Won't Write ID3 Tags onto CDS

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Won't Write ID3 Tags onto CDS

I'm a musician in the process of producing my first home made album. I have all the tracks on my Laptop Itunes, but things get a little complicated when I want to burn them onto a blank CD. Burning is a success, but if I take that CD and upload it to another computer's itunes, all the track names have disappeared as well as the artist name, album name, etc...

I tried submitting the track names to the Gracenote database, and this did not solve my problem. I also tried using the File>export button to save the txt file on the blank CD, but this did not solve my problem either.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,

Windows XP

Posted on Aug 21, 2008 9:59 AM

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Answer 1

Steve A.

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Aug 21, 2008 11:09 AM in response to Mapleleaf3

Mapleleaf3 wrote:
I'm a musician in the process of producing my first home made album. I have all the tracks on my Laptop Itunes, but things get a little complicated when I want to burn them onto a blank CD. Burning is a success, but if I take that CD and upload it to another computer's itunes, all the track names have disappeared as well as the artist name, album name, etc...

Audio CDs burned in iTunes are in standard redbook audio format, which does not support ID3 tag information.

You could try burning using CD Text; however, only an audio player capable of reading this information will display the track titles. (a Sony Discman, for example)

Steve

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Mapleleaf3 Author

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Aug 21, 2008 11:33 AM in response to Steve A.

Thanks for the help,

Would you recommend burning it with windows media player or some other kind of burner?

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Paul Judd

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Aug 21, 2008 11:47 AM in response to Mapleleaf3

It wouldn't matter where you burned it. Normal audio CD's do not support tags unless you burn them with CD-TEXT.

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PT

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Aug 21, 2008 11:54 AM in response to Mapleleaf3

If you submitted it to Grace Notes, it might show up after a time. You might try inserting the CD on another computer in a few days and see if it does.
Patrick

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Mapleleaf3 Author

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Aug 21, 2008 7:27 PM in response to PT

Thanks for all the help guys, I just have three more questions:

1) It was stated that regular audio CDs do not support ID3 Tags. What kind of CD would I need to buy that could support the information?

2) Using the File>export button and clicking save in the CD drive is the correct way to put CD text onto the CD, right?

3) Would this CD text be able to be read by other people's Itunes?

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ed2345

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Aug 21, 2008 8:54 PM in response to Mapleleaf3

+"It was stated that regular audio CDs do not support ID3 Tags."+

Correct. If you want the ID3 tags, burn it as an MP3 CD instead of an audio CD.

If you burn as an audio CD, use Advanced > Submit CD Track Names. Then iTunes on other systems will recognize the track names.

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Steve A.

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Aug 25, 2008 10:51 AM in response to Mapleleaf3

Mapleleaf3 wrote:
2) Using the File>export button and clicking save in the CD drive is the correct way to put CD text onto the CD, right?

Preferences > Advanced > Burning (tab)

Under "Audio CD", check "Include CD Text"

Mapleleaf3 wrote:
3) Would this CD text be able to be read by other people's Itunes?

CD-TEXT only allows capable audio players (portable CD players, certain car stereo CD players, etc.) to scroll that information across its display as the track is playing.

For other people's iTunes to be able to retrieve the track listing, it has to be first uploaded into Gracenote's database, once Gracenote processes the information.

Steve

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