Tagging aiff

[KeithL]

Sorry if this has been covered before.
How do you tag aiff files?
I have no problems when using iTunes.
Max seems to give very limited information.

Keith

[sbooth]

There is no real standard for tagging AIFF files. I'm not sure if iTunes stores the information in its internal database or if it writes a nonstandard chunk to the file that contains the metadata- I've never checked. The closest thing I've seen is a WAV file with an 'id3 ' chunk containing ID3v2 tags.

[KeithL]

Thanks for the reply.

If I scroll through the data from SlimServer I see my AIFF/WAV files ripped with iTunes have:
title, artist, album, track, year, genre, format, comment, duration, volume adjustment, bit rate, sample rate, sample size, file length, date modified, url, id3v220.

This seems quite comprehensive. AIFF files ripped with MAX have title, album, track only.

ATB Keith

[sbooth]

Maybe iTunes writes an ID3v2 tag to AIFFs. If I get a chance I'll check it out.

[KeithL]

I look forward to your findings - Keith

[Lorraine68]

Report back if you have any luck! Wouldn't mind knowing how to do the tags myself.

[Morrisonsfweb]

That's because there are no ID3 tags for AIFF files. There is no designated space for them in the header of the file.

I would recommend converting them to MP3 using iTunes to play on your MP3-players, then deleting the lossy copies after transfer (unless you need them further).