Using Media Player

Posted: 11-23-2004, 02:59 AM
I have some mp3 files that I copied from my Mac. The track names were
Track01, Track02, etc. I renamed them Track01.mp3 etc. I had the media player
open them and was able to download the album cover from the internet.
Everything plays fine. All track and album info is there and displays fine in
the player. Is there a way to change the names Trackxx in the directory to
the actual track name automatically?

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Mike Williams [MVP]
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Re: Using Media Player
Posted: 11-23-2004, 05:46 AM
denmarks wrote:
> I have some mp3 files that I copied from my Mac. The track names were
> Track01, Track02, etc. I renamed them Track01.mp3 etc. I had the media player
> open them and was able to download the album cover from the internet.
> Everything plays fine. All track and album info is there and displays fine in
> the player. Is there a way to change the names Trackxx in the directory to
> the actual track name automatically?
Tools > Options > Library > [ ] Rename music using Rip music settings

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Re: Using Media Player
Posted: 11-23-2004, 03:13 PM
I changed the preference. Now how do I get it to change the existing file
names?

"Mike Williams [MVP]" wrote:
> denmarks wrote:
> > I have some mp3 files that I copied from my Mac. The track names were
> > Track01, Track02, etc. I renamed them Track01.mp3 etc. I had the media player
> > open them and was able to download the album cover from the internet.
> > Everything plays fine. All track and album info is there and displays fine in
> > the player. Is there a way to change the names Trackxx in the directory to
> > the actual track name automatically?
>
> Tools > Options > Library > [ ] Rename music using Rip music settings
>
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Posted: 11-23-2004, 10:09 PM
denmarks wrote:
> I changed the preference. Now how do I get it to change the existing file
> names?
Either wait and let it get done automatically, or Tools > Process Media
Information Now.

I would strongly advise turning off internet access during this period
as WMP may pick up incorrect album details from the online database and
rename files accordingly. Some tracks will be renamed into obscurity :-(.
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Re: Using Media Player
Posted: 11-24-2004, 02:53 PM
Thank you for your answer. One problem that I had, at least with MP9 was that
everytime I requested an update online a duplicate entry was entered into the
media library. I now have MP10.

"Mike Williams [MVP]" wrote:
> denmarks wrote:
> > I changed the preference. Now how do I get it to change the existing file
> > names?
>
> Either wait and let it get done automatically, or Tools > Process Media
> Information Now.
>
> I would strongly advise turning off internet access during this period
> as WMP may pick up incorrect album details from the online database and
> rename files accordingly. Some tracks will be renamed into obscurity :-(.
>
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Re: Using Media Player
Posted: 11-24-2004, 11:27 PM
denmarks wrote:
> Thank you for your answer. One problem that I had, at least with MP9 was that
> everytime I requested an update online a duplicate entry was entered into the
> media library.
Did one of those entries have an artist name in parentheses after the
Album name?

If so, see http://msmvps.com/thinice/articles/15229.aspx
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