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May, 2006

Track numbers for OGG files in iTunes

Tue, 2006-05-30 22:03

My music library is mostly in OGG format because I started ripping my CDs on a linux box and I like that the format is free and open. When I made came to UNC and made the switch mostly to Macs, I imported my music into iTunes. Due to the hard, hard work of some very smart people, Apple's audio framework Quicktime has been able to play OGG files. But, due to the internal idiosyncracies of iTunes, it would not import the track numbers correctly. So, for the past two years, I've gotten used to listening to my albums in alphabetical order by track name (iTunes's default ordering).

Now, from a post in the FAQ, I found this AppleScript that reads the ogg files directly and sets their iTunes track number (and title, etc.) to the appropriate value. It takes a long time to run, but I'm gradually working my way through my music getting all of the track numbers imported. I will be happy to be able to listen to albums in their original orders now.