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

Hi,

I'm having a problem that I can't find a solution for. I have audio files from a few CDs that were ripped to my wife's Windows laptop using EAC (Exact Audio Copy). I would like to import these files on my Mac but we don't have the CDs anymore as they were stolen from my wife's car. If I add the files to my iTunes library they are not recognized as being part of the original CD, but rather they end up in the Unknown artist / Unknown album folder.

The way EAC rips the files is quite peculiar. It includes the track number in the track name, but doesn't give a total track count for the CD. When added to the library, I have to manually add a track number and total track count for the CD, along with the artist's name and album title.

Is there a way to force iTunes to find the track info for tracks that were added to the library as opposed to ripped by iTunes?

Thanks in advance !

Posted on Apr 19, 2021 6:09 AM

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lanhet Author

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Posted on Apr 19, 2021 4:48 PM

That won't work either. My wife uses VLC as a media player on her laptop and, above all, the tracks were imported using EAC, which is the source of the problem. The only way to get iTunes to link the audio files of a CD to Gracenote is to rip the CD in iTunes, otherwise you have tu put in the info manually (artist, album, track number and total number of tracks). Even then, if you import the manually identified CD in iTunes on another Mac on your network using media sharing, it doesn't import the data and you have to start over. The only way to get it to work then is to erase the library data on the second computer and copy that of the original computer in its place.

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