Need Help in having Itunes Tag 1 Tb of lssless Wav

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I have to disagree about "nothing wrong with wav files" and it has nothing to do with iTunes. His problem has everything to do with wav files.

If you organize your library with categories like genre or any other criteria or if you attach album art work, it will all be lost if you transfer it to another player. It will also be lost if the library file on the player you are using gets corrupted. Using a file format you can tag means it stays with the song, not in a separate file that can get corrupted or is incompatible with a new player.

I've taken the time to categorize and add high resolution art work to about 5,000 albums. I would hate to have to do it again.

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Zug, what is your file structure? If it is set up as

First Artist folder
--- Album 1 subfolder
-------- song 1
-------- song 2
-------- song 3
-------- etc,
--- Album 2 subfolder
-------- song 1
-------- song 2
-------- song 3
-------- etc,

Second artist folder
--- Album 1 subfolder
-------- song 1
-------- song 2
-------- song 3
-------- etc,
--- Album 2 subfolder
-------- song 1
-------- song 2
-------- song 3
-------- etc,

Then iTunes should be able to build a library. If is not then I think you are hosed.

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Nobody said that wav files have a problem sonically.

Why is it wrong to use tags? I like to use shuffle play by genre and I like to see the album cover and I don't want to have to load them all in again if I switch players.

I don't know what program you are using but if you have any data stored about your files other than (artist - album name - song title) which is actually "stored" in the file structure, that data will be lost if your program's library file gets corrupted or you switch to another player. If you are only interested in (artist - album name - song title) then yes, wav files will suit your needs, but many of us want to store more info about the music; , what is wrong with that?

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Larry, I wouldn't call it an argument, it is a discussion. That's what these forums are for. I found it curious you would state that if one needed tags something was "wrong" and spoke to it.

I agree iTunes alone is not the best choice for playback on the main system, but it is a very good program for organizing a library. When you use iTunes for the library functions and Pure Music for playback it is a very fine way to do things. Sounds wonderful and very easy to get to what you want to play. It is also very easy to share the library with other systems in the house. I have a portable system I can take out on the screen porch or the garage and stream music to it wirelessly all controlled by an iPad and ITunes. Very convenient.

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