help with track titles on mp3 player and file attributes in explorer

[if6was9]

Hi,

I have a gateway dmp x-20 mp3 player and connect it to
XP to transfer files. They are all files that I copied from
my own cds, not from the internet, and do not have 'tag'
information. All 750 of them, except for 8, show up as
'Track 01', or 02, 03, etc.

When I looked at the file properties of the 8 files that *did display
their titles on the mp3 player, under the 'summary' tab,
in the 'track title' field, it was BLANK. Under the 'general'
tab, the actual title of the file was listed correctly.

The files that did *not have their correct titles listed on the mp3
player, under the 'summary' tab in 'file properties' in XP, had a title
like 'Track 01' listed. Under the 'general' tab of file properites
however, the actual title of the song was listed correctly.

Is there a way I can go in and mass edit out the 'Track 01'
title from all those files? Does this indicate some other problem?

The mp3 player is seen as a hardrive so XP commands would work
on it as well.

Thanks,

Mike

 

[JCE]

Hi,

I think you need to clean up or fill in your ID3V1 and/or ID3V2 tags in your
MP3's !! It depends on the player, but most players use ID3 tags FIRST, than
they look at the file name.

You can use any MP3 tagging program to do this. My favorite one is :

MP3-Library

You can download it for free at : www.jumpingcholla.com/jce_nomad.htm

Good luck.

Tom