WMP12 does not recognize "year" tag before 1900

I have a large classical music collection of mp3s and recently set out to
change the "year" tags from the year the CDs were produced to the year each
piece premiered. In the process, I discovered that WMP has difficulty with
values before 1900. If I change the value in WMP, it appears to accept the
number but does not update the actual ID3 tag of the file (and yes, I have
the library options properly set). Eventually (usually the next time WMP
starts), the value will disappear entirely and the column will simply be left
blank. If I had also manually altered the year in the ID3 tag, that will be
erased as well. Making the files read only after editing the ID3 tag
preserves the new value, but WMP still erases the year in the library view.
I assume this a flaw in the program and there is no "solution" at this point,
but I would like to make sure that this problem gets properly reported so it
can be addressed in future updates/versions. If anyone has any ideas, I'd be
glad to hear them.

You are right, I have been able to reproduce the issue, both in WMP 12
and in WMP 11 on XP. The file type doesn't seem to matter, it occurs for
MP3 as well as for WMA files.

I suggest that you report this on the Windows 7 Media forum too:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...omedia/threads
There are some people from inside Microsoft there, who might forward
this to the WMP team.

Regards

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

On 3/06/2010 17:03, dsweida wrote:
> I have a large classical music collection of mp3s and recently set out to
> change the "year" tags from the year the CDs were produced to the year each
> piece premiered. In the process, I discovered that WMP has difficulty with
> values before 1900. If I change the value in WMP, it appears to accept the
> number but does not update the actual ID3 tag of the file (and yes, I have
> the library options properly set). Eventually (usually the next time WMP
> starts), the value will disappear entirely and the column will simply be left
> blank. If I had also manually altered the year in the ID3 tag, that will be
> erased as well. Making the files read only after editing the ID3 tag
> preserves the new value, but WMP still erases the year in the library view.
> I assume this a flaw in the program and there is no "solution" at this point,
> but I would like to make sure that this problem gets properly reported so it
> can be addressed in future updates/versions. If anyone has any ideas, I'd be
> glad to hear them.