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C6-01 Music Player and Podcasts

2 replies · 7,564 views · Started 05 April 2011

OK this is driving me crackers. My main use for the Music Player is to listen to podcasts. I make sure that my podcasts have valid ID3 tags for Artist, Title, etc and Category set to Podcast. However, quite a lot of the time Music Player lists them as "Unknown". The problem is I can't work out what the difference between the ones that Music Player recognizes OK and the others is. So does anyone know the magic fu for ID3 tags to make it work correctly?

Ian.

Thanks. I am probably being very stupid, but I don't have a "My Music". What I have tried is going into Music Player, refreshing the library (multiple times). I then choose Podcasts, but I still get multiple "Unknown".

A good example is the "Diary of Samuel Pepys", from Naxos Audiobooks. The episodes are all tagged correctly, but only one shows up in the correct place in the listing of Podcasts, all the rest are listed as Unknown.

Ian.

The music isn't drm'd. I have no problem copying it to the phone, just getting the !!!! Music Player to recognise the ID3 tags.

Ian.