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Song Names Display Inconsistent
Posted: 11 May 2011 10:23
by Love Music
Running Win XP, VLC 1.1.9.
New to VLC. Tried to read documentation, but it referred to Preferences Tab which doesn't appear on the app. My Tabs are: Media Playback Audio Video Tools View Help. ... no Preferences.
Problem: I name all songs "Artist - Song Title" (no quotes). Playlist view lists some in full, but some with only "Song Title".
Re: Song Names Display Inconsistent
Posted: 11 May 2011 16:58
by VLC_help
Tools -> Preferences...
Your songs have additional metadata which is shown by default in playlist.
Re: Song Names Display Inconsistent
Posted: 12 May 2011 10:10
by Love Music
When i view tools/media info the songs which display full (artist - title) in playlist do not show an album cover. The songs which do not display full (only title) seem to all lack an album cover !! Is this the meta data you refer to ?
Why would the programmer omit the artist in playlist whether the album cover was found or not ? The album covers are frequently unreadable which leaves no way to see who's singing. He would have to make an exception to accomplish this ! It would be better to make the playlist display consistent - metadata or no.
Re: Song Names Display Inconsistent
Posted: 12 May 2011 12:39
by VLC_help
You can remove metadata support from VLC if you don't need it. IIRC removing libtaglib_plugin.dll should do it.
Re: Song Names Display Inconsistent
Posted: 13 May 2011 02:57
by Love Music
Thank you for your time & answers. I think i can/should post my further q's in the other non-OS forum.