Why is 'Unknown artist' being added to my tags!?
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 3:05 pm
Before I started using MMW/MMA I was using ID3Tagit to manage my collection. ID3Tagit utilizes <Artist> tag but does not use <Album Artist> tag (at least I've never seen an available entry for it). To me <Album Artist> is a redundant tag that I don't really want to use. All of my music (all MP3 flies) has something in the <Artist> field. On the computer, where my library is stored, none of the files utilize the <Album Artist> tag. The field is empty on every track. Here is the problem: when I add music from the PC to my phone, the <Album Artist> tag is automatically filled with 'Unknown artist' (sic).
Why does this field get populated? How do I stop this from happening?
On a related note, here is something else I've noticed. It creates duplicate entries in MMA. I've seen several complaints on the forums about duplicate entries in user's MMA libraries. Could this be part of the problem?
I am using MMW v4.1.20.1864 and MMA v1.3.3.0842
EDIT: I feel it is important to mention that when I sent over the files (these were just some test files) I used 'Send To' by right-clicking the files and hovering over 'Send To' and choosing my phone from the fly-out list. I chose this method opposed to 'Sync' because I only wanted a few test files to be sent to the phone. Hope this helps.
Another EDIT: This problem persists if I choose to 'Sync' or 'Auto-Sync'. On the phone the files are supposed to be stored in the ...\Music\Artist\Album\## - Track directory. However, everything I manually add or sync ends up in the ...\Music\Unknown\Album\## - Track directory.
<tongueincheek>please answer quickly because my problem is more important than anybody elses.</tongueincheek>
Why does this field get populated? How do I stop this from happening?
On a related note, here is something else I've noticed. It creates duplicate entries in MMA. I've seen several complaints on the forums about duplicate entries in user's MMA libraries. Could this be part of the problem?
I am using MMW v4.1.20.1864 and MMA v1.3.3.0842
EDIT: I feel it is important to mention that when I sent over the files (these were just some test files) I used 'Send To' by right-clicking the files and hovering over 'Send To' and choosing my phone from the fly-out list. I chose this method opposed to 'Sync' because I only wanted a few test files to be sent to the phone. Hope this helps.
Another EDIT: This problem persists if I choose to 'Sync' or 'Auto-Sync'. On the phone the files are supposed to be stored in the ...\Music\Artist\Album\## - Track directory. However, everything I manually add or sync ends up in the ...\Music\Unknown\Album\## - Track directory.
<tongueincheek>please answer quickly because my problem is more important than anybody elses.</tongueincheek>