tidying up itunes

footfootfoot · 11-14-2010, 10:01 PM

I am trying out TidySongs to see if it can help clear out some of the 2000 duplicate songs I have and find ID for another 1800 "track 01" songs.

I'll report back.

casimendocina · 11-15-2010, 01:29 AM

Do that.

HungLikeJesus · 11-15-2010, 07:27 AM

When you're done, can you do mine?

footfootfoot · 11-15-2010, 08:52 AM

Had some problems with tidysongs so I am trying tuneup comapnion. IT is working a little better but is still slower than death

jimhelm · 11-15-2010, 12:52 PM

WELL?

Cloud · 11-15-2010, 12:55 PM

how did you get 2000 duplicates?

Spexxvet · 11-15-2010, 01:53 PM

1,000 songs, ripped twice.

HungLikeJesus · 11-15-2010, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Had some problems with tidysongs so I am trying tuneup comapnion. IT is working a little better but is still slower than death

That's why it's called "coma-pnion," which means slower than death.

classicman · 11-15-2010, 02:22 PM

I thought it was death with an onion.

footfootfoot · 11-15-2010, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimhelm

WELL?

Jury is still out. I may have to buy the damned software to try all of its purported features. The trial is hobbled.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud

how did you get 2000 duplicates?

upon closer inspection I have 8080 dupes. That happens when you rip cds twice by accident, when you accidentally add your backup drive to your music library, when your friend comes over to help you clean up your computer and ends up leaving a bunch of music behind, there are lots of ways.

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

That's why it's called "coma-pnion," which means slower than death.

Don't mock the afflicted. I know, I know it should be coma-pñon but I was too lazy to look up the alt key.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-16-2010, 02:28 AM

Making room for all those Beatles songs you can but from iTunes?

footfootfoot · 11-17-2010, 05:39 PM

tidysongs pretty much blows donkeys. The trial version gives you 50 free "clean ups" and I did 28. 28 songs out of 28, all with a 99% confidence level, were wrong. They were so far out as to confuse Chet Baker with A.Z. and some unknown electronica group with "The Band."

They do have an undo feature which I thought was nice except it only undid the renaming of the tracks, not the erroneous album name, group name, and album art. The other problem was that every unknown song that had been "Track 01" became "bonus track." After the undo "Bonus Track" became "Unknown Track."

So, on a scale from 1 to 10, I would say the software is a big, steamy pile of shit.

Maybe I will try tuneup media.

Flint · 12-19-2010, 09:03 PM

I've been doing this by hand. I am trying a file renamer to tag sets of music acquired at different rates, etc. and I will report back on that. My idea is that this thing can be used to identify different categories of music by key characters in the filename, while I drag them all together and eliminate dupes one at a time.

Reading back through that it probably doesn't make any sense...

limey · 12-20-2010, 02:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

I've been doing this by hand. I am trying a file renamer to tag sets of music acquired at different rates, etc. and I will report back on that. My idea is that this thing can be used to identify different categories of music by key characters in the filename, while I drag them all together and eliminate dupes one at a time.

Reading back through that it probably doesn't make any sense...

HUH?

footfootfoot · 12-20-2010, 10:26 AM

I just had dinner with the 25 yo son of a friend. He is a programmer and he told me I should learn to write software. "It's easy, you'd be good at it."

Why do so many people tell me that? What makes one good at writing software?

Anyway, his idea is to come over and teach me to write software some afternoon. (I'm like, wtf?)

11-14-2010, 10:01 PM	#1
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	tidying up itunes I am trying out TidySongs to see if it can help clear out some of the 2000 duplicate songs I have and find ID for another 1800 "track 01" songs. I'll report back. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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11-15-2010, 08:52 AM	#4
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Had some problems with tidysongs so I am trying tuneup comapnion. IT is working a little better but is still slower than death __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

11-15-2010, 12:52 PM	#5
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	WELL? __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

11-15-2010, 12:55 PM	#6
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	how did you get 2000 duplicates? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-15-2010, 01:29 AM	#2
casimendocina Professor Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,622	Do that.

11-15-2010, 01:53 PM	#7
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	1,000 songs, ripped twice. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

11-15-2010, 02:22 PM	#9
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I thought it was death with an onion. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

11-16-2010, 02:28 AM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Making room for all those Beatles songs you can but from iTunes? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-17-2010, 05:39 PM	#12
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	tidysongs pretty much blows donkeys. The trial version gives you 50 free "clean ups" and I did 28. 28 songs out of 28, all with a 99% confidence level, were wrong. They were so far out as to confuse Chet Baker with A.Z. and some unknown electronica group with "The Band." They do have an undo feature which I thought was nice except it only undid the renaming of the tracks, not the erroneous album name, group name, and album art. The other problem was that every unknown song that had been "Track 01" became "bonus track." After the undo "Bonus Track" became "Unknown Track." So, on a scale from 1 to 10, I would say the software is a big, steamy pile of shit. Maybe I will try tuneup media. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-19-2010, 09:03 PM	#13
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I've been doing this by hand. I am trying a file renamer to tag sets of music acquired at different rates, etc. and I will report back on that. My idea is that this thing can be used to identify different categories of music by key characters in the filename, while I drag them all together and eliminate dupes one at a time. Reading back through that it probably doesn't make any sense... __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

12-20-2010, 10:26 AM	#15
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I just had dinner with the 25 yo son of a friend. He is a programmer and he told me I should learn to write software. "It's easy, you'd be good at it." Why do so many people tell me that? What makes one good at writing software? Anyway, his idea is to come over and teach me to write software some afternoon. (I'm like, wtf?) __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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