In making an mp3 disk with dB CDWriter I tried converting folders of mp3 files and/or ogg files using the (artist)\(artist)-(track) setting so that I could recreate folders by artist. Generally this worked well with some important exceptions. Two of my original folders had files with differing spellings of the artist's name (stemming from the spelling on the tag rather than from the original folder name). Two things happened in this situation only one of which seems to me to be predictable.
The predictable unwanted (but only mildly annoying) result was that instead of having one folder for the artist (e.g. Duke Ellington), I ended up with about 5 different folders reflealecting different spellings in the tags (eg duke ellington, Duke Ellington, Ellington, Duke Ellington-the Great London, and so forth). This I can rationalize for being the type of person who neglects to tidy up discrepencies in his tags.
What really astonished me however was that when I examined each of these folders, three of them contained the same five or ten tracks and some tracks from the original folders ended up not being copied and burned to my mp3 disk at all.
I am writing primarily to report this situation for other users who my not be diligent with standardizing their tag information and to report this as a possible glitch in the program. If any of you have any insight as to what else may be contributing to such a problem or are aware of any procedures to work around this issue (short of changing my ways regarding the tags), I would be glad to hear about them.
best wishes,
bill mikkelsen
The predictable unwanted (but only mildly annoying) result was that instead of having one folder for the artist (e.g. Duke Ellington), I ended up with about 5 different folders reflealecting different spellings in the tags (eg duke ellington, Duke Ellington, Ellington, Duke Ellington-the Great London, and so forth). This I can rationalize for being the type of person who neglects to tidy up discrepencies in his tags.
What really astonished me however was that when I examined each of these folders, three of them contained the same five or ten tracks and some tracks from the original folders ended up not being copied and burned to my mp3 disk at all.
I am writing primarily to report this situation for other users who my not be diligent with standardizing their tag information and to report this as a possible glitch in the program. If any of you have any insight as to what else may be contributing to such a problem or are aware of any procedures to work around this issue (short of changing my ways regarding the tags), I would be glad to hear about them.
best wishes,
bill mikkelsen
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