Changing song properties...

[daytripper]

Probably a basic question but...

I want to take single songs and place them onto a different album than the original, yet it seems have a memory of the original details, despite my changing the song properties. For example:

I have 2 songs from the albums 'Fan the Flames'. I want to put these onto the album 'Living in Sin' for easy organisation. I change the album name on the 2 songs and drop them on the NAS box - suddenly I have 2 albums on the Sqeezebox called 'Living in Sin' - one with the original full album, the other with the 2 new songs (which have kept the artwork for 'Fan the Flames').

How do I prevent this and organise my music properly..?

Thanks!
marc

[aubuti]

Have you done a full clear and rescan of your music library in LMS?

[Mnyb]

Keeping all files belonging to one album in the same folder .

/music/artist/album

One folder per album .

Album name alone is not enough to make it the same album, there is reasons.

so at least album name artist/albumartist and in the same folder
There may be more stuff that must be tagged the same .

Think "greatest hits" you can not use album name only to make things the same album, and album names are not unique I have several albums with different artist with the same name .

I also have more than one version of the same album with the same artist .

[daytripper]

thanks guys...

I've rescanned the disk but had no joy, and also have the whole thing arranged by Artist/Album name already...

[rayman1701]

Did you make sure the track numbers are not duplicated? Like 2 track 13's, or add a disc number tag to the original "Living..." as Disc 1, then disc 2 for the 2 tracks you wanna add to "Living..."? Those are things I would try, plus double check that no extended tags refer to the album you are moving from, and it may take a full clear and rescan to get it all sorted.

[aubuti]

Also, you mention it is keeping the original artwork. That sounds to me like the artwork is embedded in the tags. Have you tried removing the artwork with a good tag editor?

[daytripper]

hey - the track names don't seem to make any odds; these are blank anyway.

Under extended properties - I have changed the details by rt-clicking > Properties... on the file, gone to the 'Details' tab and edited there...

[daytripper]

Also, you mention it is keeping the original artwork. That sounds to me like the artwork is embedded in the tags. Have you tried removing the artwork with a good tag editor?

No, I've not tried this. Can y'all recommend a good tag-editor..? This might help my problem...

[rayman1701]

hey - the track names don't seem to make any odds; these are blank anyway.

Under extended properties - I have changed the details by rt-clicking > Properties... on the file, gone to the 'Details' tab and edited there...

Ok does that mean you are trying to edit info in Windows Explorer? If so that will never work, download MP3 Tag which will allow you to edit info in the actual tags. Windows Explorer does not show all tags, and barely shows any info from what I remember. Also don't worry about the name MP3 Tag will work with any audio file type to explore and fix tags. I doubt the artwork is the issue, I have songs on the same "album" with differing embedded artwork and no issues with that.

[daytripper]

hmm, with mp3tag to change the propoerties it has now split in the songs into three(!) albums, all with the same name. Amazingly, it has split apart songs on the original album, all of whose tag details are the same (except the title).

The plot thickens..!