Overview audiotegov Meta editor for OS X
Makradar Technologies / / December 19, 2019
Like it or not, while music lovers still occurs regularly need to edit the tags. The only problem is that any music player or take, and built-in editor it is not so advanced to fuss with tags has become a simple and, most importantly, a quick process. So to restore order in your music library, as well as its regular replenishment can be armed with the program Meta.
The basic process of filling and editing Meta tags in very similar to the way it is organized in the same iTunes: adding the necessary files into the program window and selecting them, fill in the required fields, which will be immediately saved (store instruction is not provided, as opposed to the possibility of rollback last changes). But, of course, does not it is worth to buy this program.
If again the same Meta compare with iTunes, then specialized tag editor can be identified such benefits.
Batch numbering tracks in accordance with the sort order
It would seem, a simple function. When you need to renumber tracks arranged in the desired order, simply call the command Tools → Track Numbering. The program also tracks the total number of field to fill (parameter Write "Track Total").
Installation case letters in tags
By clicking on the name tag on the side panel displays a special menu for conversion case letters in it. For example, in Western music every word in the song title (except articles, conjunctions and prepositions) decided to write with a capital letter. If the tagging is generally not complied with by the disorder indicated menu can be quickly eliminated.
tags based on the generation of file names - and vice versa
Useful when in empty tags and names of the files themselves contain basic information such as the track number and its name. On the basis of these data, Meta can instantly fill in the appropriate tags. And provides the opposite effect: the renaming of the tags, and using regular expressions.
Standard template for both operations contains the artist name and track title. But if you press the rename button while holding ⌥ button, you can create your template that Meta will in the context menu button. The latter is caused by holding the required rename button.
With frequent renaming superfluous files will check the relevant program settings: Meta allows correct names for compatibility with the "window" of file systems and respond to blank tags on one of three the rules of your choice.
Details of the selected files
Next to the traffic lights, buttons on the toolbar, Meta is a four position switch. He switches the application side panel allows you to view not only the tag, but also related information about the selected file: Options record (format, duration, bitrate, sample rate), data on file (path, size, extension, date of creation and change) and information on the cover. The latter is useful because you can learn not only the dimensions of the image, but also its physical size.
Automatic adjustment of the covers
When you add a file cover, Meta independently converts the picture zooms and cuts it in accordance with their preferences. You can choose between JPEG and PNG formats, including cropping the image under the square, specify the maximum size of images. And covers the adaptation rules can be set in the program settings (they are by default), and change in each case through the appropriate dialog box.
Grouping files in folders
This function is useful when you just want to sketch the music, such as a USB flash drive in the car, and put everything neatly in folders. Meta and here offers to make a template (for example, [Artist name] / [year] - [Album]
), Specify a directory to save - and all selected files will be neatly stacked in this order.
Something else…
Of the additional "buns» Meta note another base genres available through the inspector window Genres. Cool, that the developer has added not only to the user editable list, but a list of three genres taken to standard ID3 tags and Winamp and iTunes. These lists rather play the role of guide and allow to fill a field genre, entering only the first few characters of the desired word.
Not less important is the chip program and the ability to edit tags in files that have already been added to your iTunes library. To do this, just need to drag and drop desired tracks from the window of "tuna" in the Meta box. Extremely simple.
It is also worth bearing in mind the compatibility settings with different versions of ID3v2 standard. For example, if you want to view your tags via the Finder, to include compatibility with ID3v2.3. If this not fundamentally - leave ID3v2.4, naturally encoded UTF-8 or UTF-16 (for correct display Cyrillic tags).
What has not (yet)
Unfortunately, Meta does not support work with online services and FreeDB Discogs, which enable even more accelerated auto-complete tags by album name. Do not know about the program and advanced tag conversion tags from one encoding to another does not produce. But the developer emphasizes that the absence of these useful features - a temporary phenomenon. So in Meta future it will be even more convenient, although at the moment the tag editor is pretty good.
Price: 1390 rubles