I delete ALBUM ARTIST, yet it returns in Properties as Various Artists

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I delete ALBUM ARTIST, yet it returns in Properties as Various Artists, Was: “Album Artist Tag problem.”—TOS #6: Please try to be descriptive.

Enigma776 View Member Profile	Jul 25 2011, 00:50 Post #1
Group: Members Posts: 128 Joined: 29-August 05 Member No.: 24190	Hello, I am trying to remove 'Various Artists' from my library and when I delete the Album artist tag it removes it but as soon as I got back in to properties it's back like nothing happened with 'Various Artists' as a value again. The folder is not write protected and have started with admin rights.

db1989 View Member Profile	Jul 25 2011, 01:36 Post #2
Group: Super Moderator Posts: 4356 Joined: 23-June 06 Member No.: 32180	File type? If MP4, is the ITUNESCOMPILATION field present and set to 1?

derty2 View Member Profile	Jul 25 2011, 04:19 Post #3
Group: Members Posts: 469 Joined: 5-June 11 Member No.: 91257	Yeah, I sometimes encounter this issue. In these pesky cases I open the folder in Explorer (right-click the track in your foobar2000 playlist viewer and "open containing folder"), I then create a blank "New Playlist" in foobar2000, and drag all files (and CUE sheet if present) into the "New Playlist" and deal with it all, also looking out for "rogue" tags as db1989 has pointed out. Even after all that, I sometimes encounter stubborn files whose "Tags" refuse to be wiped. In these cases, I decompress the FLAC file (for example) back to WAV, and then re-compress again to FLAC. Goodbye "Tags". This post has been edited by derty2: Jul 25 2011, 04:26

frogworth View Member Profile	Jul 25 2011, 13:05 Post #4
Group: Members Posts: 159 Joined: 30-December 09 Member No.: 76511	Another possibility is that foobar's cacheing the old tags in its library. So the new tags have been successfully saved but it's still showing you the cached tags. If you hold down shift and click the Library menu, you'll see an otherwise hidden option to "Rescan folders", which will fix this (once it's done its job).

Enigma776 View Member Profile	Jul 25 2011, 14:01 Post #5
Group: Members Posts: 128 Joined: 29-August 05 Member No.: 24190	QUOTE (frogworth @ Jul 25 2011, 13:05) Another possibility is that foobar's cacheing the old tags in its library. So the new tags have been successfully saved but it's still showing you the cached tags. If you hold down shift and click the Library menu, you'll see an otherwise hidden option to "Rescan folders", which will fix this (once it's done its job). That did the trick thanks, also there is a lot hidden ain't there.

derty2 View Member Profile	Jul 25 2011, 16:27 Post #6
Group: Members Posts: 469 Joined: 5-June 11 Member No.: 91257	If you don't want to "refresh"your whole library, you can "refresh" only your selection on the "Properties" page. There is a button named "Tools", which gives you a menu item named "Reload info".

silkcut View Member Profile	Aug 1 2011, 17:29 Post #7
Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: 8-October 07 Member No.: 47695	Thanks for this. I was having the same problem and it was driving me mad! edit Both solutions above did not work. I had to remove all tags and retag completely. This post has been edited by silkcut: Aug 1 2011, 17:33

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