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Windows Media Player not recognising Album, Artist, Track titles etc.

Last post Jul 19, 2008, 2:40 PM by JohnDuncan. (16 replies)
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Posted on Jul 18, 2008, 3:20 PM

Windows Media Player not recognising Album, Artist, Track titles etc.

Hi, i keep having problems when trying to use the music files i have ripped from cd's. when i try to add them to windows media (v.11) library it wont recognise the artist or album name or track title and lists them all as unkown. very annoying! can anyone help please...? i used to use CDex to rip but i just tried with dbPoweramp and still the same problem.
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Posted on Jul 18, 2008, 3:31 PM

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What format are you ripping to? If it's WAV, then there are no tags of course.

Other than that, I suggest not using WMP... Try Media monkey, Winamp, Foobar etc.
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Posted on Jul 18, 2008, 3:40 PM

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thanks for the quick reply frog. im ripping to FLAC. i might try those other media players though as im getting fed up with wmp!
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Posted on Jul 18, 2008, 3:42 PM

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ifitsoundsgoodlistentoit:
thanks for the quick reply frog. im ripping to FLAC. i might try those other media players though as im getting fed up with wmp!


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Posted on Jul 18, 2008, 3:53 PM

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Posted on Jul 18, 2008, 4:08 PM

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ifitsoundsgoodlistentoit:
any others ou would recommend JD?


I personally use Helium, but it isn't free. But it's very powerful, and easy to use.
Media Monkey is similar, but I find it a little combersome. Although it is good, powerful, and can actually replace the IMHO awful iTunes if you have an iPod.

Winamp is quite powerful, and easy.


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Posted on Jul 18, 2008, 4:31 PM

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i've recently switched to winamp because of the same kind of problems with FLAC and tags as you describe. I think its a pity as i really like wmp personally, but maybe thats just coz id never used anything else for a prolonged trial period.

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Posted on Jul 18, 2008, 9:40 PM

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I've used wmp, winamp, media monkey and foobar over a period of time. I only use foobar now. Very basic. Not flashy. Does the job.

Allows additional components to be "plugged in". Of these, I use Columns UI.


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Posted on Jul 18, 2008, 10:32 PM

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fr0g:
the IMHO awful iTunes


Why, in God's name?



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Posted on Jul 18, 2008, 11:28 PM

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JohnDuncan:
fr0g:
the IMHO awful iTunes


Why, in God's name?


I just hate it. Any non Apple Mac user who hasn't got an iPod, persisting with this is crazy imo.

(I feel almost as strongly against WMP btw)...
But together they represent the worst kind of media player/manager (ie purposely restricted to a smaller set of codecs, and pushing you to their own agenda)... ANY of the decent 3rd party ones support ALL formats, and offer more in the way of support, choice, power, flexibility, etc etc...


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Posted on Jul 19, 2008, 6:20 AM

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Strange, I went from a Creative Audio MP3 player (I forget which now) to an iPod because iTunes was sooo much easier to use on a day to day basis. And also because the Creative Audio player was really rubbish (wanted to use a word beginning with "S" but remembered where I was!)

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Posted on Jul 19, 2008, 7:48 AM

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professorhat:
Strange, I went from a Creative Audio MP3 player (I forget which now) to an iPod because iTunes was sooo much easier to use on a day to day basis. And also because the Creative Audio player was really rubbish (wanted to use a word beginning with "S" but remembered where I was!)



I still use a Creative, and much prefer it to the iPod I mistakenly bought for my missus. I love the fact I can drag and drop files onto the player (and back again), and they can be organised by me, in my own folder structure, and not get renamed to Z567zhnnnhhsh77656.mp3 or whatever.
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Posted on Jul 19, 2008, 7:51 AM

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Fair enough. (never seen iTunes rename a file anything like this though. Confusingly, they're normally called the song title).

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Posted on Jul 19, 2008, 12:26 PM

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professorhat:
Fair enough. (never seen iTunes rename a file anything like this though. Confusingly, they're normally called the song title).

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Posted on Jul 19, 2008, 12:26 PM

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professorhat:
Fair enough. (never seen iTunes rename a file anything like this though. Confusingly, they're normally called the song title).

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“First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.” - Mahatma Ghandi
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