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iTune screwing up WAV file data?

I am not sure if i'm doing something wrong or I'm just stupid...

When ever I whip out my computer to start fresh, iTune screws up my WAV files. All WAV files would only show up with track number, song name. All other info is deleted...(such as album name, artist, comments, etc..)

And the only way i know of to get all that info back is to re-rip EVERY CD... It's very time consuming. Made me stomp around the house, slamming doors, and almost made me cry.

Is there a correct procedure to back up all the info on WAV files? (I guess that's called metadata?)

I haven't tried it (because I'm affraid that I might be wrong) really dont want to go through all this again. But am I suppose to File--> Export...--> and save the Music.xml file. Then when I have to start fresh again, go to File--> Import.

But is that before or after I choose "Add Folder to Library"??

I hope I'm making sense...
spoolyt
elf73
104 posts
 
Oh one more thing, to save time when you are tagging.. lets say you have an album with 10 tracks. Click on track one, move cursor down to track 10, press shift button, then click/highlight track ten.... all tracks will be highlighted.

Right click on highlighted area, go to "info" amd change all at once.

I like to use "cover flow" display. It's like having LPs. You can get artwork off of Amazon. Just google the album and drag the cover art to desktop and then to "artwork" section in "info"..

YOu might already know all this, then forgive me for being a know-it-all.

Cover flow display looks awesome and you can get to your music a lot quicker.
elf73
104 posts
 
OK.. sorry to be long winded.. but you don't have to re-rip all your CDs unless you smashed your computer already.

Go to itunes preferences > advance tab > importing > choose AIFF or Lossless > check all boxes below > OK

Go back to you music > highlight all your tracks > go to advanced tab > and it will say "convert selection to .....(whatever you chose"..

Then redo all the tagging.
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sufentanil
782 posts
 
Welcome to the frustration of using WAV files. This is why I no longer use WAV but rather other lossless formats (I personally use FLAC, but it's not well supported in iTunes). And it is why I cannot recommend the use of WAV. WAV does not have standard ways of identifying the artist, album, genre, etc. Note that I say "does not have standard ways". Each software has its own method for embedding that information in WAV. What software did you use to rip them? If it was something besides iTunes, try going back to that software and convert them to another format that preserves the tags.

Sorry for the frustration.
spoolyt OP
20 posts
 
Well, I used iTunes to rip the WAV...
I just like the fact that I can always go to a lower format from WAV. Somehow knowing that I preserved the most info possible comforts me...

One thing i do know, when iTunes ask to re-organize/rename your files, click NO!!! when iTunes does that, thats when it screws up all the info!!!
spoolyt OP
20 posts
 
I am soooo ready to smash my HP laptop! My LCD screen is busted, I cannot display color correctly. Things that should be black, turns to a solid green, right now it's even hard for me to read text. and i have mutiple vertical lines goes across the screeen... So I will have to import all my file to new laptop sooner or later...

When I have time, i'm gonna piece together a computer from all the spare parts i have sitting around. Copy all my music onto its hardrive and try a few different ways to preseve the info/data when migrating/re-constitute/re-install everything... I guess i'll let y'all know what happens.
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