I-Tunes Question

[matéo]

Is there a way I can tag and rate tracks in i tunes on one computer, throw the tracks on a usb flash drive, upload them to another computer while still keeping that data??

[dj_soo]

id3 tags are saved to the file itself. so yes - tag em in you computer and load em up in another and the tagging will appear in another.

[matéo]

so evn when u rate them with the stars? I swear I tryed this the other day and it didnt work. :(

[cubed]

It should store in Id3 tag like terence said.

[omega_image]

might have something to do with different versions of itunes, but i could be talking out of my ass.

[dj_soo]

depends - i think that itunes stars work differently than for instance, windows media player tags...

also, there 5 different versions of tags as well and like adam said, different versions of itunes might cause problems.

what are you trying to do? play serato off a usb drive through itunes?

[stringbeans]

check the id3 spec, it might not support a "rating" so the rating you see in itunes might be application specific

[omega_image]

^bingo. that's probably it

[EDIT]: that is it, since you can only edit the rating via the itunes front end (rather than doing it in the file info)

[matéo]

basically i d/l a bunch of tunes, import them into i tunes rate them. move them to a usb to transfer to another pc. The Itunes on the pc im transferring to is setup with smartplaylists (3 stars b/w 100-230 bpm etc) however these new tunes I've imported don't have any of that info with them.

check the id3 spec, it might not support a "rating" so the rating you see in itunes might be application specific

Trying to get my head around what this means. plz explain.

[dj_soo]

it's likely that itunes does not save ratings to the track and only to the itunes database. However, if you're using smart playlists, why don't you just create a playlist using the range of bpms that you want.:)

[matéo]

I do use a playlist with the range of bpms but I also have playlists which have the bpm range as well as the star rating. As an example 3 stars may represent opening tracks only and I may include bpm range from 100-110 as a rule. If I cant copy the star rating than I guess only the bpm rule will work. I guess this is why people use the comments field rather than the ratings.

[dj_soo]

or you could start rating the stars after copying. That's probably your best bet. I find itunes great for managing a single library in a single location, but once you try syncing multiple drives, computers, or libraries, you really need to develop a good system to avoid the headaches.

[matéo]

Yeah for sure! Thnx for the help again.