Re: WMP 11 not editing tags?
- From: jn99 <jn99@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 11:25:01 -0800
Applying changes seems a poor way to accomplish this, though for my quick
experiment (changed the genre of a single album) it did appear to update the
mp3 files. However, if I go into WMP and change one tag and then click to
apply media changes, it looks as though WMP analyzes the entire (4000+ songs
and growing) library looking for changes to apply.
This is a timely process at best (3-5 minutes for the one album's genre
change) and I would think one prone to errors at worst. Is there no way to
apply these edits in near real time without WMP wading through the entire
library? It seems there should be some way for WMP to track and apply edits
without having to compare the entire contents of the lobrary against the
files for every change.
"Dale" wrote:
The following is from the online help for WMP:.
To add media information using the online database
Typically, the easiest way to add media information to a file that is
already in your library is by searching for the information in the online
database. This method works best when there is information in the database,
but the Player was unable to automatically match it to the file in your
library.
Click the Library tab, right-click a file, and then click Find Album Info.
The Player connects to the Internet and displays the Find Album Information
dialog box.
To select multiple adjacent items, click the first item, hold down the SHIFT
key, and then click the last item. To select nonadjacent items, hold down
the CTRL key as you click each item.
Follow the instructions in the Find Album Information dialog box to select
the correct album from the list or to refine your search.
The Player closes the dialog box and adds the information to the library.
After some time (which varies depending upon how many changes you have made
and whether the Player is performing any processor-intensive actions), the
information is also added to the file.
To force the Player to update the file immediately, click the arrow below
the Library tab, and then click Apply Media Information Changes.
If the database does not contain the album for which you are looking (for
example, the songs came from a mix CD that someone burned for you), follow
the instructions in the dialog box to enter the media information manually.
HTH,
Dale
"jn99" <jn99@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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When using WMP11 to edit tags, I find that the only updates happening are
in
the library, i.e. no ID3 updates on the file itself. Is this a known bug,
or
is this the way it's designed?
It is a real pain to have to edit tags in two places to get WMP11 and my
portable player to display as I want. And there appears to be no option
other than dual edits; if I edit in WMP11, the file tags remain unchanged,
if
I edit the file directly outside, then the WMP11 libray remains unchanged
:S
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