It depends on what I use to edit the tag, but the end result is that it
allows me to change the info but when I save it, the changes don't take.
Winamp produces an error an apears to change one tag from an album but when I
refresh the list the info has reverted to its previous state.
Another forum suggested deleting the entire field and adding new info. Thta
did not work. Also if I try ti add info in a previously unused field ( date
for example ) it fails.
What I have to do now is connect my XP laptop to the external drive, edit
the tags then connect the drive to the Vista laptop. Not exactly
user-friendly. Maybe it's time to load XP on the nre laptop !
Don

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:

>
> What happens when you try? Is it greyed out, or does it look like you will
> be able to, but then it won't let you?
>
> Is there a sample file I could try this with?
>
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> "djohnson123" <djohnson123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8D82325F-36A2-4E43-9001-5E6A20DA980F@microsoft.com...
> >I too am having the same problem. I am using the same portable drive that I
> > used with my XP laptop but now with a new Vista laptop I cannot edit tags
> > on
> > some mp3 files. I tried using Media Player to edit them like you said and
> > it
> > worked for one album but not another. Any thoughts ??? Don
> >
> > "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Can you edit that tag for that file within Windows Media Player?
> >>
> >> There's a number of ways in which a file could have bad/uneditable
> >> metadata.
> >> Compressed ID3 tags are notably unsupported, for example.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Speaking for myself only.
> >> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> rights.
> >> --
> >>
> >> "knicknack" <knicknack@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:6609100B-F5C7-4DEF-851A-DF273BBC37BD@microsoft.com...
> >> > I'm having a heck of a time trying to organize my music ever since I
> >> > got a
> >> > vista computer. I have an external hard drive with a lot of music on
> >> > it,
> >> > and
> >> > also have been putting new music on it. When I try to change the track
> >> > information (whether through explorer, winamp, or itunes) it won't let
> >> > me
> >> > do
> >> > it on all files.
> >> >
> >> > For example:
> >> >
> >> > I have a folder containing an entire album, which I got from the same
> >> > source. I want to make sure all the track info is correct before I put
> >> > it
> >> > into winamp. I open explorer, and see that not all the track numbers
> >> > are
> >> > there. So, I start putting them in. Every once in a while, I'll edit
> >> > the
> >> > track number (or artist, or genre, or anything at all) and vista throws
> >> > an
> >> > error:
> >> >
> >> > "An error occurred when writing the property '#' to the file
> >> > 'filename'."
> >> >
> >> > (where property is any property and filename is the name of the file)
> >> >
> >> > I've checked into ownership - i changed the ownership of the external
> >> > drive
> >> > to the administrator group. I've looked into read only - i have access
> >> > to
> >> > full permissions on the files and folders. It reads as a winamp media
> >> > file,
> >> > and looks the same as the others that I can edit. When I look at the
> >> > security on the folders, sometimes 'read only' is shaded in in blue, so
> >> > I
> >> > have unchecked that and applied it to everything in the folders and
> >> > subfolders just to make sure everything is readable. However, when I
> >> > do
> >> > that, it still ends up blue the next time I look at it. Since blue
> >> > means
> >> > absolutely nothing to me, I don't know what this means at all, but...
> >> >
> >> > So, I own everything in the directory, it should be readable and
> >> > writable,
> >> > and I have permissions to everything.
> >> >
> >> > So what on EARTH is going on? It's very very very very annoying.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>