amg (all music guide) support ?

[balai]

Hello everyone !

I've been using the Tag&Rename software but it is shareware and now it is locked ...
So I looked for similar but freeware and I found out Mp3tag

It is great, but as a former Tag&Rename user I think there are a few restrictions :

• the fact that you cannot retrieve information from all music guide (see here) which is, I think, much more user friendly and comprehensive than freedb

• in the freedb window, when you've retrieved all the information, it is not very clear which info will be written into which file ... If there is a way to improve it, would be fine. Plus improve the display when there are more files than retrieved tracks info...

Anyway thanks for this great software,
TIA

balai

editing I forgot : if you want me to provide you with an explaination on how amg search form works, just ask

[Billy]

Hi Balai,

When I tag my mp3's (Mp3tag) I check the album with AMG for the Styles,
and put this info in the comment field. This is also a great site.
Maybe you know the mp3 tag software: The GodFather, with these you can search on AMG and put the info's into the tags.

Grtz. Billy

[Billy]

I got some e-mail about this topic.

This is a answer about a question over a Tag program The GodFather:
When you work with these and you want the info from AMG Guide,
you must fill in the artist-name in the search engine.
Then if the album is in the database you can copy the info in the tags v.2.3.
It's not automation.

Best Regards,

Billy

Edit: For al the people they work with AMG, try this one Link

[Florian]

After the redesign of AMG I decided to write a parser for the site to allow freedb-alike import of album information. But it seems, that AMG's Terms of Service doesn't allow things like that:

You may not, for example, republish any portion of the Material on any Internet, Intranet or extranet site or incorporate the Material in any database, compilation, archive or cache. You may not distribute any Material to others, whether or not for payment or other consideration, and you may not modify, copy, frame, cache, reproduce, sell, publish, transmit, display or otherwise use any portion of the Material. You may not scrape or otherwise copy our Material without permission.

Best regards,
~ Florian

[joshwill80]

my first post....

i was also dissapointed that tag&rename and the godfather had to both drop amg support (at least it looks that way). amg was the best source for tagging imo. well, after trying to find a good alternative i finally ended up using musicbrainz tagger. they have a great service and a great database of music. you really feel like you are part of the community there.

anyway, i then came across mp3tag. congrats on this program florian. it has to be the easiest to use tagger out there. i use musicbrainz tagger, then run them through mp3tag for renaming, etc.

florian, have you considered using musicbrainz as an alternative to allmusic, amazon, etc? i think it's second only to allmusic for tagging. the only things i think mp3tag needs is....

1. an internet lookup service other than freedb, such as musicbrainz
2. color coded files, like some other tagging programs offer

i have tried a lot of taggers the past week and mp3tag has the simplest, no bull interface. i would love to see allmusic or musicbrainz support so that i can do away with the limited musicbrainz tagger.

again thanks for this great piece of software florian.