TheAlmightySam
2nd September 2007, 03:11 AM
Hey all, new to the forum (a fantastic resource, and I'm learning tons about my magnificent HTC Wizard), so hopefully this is in the right place.
I'm running WM5 and the default version of WMP on my Wizard, and I'm having some trouble with WMP recognizing the artist and album information encoded in the ID3 tags in my MP3s.
The ID3 tags are done using iTunes 7-ish on my PC running XP Pro, and thus, they are filed on the storage card as follows: \Storage Card\iTunes Music\Artist\Album\Track# SongName.mp3 - an example being \Storage Card\iTunes Music\Primus\Tales From The Punchbowl\01 Professor Nutbutter's House of Treats.mp3 . This is the default way in which iTunes stores music on my PC's HD, and I'm simply copying over the folders that I wish to have on my PDA.
What's happening, however, is that when I import the music into the WMP library, it doesn't seem to find any artist or album information, which, of course, makes it exceptionally difficult to organize my music collection on there.
I appeal to you, XDA geniuses, to help me solve my problem. Thanks!
P.S. - It now occurs to me that iTunes may not be encoding the artist and album information in the ID3 tags, and, rather, relying on the directory tree to contain that information. Does anyone know if this is the case? If so, how can it be solved?
I'm running WM5 and the default version of WMP on my Wizard, and I'm having some trouble with WMP recognizing the artist and album information encoded in the ID3 tags in my MP3s.
The ID3 tags are done using iTunes 7-ish on my PC running XP Pro, and thus, they are filed on the storage card as follows: \Storage Card\iTunes Music\Artist\Album\Track# SongName.mp3 - an example being \Storage Card\iTunes Music\Primus\Tales From The Punchbowl\01 Professor Nutbutter's House of Treats.mp3 . This is the default way in which iTunes stores music on my PC's HD, and I'm simply copying over the folders that I wish to have on my PDA.
What's happening, however, is that when I import the music into the WMP library, it doesn't seem to find any artist or album information, which, of course, makes it exceptionally difficult to organize my music collection on there.
I appeal to you, XDA geniuses, to help me solve my problem. Thanks!
P.S. - It now occurs to me that iTunes may not be encoding the artist and album information in the ID3 tags, and, rather, relying on the directory tree to contain that information. Does anyone know if this is the case? If so, how can it be solved?