Comments on: MixCD burning with tracknames?

Question: MixCD burning with tracknames?

francisco — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:53:55 -0800

So reading this older question. Doesn't seem to be any resolution to the issue?? Or it can't be done? I just did two things. One, burn my mix straight out of iTunes. Other mac's don't read the cd info, nor does a winxp box (Media Player). Second, tried using Toast Titanium, with DOA checked, CD-TEXT checked, and all the song names are there filled in. Still nothing on another mac or pc. I know this can be done with pro cd-mastering/burning software, but that's costs money money. Any ideas? Or is this a dead end?

By: zsazsa

zsazsa — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:59:46 -0800

The player application has to be CD-TEXT aware, and not many are. Windows Media Player is not, and I don't think iTUnes is. I'm pretty sure that Exact Audio Copy is if your drive supports reading it.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 14:00:55 -0800

Most apps get the track information from CDDB, by querying a database over the internet. In fact, if you put in a CD while disconnected from the 'net, you also probably won't see anything.

As far as I know.

By: francisco

francisco — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 14:10:37 -0800

zsazsa, ah that would make sense then. Lame them as the people i'm sending this too either use iTunes or MediaPlayer, neither recognize cd-text.

gah

By: bcwinters

bcwinters — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 14:16:36 -0800

You would do Advanced > Submit CD Track Names in iTunes to submit the track names to the CDDB, btw.

By: boaz

boaz — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 16:39:34 -0800

As a side note, there's a program for OSX called iEatBrainz that will use the MusicBrainz database (which looks up individual tracks by 'audio signature', i.e. what it sounds like, rather than using CD timings like CDDB) to update iTunes tags. It's quite a bit slower than CDDB, about 1 song every 20-30 seconds or so, but it was surprisingly accurate, probably 95% on my untagged songs. YMMV.