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Media Player 11: Add file(s) / Tagging Questions
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    Media Player 11: Add file(s) / Tagging Questions

    Hi all,

    since my iPod broke I wanted to get rid of iTunes and currently
    I'm experimenting with Media Player (since I prefer builtin solutions..).
    But there are a few things that bug me and I can't find anything about
    how to "fix" them. Maybe you can help me.

    First: Is it possible to add just one file to the media library and have
    Media Player automatically rename it?
    Folderwatch is great.. but it would be even better if could drag a file
    into a watched folder and media player takes care of the file name
    and folder structure on it's own. iTunes does that (the auto-renaming
    of a file i am adding), and I know that MP11 names and sorts files
    while "ripping" them from cds automatically, but isn't it possible to
    tell the player if I manually add some files that it should rename them according
    to the tags? Also, isn't it possible that it automatically changes the file
    location according to the ID3 tags if i change them in the library ?
    Well, if it is .. im unable finding the right setting in the options panel...

    Second: If I change the music file tags, media player doesn't seem to
    change the actual ID3 Tags. That's really annoying as I want to stay
    "compatible" to other players if i want to change my library software
    in the future. Having to retag all files just because media player isn't saving
    Meta information as ID3 tags but his own (?) format is more than annoying.
    Is there anything I can do about it ?

    Thanks for reading and enduring my bad grammar ;)

    Alex


    Last edited by lx-s; 14 Jul 2008 at 12:38 PM. Reason: typos, typos.. more and more typos *sigh*...
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    Re: Media Player 11: Add file(s) / Tagging Questions

    Since no one can help me (asked here and in the media player newsgroup), i figure it just isn't possible yet (except by programming a plugin, but I don't have the time to do it and i'm lazy... well, it's mostly the lazy thing).

    Well then... anyone knows reasonable alternatives to iTunes?

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