Creative Mediasource Library

Once you have put a CD into CMS, and you have converted the tracks to mp3, when you then burn the same tracks onto a blank disc, and put it into CMS, surely it should already have the info ?
It always used to, but now i find it doesn't have the track titles, artists etc.
Any ideas anyone please ?
Message Edited by 808beats on 08-0-2009 02:20 PM

i never really have tried this one. i never knew this was the case.
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Since "upgrading" to Creative MEdiasource 5, I've run into several problems, perhaps all interconnected.
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I tried using my prior version, but it doesn't recognise my Playsforsure device at present, and I'm not sure if it's even possible to alter it.
Is anyone else having a similar problem? I loved Mediasource prior to this version: It was a sleek, easy and intuiti've interface and covered almost all of my Organisation needs. I did check the boards, but I may have missed a similar problem. I'm wondering if this is an issue that people have a solution to.
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I have formatted the player using the recovery menu as well as with WMP, because both are the recommended and "only" ways to format, depending on who you listen to. No difference, however in the way WMP behaves. When I get to the point where WMP can only sync a small few files, if I do a Cleanup (from rescue mode), let the Nomad rebuild the library, I can usually get more files in before it clogs up again. Every time I do a fresh format, I lose a couple of days worth of work, so I'm not doing it again.
I don't have any way to control how much of the library to synchronize once it has gotten past my playlists, unless I spend time creating more playlists for this purpose. With a 60 G Nomad, and a library suitable for that storage, that's a TON of music to deal with.
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