How do I make playlists in WMP

[Guest XePeR]

I'm getting really really sick of this. I have created and re-created my ID3 tags over and over again trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong, but I cannot for the life of me make it so that Windows Media Player will see all of my albums as part of the album.

For example: I have and album with 12 tracks. I created them using iTunes or another ripping app from CD, as mp3 files, then give them ID3 1.1 and 2.3 tags using "MP3 tag it". I've tried inputting every piece of information possible. I copy the whole album to my SD card, update WMP's library and when I search by artist/album 3 or 4 of the songs are NOT in the album, they're listed as "Unknown Album"

Is there some way within WMP to create a playlist so that I don't have to keep re-adding or deleting files from the "now playing"?

This is for WMP in WM5 on iMate JasJar

[Guest Shuflie]

Have you tried syncing your albums across using windows media player 10 on your PC while connected through active sync?

[Guest fraser]

I gave up on this with Media Player. Instead I use Mortplayer which treats each directory as an album. Much simpler.

[Guest Shuflie]

Actually if you have have WMP10 on both your phone and PC then its a great way of syncing your playlists across, you do need to set up an automatic sync between the two of them to get the best out of it. Manual syncing of a playlist will just copy the the track and add them into your library on the PDA/Phone. Using automatic will do the same but will also bring across the playlist too, this way you have the option of either playing by artist/album/genre etc. or a customised playlist which you create on your desktop pc. If you change your listening habits on your PC then this is reflected on your phone the next time you sync it. If you have too much music on your PC to fit on your phone then just be selective about which playlists you sync with it. Just as with the desktop version if you already have a song on you phone then adding it into a new playlist will not create a duplicate of it on the phone, just a new entry in the playlist.

[Guest genaldar]

I tried syncing with wmp10 but it was really slow, has anyone else come across that?

[Guest Shuflie]

If its converting the files before copying them across it will be slow. I also found that its best to let activesync finish all its normal syncing before starting mediaplayer to sync the playlists across.

Edited May 7, 2006 by Shuflie

[Guest Pigo]

Give me TCPMP any day over Windows Media Player it just plain old sucks!

Pigo