Organize your music collection with TagScanner

Filed under: Audio, Utilities, Windows, Freeware

Organize your music collection with TagScanner

by Brad Linder Apr 8th 2008

If you've got about a dozen MP3s or other digital music files on your computer, odds are you don't have too much trouble keeping them organized. But if you've got a few thousand, it can be hard to find what you're looking for unless each track is properly named and tagged. While popular music players like Windows Media Player, iTunes, Foobar2000 and Media Monkey will check online databases to find the appropriate metadata for songs you download or rip from a CD, sometimes mistakes occur. TagScanner can help clean up the mess.

TagScanner is a free Windows application that gives you a variety of tools for organizing your digital music collection. You can import tag information from freedb.org, Amazon, or TrackType.org. you can also generate tags from files and foldernames, or rename your files based on tag information. The application supports a wide variety of formats:

MP3, OGG, Musepack, Monkey Audio, FLAC, AAC, OptimFROG, SPEEX, WavePack, TrueAudio, WMA, MP4 audio files
ID3 1.0/1.1/1.2/2/2.3/2.4, APE v1 and v2, WMA, MP4, and Vortbis tags, comments, and metadata

There's also a playlist editor and support for exporting playlists as HTML, Excel, and CSV files. And to top things off, there's a rudimentary audio player built right into TagScanner so you can listen to tracks while you're organizing them.

[via TechnoSpot]

Tags: id3, music, tagscanner

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

DonDon said 1:51PM on 4-08-2008

does anyone know if this works w/ itunes video (mp4?) I have alot of TV shows I need to organize (episode, season, etc) if not does anyone know of another freeware or cheap sw that would do so outside of itunes?

Neal said 3:02PM on 4-08-2008

From the third sentence on the product page:
"Also you may get album info via online databases like freedb or Amazon. Supports ID3v1, ID3v2, Vorbis comments, APEv2, WindowsMedia and MP4(iTunes) tags"

So, yes.

Matt said 5:07PM on 4-08-2008

Mp3tag > all.

Jack Mehoff said 5:07PM on 4-08-2008

You can use it to catalog your 'Hooked on Phonics'.

jackson said 5:07PM on 4-08-2008

could someone pls recommend something similar for macs?

Damage said 5:08PM on 4-08-2008

How about album cover? iTunes does this automagically and nicely, but load the same tunes on a different DAP (Say the Zune) and bam, it's no longer there.

If there is a automagic program that handles auto tagging and auto high-res album covers, then I'll be a happy camper.

nka said 7:26PM on 4-12-2008

Tag & Rename

alienvenom said 5:24PM on 4-08-2008

I'll give this program a try. I tried the demo version of Tag&Rename and it does the job as well but it costs money ($39.99 USD IIRC). I like the fact that this program is donation-based, and would rather donate the $40 than be forced to pay it.

NitroFrost said 5:27PM on 4-08-2008

Hope this helps with my Zune player

Rumble said 10:13PM on 4-08-2008

For all the Linux-goers, try Ex Falso. It makes sense.

Odin said 7:39AM on 4-09-2008

I've been using this for a loooong time ago. Believe me, it does what it does, very very well!

hnkelley said 7:53PM on 4-09-2008

I keep getting '202 error Disc not found' (not exact wording). And this is for CDs I ripped myself (my own collection, btw; no thievery). Any ideas?

Also, do I really have to select one album at a time? :_( I have over 3500 mp3s, many not properly categorized. (I know, bad planning on my part at the beginning.) Is there another way?? PLEASE??

Goutam said 4:52AM on 4-10-2008

10 out of 10
The best music organizer I have ever used...
Organized some 1000 mp3 in half an hour...

Alex Leonard said 7:23PM on 4-12-2008

This is really impressive

Ben said 7:24PM on 4-12-2008

Going to have to give a +1 for MP3Tag

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