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Albums in Music Player

3 replies · 2,138 views · Started 02 November 2006

I need some help.
Had lots of CDs which I imported into iTunes for use on iPod. I think it converted all tracks to MP3s. iPod plays these fine and recognises the collection of tracks as an album with full artist, track details and album name (although no album artwork).
Have copied same files to N80 via PC suite and it seems that the Music Library doesn't group the tracks together as an album, nor does it identify the artist or album name- which means I can't listen to an album in order unless I find each track manually one after the other.
Under 'tracks' in gallery I can see one 'album' grouped together with an icon which is a yellow page with writing (bullet points?) on it plus the red note in bottom right hand corner- alongside it it says artist name, album name and number of tracks. But I have other albums listed which have a different icon- a blue ring binder with a gold-coloured CD in bottom right hand corner. What's the difference? What do the icons mean and more importantly how do I listen to my CD collection on my N80 in the way they were meant to be listened to? (just upgraded to 1GB memory card so was hoping to be able to listen to more music).
Regards

the music player reads the id tags

For me its just a simple case of browsing through the browser. Its sorted all fine for me. Check your id tags. I dont know if Itunes changes them to something only itunes can read.

Don't use PC Suite. Set the phone to data connection and then drag and drop the MP3's onto your memory card. Once loaded go to the music player and select 'update library' - once you have the songs and albums will all be stored correctly.

sunking101 wrote:Don't use PC Suite. Set the phone to data connection and then drag and drop the MP3's onto your memory card. Once loaded go to the music player and select 'update library' - once you have the songs and albums will all be stored correctly.

Tried this but still have the same problem- nothing being recognised if I search say in Music Player>Albums, but the tracks are all there under Unknown. Means I can't play an album with Track 1 followed by Track 2 etc. - have to know the tracks I want to play and listen to them individually. Most annoying.

Can anyone help?

Regards