I am running MC version 18.0.106, on Windows 7 64-bit. Just installed it last week.
The software seems to be having problems handling the ID3 tags in the media files. Please see the attached screendump. In this example, it treats the "Performing Artist" tag as "Composer".
The problem is not with misreading the tags, but rather with how the tags are organized in the library. MC correctly reads Antonio Vivaldi as "Composer", Academy of Ancient Music as "Performing Artist", and Antonio Vivaldi as "Album Artist". I included a window from Mp3tag, the software I use for tagging, which reads the tags the same way as MC. So, the problem is not with how MC reads the tags.
The problem seems to be with the tags are included in the library. Notice that the "Academy of Ancient Music" orchestra is now listed in the MC library as "Composer".
There are other instances of this: for example not all artists are listed under Genre.
This is either some sort of a big in MC18, because I havent noticed this with earlier version, or library corrutpion. Has anyone else noticed this? If yes, what uis the fix?
Appreciate your help.
Radim
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Topic: Media Center 18 problems with ID3 tags? (Read 808 times)