ID3 Tags not updating?

[spooksmcgee]

I had some screwed up Id3 tags in one of my directories, so I redid them all, and reloaded all the songs, yet WA5 is still showing the previous ID3 tags.

Does it have a cache or something it pulls from? And if so, how do I reset it so it will show the current tags?

Yes, I edited both v2 and v3 tags

[Kickboy12]

I have a similar problem, I had this problem in Winamp2 aswell. The only way I know of is to re-do them in winamp, and save it as a playlist. If you take them out of the playlist, then add them back in later, you will loose the tags. :/

[Kanpai]

I've had weird mp3 tags that even when i edited them they would stay the same anyway, i handled them by disabling the tag that was causing the problem and using the other one.

[DJ Egg]

Just remove them from the library and then add them again.
This is the only way to do it if you don't update the tags/metadata via the Winamp library interface.

[spooksmcgee]

Thanks guys. Well that really sucks. I dont understand why WA doesnt just read the tags when it loads the file. How long could it take?

Also, how do I remove them from the library? Or disable the library alltogether since I dont ever use it anyway?

[DJ Egg]

Uncheck: 'use library data for Winamp title-formatting' in:
Winamp -> Prefs (Ctrl+P) -> Media Library -> Library Options

Also, Prefs -> Titles
checkmark: Read metadata when files are loaded....

To remove items from library -> local media, select them (Ctrl+A for all, Shift+left-click for 'a to b', or Ctrl+left-click for multiple random files), and hit 'delete'.

etc etc etc