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[stevenkl]

Recently I added a disc to my MC26 and the data for artist, title of the work, and track names was not on the disc.  It is a classical work, and new (dropped today) so none of the online databases has it.  When attempting to rip, a screen pop came up to enter manually that information, which I did.  It did not save or associate to the ripped tracks or the title or artist.  It showed up as "Unknown Artist".  How do I change that and get the information entered and associated with the files?

[RoderickGI]

Select the files. Edit the [Artist] tag.

Search for "Tagging" in the Wiki.

[stevenkl]

Interesting.  I deleted the "unknown artist" file in MC26.  Read up on tagging, I'm still confused, but that's my problem and not yours.  Then went back to MC26 to rip the CD again, and the data I laboriously entered by hand matched to the CD at the start of the rip process.  It's a long piece (63+ minutes) so it is still ripping but appears to be OK.  Thanks for the pointer.

[RoderickGI]

You're welcome. It sounds like you are on the right track now.

Just FYI, when a file doesn't have the correct tags after ripping, don't delete it. Fix it in MC after the rip is finished.

I could write a small novel around why you shouldn't delete them (I have previously, almost), but suffice to say MC keeps track of deleted files, and will re-use tag information previously entered if the same file is imported again. That can be more confusing than just fixing the file initially in MC, instead of deleting and re-ripping or re-importing.