WMP11 - CPU hog even when idle

Well, I found that it was the Id3v2 tag called "composer" that was being disruptive. I used the tool called "MP3-Tag Studio 3" to remove that particular tag from all my MP3 files. All is right in the world once again.

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On Feb 1, 7:30 pm, "Dale" <nos...@nospam.ever> wrote:
> Also, would you include details about what other applications you have
> edited those tags with or opened your media with?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dale
>
> "Dale" <nos...@nospam.ever> wrote in message
>
> news:uQObshmRHHA.1200@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>
>
>
> > Scott,
>
> > Would you mind sending me a few (no more than 3 or 4) of the ID3 backup
> > files created from my backup program? I'm always looking for information
> > on how ID3 files are broken so I can improve how my ID3 tools deal with
> > broken tags.
>
> > Email them to me at dales123ngaddy456 but strip out all of the numbers,
> > then add the at symbol and then hotmail and then dotcom.
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > Dale
>
> > "Scott" wrote in message
> >news:200721171920sgerstenberger@midamerican.com...
> >>I think I've found another issue with my library. For some reason, some
> >>of my MP3's (ok, alot) somehow now have malformed ID3 tags. When the
> >>library monitoring hits this, it stalls and thenCPUusageskyrockets.
>
> >> I've found a tool at
> >>http://dalepreston.com/Blog/2007/01/...-tags.htmlthat strips
> >> all of the ID3 information.
>
> >> After running this and taking out all of the ID3 tags, my mediaplayer is
> >> now running good once again. Now I need to go back and get the ID3 info
> >> added back. Ugh!
>
> >> EggHeadCafe.com - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
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Come to find that my MP3's had corrupted / malformed ID3 tags. For
some reason, nearly all of the files had a bad "Composer" tag in the
ID3v2 and WMP would refuse to read them. I used a tool called MP3 Tag
Studio 3" to remove just that piece and now my WMP works fine and
loads all of the files into the library (which I deleted earlier to
star fresh)

Glad to hear it.

Dale

<sgerstenberger@midamerican.com> wrote in message
news:1170548225.403718.208780@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
> On Feb 1, 7:30 pm, "Dale" <nos...@nospam.ever> wrote:
>> Also, would you include details about what other applications you have
>> edited those tags with or opened your media with?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> "Dale" <nos...@nospam.ever> wrote in message
>>
>> news:uQObshmRHHA.1200@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>
>>
>>
>> > Scott,
>>
>> > Would you mind sending me a few (no more than 3 or 4) of the ID3 backup
>> > files created from my backup program? I'm always looking for
>> > information
>> > on how ID3 files are broken so I can improve how my ID3 tools deal with
>> > broken tags.
>>
>> > Email them to me at dales123ngaddy456 but strip out all of the
>> > numbers,
>> > then add the at symbol and then hotmail and then dotcom.
>>
>> > Thanks,
>>
>> > Dale
>>
>> > "Scott" wrote in message
>> >news:200721171920sgerstenberger@midamerican.com...
>> >>I think I've found another issue with my library. For some reason,
>> >>some
>> >>of my MP3's (ok, alot) somehow now have malformed ID3 tags. When the
>> >>library monitoring hits this, it stalls and thenCPUusageskyrockets.
>>
>> >> I've found a tool at
>> >>http://dalepreston.com/Blog/2007/01/...-tags.htmlthat strips
>> >> all of the ID3 information.
>>
>> >> After running this and taking out all of the ID3 tags, my mediaplayer
>> >> is
>> >> now running good once again. Now I need to go back and get the ID3
>> >> info
>> >> added back. Ugh!
>>
>> >> EggHeadCafe.com - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
>> >>http://www.eggheadcafe.com- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Come to find that my MP3's had corrupted / malformed ID3 tags. For
> some reason, nearly all of the files had a bad "Composer" tag in the
> ID3v2 and WMP would refuse to read them. I used a tool called MP3 Tag
> Studio 3" to remove just that piece and now my WMP works fine and
> loads all of the files into the library (which I deleted earlier to
> star fresh)
>