Subject:How do I get SF to fill the MS Artist Field?

Posted by: Grazie

Date:6/3/2010 6:03:19 AM

And yes, I HAVE entered this in the "Artist" (CD Text) Metadata option. Where else can I enter this info so Microsoft reveals it?

Grazie

Subject:RE: How do I get SF to fill the MS Artist Field?

Reply by: jbolley

Date:6/3/2010 10:58:12 AM

Tell us more...
Where are you hoping to see the artist info displayed by Microsoft?
Windows Media Player perhaps? It doesn't support CD text so you won't see it unless you install the patch for it by web searching for:
wmp cd text plugin

Jesse

Subject:RE: How do I get SF to fill the MS Artist Field?

Reply by: Geoff_Wood

Date:6/3/2010 1:54:24 PM

You are presumably mistaking what Windows Media Player displays with CD-TEXT. They are not the same thing - WMP derives track/artist info from GraceNote.

Wiki GraceNote and CDDB for an explanation.

geoff

Subject:RE: How do I get SF to fill the MS Artist Field?

Reply by: Grazie

Date:6/3/2010 2:06:13 PM

Oh! - When you look at a file, here a WAV file, in a MS Folder, there are many columns. I have one named "Artist". And yes,I know about CD-Text. It was purely the MS Column names which has "Artist" as part of the info. I've got "Album Title"; "Year"; "Duration" and so on.

TIA

Grazie

Subject:RE: How do I get SF to fill the MS Artist Field?

Reply by: Steven Myers

Date:6/3/2010 2:19:10 PM

in a MS Folder

You keep saying "MS." I'm going to guess that you mean Windows. I'm going to guess further that you are looking at Windows Explorer.

If those guesses are accurate, then right-click the filename and pick Properties.
Click the Summary tab and make sure you're looking at the Advanced view, not Simple.

In the Property column, you will see Artist. Click in the corresponding Value field and type in whatever you want.

But you want SF to do it for you. I don't think that's going to happen.

Steve f/k/a tididit

Subject:RE: How do I get SF to fill the MS Artist Field?

Reply by: Grazie

Date:6/5/2010 2:51:44 AM

Steve, I followed your instructions, but I can not enter anything as there isn't an Artist Filed there? There is a column named "Artist" within the MS Folder though.

Grazie