on iTunes are displayed as Band-Song like for Example "Saetia - Some Natures Catch No Plagues" instead of being "Some Natures Catch No Plagues"
  Of course when I play it gets fixed but a lot of my favorite songs are like these and when I re-update my music library it reverts back to Band-Song.

  
  
  Firstly hello :D
  
  Secondly, this is because, when iTunes plays a file, it uses the tags embedded in your files to recognise the correct format so, at that point, it will display the right information. However, it doesn't change the name of the actual file on your HDD. So, if you kept iTunes on forever without updating your library, iTunes would keep the correct formatting but, when you re-update your library, iTunes has to recatalogue all the original files &, at that point, it doesn't use the embedded tag data, it just references the actual file name as it is on your HDD & so it reverts back to displaying the wrong info.
  
  

  Quote from Mozendo;209495:

  
  Like is there any way to fix it?

  
  
  Yes - well there are two ways. (Personally I don't like the first one but I'll tell you about it anyway)
  
  The first is to let iTunes organise your music files - you may have seen this option in the iTunes preferences
  
  You go to Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced
  
  & choose this option:
  
  

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  This will allow iTunes to rename your files on your HDD thus solving the problem that happens when you re-update and it has to recatalogue the files. The reason I don't like this is that, if you happen to add any music that isn't tagged properly, it won't be displayed properly & it could change the way some of your already added music is displayed - music that you already have organised the way you like it. (&, as it sounds like you feel the same about your music collection as I do about mine, I doubt you would like this option either - still it is an option)
  
  The second option is to use a program to rename your files yourself according to the embedded tags.
  
  Now I am aware you said this;
  
  

  Quote from Mozendo;209495:

  
  I know there's programs that claim they can fix it and I'm very careful when it comes to this because I devoted about 2-3 years getting as many songs as I have right now.
  So has anyone else had this problem and how do I solve it?
  Thanks
  

  
  
  & I know exactly how you feel - my music collection is very important to me & I am extremely cautious about what I will & won't allow near it. Besides, when it comes to programs that claim to fix things, you are right to be careful - the ones you see advertising themselves everywhere online are usually the ones you should avoid like the plague!
  
  Luckily though, as well as being obsessive about my music files, I am also a bit keen on finding good free software. I have spent many years researching and trying out all sorts of programs and have gathered an excellent collection of applications for almost every purpose & problem you could think of - including this one :D
  
  So I highly recommend using TagScanner - it's a free software that I've used for many years and it allows you to do many things - rename your files according to the tags, edit the tags, generate tags from the filenames, look up the file info online and many many more functions. Everything you do can be previewed first to see what any changes would look like & everything can be undone. It is seriously worth taking a look at and, if you use it to rename your files based on the tag information, then re-update your iTunes library, the correct file info should be displayed permanently.
  
  You can find TagScanner here: The Ultimate TagScanner: News
  
  HTH
  
  Take care
  
  g.x
• Tokiko wrote on 2010-11-17 06:57
  Thanks theinsomnianiac that post was really helpful.
  I have over 400 songs that are band - song so doing it manually would been so a pain.
  But now all I have to do is remove the duplicates.
  Thank you [:
• theinsomnianiac wrote on 2010-11-19 00:44
  No worries , happy I could help :)
  
  Besides, I firmly believe that no'one should have to suffer the tedium of mass-manual file renaming (well, not unless they want to anyway :D)
  
  Which reminds me, TagScanner really is excellent but it does only deal with music files so, if you have any other tedious file renaming tasks that you'd rather not do manually, then you might want to try LupasRename. (it's another app from my must-have list, I've used it for years & I highly recommend it)
  
  It can rename files and folders & it copes with pretty much any filetype you can think of - (I've not found anything it couldn't deal with in all the years I've been using it) . It's freeware - of course ;) - &, despite being packed full of very impressive features, it is incredibly simple to use.
  
  Here is just part of the feature list from the developers website:
  
  

  Here are a few features to help you rename the files:
  
  

  
  
  • Rename files and folders
    
  • Rename files in recursive subdirectories
    
  • Shell Integration (right click on a folder in the explorer to start LupasRename on these folder)
    
  • Instant Preview (Optional)
    
  • Undo the last rename operation
    
  • Make a Batch file to rename from a DOS Console
    
  • Make a Batch file for UNDO operation from a DOS Console
    
  • Save and Load your options into an INI File
    
  • Filter by any masks: *.mp3;*.mp2 or ???a*.txt...
    
  • Load/Edit a Text Files in a Small Editor to help renaming files
    
  • Sort Ascendent/Descendent by any column (name, path, size...)
    
  • It display the next columns:
    
    
    
    • Name
      
    • Path
      
    • Size
      
    • Type
      
    • Ext
      
    • Creation Date
      
    • Modification Date
      
    • Accessed Date
      
    • Attributes
      
    
    
    
  • Replace the name by any text
    
  • Replace a substring by other with Matchcase Optional
    
  • Crop n Chars (Left and/or Right)
    
  • Insert any string before and/or after the Filename
    
  • Convert to Upper Case (filename)
    
  • Convert to Lower Case (filename)
    
  • Convert to Upper only the First Letter Of Any Word (filename)
    
  • Convert to Lower oNLY tHE fIRST lLETTER (filename)
    
  • Replace the extension by any text
    
  • Replace a substring by other with Matchcase Optional in Extension
    
  • Crop n Chars in Extension (Left and/or Right)
    
  • Insert any string before/after the extension
    
  • Convert to Upper Case (extension)
    
  • Convert to Lower Case (extension)
    
  • Convert to Upper only the First Letter Of Any Word (extension)
    
  • Convert to Lower oNLY tHE fIRST lLETTER (extension)
    
  • Remove the accent symbols
    
  • Support for autorename the Display Comic Reader extensions
    
  • Autonumbering in any place of the name or extension of the filename (Optional autostart by Folder in recursive mode)
    
    
    
    • Starting at any number
      
    • Incrementing by any number (positive or negative)
      
    • Adding n zeros to the number
      
    • In Decimal, Hexadecimal, Octal, Binary, Excel Mode and Manual Excel Mode formats
      
    
    
    
  • Also With TAGS it supports any Base Number
    
  • Option to view folders or not
    
  • Option to work with folders as files or not
    
  • Option to view files or not
    
  • Option to remember the Last Path
    
  • Option to remember Windows position and size
    
  • The Main Window is sizable
    
  • It allow a couple of languages
    

  
  

  & the list goes on - seriously, even if you hardly ever need to use it, it's a great bit of kit to have at your disposal - especially as it is completely free :D
  
  You can download it from the developers' site here
  
  HTH,
  Take care,
  
  g.x