Newbie problems

[Willem Ferguson]

Gleb,

Thank you very much indeed for the advice. Since posting my query I have 
started reading about id3 tags and I am slowly getting to understand how 
the system works. I will certainly check out Picard.
Kind regards, Willem

 Gleb Litvjak wrote:
> On Monday 01 September 2008 13:48:31 Willem Ferguson wrote:
>   
>> My main issue is that I do not understand how Amarok constructs the
>> Collection. Attached are two images, the Nautilus file manager list and
>> the Amarok collection representation. One of the files is missing (1st
>> track on Nautilus list). I cannot manage to get the collection to
>> reflect the contents of the folder with the audio files. Highly irritating.
>>     
>
> You should really check your tags. I already see the files are poorly tagged. 
> For example, the info for one of the files should be:
> 	Artist: Leonard Cohen
> 	Title: Ain't No Cure for Love
> To utilize most of Amarok's advanced features, you absolutely have to tag your 
> files appropriately. If the album is relatively well known, you can use the 
> MusicBrainz's Picard app to automatically tag them correctly. Or edit the 
> tags from within Amarok itself.
>
> BTW, if a file does not appear in the collection, then it may be corrupted or 
> it just is missing tags. Check this possibility.
>
> Best Regards,
> Gleb
>
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