WMP12 Refuses to get Organized

Hi! book1245, welcome to W7F :)

There is a link for a utility called MusicBridge here:
Paul Thurrott's Internet Nexus - A technology blog

I haven't tried it, but it may be helpful.

book1245 said:

I've been trying to get my WMP library organized.

While I do use iTunes a majority of the time, I would like it if WMP could look nice as well.

Right now, it recognizes only a couple albums, complete with art and all artist/genre/track specs. But for nearly everything, it's all bunched in as "Unknown".
I try to update the information, because it's all organized within my iTunes folder in My Music (which is the folder that serves as the "Music" Library in WMP), but nothing is ever actually updated.

As well, I once had the album for Inception, which is one of the few separate albums that WMP recognizes. Problem is, I deleted it a long time ago. I tried deleting it off WMP, but it just remains there (even though it can't be played due to the actual file being deleted).

I've tried things like updating media info, but nothing seems to work.

Can anyone help me out?

Thanks

Hi,
there's a good chance that your WMP libraries are corrupted. You can use the tutorial I wrote (the link is in my sig) to rebuild the libraries and see if that solves your problem. :)

Hi! Gornot, thank you for stopping by.

In cases like this I should keep in mind to check for corrupted files first before applying any third-party apps.

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book, I would follow Gornot's tip first.

Another thing to think about ITunes tags in a different format than WMP 12 so WMP may not be able to read it

No need to be embarrassed, happens to me at least once a day, just ask my DW.

Is there a real difference with the ID tags?

Glad to hear your getting it sorted out.

My understanding is there are 7 different versions, 1.0 to 3.V2 since the genre has been developed, and some of the devices/players are not backward compatible.
You may in fact end up with several versions just to satisfy your devices requirements.

I almost forgot, I wanted to "tag" this onto my last post.....

Have you seen this site?
Welcome to MusicBrainz! - MusicBrainz

Looks like it could be helpful in automatically identifying and labeling your music files.

I personally converted all my music from ITunes which is M4A to MP3's, that way you can have one standard tagging method and they will play in any player