Re: iTunes on Windows

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From: Chris Devers
Subject: Re: iTunes on Windows
Date: 13:31 on 03 Oct 2006
On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, Simon Wistow wrote:

> However, the single biggest hate I have so far is why the auto 
> complete in the ID3 field editor. Here's how to replicate the hate ...
> 
> 1) Obtain mp3 from somewhere
> 2) Realise that ID3 tag, whilst technically correct, is lowercased
> 3) Try and edit that
> 4) Have iTunes know better than you do and autocomplete the field back 
>    to the lowercase version
> 5) Try again
> 6) Have same experience
> 7) Scream. Curse. Rant.
> 8) Edit the field to say "Foo"
> 9) Rename it back to Properly Capsed Version of Name
> 10) Repeat with other MP3s
> 11) See 7
 
Yeah, I think this is a side-effect from the whole "case-insensitive, 
but case-preserving" filesystem thing on both Macs and Windows -- 
searches & matches ignore case, but files are stored with whatever case 
you originally created them with, and renaming to some case-variant 
where the spelling is otherwise the same ends up being a no-op. 

The Mac Finder and, as far as I can recall, Windows Explorer, both end 
up doing the same behavior in this situation.

The way I get around this is to add gibberish to the beginning or end of 
the name, save, then delete that, save.

   3) Rename: "inna gadda davida" -> "Inna Gadda Davida Baybee"
   4) Hit save. It works.
   5) Rename: "Inna Gadda Davida Baybee" -> "Inna Gadda Davida"
   6) Hit save. It works.

Not ideal, but slightly less typing & remembering than the other way.


-- 
Chris Devers

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