Comments on: iTunes Audiobook Glitch Means You Have to Import Files, not Drag Them

By: Andy Pastuszak

Andy Pastuszak — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:25:28 +0000

I just bought Fatal Revanent and dragged it into iTunes without a problem. The ID3 tag, however were all sorts of screwed up!

I cleaned them all up and managed to get them working. I also converted all the tracks to standard iPod audiobook aac files (m4b), so I can bookmark them and play them at faster speed.

If you want them I can provide them for you to sell.

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:46:01 +0000

Weird. I can’t reproduce the problem in iTunes, but it sounds like the ID3 tags are set up properly. The “Name” field in iTunes (”Title” in Windows) should display info from the ID3 tag, not the filename, unless the ID3 tag is missing. (”Name” is essentially equivalent to “Track Name.”)

I know that doesn’t exactly answer your question, but it might be a workaround.

By: Alderete

Alderete — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:24:10 +0000

I’d have to look at the tracks to really investigate, but my bet would be that (if it’s not just a bug in iTunes) it’s a combination of iTunes settings, and the metadata embedded in the MP3 tracks.

A couple of settings in Preferences > Advanced tell iTunes that it’s OK to manipulate certain things about tracks it is bringing in. Possibly that’s affecting things.

But more likely, what MP3 meta data is embedded in the tracks? The ID3 tags are, I believe, respected by iTunes in all circumstances. Certainly, dragging in MP3 music downloaded from Amazon has worked as expected, with Name, Album, Artist and so on all correctly populated, in the last month or so (i.e., current version of iTunes).

There are MP3 ID3 tag editing tools for both Mac and Windows, so perhaps you could check the tracks out that way…? I’d recommend verifying tracks downloaded from the store, so that you’re examining exactly what customers are getting. HTH!

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