Getting track info for a CD that wasn't ripped/imported by iTunes but added to library

Are the files in artist and album folders on the Windows laptop, but not currently in iTunes? I have a Windows script called TagFromFilename that can parse the information from the path and apply it to the following fields in iTunes: Album Artist, Album, Artist, Disc No., Track No, Track Title and Compilation. You have to turn off the Keep... & Copy... options under Edit > Preferences > Advanced before import to ensure that iTunes doesn't rename the tracks. Once captured in iTunes with the correct details the iTunes Home Sharing mechanism could then be used to import data from the Windows computer to the Mac.

I found a similar AppleScript to mine in the form of https://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=tagsmirrorartalbfnom but it doesn't appear to handle track numbers. I could potentially recreate my TagFromFilename script in AppleScript.

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What format are the files in? Most audio formats apart from .wav include a tag which holds the metadata such as artist, album, track number, etc. When you import .wav files all you get is the filename. See Convert music file formats in iTunes on PC - Apple Support. If possible convert the files on the Windows laptop to Apple Lossless if you want to preserve the full fidelity, or to 256K AAC or MP3 otherwise.

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I hadn't tested it, but Home Sharing has a mechanism that allows files to imported from one library to another. Trying it now I can confirm that the track details come over along with the audio file. iTunes/Music has all of the data available so can copy it all. You would need to sign into both copies of iTunes with the same Apple ID, enable Home Sharing in both libraries, then view the Windows Home Shared library from the Mac, select the tracks you want to import, and tap the import button. That would be the most efficient way to transfer 30 CDs worth of tracks efficiently. If you don't want to do that for reasons then convert to Apple Lossless, copy the lossless tracks over which will have embedded metadata, then convert to wav/aiff if you have reasons to prefer that format over ALAC. Conversion between lossless formats is lossless so all you lose is the time. Surely faster than burning and ripping though.

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Perhaps you can use Home Sharing to share the files from one machine to the other in a way that brings over the metadata?

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You're welcome. 🙂

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which version of daemon tools allow you to do this?

is it the free version or a certain paid for version?

ok thanks

I have an ISO version of an album but itunes will not open it, how are you doing that in itunes?

thanks for that, i am on a pc