TOPIC: Modern Media Management: Metadata and Smart Playlists

This week Dan and Merlin continue their 3-part series on Modern Media Management: handling your iTunes Library, iOS Devices, and iTunes Match without making yourself crazy.

In this episode, the focus is on fixing audio metadata, with a big discussion of the awesome MusicBrainz and Picard.

Links for this episode:

• Smile Blog
  
• [SPONSOR] Build a Website - Squarespace
  
• [SPONSOR] Stock Photos, Royalty-Free Images and Vectors - Shutterstock
  
• [SPONSOR] TextExpander: Mac Typing Shortcut Utility Saves You Time
  
• Squarespace + Typekit: 65 Professional Fonts for Free — The Official Squarespace Blog
  
• Merlin's Smart Playlists for iTunes Match
  
• Search Results - MusicBrainz
  
• b2w e104 smart playlists 2013-01-29
  
• Tangled - Mandy Moore - When Will My Life Begin HD - YouTube
  
• Watch Jim Gaffigan: Mr. Universe Online | Netflix
  
• Maria Bamford's One-Hour Homemade Christmas Special! on Vimeo
  
• Nerdist Podcast: Maria Bamford Returns! « Nerdist
  
• MusicBrainz - The Open Music Encyclopedia
  
• MusicBrainz Picard - MusicBrainz
  
• Manage your Video Collection with iTunes | iFlicks
  
• Mac App Store - Smarts
  
• Apple - iTunes - Match
  
• iTunes Store: Subscribing to iTunes Match
  
• FFmpeg documentation : :
  
• Keystone Cops - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• TMDb — The Movie Database
  
• Online TV Database - An open directory of television shows for HTPC software
  
• Comic Book DB - The Comic Book Database
  
• Roku 2 XS 1080p Streaming Player:Amazon:Electronics
  
• 5by5 | The Crossover #7: We Met at a Tequila Bar
  

This week's episode for Back to Work is sponsored by Squarespace (use offer code "NICE" for an additional 10% off); Shutterstock (use code "BACKTOWORK1" for 30% off); and Smile's TextExpander.