Identifying Unknown MP3's

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Identifying Unknown MP3's

I recently came across some software that identifies MP3 files by 'listening' to them. It works great but they have ceased offering it. I contacted the owners and they said it is for sale, they do not want to develop it further. How can I get this message out to someone at Apple who could look into incorporating this into the iTunes model? You could charge 10 cents a transaction or something and make a bundle. the website is ID3MAN.com. The company that owns them is Auditude.com. This would really make an amazing addition to the iTunes software. I am in no way affiliated with the software or the company, FYI.

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Posted on Jan 17, 2007 11:58 AM

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Answer 1

varjak paw

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Jan 17, 2007 12:08 PM in response to DavidinEdmond

You can suggest it to Apple through the iTunes feedback page.

But it's pretty unlikely, IMO, that Apple will be interested. Though iTunes supports MP3, Apple's preferred format is AAC, so they're unlikely to want to add an MP3-only utility, particularly when it would help promote piracy (many if not most people with unidentified MP3s got them illegally from Limewire or a similar P2P network).

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Answer 2

Jan 17, 2007 12:24 PM in response to varjak paw

Thank you for your quick and concise response! Maybe you're right about the piracy angle but I believe there is a market, especially for anyone importing from older analog sources. As for the file extension, that is easily remedied. Especially if they changed the program to reformat to AAC by default when a song is identified. They'd love to lock in more music you didn't purchase through them, don't you think?

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Chris CA

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Jan 17, 2007 12:40 PM in response to DavidinEdmond

I believe there is a market, especially for anyone importing from older analog sources.
You'd have the album in your hands. Why have a program that looks up something that you'd have to verify anyway?

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Answer 4

Jan 17, 2007 12:50 PM in response to Chris CA

If I have 100 records that I imported, do you really think I'd want to type all that in by hand? The program identifies the song/ album/ bmp/ track/ and I think it would be easy to incorporate album art as well.Never underestimate the laziness of the american consumer.

What I'd love to see is iTunes incorporate tags based off of Pandora.com. That my friend would be ID3 tag heaven.

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Answer 5

Jan 17, 2007 2:34 PM in response to DavidinEdmond

iTunes already will look up tag info from Gracenote when you are importing a CD.

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Chris CA

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Jan 17, 2007 3:01 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

This assumes you are importing a CD.

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