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Originally Posted by bocatex
I have several hundred albums I've converted to mp3 format...The software did not completely process my existing files into its 'collection'. Some it handles okay although it didn't interpret the folder names as the album names - to it album is 'unknown'.
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Remember that line from Cool Hand Luke? "What we have here is a failure to communicate." In this case, what we have here is a failure of metadata. Metadata is data that's embedded inside the file - it's data in the MP3 file that contains information such as:
- Genre
- Album year
- Album name
- Album artist
- etc.
I'm not sure what program you used to rip your MP3s, but it sounds like you have files that are missing metadata - and without that metadata, the Zune software (or really, most music management software) doesn't know what to do with your music in terms of identifying it. It doesn't go by the file name, it goes by the metadata.
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Originally Posted by bocatex
1. Is there some folder name and file name convention I can adopt so that the Zune s/w will recognize them for what they are?
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Nope. File names and folder names won't help you unfortunately - you need to get that metadata right. You can use the Zune software to fix it, or you can download a free program that I think is really great: MediaMonkey. It's not the easiest program in the world to use, but it's REALLY great at helping you see what metadata is missing, and you can select a song and press CONTROL+L to have it look it up on Amazon.com and try to fill in the missing metadata.
Getting your metadata right takes some time, but it's something you only have to do once.
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Originally Posted by bocatex
2. I find the documentation of the software totally inadequate. Is there a Zune for Dummies?
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You bet - right here on Amazon.com. Note that it's for the first generation Zune though, so I wouldn't suggest buying it - wait for the second generation book to come out.
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