iTunes Playlist - Help With Filenames Please

AFAIK you can't have Itunes display the name and not the tag but maybe somebody knows a workaround? Itunes and the iPod go by the tag and not the title. The problem is whoever actually ripped the songs in the first place didn't do it correctly.

The good news is that if you were diligent in naming the songs, artist - album - track # - track name, almost any tagger can rewrite the tag based on the filename and then they will display correctly.

Like I said if you did a good job naming them then it won't be so bad. Just download any mp3 tagger and you shold be able to zip right through them. :)

Well winamp may be fine but many people prefer a seperate dedicated app like mp3tag http://www.mp3tag.de/en/screenshots.html . They are usually more full featured etc then what all in one media players offer. Of course that's all up to interpretation but suffice to say in your case I think you need one.

See at the bottom of that page on the left? That's what you want, "Filename - Tag". Set it up how you want it and do a few test taggings and then when you have it setup right do a mass tagging. Btw DON"T do your whole collection at once. Not only may it hang the tagger but if something goes wrong...100 or so at once is the max I'd do. Good luck. I have to watch a movie now so if you have any other questions it will have to wait till tomorrow.

Regards

Woohoo, all done. Thank you so much!