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Meta-iPod, the iTunes Cleaner is a Windows application which can clean up and repair your iTunes library by reading through the metadata of your library.

From recovering ratings and play counts from your iPod to tracking down files or folders gone missing, meta-iPod analyzes all data sources containing your music to put the pieces of the puzzle back together.

This article describes the various interesting features offered by Meta-iPod.

File Metadata & iTunes Database Label Comparison

This feature compares the Metadata of the two labels with each other. Based on the comparison, meta-ipod tells you if your tracks are mismatched. This ideal happens when your track has the wrong label. meta-iPod even lets you fix the tracks quickly by allowing you to select appropriate labels.

Album Art Download & iPod Transfer

Meta-iPod allows you to automatically finds the tracks from iTunes with no album art. It also automaically searches an iPod for matching artwork  and allows you to download artwork from the internet.

iPod to iTunes Playlist Copy

This is yet another intersting feature of meta-ipod which lets you transfer a playlist from your iPod to iTunes.

The playlist transfer will automatically determine if the tracks are in iTunes or not. If they’re not in iTunes, they will be transferred, then added to the playlist.

iPod Play Count & Rating Recovery

This feature of meta-iPod comes to use when you find yourself in situation where you transferred music from your iPod to the computer and lost your ratings and labels. The Better Metadata feature chooses which play count or ratings are most up to date and applies that to iTunes.

Automatically Assign Ratings

By analzying the play counts and skips counts of a track, metaiPod can help you quickly assign ratings to all tracks in your library.

iPod to iTunes Track Transfer

This feature lets you quickly and easily transfer tracks from your iPod into iTunes, without having to use a .txt file. By transferring tracks using this feature you will also keep your ratings and play counts.

Automatic Duplicate Track Removal

With this feature you can automatically removel duplicate tracks with ease.

Meta-iPod is free to download and use.

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