I make a lot of "mix" CDs, which means I use the WAV format a lot.

If I use a store-bought CD, and rip it in Windows Media Player, the file gets "tagged" with artist name, album name, track number, etc.

But I don't like WMP.

AND, I have LOTS of files ALREADY on my hard drive that are WAV files.

And when they copied over, the files did NOT get tagged. Just the name of the file.

I have gone into Media Monkey and edited - adding artist name, album name, etc. But that information then doesn't show up in any other player - WMP, any of Roxio's stuff, DBPower Amp, you name it.

I have downloaded EVERYTHING I can find to try to fix this. There are hundreds of Tag editors for MP3s, but seemingly none for WAVs.

Many, many, many times a file's genesis is Vinyl=>CD-RW, CD-RW=>WAV. But I would really like to be able to capture all the information.

Any suggestions on a small app that will allow me to edit, and then save, the ID TAGS for a WAV file?wav files do not contain id3 tags as such - it is possible to append non-music data to a wave file, and this data can consist of fields. From memory, Cool Edit could display and edit these fields. No idea if the data was preserved and converted to id3 tags if the file was converted to mp3. The two formats are not logically compatible.

You could investigate MXPlay and CDEx - from a cursory glance it looks as though they may be able to examine that information. Otherwise, try googling for "wav header". Note that this non-audio data is usually specific to the program that created the wav file in the first place - so that's where you should be looking.Thanks. I've spent a few hours installing every piece of software I could find, only to COME to the same conclusion.

What a waste of a day!

And so irritating.

This is why I prefer vinyl.Er yes, because at least the data encoding standards on vinyl are consistent...