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AJH:
I'm using version 27.0.20.  I just imported several 96/24 audio albums into JRiver, and instead of the name of the selected Genre (Vocal), JRiver places the number 28 into the Genre field for all song selections.  I switched the genre, with my metadata editor, to Jazz, and again JRiver placed a number in the Genre field (if memory serves) the number was 8.

RoderickGI:
What is your metadata editor?

What field format were these?

Where are you seeing these numbers? Screenshot.

AJH:

--- Quote from: RoderickGI on October 09, 2020, 12:18:55 am ---What is your metadata editor?

What field format were these?

Where are you seeing these numbers? Screenshot.

--- End quote ---

Metadata editor is Metadatics 1.63 (always worked perfectly when I imported into JRiver 26).  The field is the Genre field where the numbers appear and input into the field was] text- i.e. Vocal or Jazz. Screen shot attached (I hope).

wer:
If you change the 28 to the "correct" value in MC and do "update tags from library", and then open that file in Metadatics, what do you see?

RoderickGI:
That's a good suggestion Will. AJH could also look in one of the files using a HEX editor and see what the Genre is actually set to in the file.

I can't think why there would be a difference between MC26 and MC27, but the data has to be coming from somewhere, so my first suspect would be Metadatics.

It seems to be a small App created by one man, Mark V. That usually isn't a problem, but maybe he changed something, like indexing or standardising Genres with index numbers, and is unintentionally saving the index number instead of the Genre name. There isn't a lot of information on his web site, but I see he uses Amazon and MusicBrainz as his online sources. So the source data from online could also be the issue.

Some more investigation to do for you I think AJH.

Just another thought. These files you imported, MC has never seen them before has it? You haven't imported the files previously, then removed them from the Library, and just added them back? Or had files of the same name and location in the Library previously?

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