[lug] Patching metadata in audiofiles

[Michael Hirsch]

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 6:40 AM, Elyse M. Grasso
<emgrasso at data-raptors.com> wrote:
> I've got a bunch of cds -- mostly purchased from very small sources like
> directly from the performers -- that turn out to have missing or broken
> metadata when I rip them and try play them with Rockbox on  my Sansa MP3
> player or in Amarok.  (I used the built-in KDE functions to translate the wav
> files to mp3s or ogg files.)
>
> Can anyone recommend a preferred tool for patching audio file metadata?

I usually just do it in Amarok.  It lets me change common data one.
So I can correct the artist name in all the mislabeled songs
simultaneously, then step through the files one at a time to rix the
title.  Also, if the filename has the data in a standard format,
Amarok will guess the metadata for you and save it back to the mp3
file.

I don't know that it is any better than any other solution, but if you
are already using Amarok it is quite convenient.

Michael