For the past week or so I have been unable to update any MP3 tags
using the Roxio tag utility. Every track or album I try to get tags for
returns a NO MATCH and the normal pop-up that occurs in the upper left
hand corner of the display never shows up.

Have they discontinued mp3 tagging?

Just tried it now and it works.

BTW, that is not Roxio doing the tagging, it is a "Gracenotes" facility. Which application are you trying to use to get the tags?

I right click on an MP3 and select Edit Song Information and that usually brings up Roxio Edit Audio Tags.
I then select music id and it usually comes back with the info. However, it now always comes back
with No Match

How it matches depends on how much you already have in the filename or existing ID Tag. For example if there is no ID info and the filename is 'track1.mp3,' there would be no match. Simply nothing there to match up.

But let's say you have the filename as 'track1.mp3', but you had the title in the ID. Minimal info, but at least something to match up so you might get several to choose from.

Let's say you have a filename like 'madonna - hollywood.mp3', but nothing in the ID tag. Then it would try to match some of that in the filename by guessing. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

In case you missed my point, there HAS to be something there for Gracenotes to match - either the filename or something in an existing ID tag.

You can also manually type something in and press the MusicID button again. Oh yeah, Gracenotes has a huge database, but by no means has every song ever written in it.

I agree with everything you say. I took an album (Bread) and manually filled in the title and album and then
tried to use roxio to tag it and all 14 songs come back NO MATCH. I never see the Gracenote pop up
that ysually comes up in the upper left corner of the screen when it starts tagging.

On the Application/Utilities Home page, did you try using the Audio Tag Editor?

Is it possible that your computer is set not to access the Gracenote data base? This could be by accident. Look in the blocked sites in your firewall.

If that is not it, perhaps a registry cleaner didn't like that entry; perhaps a repair install will help.

Yes, I did try Audio Tag Editor and I get the same results. I did check my firewall, but I will check it again.
This was working for me about a week ago with no problems.

As a last resort I will try a repair install.

Thanks

Before you go to the trouble of reinstalling, check this : Roxio Home, Tools menu, options, Internet: is 'enable audio disc information download checked?

I have a slightly different issue. Roxio (10) ID's the mp3 files great, but this is where I get lost... How do I have those file names to be updated automatically please?

I am doing it the looooong way, i.e. copy & paste for each one... It's getting old quickly.

Thanks for the help

Rgds, Art

Cannot be done automatically using Gracenote so your issue is completely different It would be best if you started a separate thread.

Try using Audio converter (you can 'convert' to the same format). It allows you to select the naming you want for the converted files (e.g. Track numberr_Title, ot Title, lots of options). You can add as many tracks as you want and it will doi them all at once. You can also get the tags from Gracenotes in there. Once the 'converted' tracks are created you can delete the originals.

Hi,

can you explain the "cannot be done automatically" part, you mention in your post?

My issue is, using Roxio edit audio tags I can identify a song (with gracenote), by the information is not written in the MP3 tag.

Thanks

Hernan