mp3 won't play after it's tagged

[rupole]

I have some mp3's that play immediately after they've been encoded,
but won't play after I've added tags to them. In the playlist, the
duration shows as 00:00, and if I right-click for information, there
is nothing under Codec details. The files continue to play using
Quicktime player, Itunes, and Windows Media Player.
Anybody seen this before ?

Roger

[Arite]

What are you using to tag the files? VLC? If so does re-adding them work?

Arite.

[rupole]

I used Window Exporer's Summary tab to add the tags.
Strangely, if I remove the comments the file will play again.

Roger

[Arite]

Don't use Windows Explorer to add metadata. Use a proper tag editor/media player which support ID3 tag writing for MP3 file (for example, VLC can save metadata). Windows Media Player should work, however e.g. foobar2000 is better for handling MP3 ID3v1/v2 tags.

Arite.

[rupole]

Umm, every other program I have is perfectly happy with the tags added
by Explorer. This strongly suggests the problem is with VLC, not with the
way explorer writes tags.

Roger

[Arite]

Yes OK, VLC shouldn't stop playing them. Still using a proper tagging tool should ensure wider compatibility etc. For some reason it is only when Windows Explorer writes the tags (which might not even be ID3 tags) that VLC has a problem.

Arite.

[rupole]

They are in fact valid ID3 tags, readable by several different media
players, and other tools such as MediaInfo.

Roger