WMP11 Library - Albums

[Sander]

Hello!

Recently I decided to import my collection into WMP11 Library. Since I
tagged 99% of the tracks in the past 5 years using Tag&Rename, the result
was pretty good.
The only problem I get is with some compilation albums (like Soundtracks)
WMP11 sees every track on the soundtrack as seperate album.

Eventhough the "Album" id3 tags are identical for all tracks, and the "Part
of a compilation" field is ticked. (a field that can be edited in
tag&rename).

I tried to use WMP11's "Advanced Tag Editor" to change all the Album tags
but that didn't work either.
Then i found out that it is possible to "drag and drop" tracks onto each
other. They will be presented as an album. until i re-scan all music
folders. in the result it seperates the manually joined tracks again

Does someone how to trick WMP to make an album of a collection of tracks? or
even better, what prerequisites WMP11 needs to make an album from a
collection of tracks?

specs:
- Vista x64, installed all critical updates.
- I dont allow WMP11 to change the tags.

Thanks in advance,
Sander

 

[Tony UK]

I only use WMP to rip tracks to mp3 and as a playback application. But I note
that you can create and label new playlists. What is to stop you from
creating a compilation playlist for a particular set of sounds and dragging
your set into that list?

 

[Sander]

Hello Tony,

Thanks for replying. It wouldnt restore the album "link" form a track, that
stops me from doing it. When i click the albumname in song-mode, it should
take me to the album. In the work-around you suggested it wouldnt work like
that.
In the past hours i tried something along that line; I saw a m3u file which
contained invalid info on the filenames of the tracks. So I made a new .m3u
file with valid filenames, replacing the old one. unfortunately, it didnt
made a difference.
Also the sheer number of albums going wrong in the way described below is
huge. Which is why i'd like to let the "index engine" do the work. in the
end it is designed to do so :]

Thanks for showing interest in this issue.

Sander

 

[zachd [MSFT]]

A: Sort by file path so that the files are lumped together (you don't need
to, but this makes it easier)
B: Select the files in question
C: right-click on them and choose Advanced Tag Editor and set the "Album
Artist" there. For a sound track, that should be a album artist value such
as "Original Soundtrack".

If this file does not persist back to the files, that sounds like there's
some reason why the metadata couldn't be updated.