Guide step by step——Identify Audio Files with Gracenote MusicID

**NeroExpert** Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:44 am

In this tutorial you can follow the step by step procedure on how to use Gracenote MusicID inNero StartSmart to identify music files and save them to your hard drive. So called metadata such as artist, title, and genre are accessed from the Gracenote Media Database and displayed inNero StartSmart . The identified metadata is written to the music file and is then available. Identification is possible for single audio files as well as complete original Audio CDs.

The following requirement has to be fulfilled:

You have started Nero StartSmart .

To identify music files with Gracenote Music ID and save them to your hard drive proceed as follows:

Audio Ripping menu icon.
- Rip Audio CD screen is displayed and a window asks you to insert an Audio CD into a drive.
Rip Audio CD screen
OK button.
Source drive drop-down menu, select the drive in which your Audio CD is located.
- The disc is analyzed and the required information is sent to Gracenote. If an exact matching entry is found in the Gracenote Media Database, that metadata will be used and displayed.
- then the Matches window is opened and the metadata records in question are displayed.
Send New Data button if none of the metadata records match your Audio CD.
- Edit MetaData window is opened.
Edit Metadata

The Edit MetaData window also opens if no matching entry is found in the database but you want to enter the metadata and make it available.
edit the metadata, e.g. title, artist, album title, year, and genre.
Advanced Options button if you want to add additional information.
- Gracenote MusicID Information window, which originates from Gracenote, opens. After entering the additional information you have to close this window so that theEdit Metadata window is displayed again.
Submit Data button.
- s metadata or filled it in for the first time, the changes are sent to Gracenote and added to the Gracenote Media Database.
- Edit Metadata window is closed and the information is passed on to the Rip Audio CD screen.
Rip Audio CD screen with audio files
- click the Select Allbutton.
- click the Unselect All button.
- enable the check box in front of the respective audio files.
Output file format drop-down menu.
Browse button and choose a target directory in which the audio files should be saved.
Rip button.
- A folder with the name of the album is created inside the desired folder. The audio files are saved in this folder and named by artist and title. Metadata that is identified with Gracenote is written to the audio file.
  A progress bar at the bottom left of the screen and information on the screen show the progress of the copy process. After the copy process is finished, a window is opened with the message "Ripping was successful!".

You have identified music files with Gracenote MusicID and saved them to your hard drive in the required file format.

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