WAV files and ID3 Tag Info Trouble
Over the years I’ve accumulated approximately 1,400 music CDs. I would like to rip all of them into uncompressed WAV format and then convert them if/as needed into an alternate format.
To this point, I’ve used iTunes to rip 333 CDs which equates to 2,949 songs and 116GB of data. I thought it would eat more harddrive space than that, but that's where things are at. I have 4 terrabytes, so space isn't a problem.
When I rip a CD into WAV format and look at my iTunes library, it appears that all the tag information is saved (artist, track name, album, etc.). However, this information isn’t being saved in the actual CD folder. The only thing showing is the track title preceded by the track number (looks like “01 TrackName”). If I erase my iTunes library and attempt to repopulate it, the only information loaded into iTunes is the track number/name under the iTunes Name heading. There is no artist name, album, etc. This present a host of problems.
If I convert the WAV file to some other format, iTunes moves the original folder to an “unknown artist” folder and also changes the name of the folder to “unknown.” Obviously, this is another major problem. If I convert a CD ripped into WAV format to an MP3 file or some other format and then search for album info, iTunes tells me it can't get the album info because I didn't import the song in MP3 or some other format (converting is different than importing).
If I use Windows Media Player (which I'm not crazy about) to rip a CD into WAV format, all of the tag info is in the folder. However, when I import this into iTunes, it doesn't recognize the information. iTunes simply imports that track title under the Name heading. If I use WMP to rip a CD into MP3 format and then import into iTunes, all of the track data is imported into iTunes.
I can’t find anything under iTunes Help which indicates ripping CDs into WAV format would be any sort of problem. The only issue noted concerns album artwork. iTunes Help states that a song must be converted from WAV format into any other format before album artwork can be downloaded. However, this can’t be done since iTunes isn’t saving the tag info when ripping into WAV format. If I convert a track from WAV to MP3 or something else, iTunes can't find the album artwork w/out all of the tag info.
What’s the problem? Do I have an incorrect setting? Is iTunes simply incapable of saving tag info when ripping into WAV format?
To this point, I’ve used iTunes to rip 333 CDs which equates to 2,949 songs and 116GB of data. I thought it would eat more harddrive space than that, but that's where things are at. I have 4 terrabytes, so space isn't a problem.
When I rip a CD into WAV format and look at my iTunes library, it appears that all the tag information is saved (artist, track name, album, etc.). However, this information isn’t being saved in the actual CD folder. The only thing showing is the track title preceded by the track number (looks like “01 TrackName”). If I erase my iTunes library and attempt to repopulate it, the only information loaded into iTunes is the track number/name under the iTunes Name heading. There is no artist name, album, etc. This present a host of problems.
If I convert the WAV file to some other format, iTunes moves the original folder to an “unknown artist” folder and also changes the name of the folder to “unknown.” Obviously, this is another major problem. If I convert a CD ripped into WAV format to an MP3 file or some other format and then search for album info, iTunes tells me it can't get the album info because I didn't import the song in MP3 or some other format (converting is different than importing).
If I use Windows Media Player (which I'm not crazy about) to rip a CD into WAV format, all of the tag info is in the folder. However, when I import this into iTunes, it doesn't recognize the information. iTunes simply imports that track title under the Name heading. If I use WMP to rip a CD into MP3 format and then import into iTunes, all of the track data is imported into iTunes.
I can’t find anything under iTunes Help which indicates ripping CDs into WAV format would be any sort of problem. The only issue noted concerns album artwork. iTunes Help states that a song must be converted from WAV format into any other format before album artwork can be downloaded. However, this can’t be done since iTunes isn’t saving the tag info when ripping into WAV format. If I convert a track from WAV to MP3 or something else, iTunes can't find the album artwork w/out all of the tag info.
What’s the problem? Do I have an incorrect setting? Is iTunes simply incapable of saving tag info when ripping into WAV format?
HP, Windows 7
