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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: gpvillamil on February 27, 2004, 02:22:01 am

Title: Does MC write to MP3 tags on playback?
Post by: gpvillamil on February 27, 2004, 02:22:01 am

i just ran a checksumming tool on my music library as part of the backup process, and I noticed that a number of my MP3s had been altered. None of the obvious tags (artist, album, title, genre) had changed.

There seemed to be a rough correspondence to tunes I had listened to recently, but there were some that I hadn't.

Does MC routinely write to MP3 tags on playback? I'm thinking perhaps playcount and last played are being written to the file tags?

Title: Re:Does MC write to MP3 tags on playback?
Post by: jleerigby on February 27, 2004, 03:17:41 am

I don't have access to MC at the moment but maybe you can check via Options> Tree & View Settings> Edit whether these fields are set to 'store inside files if possible'.  Can you uncheck this?  Does it make a difference.

I'm interested in this too as I've noticed that MC on my HTPC shows the egg timer symbol quite often during playback, which is really annoying.  I put it down to the fact that the files and library are located on a network drive.  I find it annoying to see the library update when I've not updated any tags.  I don't use Last Played and Play Count.