I can confirm this problem and the solution posted above. It is indeed the ALBUM ARTIST field causing the issue. Deleting it solves the problem. Thanks xpmule!
IDK about FLAC, but with OGG files, my solution has always been to delete anything that indicates the name of the artist. Then, readd the info. I’ve tested this with several files, and it always seems to work.
I prefer “Tag & Rename” but it has limited support for tag fields compared to “MP3 Tag”
The later is more powerfull but Tag & Rename has a smooth gui to tag your media library.
Ocasionaly i edit tags within winamp too but i don’t like doing that because it rewrites / modifies other tags.
And i ALWAYS avoid Media Player or Windows Media Center, if i let them near my audio collection
they screw with tags and frequently delete my custom high resolution artwork and replace it with numerous
crappy small dimension art pics hidden in the album directory, i still havn’t finished cleaning up after the last time that happened, i stopped WMC after it screwed up about 1,000 albums on me but the damage was already done
Anyway… if you have another way to skin the cat then great
I, too had the same issue with WMP. That’s why I learned that if you use it, then you should make a copy of your artwork and rename it to something like “AA” (without an extesnion).
Anyway, I mostly use MP3Tag, and occasionally MetatOGGer. I should add that simply resaving the tags isn’t enough. You do need to remove the artist info, save, and readd.
