Wait, so WinAMP is having a problem with this file too? I'm thinking
there's something suspicious about this MP3 file then... ?

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"djohnson123" <djohnson123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
>> >>
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>> >> "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.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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