Database Issue

[StickMan]

I'm running the latest build with an HP120.

When browsing the database, there are a large number of files that are under the "untagged" category, yet when I play them they display the tag information in the WPS just fine.  This would lead me to believe that the tag info in those files is correct.

I set the player to never shut down on inactivity, boosted the dir file limit to 2500 and initialized the database.  At the database browser menu, I select "Artist" and I get the message "Database is not ready".  My belief is that this condition would last until the batteries drain, after which I would still have a number of files untagged (after I recharge it).


*edited because the angle brackets around "untagged" were interpreted as field tags in the post.  It should make more sense now.

Is this a known issue?

Any help?

[StickMan]

I did some more surfing, and came across the Database page, and perpetual "Database not ready" is probably normal and is because the player needs a reboot after initializing the database.

When rebooting, it gives some messages about committing the database and does a countup from 1/7 to 6/7 and then goes into the browser.

There are still a large number of "untagged" files, that play and show tags on the WPS.

[bascule]

You were right to force a commit by rebooting, the database needs that.

The problem *may* be (and this is a long shot) that only the tag by which you were browsing was not present.

E.g., you browse to a track by genre. It shows as < untagged > because no genre has been set. However the file is populated with artist, album, tracknum tags and looks OK in the WPS?

Alternatively, the WPS may be well written enough (and your folder structure good enough) that it is defaulting to filename/path information in the absence of tags and you cannot notice the difference! I think the expected structure is:
/artist/album1/track01.xyz
/artist/album1/track02.xyz
/artist/album1/etc...
/artist/album2/track01.xyz
/artist/album2/track02.xyz
/artist/album2/etc...

1. Try the whole initialise (wait 10-15 mins) and reboot cycle again, to make sure all files have been read.
2. Check the files using a tagging app (MP3Tag, Foobar 2k, Media Monkey) to see what tag info they really have got.

[StickMan]

Well roll me in batter and call me a fishstick!  I downloaded MP3Tag and had a look at what's going on.  All these files are missing tags.

It's weird, because all of these files were ripped with dbPowerAmp and it's configured to catch the stuff the way I like every time.  So why did a few albums not have tags?

By the way MP3Tag is awesome.  I went looking for a free tag editor a few years back and couldn't find one worth having.  This program will convert file names to tags, which is very cool.

Thanks for the advice.