Must mp3's be id3 tagged to display correctly?

ctg115 · 16th March 2001, 01:38

New to winamp. Most of my mp3's are not id3 tagged, just named within windows. When I load these mp3's they display as "no artist-no title" Must I go through and manually id3 each of these files or can I have winamp display just the actual file names without the id3 tag? I couldn't find any option for this within preferences or any mention of it in the online documentation.

If I must id3 the files to have them display properly is there a way to automate it so i don't have to go through every single mp3 and retype the same info already in the file name? I'd rather not do it manually.

Thanks for any help.

Chris

Qaxar · 16th March 2001, 01:48

The default display can be the Windows file name. To set this up go to Preferences (Ctrl+P) ->Plugins->Input and click on Nullsoft MPEG Auto Decoder. In the popup window click on the Title tab. In the Title formatting (default) panel use the entry %7

It's possible that some of the mp3 files have bad ID3 tags. If you're sure that you don't want to use ID3 at all, then also uncheck Use ID3v1/v2 tags.

[Edited by Qaxar on 03-15-2001 at 10:08 PM]

. - .... .- -. .... · 16th March 2001, 11:19

you can also download any one of the mass taggers that are specified at this post:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=21147

They come with various options, including writing the filename as the ID3 tag, or writing the ID3v1 tag into the ID3v2 tag.

ctg115 · 16th March 2001, 11:33

Thanks for the help.

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16th March 2001, 01:38	#1
ctg115 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2	New to winamp. Most of my mp3's are not id3 tagged, just named within windows. When I load these mp3's they display as "no artist-no title" Must I go through and manually id3 each of these files or can I have winamp display just the actual file names without the id3 tag? I couldn't find any option for this within preferences or any mention of it in the online documentation. If I must id3 the files to have them display properly is there a way to automate it so i don't have to go through every single mp3 and retype the same info already in the file name? I'd rather not do it manually. Thanks for any help. Chris

16th March 2001, 01:48	#2
Qaxar Major Dude Join Date: May 2000 Location: Bel Air, Maryland, USA Posts: 725	The default display can be the Windows file name. To set this up go to Preferences (Ctrl+P) ->Plugins->Input and click on Nullsoft MPEG Auto Decoder. In the popup window click on the Title tab. In the Title formatting (default) panel use the entry %7 It's possible that some of the mp3 files have bad ID3 tags. If you're sure that you don't want to use ID3 at all, then also uncheck Use ID3v1/v2 tags. [Edited by Qaxar on 03-15-2001 at 10:08 PM]

16th March 2001, 11:33	#4
ctg115 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2	Thanks for the help.