[damiensmunki]

Hi! Is it possible to create a disk image using .aiff files that iTunes will recognize as a CD? I'm trying to import a bunch of files (whole albums I have stored in .aiff format), and I want iTunes to look up the track information. Let me know if I'm not being clear on what I'm asking. Thanks for any help!
Rob

[seanc]

Why not drag them into iTunes, can't you say 'get track information' on those?

[damiensmunki]

Nope...that doesn't work. I've also tried using "add to library," but apparently, the only thing that will allow you to get the track info is the import function.

[TETENAL]

In iTunes select all tracks of an album and select Advanced->Get CD Track Names.

Works for me.

[Chuckit]

If Get CD Track Names doesn't work, I don't think anything else will.

Also, burning an actual CD costs like 2¢.

[Hal Itosis]

Option-click on the Advanced menu.
The item which usually reads "Convert Selection to AAC"
will now say "Convert to AAC..."
In the dialog that follows, navigate to the folder of aiffs
and choose as many as desired (shift or command-click
to make noncontiguous selections). Click 'Choose'.

Hmm, "recognize as a CD"? Not sure about that part.

[damiensmunki]

See...the problem is that I cannot use the import function, because the files are not on an audio CD. I'm talking about nearly 60GB worth of music, so burning discs wouldn't be practical. If I add the files to the library, select them, and choose "Get CD Track Names," I'm given this message:

iTunes cannot get CD track names for songs that were not imported using iTunes. To allow iTunes to look for CD track names for this song, import the song again using iTunes.

I just don't get it. These are all full albums. Thanks for your help, everyone.

Rob

[peeb]

That's very odd. Is there anything unusual about the files? What format are they? How did you rip them?

[Big Mac]

Since it's a disk image and not a real audio CD, iTunes won't treat it as a real CD and compare it to the database. I think the only way to get iTunes to query the database would be to burn each album's disc, and if you were to do that I imagine you'd probably have to get the tracks burned in their original album order so that iTunes would be able to get the correct album signature - the database works by comparing whole albums.

[analogika]

Originally Posted by damiensmunki 

Hi! Is it possible to create a disk image using .aiff files that iTunes will recognize as a CD? I'm trying to import a bunch of files (whole albums I have stored in .aiff format), and I want iTunes to look up the track information. Let me know if I'm not being clear on what I'm asking. Thanks for any help!
Rob

THIS WORKS FINE:

I do it all the time with stuff downloaded from places like bt.etree.org (which is usually .flac format). I convert it to .aiff and then use Toast to create an audio CD and save that as an image file, which I then mount using Toast again.

It is immediately recognised as an audio CD by iTunes, track names are pulled off the database, and the CD is imported and then ejected, as per my iTunes Importing settings.

The trick is that the disk image MUST be saved as an AUDIO-CD-format disk image, so you need a burn program that's capable of doing this. I've only tried Toast, but that works great.

[Chuckit]

Originally Posted by analogika 

The trick is that the disk image MUST be saved as an AUDIO-CD-format disk image, so you need a burn program that's capable of doing this. I've only tried Toast, but that works great.

I think the trick is that the disk must be mounted by Toast, which simulates an actual disk in a drive rather than going through the normal disk image mechanism.

[palomas]

I have exactly the same issue. Is there no alternative than TOAST? Maybe a freeware program.
I need to basically be able to trick Itunes into believing there is a CD in my drive.
I need to see the actual CD icon to show up on my desktop. That is the only way it will work. I know it works becasue a friend of mine has toast and he is able to do exactly what the original poster and I want to do. I have even seen it done with an album that has already been converted to mp3s. Analogica, try it without converting the files to aiff, and you will see that itunes will still pull the gracenote info, even if thy are mp3s. As long as the album is intact with all songs included from the orginal album.

Thanks in advance if anyone one is using a program that can create "real" disc images. I have tried a few already and none of them can do it,
not even my own disc utility , and there is no TOAST demo .