.wav tagging program?

[Gautama]

I need a program to tag (change name from TRACK 1 to the real name) my cd rips automatically for me. All I can find is programs that work with .mp3s, but not my lossless .wavs

 

[FLECOM]

you cant tag wav files... the format was never designed for that... you need to turn them into something else first... like a FLAC file

 

[Gautama]

K, whats a good program to convert lossless wav to FLAC?

 

[Mister X]

K, whats a good program to convert lossless wav to FLAC?

There are dozens of them
Here is one-----> http://members.home.nl/w.speek/flac.htm

 

[Gautama]

After I get all my stuff FLACed, what do I use to get names lol.

 

[Mister X]

I just use Foobar to tag them.... it will also convert the wave files for you so if you are looking for a all in one program your search is over.

 

[Gautama]

K, how do I tag with Foobar. I must be missing something obvious..... (I am using FLAC)

 

[Moofasa~]

K, how do I tag with Foobar. I must be missing something obvious..... (I am using FLAC)

Right click the song->properties->edit the information you want to add.

Alternatively you could use masstagger to tag several common songs at once (like songs with all the same album or artist).

 

[grigix]

you cant tag wav files... the format was never designed for that... you need to turn them into something else first... like a FLAC file

This is a common misconception. The original specification for WAV defines an INFO chunk for metadata, and even gives an example of a PCM WAVE file that includes it:

RIFF( 'WAVE' INFO(INAM("O Canada"Z))
fmt(1, 1, 44100, 132300, 3, 20)
data( <wave-data> ) )

In addition, WAV is an extensible format, and several other metadata standards has has been created for it over the years (this tag editor for instance supports five).

 

[450]

Wow. Awesome info grigix! You are definitely not a n00b!

 

[SYN ACK]

-install foobar
-install discogs plugin for foobar
-drag folder (files) into foobar
-highlight, right click, Tagging --> Discogs --> Write Tags

a search menu will appear.
type in the artist (it'll poll discogs web site)
choose album
confirm tags and filenames match up, hit WRITE.

bam. and auto pulls the album art