Re: Editing Tags (metadata) in Media Library unreliable

It simply doesn't write the data back to the file instantly - it queues the
updates so that they occur over time and thus don't get in the way of more
important processes such as playing audio.

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"Mandy Helseth" <mail@polestarconsultants.com> wrote in message
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> When I use the media library form to edit tags like
> Artist, Album etc. WMP does not consistently update the
> information in the file properties. Single edits seem to
> work alright but edits of multiple files do not. To test
> this: add 15 files to the Media Library, change the album
> name of each one. Close WMP. Look at the file properties
> using Windows Explorer. Some will be changed and some
> will not. Delete the files from the Media Library and
> then add them again. You will see that some of the data
> you changed is not imported. The data is stored properly
> in the Media Library database; just not in the file
> properties. (I'm using XP Professional and WMP version
> 9.00.00)
> Can you duplicate this problem? Are you aware of a fix?
> If there is no fix, can you recommend some software that
> will consistently edit and store the tags?