Another Naming Problem - Media Library

BeckXII · 25th August 2002, 11:16

hi

in the album name window, the names of albums in track ID3v1 or 2 tags appear. i find, that alot of the time, if winamp3 detects an album, it will appear in the album name window, but if you delete or rename the songs from these albums, the album name will still remain there in the window - no matter how mny time you re-detect all you tracks. any way of getting rid of album names in the album window????

hope that made some sense

Peter_Berre · 25th August 2002, 12:45

i think you have to press the reset button in the bottom of the ML window

RipperHoss · 26th August 2002, 15:58

I've had the same problem. If you add a file and want to rename the file or change the ID3 tag, the changes to the artist or album don't appear in the "All Media" area but do appear in the "Audio Tracks" area of the Media Library.

Reset appears to have no effect on this problem.

-Rip

Zoombie · 27th August 2002, 00:33

Maybe right-click and select "Remove info from media library"?

RipperHoss · 27th August 2002, 20:26

Your suggestion only works to remove a file from the media library; that's not the problem. The problem is that, even if I remove every single file entry from the library, the "All Media" tab still shows artists and albums that are not tied to files and therefore cannot be removed (reset doesn't work either). In the "Audio Files" section they disappear but I have yet to find a way to remove them from the "All Media" section.

-Rip

lpnsl · 30th August 2002, 11:42

This happens to me to, there's no way of deleting the Artists or the respective Albuns (you can right-click under these). Hope this get's corrected it's really annoying, after some time my library becomes full of useless entries.

Tweebiscuit · 30th August 2002, 13:30

I have the exact same problem, and I hate it with the fire of a thousand suns.

Another, equally annoying problem: Sometimes, for no particular reason, the Media Library only recognizes a few songs from a particular album when there are (in the most annoying case), 43 songs on the album. The only thing that works is using "Sort by [blank]" a few times -- every time I do a song or two is added to the list, until after about 20 tries i've got all of them. Any idea what's happening?

Thanks!

- adam

Zoombie · 31st August 2002, 04:45

Actually, I've ended up with the same problem. I renamed all my "The Smashing Pumpkins" files to "Smashing Pumpkins, The", and now it has both listed under Artists, even though there aren't any with the original artist.

malik · 1st September 2002, 05:33

Just letting you know I'm having the same annoying problem. For God's sake Nullsoft!!! Fix it!!!

ArbytheGreat · 3rd September 2002, 15:36

Just delete everthing in the /winamp3/db/ directory, and reload it.

Pain in the ass for now, but it will work.

Zoombie · 4th September 2002, 03:44

Yeah, I was tempted to do that, but I chickened out...deleting database files by hand can be scary.

anomalousresult · 4th September 2002, 07:30

Quote:

Originally posted by malik
Just letting you know I'm having the same annoying problem. For God's sake Nullsoft!!! Fix it!!!

it's free ffs! it's only on the beta release. if you want reliability use v2. give 'em time or code your own.

Peter_Berre · 4th September 2002, 11:25

ummm anomalousresult... you do know that winamp3 has hit final, right?

UlricT · 5th September 2002, 17:06

I just downloaded Winamp 3 today, and ran into this problem 5 minutes later. The media library thing is really useful IF they could implement it properly.

The "all media" listing in the media library is never updated. I think it takes something liek 2 lines of code to correct this. Hope they do it....

Also, someone mentioned that

Quote:

Another, equally annoying problem: Sometimes, for no particular reason, the Media Library only recognizes a few songs from a particular album when there are (in the most annoying case), 43 songs on the album. The only thing that works is using "Sort by [blank]" a few times -- every time I do a song or two is added to the list, until after about 20 tries i've got all of them. Any idea what's happening?

I seem to have the exact opposite problem. Some album listings are screwed up. They list everything in the library, whether it is 'audio' or 'all media'. It seems to be happening only for album names starting with a ' " ' (thats a quote). For example, the album '"trainspotting" soundtrack' lists EVERY file in my library!!! Pretty darn annoying!!!!

25th August 2002, 11:16	#1
BeckXII Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 2	Another Naming Problem - Media Library hi in the album name window, the names of albums in track ID3v1 or 2 tags appear. i find, that alot of the time, if winamp3 detects an album, it will appear in the album name window, but if you delete or rename the songs from these albums, the album name will still remain there in the window - no matter how mny time you re-detect all you tracks. any way of getting rid of album names in the album window???? hope that made some sense

26th August 2002, 15:58	#3
RipperHoss Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 4	Reset Doesn't Work I've had the same problem. If you add a file and want to rename the file or change the ID3 tag, the changes to the artist or album don't appear in the "All Media" area but do appear in the "Audio Tracks" area of the Media Library. Reset appears to have no effect on this problem. -Rip

27th August 2002, 20:26	#5
RipperHoss Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 4	Try Again Your suggestion only works to remove a file from the media library; that's not the problem. The problem is that, even if I remove every single file entry from the library, the "All Media" tab still shows artists and albums that are not tied to files and therefore cannot be removed (reset doesn't work either). In the "Audio Files" section they disappear but I have yet to find a way to remove them from the "All Media" section. -Rip

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25th August 2002, 12:45	#2
Peter_Berre Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 150	i think you have to press the reset button in the bottom of the ML window

27th August 2002, 00:33	#4
Zoombie Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 92	Maybe right-click and select "Remove info from media library"?

30th August 2002, 11:42	#6
lpnsl Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 5	This happens to me to, there's no way of deleting the Artists or the respective Albuns (you can right-click under these). Hope this get's corrected it's really annoying, after some time my library becomes full of useless entries.

30th August 2002, 13:30	#7
Tweebiscuit Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 1	I have the exact same problem, and I hate it with the fire of a thousand suns. Another, equally annoying problem: Sometimes, for no particular reason, the Media Library only recognizes a few songs from a particular album when there are (in the most annoying case), 43 songs on the album. The only thing that works is using "Sort by [blank]" a few times -- every time I do a song or two is added to the list, until after about 20 tries i've got all of them. Any idea what's happening? Thanks! - adam

31st August 2002, 04:45	#8
Zoombie Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 92	Actually, I've ended up with the same problem. I renamed all my "The Smashing Pumpkins" files to "Smashing Pumpkins, The", and now it has both listed under Artists, even though there aren't any with the original artist.

1st September 2002, 05:33	#9
malik Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 9	Just letting you know I'm having the same annoying problem. For God's sake Nullsoft!!! Fix it!!!

3rd September 2002, 15:36	#10
ArbytheGreat Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 74	Just delete everthing in the /winamp3/db/ directory, and reload it. Pain in the ass for now, but it will work.

4th September 2002, 03:44	#11
Zoombie Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 92	Yeah, I was tempted to do that, but I chickened out...deleting database files by hand can be scary.

4th September 2002, 11:25	#13
Peter_Berre Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 150	ummm anomalousresult... you do know that winamp3 has hit final, right?