[kenreau]

I've been grinding away for hours with XLD transcoding my old slimserver music library of flac and wav files into a (hopefully, tbd) unified iTunes library of AIF files.

As part of this effort, I've discovered a mish-mash of missing tag info, album artwork and duplicate files.   An Apple tech consultant I leaned on for getting me on the right path suggested after the transcoding is complete, to run everything through this Song Sergeant program.  I did a quick search here and found no mention of it.  When we looked at it yesterday, it was a $20 download from Lairware.  I just noticed it appears to be a free download at the apple website.
 
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/ipod_itunes/songsergeant.html

Has anyone used it before?  Or any equivalents to recommend?



Song Sergeant
Intelligently identifies and removes duplicates, renames inconsistently named artists and albums, reunites orphaned song files to your library, and deals with missing song files. Song Sergeant will whip your music library into shape in no time.

Features:
- Finds and removes duplicate song files
- Intelligently merges song information and audio data from different song files
- Preserves your playlists while removing duplicates
- Identifies inconsistently named artists and albums
- Discovers orphaned song files within your music folder but not seen in iTunes
- Reunites missing library songs with orphaned files
- Fix problems quickly and automatically — or with great manual control
- Detailed “related songs” drawer helps you make decisions

Thanks
Kenreau

[low.pfile]

Interesting Kenreau. No, I have never used it. But you paid for shareware, as you should. The free download is only a trial, which has limited functionality. From the site:

Try it today by downloading Song Sergeant on the Download page. Free and unregistered, Song Sergeant will identify problems in your music library and allow you to examine every issue discovered.

Register Song Sergeant for $20 (US Dollars) on the Purchase page. After registering you will receive a personalized unlocking key code via e-mail which enables Song Sergeant to fix the problems it finds. Registered users receive free upgrades to any future 1.x versions.

[kenreau]

Good catch low.pfile.  I actually did not buy it at the time because my mac consultant's $$$ meter was running and I've got 1,500 albums to get transcoded first.  I do plan to use something like this program once I get to the finish line though.  Just looking around to see if there is a preferred program.  Hell, they would probably want more than the $20 once they see my mess of files 

Thanks
Kenreau