WMP 12 Windows 7 Issues

- Advanced Tag Editor is gone. I have over 4000 CDs in my collection that
took me 10 years to rip. Now I'm trying to update the metatags to better
manage my catalog but I can't easily update multiple fields on multiple files
at the same time. Lyrics, multiple album art, title artist vs album artists,
genre, subgenre, language, original artist, original album, comments.

- Syncing to microSD card (to use in my windows mobile 6.5 phone and my
sansa mp3 player), I can config the card to resample to 64 kbps, but it
errors out. You cannot down sample files when syncing. You can go from a
lower to a higher bitrate, but not from a higher to a lower bitrate.

- Still cannot create an autoplaylist with my own specified release date
range such as all music from 1975-1985. How hard can that be? I would also
like to create an autoplaylist for a specific year such as all music from
1983. I want it to be an autoplaylist so that as I update my compilations to
include the correct year for each track, they automatically show up in the
appropriate playlist.

- Still cannot easily modify track year. I have been performing this task
by using the metatag editor in windows explorer but would prefer to see it in
Advanced Tag Editor

I have been a Microsoft guy through and through since DOS 3. I've obtained
many Microsoft Certifications over the years. But for every step microsoft
takes forward, it seems they take two back. I have uninstalled Windows 7 and
will stick with Vista. I am currently looking to return my Windows 7 Home
Premium Family Edition and will be looking to move to a MAC which I have
loathed for years. But at least they seem to get things right when it comes
to finding what their customers want.

>>>>Now I'm trying to update the metatags to better
manage my catalog but I can't easily update multiple fields on multiple files
at the same time.<<<<<
You can: http://thewelltemperedcomputer.com/S...tiLineEdit.htm

All your other complains are perfectly valid I'm afraid



"BonaFideWiMP" wrote:

> - Advanced Tag Editor is gone. I have over 4000 CDs in my collection that
> took me 10 years to rip. Now I'm trying to update the metatags to better
> manage my catalog but I can't easily update multiple fields on multiple files
> at the same time. Lyrics, multiple album art, title artist vs album artists,
> genre, subgenre, language, original artist, original album, comments.
>
> - Syncing to microSD card (to use in my windows mobile 6.5 phone and my
> sansa mp3 player), I can config the card to resample to 64 kbps, but it
> errors out. You cannot down sample files when syncing. You can go from a
> lower to a higher bitrate, but not from a higher to a lower bitrate.
>
> - Still cannot create an autoplaylist with my own specified release date
> range such as all music from 1975-1985. How hard can that be? I would also
> like to create an autoplaylist for a specific year such as all music from
> 1983. I want it to be an autoplaylist so that as I update my compilations to
> include the correct year for each track, they automatically show up in the
> appropriate playlist.
>
> - Still cannot easily modify track year. I have been performing this task
> by using the metatag editor in windows explorer but would prefer to see it in
> Advanced Tag Editor
>
> I have been a Microsoft guy through and through since DOS 3. I've obtained
> many Microsoft Certifications over the years. But for every step microsoft
> takes forward, it seems they take two back. I have uninstalled Windows 7 and
> will stick with Vista. I am currently looking to return my Windows 7 Home
> Premium Family Edition and will be looking to move to a MAC which I have
> loathed for years. But at least they seem to get things right when it comes
> to finding what their customers want.

BonaFideWiMP wrote:
> - Still cannot easily modify track year. I have been performing this task
> by using the metatag editor in windows explorer but would prefer to see it in
> Advanced Tag Editor

In the library, you can right-click the column header, select Choose
columns, and enable the Release Year-column there. This will allow you
to modify the track year from within the library.

Regards

--
Tim De Baets
http://www.bm-productions.tk