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Why Should I Slave Over CD Tags?
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When you tag a CD, the data is stored in the iTunes Music Library database, so that when you put the CD back in the drive, it will remember exactly how you tagged it in the first place.
If you perfect your CD tags before ripping, instead of correcting the music files after, you won't have to do it again if you need to re-rip a CD. This happens--Hard-drive failure, the decision to rip at a higher or lower bit rate, etc.
If you have correctly tagged the CD, upon re-ripping, you will notice an additional benefit. Because the song name and album name, etc. match existing files, you will be asked if you want to replace the files in the library. If you say "Yes", the songs will be ripped, the tags, including artwork, from the old files will be attached, and you'll have a mess-free update of existing songs.
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by japester on Jun 22 | 12:00 am
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Refresh Smart Playlists Using AppleScript
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Let's say that you have a bunch of smart playlists that choose a certain number of random songs of a given genre (or grouping) from your iTunes library. Let's also say that these are synched with your iPod, and thus you would like to automatically refresh those smart playlists, say, once a week so you always have fresh music on yer 'pod. Just set this AS to run once a week using, for example, `crontab` in Terminal:
set playlist_list to {"names", "of", "smart", "playlists", "to", "refresh"}
tell application "iTunes"
repeat with the_playlist in playlist_list
delete (tracks in (first playlist whose name is the_playlist))
end repeat
end tell
For more information, visit this thread on Apple's iTunes discussion page: "refresh smart playlists?"
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by ek on May 25 | 8:00 am
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