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I have just edited some music off tape with Audacity and in the program the layout was like this
Xxxxxx – Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx But when I looked at it in Windows Explorer I got Xxxxxx – Xxxx
What Have I done wrong it has worked OK
Blueflame

in the program the layout was like this Xxxxxx – Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx But when I looked at it in Windows Explorer I got Xxxxxx – Xxxx

Sorry, I don't understand what you're talking about.

Windows will generally show the file name and some of the metadata. Audacity has a metadata editor or you can use a 3rd-party tool like MP3tag.

In Audacity I get Name -- Title -- Contributing artists etc
in file explorer I get only Name then date

It as worked before, both formats were the same
So what have I done wrong

Blueflame

OK. What format are your files? Different formats use different tagging (metadata) standards

MP3 use ID3 tags and there are two versions of ID3 and other formats use other standards. Audacity doesn't fully-support all of them and I don't know if Windows Explorer supports them all.

You may need a 3rd-party utility like MP3tag. (MP3tag can handle most formats, it's not just for MP3s, but it can't tag WAV files.) Or, your audio player software may be able to display & edit the tags.

The files were saved it WAV

if I look at other items I have in Windows Explorer, they saved the same as Audacity's format.

It is just the last bit of editing, it is not in Audacity's format

Thanks Blueflame

I have found a cure, but I do no know what coursed it

The files that had not got the Audacity Format Name -- Title -- Contributing artists etc

I transferred a file into another folder, which had the Audacity Format Name -- Title -- Contributing artists etc

Guess what the Audacity Format Name -- Title -- Contributing artists etc appeared on all files

WHY Blueflame