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iPod, iTunes, and ID3 "Comment" tags
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jen
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May 8, 2003, 12:00 PM
 
Hi all,

I don't (yet!) own an iPod and wanted to ask a question of those of you who do. I searched these forums and couldn't find an answer elsewhere.

Does the "Comment" ID3 tag that you can view/edit in iTunes get transferred to the iPod? If so, can you view it on the iPod?

To give an example of why I would like to have this feature available. . . I have a set of CDs that contain recordings of bird calls. There are sometimes a dozen different birds per track, and in iTunes I've entered the names of the individual birds in the ID3 "Comment" tag so that I can match up the calls with the bird names. It would be great if this info would be viewable on the iPod so that I could figure out what I'm listening to.

Thanks for any info you can give me.

Jen
     
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May 8, 2003, 12:13 PM
 
yes it gets tranfered to the ipod.

no you can not view it on the ipod.
     
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May 8, 2003, 02:29 PM
 
Yeah, unfourtunatly not. But I have another idea for a solution. If you buy a new iPod, it has the note reader. I dont know how, but there is probably some script/program to export a list of your music files and all their tags, and then you could put that into your note reader and have it available.
     
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May 11, 2003, 06:38 AM
 
Originally posted by codywalton:
yes it gets tranfered to the ipod.

no you can not view it on the ipod.
I find it doesnt sync properly on v2.0 though...If I change in itunes/sync and then view the contents of the ipod in itunes the comments are not updated ???


Anyone else ???
     
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May 11, 2003, 12:41 PM
 
Anyone ???

gee it's quiet around here today ??
     
   
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