Can i-tunes display fIle names in the columns

i-tunes has a vast list of columns to choose from right from album, artist,genre ,rating etc..
However, how can I display the original file name in a column?

dell precision m6300, Windows Vista, X64 bit OS - 8 Gb ram ,IPOD Classic 120 GB , Always latest i-tunes

Posted on Dec 10, 2009 1:56 AM

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turingtest2

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Dec 15, 2009 11:46 AM in response to turingtest2

Oops, that MediaMonkey link should have been http://www.mediamonkey.com

tt2

Tharakesh Author

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Dec 15, 2009 11:05 PM in response to Chris CA

Chris,

Yes. These are the tags for all the 150 songs. But the file name of the mp3 file is correct.Thats the reason i wanted to see the file name in a column. The vlx script worked very well to show the file name in the description column.Thats a cool utility.

Your tip for dragging the songs to the correct position was a good one. Incase I wanted to number the tracks, what is the best way you suggest? Why should we not do this inside a playlist?

Tharakesh Author

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Dec 15, 2009 11:08 PM in response to turingtest2

turingtest2,

Thanks for the mediamonkey link. Will sure give a try. Doing a 'getinfo' for each file is a big pain in the neck 🙂

At the moment, the vlx script proved to be very handy. This script shows the file name and path in the description column.

Chris CA

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Dec 16, 2009 8:36 AM in response to Tharakesh

Incase I wanted to number the tracks, what is the best way you suggest?

Get info and renumber them

Why should we not do this inside a playlist?

If you change any song info anywhere in iTunes, it will change the song info everywhere.
If the track numbers are correct and you change them in the playlist you added them to, it will mess them up under the album they are in.

ed2345

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Dec 16, 2009 10:50 AM in response to Tharakesh

Tharakesh wrote:

Thanks for the mediamonkey link. Will sure give a try.

Tharakesh,

While you are reading up on MediaMonkey, you might appreciate this article from last week's PC World => Music Organizer MediaMonkey Runs Rings Around iTunes.

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