[geeks] favorite mp3 splitter/joiner/editor?

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:51:15AM +0200, sammy ominsky wrote:

>iTunes definitely does tag the files, and inserts all sorts of other  
>information into the file itself.  iTunes is the bane of music torrent  
>sites.  If you play the files you're seeding, they no longer match the  
>hash created with the torrent.
>
>The xml file is your library data.

I've never looked at what they, do when I did create them with iTunes, 
the MP3's had no tags, just library data.

I don't "share" mine, so I have no idea of what happens to them. 

BTW, did you know that the Itunes store adds a hidden tag identifing the
purchaser. If you were to share a file purchased from them, they can 
pinpoint it to you. 

>
>What problems have you experience with iTunes and 30k songs?  There  
>are 36,051 songs in my library, and I have no complaints whatsoever  
>about the way iTunes handles things.  I did have to get really anal  
>about tagging my files because iTunes is built for case-insensitive  
>filesystems and my library lives on a zfs RAID-Z.  Once I fixed all  
>that, though, it's smooth sailing.

It's just very slow, IMHO.

Geoff.

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