ZZ
Thu Sep 25 18:59:01 PDT 2008
Thanks, zachd.
Since read-only works, what will the player do with those readonly files
without metadata? Those files cannot be put in a library or collection?
The design of wmp should consider this situation, but not just add a tag
arbitrarily,
my opinion.
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"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
>
> Mark the file read-only if you don't want headers added. The player is
> library and metadata-centric, so a collection of metadata-less files is kind
> of useless. =\
>
> --
> 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.
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> "ZZ" <ZZ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:832978B7-34A4-4B91-A52E-85737BE06912@microsoft.com...
> >I found the problem yesterday that the mp3 file was changed after played by
> > wmp11.
> > The file was generated by LAME, and wmp11 added an ID3 header to it!
> > That's too bad!
> > --
> >
> >
> > "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 10:37:03 -0700, RonSD
> >> <RonSD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Is there any way to get WMP11 to not change the tags when it plays my
> >> >mp3
> >> >files?
> >> >
> >> >I understand from searching this group that there was no solution for
> >> >this
> >> >in WMP 9 and 10, but couldn't find anything about 11.
> >>
> >>
> >> You should be able to make all the files read-only. Find one which is
> >> affected, right click it, and choose "Read Only" checkbox, then test
> >> it to see if its tags are stil updated.
> >>
> >> You can do this recursively across directories by selecting the top
> >> level directory and applying the same step.
> >>
> >> HTH
> >> Cheers - Neil
> >> ------------------------------------------------
> >> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2008
> >>
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
> >>
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