Hi,
I have many MP3s created a few years ago, all with ID3V1 tags. In WinAmp, WMP9, and MusicMatch Jukebox, the name from the tag in the Name column appears correctly.
For instance, "Alive".
However, I just installed the 30-day trial of MediaCenter, and the names of many of my MP3s are taken from the filename.
It now says "Pearl Jam - Live in Atlanta - 16 - Alive"
That is the filename minus the extention. I assume that it is having difficulty reading the tag and is therefore just figuring out the name based on the filename. I have installed the default settings, and have not changed anything. I can't seem to find the option to show what is really in the tag.
I can manually rename the Name tag, and it accepts the new one. And when I scroll to the FORMAT option in MC, it clearly says :
ID3v1 Tag: (128 bytes)
Name: Alive
Artist: Pearl Jam
Album: Live in Atlanta (4/3/94)
Year:
Comment:
Track #: 16
Genre: Grunge (6)
So why in the world is it putting in the whole filename (minus the extention) in the Name column? I have some other MP3s which appear correctly, but I cannot see what is different. They are also V1 tags.
For instance, this one :
ID3v1 Tag: (128 bytes)
Name: Displacement
Artist: Paul W
Album: Kwake Studio Cuts
Year:
Comment:
Track #: 1
Genre: Other (12)
When I look in the main view, it correctly says Displacement as the name even though the filename is something different.
Lastly, for all the ones it is inventing a name based on the filename, it won't find them on YADB. I get zero hits out of 25 lookups.
Any ideas?