Lengthy of necessity, and probably not an MP3 Tag "thing", but thought I'd throw it out here for any input anyone may be able to offer. Some background: Kia factory stereo can only handle 8000 files via USB, so I split my music on to two USB drives with a manual switch as a workaround. The stereo d…

Well, all has returned to normal! The “No Album Info” category has disappeared and its contents are in their proper places. I suspect the onboard drive just needed some time to properly re-index. I’ll run the same process on the other drive, but I expect the same outcome.

To enable a player to group files together, it is usually best to fill the following fields: ALBUMARTIST, ALBUM, ARTIST, TITLE and possibly TRACK, YEAR and add a picture. Which do you have in your files?

[image] MadMac: The one common factor with the files concerned is that the "Tag" info for them is ID3v2.3 You can try to compare one fully working file with one that shows "No Album Info". Load both in Mp3tag and compare the details in View -> Extended Tag (Alt + T) Maybe you forgot to fill…

That's the problem: the "No Album Info" files don't exist on the USB stick.The few songs concerned exist in their proper places on the stick with all their info correct and show up correctly on the stereo. It's like the car stereo is "creating" the additional "No Album Info" files. Weird. I'll post …

[image] MadMac: ll post a few pics later to illustrate These pictures should ideally show the extended tags dialogue in MP3tag Alt-T from a file that shows the proper album data and one that does not. Also, an answer would be nice to the list of filled tag fields: [image] ohrenkino: bes…

Will do. Update later :grinning:

I got a chance to take a more “in depth” look at this, and it’s not quite as I first thought. One song which was a “No Album Info” apparently began displaying in its proper place: what I’m now left with are files on both USB drives which simply don’t do so. Here’s an example: [IMG_7301] This is …

Could you check those files on the stick with mp3diags? [image] How to check files for errors? Howto It’s required and often helps to reduce support cycles to check files for errors before filing a bug report. Symptoms of erroneous files are often missing or…

Thanks! I’ll have a look tomorrow and report back.

What do you see in the tagpanel if you mark all tracks of such an album in Mp3Tag? If all tag-fields are the same of each file you will see the the content of the fields in the tagpanel, if they are not you will only see <keep>. What do you see in Artist, Albumartist and Album? If you see there …

[IMG_7309] Here’s what I’m seeing for the “example” file. Two sets of tag data possibly confusing the car unit?

Mystery "No Album Info" files

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ohrenkino February 27, 2025, 7:04am 8

Could you check those files on the stick with mp3diags?

and see if they show anything peculiar?