tech support - wmp

stevetx19 · #1 01-18-2010, 02:24 PM

OK guys, i've been posting around the wmp forums and microsoft websites to figure out what i'm doing, but no luck. So, i must turn to the best tech support i know of...tbot

For a new laptop, I converted all of my WMA's to mp3 to save space. However, only the name of the song carried over; all album/artist info is gone. The
songs are in folders by album and artist, but in WMP they are all under "unknown"
How do I get them back into proper organization? We are talking about 2000 songs; I do not have time to type in all of the information.

thanks,

-Windows 7
-WMP 11

Selta · #2 01-18-2010, 02:35 PM

Sounds like the ID3 tags got stripped off. There's some apps out there that will attempt to add them back in, but they are hit or miss IME.

MJ5150 · #3 01-18-2010, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Ray Salamon

Sounds like the ID3 tags got stripped off.

He probably forgot the DNSPROMO&KEEPID3TAGS command during the conversion.

-Mike

stevetx19 · #4 01-19-2010, 09:03 PM

i give you...insanity:

all of the info is the same for these, yet they wont combine. who wrote this program?

**Kelly Lee** · #5 01-19-2010, 10:23 PM

Well, if you lost the ID3 tags you are pretty much out of luck. You will have to input all the info yourself.

The program I use is Media Tagger 1.3.5. You can download it here (Media Tagger 1.3.5 download) and it is freeware.

TrooperFarva · #6 01-19-2010, 10:26 PM

People actually use Windows Media Player?

MJ5150 · #7 01-19-2010, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by TrooperFarva

People actually use Windows Media Player?

Yes sir. I have no problems with it.

-Mike

Georynn · #8 01-19-2010, 11:26 PM

I think there is an option to let media player download and update the information in an ID3 tag about a song, and it can pull that information about the file from the file name and folder name... I think...

playinpearls · #9 01-20-2010, 06:53 AM

Download Media monkey. You can go through and it will pull info for any album from amazon. You do have to interact with it, but its real easy to learn, and it save a bunch of time. It can also reorganize, move, and rename all your files to a specific pattern such as artist/album/file and rename the files such as "track number-title.mp3" if you needed it.

The demo version should do most of what you talking about, but there may be some advanced options that dont work.

DO NOT use it to sync your ipod if you have one. When it renames certain albums, it will name all the files the same name in different folders, and then when you pull them back off, you'll have 1 file left for your whole album. Other than this, it works great. a little buggy at times.

It will also download album artwork.

Its a decent player, but you could go back to wmp when it renames all your ide tags...

Fontaine · #10 01-20-2010, 01:13 PM

Have you ever given iTunes a shot? Everything is much easier to understand and it's very user friendly.

Selta · #11 01-20-2010, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Fontaine

Have you ever given iTunes a shot? Everything is much easier to understand and it's very user friendly.

/shudder

stevetx19 · #12 01-20-2010, 08:43 PM

i've never had any sort of mp3 player/ipod, so i didn't mess with itunes. If wmp keeps acting screwy, i'll look into it. I LOVE the laptop itself, but i've been really frustrated with the software problems that are taking more than 2 weeks to get through. It seems to be ok now, though.

go figure, windows 7 works just fine, but everything else is screwy

Fontaine · #13 01-20-2010, 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ray Salamon

/shudder

hahahaha, I see you don't feel the same way?