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I used Mp3tag software to remove metadata of some mp3 files, and it appears to work fine in Windows Media Player: the name of the artist, song, cover, etc.
But if I play the entire album, suddenly in the penultimate song the previous non-cover, erroneous artist metadata appears and all the songs gets corrupted too. I close WMP and check all the metadata in Mp3tag: it appears to be correct. I play this particular song alone in WMP: the metadata are fine. Then I play the entire album and volia: the penultimate song has the erroneous metadata and this happens all over again.
Repeat:
- The metadata of each song is correct in Mp3tag.
- The metadata of each song is correct in WMP if played alone.
- The metadata gets corrupted in the penultimate song and spreads to others.
What is wrong? Some strange cache behavior in WMP? mp3tag is not doing a good job?
Are there any non-ASCII characters in any of the songs? – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams – 2010-11-20T07:08:21.853
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This might be more related to Windows Media Player than the MP3 file. Have you checked for dodgy album art in the folder in which the files are stored? Have you tried stripping the tags with another tool, or in Windows Media Player itself? Have a look at http://sourceforge.net/projects/massid3lib/ for another tag editor.
– None – 2010-11-20T07:27:09.137@Ignacio: Just ASCII characters. – Edgar – 2010-11-20T20:58:19.150
@Randolph: thanks for the suggestions. I will try another tag editor. – Edgar – 2010-11-20T20:59:13.910