WMP 10 & no album info

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steveO - 21 Jun 2007 00:42 GMT

I am copying discs to my computer using 10 but the album info doesn't show
up. I of course can manually type the artist info & each track but that is a
major pita. Is there a setting I can check to see if 10 is going to the
correct website to retrieve the info I need? And a setting so I can fix it if
needed?

For example: I have 4 Boston cds loaded but the info for only 2 of them
shows in the library. I can still play all 4 but it would be much easier to
find them in the library.

I am using Xp Pro and have lots of memory & storage.

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Dale - 21 Jun 2007 02:17 GMT

Are you certain that you waited long enough for WMP to identify the CDs?

I find it interesting that there have been so many questions about not found
CDs lately, though. I understand that Microsoft was dropping the arrangement
with AMG and going to a Live Search based CD database. If that has happened
you may be out of luck. We all know that Live Search is just about useless.
It's worse than MSN search and MSN search was always the worst before.

Dale

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> I am copying discs to my computer using 10 but the album info doesn't show
> up. I of course can manually type the artist info & each track but that is a
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> I am using Xp Pro and have lots of memory & storage.

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steveO - 23 Jun 2007 14:29 GMT

Thanks for the reply Dale. And yes I am waiting long enough. At least I
think 1-2 minutes per CD is long enough for windows to figure out who made
the
CD & the track listing. And then come up with a blank listing.

And I also find it interesting that so many people are having trouble with
info for their CDs. I think that something has been changed in WMP or in
windows. Is there any way to look for the info (another source) that we can
change in WMP?

I don't mind loading all the info manually (if I have to) but it would be
nice if afterwards that the CDs would show in the library. Is there a way
that I can make the CDs show in the library listing?

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Dale - 23 Jun 2007 14:47 GMT

The Microsoft/AMG online database has never been known for completeness or
accuracy. Oh, and I remember now that the change they had announced was that
they were going away from AMG and moving to an MTV based database - but
probably (just guessing here) still Live Search based search of that database.

What I, and several others that I have seen respond on this topic here, do
is use Apple iTunes for ripping all my CDs. iTunes uses gracenote.com's CDDB
which is, in my personal experience, much more reliable than the Microsoft
database.

You may find my blog article about online CD databases useful:
http://www.dalepreston.com/Blog/2007/03/online-music-databases.html.

Dale

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> Thanks for the reply Dale. And yes I am waiting long enough. At least I
> think 1-2 minutes per CD is long enough for windows to figure out who made
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Uncle Rico - 26 Jul 2007 16:52 GMT

Not sure if this is the same issue, but renaming my local WMP data folder was
the fix for me. Read the details here:
http://www.davidlenihan.com/2007/07/how_to_destroy_your_music_coll.html

Hope this helps!

> The Microsoft/AMG online database has never been known for completeness or
> accuracy. Oh, and I remember now that the change they had announced was that
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