Thanks again! I am using a windows PC with windows 7. I can see the files via beoplayer but not via windows explorer. I will download mp3tag and see if I can view and edit there. Is there anything else I need to do or know? Thanks again.

After reading this I tried mp3tag with my Beosound 5. Works wonderfully for cover art but I am having trouble solving the multiple copies of an album. I noticed that in the field "path" that tracks from an album have different paths. Is that the cause of the problem? If so, how do I edit that field? It does not seem to be editable.

it's not editable.

you must change the directory where you store a file, to change the input of that field. In principle, you could mess all files around for the BS5. It isn't dependable of the files location. 

Normally my input for choosing a Album in MP3tag is the directory. Then all files have the same input in the described field. This is dependend how you have organized your files. I did it as follow:

/Album Artist/Album/Tracknumber. Tittle

Razlaw wrote:

trouble solving the multiple copies of an album

do you mean your have multiple copies of the same Albums or do they have the same Album tittle?

One Album gets divided into two or three by the Beosound 5, with some tracks in one album and other tracks in another.

Razlaw wrote:

One Album gets divided into two or three by the Beosound 5, with some tracks in one album and other tracks in another.

I presume they are all in the same diretory.

Start MP3tag and select all tracks in the directory. Adjust the Album name and save the files. You get a window which says how much files have been saved. This should be the same as tracks in the directory.

Repeat this for the Artist and also the Album Artist. I set the Artist and Album Artist always to the same. Save the files.

Do a rescan on the BS5. This should work. But maybe a reboot may help you eventually.

Thanks!  I went through this afternoon and added cover art. So far I am not having any success in solving the multiple album problem. I will have to spend some more time with it.

Carolpa wrote:

Note: if you place two of the same albums of the same artist on the BS5 in different directoryies with all the tags the same, this will be messed up

As per /forum/general-discussion-and-questions/beosound-5-encore-turn-off .....

You have to ensure that the artist and artist album are the same for both CD's in the multiple album. Otherwise the BS5 treats them as separate albums.

Devils in the detail me thinks

Thanks to all for all of your help and support on this.  I have now managed to start correcting my issues using mp3tag to correct/change tags.  I have also been able to move songs accordingly so they now appear in the correct album and have only one album cover with all the songs in it.  Phew!  Of course I have a lot of cleanup but am now happy I can move forward to straighten it all out.  Thanks again to all!!