MP3 tags not recognized?

MP3 players Sansa Clip | Clip+
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I’m a mac user, and I rip my albums to MP3, and store all my MP3’s in iTunes. So I just plug in my sansa, and drag and drop songs to my clip.

Unfortunately for some reason the Sansa doesn’t always recognize the album/artist/song title tags. I have "Born Ruffian"s “Red, Yellow, and Blue” and the song names show up in all sorts of odd chinese characters, the artist is “unknown” and so is the album.

I have Arcade Fire’s “Funeral” and “Neon Bible” on the clip as well, while Funeral is perfectly recognized, Neon Bible shows up under an “unknown” artist. I reset all he tags in iTunes, and dragged fresh copies onto my clip, but the clip still isn’t recognizing the tags.

How can I fix this problem?

Also, I’m a brand new clip user, and any advice as to how to maximize the life of my new clip would be much appreciated! It’s a wonderful little product so far, I’d like to use it for a few years to come!

p.s. I’ve already upgraded my firmware to the latest version.

Message Edited by ExOmni on 03-08-2008 12:05 PM

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There’s another thread in which the tag format required by the Clip is discussed … unfortunately I don’t know which thread, but I’d recommend that you do a search on ID3V2 etc.

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Thanks so much for the advice! I just turned all the screen settings down to their lowest.

How do you play the player from AC? Do I need to get an AC to USB adapter? Where can I get one?

Message Edited by ExOmni on 03-09-2008 11:59 AM

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Well I just figured out the problem. I took all the songs that were giving me problems and went to itunes -> advanced -> convert ID3 tags, and converted all the tags to the latest version. It all seems to work properly now.

I’m just curious: why does it help the battery life to not fully charge it?