[mb-users] Identifying tracks with no tags

[Aaron Cooper]

On 19-Jul-08, at 10:46 AM, Grant wrote:

> My CD ripping procedure has changed to one in which I rip a CD to a
> single bin/toc pair, convert that to a flac/cue pair, and then split
> that into individual flac files.  It's good because I keep the raw
> bin/toc pair for backup, but the split flac files come out in a form
> picard has trouble identifying.  They have no tags and the only info
> in the filename is the track number.  They won't cluster or identify
> in picard.  I've been filling in a little bit of metadata for track #1
> manually and then looking up the release manually, but it's fairly
> time consuming.  Can anyone recommend a way to speed the process up?
>
> - Grant

Is Picard enabled to scan for PUIDs?  If a PUID is matched, Picard  
will automatically move identified files over to a release.      Go to  
Preferences and then check "Automatically scan all new files".

Another way is to select a group of files, right-click them, select  
Details, and then enter the artist and album tags manually.  Then you  
should be able to cluster them and do a lookup or "magic wand" lookup.

-Aaron