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I get this too. HTC Desire + FroYo

Verified - not reading Artist info in WMA ID3 tags.  Research indicates issue exists across Froyo implementation, not specific to any model phone.

Also appears to affect AAC files.

It is also affecting most, but not all, of my MP3 files. I'm getting "unknown artist," "unknown year," "unknown disc number" and "unknown track number" on the files affected. It appears to be affecting files in odd random ways, ie., I have the tag info for the first track of one album, but not the rest and the first 2 of another. There is also an issue with track duration reporting. Tracks are being reported with lengths of 20~30+ minutes.

Same here unfortunately with unbranded HTC Desire and Android 2.2. Not sure whether to wait for a fix from Google or to convert my WMA into MP3..

Ok, whats up with this case. Sorry, but this servich is much worster then the HTC support. Now i have an unbranded desire and have to convert 7 GB wma files to mp3? So please, give us a fix for that or a reaction. Then we kow that you trying to fix this problem

Same problem on HTC Evo 4G 2.2 both stock and FreshMod. WMA files with ID3 tags don't show up correctly in either HTC music (stock) or DoubleTwist. WMA9 files don't play at all (though they never did). Ogg and MP3 seem fine, ogg tags show up correctly.

Guess I'll transcode all to ogg until a fix is available.

How could this have happened? No one thought to check if there would be issues with any of the major music file types? Those working on the Android OS have done great  things, but this is a real bummer.

Same problem on my Droid Incredible with 2.2--happens with the HTC music player as well as Mixzing, a 3rd party player.  However, Mortplayer does include the correct ID3 information, so I would suggest that program for accurate track reporting.

If the big brains at Google can correct this problem, can you also make it so that the tracks are listed in track order, not alphabetical order?  I'd say 99.999% of the population prefer to listen to their albums in the order that the artist intended!

Come in guys, without htis feature, the player is for me nearly useless. I buy my music in wma and dont wont to have a double workload while converting the files into mp3.

I have the same issue - however i had the problem previously (2.1) too.  I have checked and triple checked - all the tags are present and correct.  All my music is WMA.  Synced from WMP12 - or copied directly to SD - makes no difference...  HTC Desire.

I am also experiencing this on htc droid incredible with froyo.  Everything works fine for mp3 files.  But with wma files, the songs always get placed in the "Unknown artist" section.  I also verified that the wma files (on the phone memory) have the artist metadata correct.

I can't imagine this would be terribly difficult to fix.  The HTC Music player has lost the ability to play .wav files from our Cisco phone system and does not recognize tags correctly.

Android 2.2 won't recognize tags in WMA files. please fix!!

Same problem with unrecognised tags in WMA files: 'Unknown Artist' appears in music player after Froyo update on HTC Desire.  Works fine otherwise.

I have the same problem with unrecogised wma tags. I received an Android system patch a couple of days ago but it hasn't fixed it

For those of us with HTC phones, please submit a ticket to HTC as well. I called their support and they acted like they had no idea of this issue.

Phoned HTC and they said send my phone back and they will reinstall all the software. I am doubtful it will fix it. But they said it might just be due to the download having a hiccup mid process.

Is this common to all HTCs on Android 2.2? If so I definately dont think it will work (plus it seems to be on other phones too)

That's interesting. When I submitted a ticket to HTC online their second level response told me to convert all my music to mp3. Worthless

I have also got this problem since upgrading to 2.2 on my HTC desire. None of my wma files display artist information despite having been fine before the update. The files are not corrupt as loading them back onto my PC shows them to be fine. I had no problems during my update process and would be very surprised if this could be caused by such a thing anyway.

Same issue here.  All WMA files are listed as "unknown artist".  When can we expect a fix for this as surely Google/HTC or whatever manufacturer don't think it's acceptable for this not to work properly.

This is not an HTC issue, though reporting it to them may help encourage Google to patch this.  It is strictly an issue with Froyo and any music player that depends on how Froyo reads the file tags.  Other players that read the file tags independently are fine.

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I'd be willing to bet when Google finally fixes this my phone will be so obsolete I won't even get an update

Same issue here with an HTC Incredible running 2.2. I had issues before in 2.1, but mp3tag helped me fix those. Now, however, it has no affect as the ID3 tags are properly saved.

Same issue here. The file in question DOES have the artist name listed under properties.

Same issue on desire with froyo

This is a big problem for users of our MixZing Media Player app, anyone with WMA files on 2.2 is now telling us they get unknown artist on all their songs.

And why do you use the parent directory name as the album name?  I know that will work sometimes, but it gives totally random and confusing results.  Better to have "<unknown>", which is the truth.

As a user of MixZing (and very nice it is too) can I just add my name to the gripe list that .wma are no longer properly listed since updating to 2.2. A fix would be really appreciated.

Same here... HTC Desire on Orange running 2.2.
This was working fine before the 2.2 update.
This bug makes the media player "almost" useless, trying to find anything is now very difficult.

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Why is it that Google never ever comment on any of these bugs?  It's like talking to a brick wall.  Are we getting a fix for this, it's a really annoying problem and makes Android's ability to play WMA file utterly useless.  It also means that all WMA files are scrobbled to last.fm with "unknown artist".  Come on Google!!!!!  Can you imagine is iOS suddenly stopped reading the artist tag of AAC files?  At least there would be some sort of acknowledgment from Apple and probably a fix within days.  It's unacceptable to have this issue unfixed and not even acknowledged for such a long time.

Verizon's vmm app fixeds everything by morphing files to ogg.  This is Verizon with with the big dick.... fucking us all..

Verizon's vmm app fixeds everything by morphing files to ogg.  This is Verizon with with the big dick.... fucking us all..

Verizon's vmm app fixeds everything by morphing files to ogg.  This is Verizon with with the big dick.... fucking us all..

verizon hates it customers......
its all about file format.. you can spend forever making your files ogg.'s  they give you the software.. It is a pain 2500 songs equals 5000 plus mins

This is completely unacceptable.  Does anyone actually test this software before it is released.  I use my phone as a music player every day.  Since upgrading to froyo the music player is barely usable.  If google actually wants android to gain market share they will have to behave more professionally than this.  At the moment they are making apple look good.

One of the reasons I upgraded to Android and a smart phone was because my previous LG Chocolate 3 had a terrible media player.  However, the phone recognized all media formats.  Now HTC Incredible with Android 2.2 and I barely can find things.  I end up searching YouTube instead of my vast library out of ease.

This is why Verizon needs the iPhone.

Same problem here on a UK Orange HTC Desire - fine before the upgrade to 2.2.

This is also affecting Media PlayerPro which I have started using since the 2.2 update broke the interaction between the default player and Google Navigation.

The only music player that seems to reads meta correctly now is Museek, but as that is currently in beta it is a buggy as hell, so it's not a viable option.

This has been a poor update as far as the media stuff is concerned.

Yeah I have the same problem on my desire. Damn yhe worst thing is that I can't use last.fm :/

Is there a free player that does work on UK HTC Desire?

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My Incredible has the same issue. It came with Android 2.2, so it isn't an issue with the software downloading bad. I have issues with both .mp3 and .wma. I would try the Verizon method, but they don't support 64-Bit OS!!! I never thought I'd have a reason not to like Google... This was a huge bummer and it totally sucks!

The HTC Desire music player is awful anyway - no graphic equalizer and too quiet.  Now we have the added insult to injury of Android 2.2 and the wma tagging issue. I tried 'Mixzing', which only managed to disable the earphone (speaker and headset worked).

It's possible to play .wma files by selecting albums but if HTC and Android can't produce a good music player between them then my Desire is as useful as a brick for music. Even my old HTC HD Windows phone was better.

Google and HTC - you are handing Apple and Microsoft the bullets to shoot at you. Please send out a patch asap.

Same issue Incredible froyo

With a new Windows phone platform being launched, not ot mention Symbian,  you'd think they would rush out a fix as soon as possible. I'm not sure how many other bugs there are in 2.2 but this one would surely be easy to remedy quickly.

I hope the poor guys ordering the new Desire HD read about this before they part with any money.