MP3s.

To put music on my phone I need to rip CDs. I always order my CDs on band - album title - song number - song name.
When I have put albums on my phone I often notice that the way how I order my music is not the order  I see the albums back on my phone.
Sometimes I see two different maps of one album one with 9 songs and an other map with one
song.
Some bands are listed as "unknown". while I have named the band and so.
Do you have the same problem when you rip CDs for your phone or MP3 player?
Do you have an idea how I can solve this problem?

I have had a similar problem with one of my older mp3 players. 
I am not really sure how to fix it.  All of the music I have ripped to MP3 I used Windows Media Player and input all the song/band info by hand when it doesn't already know it.

I use Windows Media Player too.
Maybe Windows Media Player is the problem?

Windows Media Player is a great program but it has it's limitations.

That being said, it's probably your tags.  Every mp3 has tags (you can google it for a more detailed explanation) but basically it's information that helps your phone/iPod/mp3 player "read" what the song is.
 
To fix it, you could (again) google something like "How do I fix mp3 tags". Short version - you'll have to go into Windows Explorer (assuming you don't use a Mac) and go to each individual album and change them by hand.

ishmael81 wrote:

Short version - you'll have to go into Windows Explorer (assuming you don't use a Mac) and go to each individual album and change them by hand.

 This is what I have to do for many of them.  The all get titled "Track 1" "Track 2" etc., and I just end up going in and changing them by hand.
I will say this, if you want to add album art to the cd in WMP, do it before you change any of the other information.  Many times I have had WMP reset all of the info I input by hand when I add the album art after I made the other changes.

Use http://www.mp3tag.de/en/

to make sure your tags are correct. Some players ignore filenames and just use tags, some do the opposite.

GraceNote's getting better and better these days at recognizing Christian releases (even though they still put the genre to bands like Whitecross as "Gospel")... I remember a few years ago practically none of my Christian albums were recognized by GraceNote.

Thanks for the advices how to fix this.
Do you think when I start using VLC it will change?

Guilty/Forgiven wrote:

GraceNote's getting better and better these days at recognizing Christian releases (even though they still put the genre to bands like Whitecross as "Gospel")... 

 I've noticed that some of the Christian Hard Rock and Metal that I load up through WMP gets labeled as "Religious".  Seriously "religious"?  How is "religious" a genre?  What's next "atheist" or "agnostic" music?....maybe we will get a new genre called "irreligious".

Also don't use WMP to rip and manage your music!

Give

http://www.mediamonkey.com/

a try.

Some computer-based music players let you tag from filename and vice versa. This allows you to keep the two in sync. MediaMonkey is one such player.

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I've noticed that some of the Christian Hard Rock and Metal that I load up through WMP gets labeled as "Religious".  Seriously "religious"?

I have noticed the same.
I've just seen Disciple and Saint are labeled as Gospel.

If it helps...

there are a couple of different versions of ID3 tags out there, and sometimes programs can't read the version being used by your mp3.

Anyway, I use a program called TagScanner that gives you a TON of options for tags and file names...not only can you edit any field (including the picture) but if you ripped a whole cd the program can auto set the tags direct from an online db. And it's free.


download.cnet.com/TagScanner/3000-2141_4-10056506.html