Shoutbox

hey guys,

this may sound like a stupid question but i was just wondering wether you could put a slash symbol (/) in the file property. for example i have a song by AC/DC and i wanted to put AC/DC in the artist property of the file but it wouldn't show the slash, it would show AC in the arist name and when i deleted the AC the DC showed up and when i deleted the DC the artist property was just blank.

P.S. by file property i mean when you right click a file and click properties go to the summary tab and click advanced.

if any1 could reply to this i would be grateful, its a small thing but it's been annoying for a while.

I think you can put a / in summary but I don't think that would change the artist's name to AC/DC where you want it to say AC/DC. Then again I'm not that good with some aspects of computers.

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Originally posted by shrav/oo7`
this may sound like a stupid question but i was just wondering wether you could put a slash symbol (/) in the file property.

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You should be able to, but I just tried it and it didn't work...



Seems like a bug in Windows.

You could always do AC-DC...

It's not a bug, it's because it thinks you're writing it into a file path.
It thinks your trying to save it into C:/MyDocuments/Music/AC/DC or whatever. See what I mean?

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Originally posted by Steel Froggy
It thinks your trying to save it into C:/MyDocuments/Music/AC/DC or whatever. See what I mean?

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it would be:
C:\My Documents\Music\AC/DC

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Originally posted by Steel Froggy
It's not a bug, it's because it thinks you're writing it into a file path.

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Why the heck would it think that? This thread is about the Artist property, not the filename.

Strangely enough, a backslash (the directory separator character in Windows) works fine. O_o

Weird... a backslash works?
Never tried it...

Good point though, I guess it'd qualify as a bug.

But ya, not being able to put /'s in filenames can get pretty annoying. lol

Note that this is only for MP3s, other media files accept and show the slash perfectly (eg: WMA).

The bug happens when applying the changes to an mp3 file.

So when you read out the properties again, the bug has already happened. Aka: if the slash is there already (saved with another program) the slash will show up fine.

When writing a slash it also doesn't remove the previous attempts you've made and writing some parts double, etc, making the actual internal property full of garbage (this can be checked by a program which edits/reads ID3 tags).

I think the point is: don't use Windows Explorer to edit ID3 tags. Use a dedicated program for that...

whoa, thanks alot guys for your responses! WDZ's pictures are exactly what i mean. I'll search for a ID3 tag editor and tell you guys if i have any success, once again thanks for the help!

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hey guys i downloaded a program called mp3tag from neowin its pretty good but i personally prefer to view my files in windows explorer my problem still wasn't solved but hey i can live without a slash. the mp3tag program still wouldn't make windows show AC/DC only ac. i use iTunes for my song library and it also has extensive song property functions which i think are good enough for me, once again thanks for all the fast responses and suggestion, much appreciated.

tried AC//DC? AC/DC? They would be my next attempt.