Ripped CD music files changing names.

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Ripped CD music files changing names.

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Hello I've been ripping old music CD's to my PC using WMP and Windows 7.

Most are OK but sometimes when I see the files after renaming them and moving them to relevant folders for storage, the track titles have renamed themselves back to ''track 1 900kbps''

So I'll change it back again but then the following day it changes itself back.... again.

I noticed that WMP seems to be updating playlist quite often. Actually just saw again, the file names changed as I was looking at them, WMP was 'updating playlist' at the same time, I'm wasting a lot of time renaming stuff just to have WMP decide I've done it wrong, how do I turn off the playlist updates ?

I disabled WMP and it stopped the problem so it's linked to WMP, I would keep it disabled but it's simpler to use than other CD ripping programs.

Thanks.

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One thing to be aware of is that reinserting the disc can cause reversion... unless the disc matches the ripped info (another good reason for setting it up on the disc prior to ripping!)

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Answer 3

Yes that should do it - you have not mentioned which format you are using (I ask because you cannot post-edit data on wav. files) but if you add all the available fields (album title/artist - contributing artist - year - genre etc.) yes - and it should also go to a suitable location straight away... The example below is a compilation I put together so album artist is 'Various Artists' and genre (self-created) 'compilation'.

Plan B -If you have stuff already ripped which you would like to sort out without the need to re-rip it you can copy it to your 'Documents' folder - which is not monitored by WMP - make the changes there (in Properties - Details) and then move it back to 'My Music'

Example 1 (self-compiled album)

Example 2 (where to modify in details tab/properties) - Again not an 'official' album - and I'm using 'Best of...' as 'genre'

Answer 4

Almost all of the tracks were downloaded (legally) years ago and then burned to CD-R's for DJing purposes.

When the rip starts or just before it the tracks are just labelled generically as 'track 1, 2, 3 etc....'

I might've fixed it, I found a video explaining how to disable WMP updating the playlist all the time, so it leaves things alone and just plays the tracks which is all I want it to do.

If this doesn't work would it help to change the track title before the rip as you suggested ? Then WMP has only ever known that file to be named as whatever I name it before the rip ?

Thanks.

Answer 5

Hi - are you not seeing details of the CD's contents before ripping? Normally WMP would find this info prior to ripping - unless these CDs are ones you have created yourself. In the latter instance you can search for (or manually add) this before you rip - and then you should not have a problem.

Moving items around after you have ripped them is also a potential cause of problems - particularly in Windows 7 where the library folder and original file location are different. Update and I'll see if I can help you sort this out. Please also confirm in which format you are ripping...

Thanks, Ric.

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