# Music CDs that data does not agree **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 13, 2002, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-cds-that-data-does-not-agree/103468 "2002-04-13T19:31:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-cds-that-data-does-not-agree/103468/1 "2002-04-13T19:31:32Z")
Ever get a CD that the digital info read by the Windows Media Player is different from the music on the CD? It claimed a Vaughn Williams CD was Sting, and my Aaron Copland it says is his 81st Birthday Concert. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-cds-that-data-does-not-agree/103468/2 "2002-04-13T21:14:56Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![bigbird120](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@bigbird120](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bigbird120)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-cds-that-data-does-not-agree/103468/3 "2002-04-14T00:59:21Z")
Yeah, my computer used to do that. If I played a CD in window’s media player all the tracks would be labeled “warcraft 2 Music”. I was running windows 98 SE at the time. I wish I had a solution for you, but the problem went away for me when I reformatted my harddrive. I’m now running windows 2000 and haven’t had any problems. If you want a solution less harsh than reformatting you’ll have to talk to someone smarter than me. Out of curiosity what kind of computer do you have? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-cds-that-data-does-not-agree/103468/4 "2002-04-14T01:07:10Z")
It’s a new Gateway at work running Win98 SE. I haven’t tried the CD on another PC, I thought it was the disc. I’ll try it and see. ---
**Author:** ![Salix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Salix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salix)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-cds-that-data-does-not-agree/103468/5 "2002-04-14T03:05:20Z")
I think the problem is caused by Windows Media Player searching an Internet database for CD and track titles using a certain ID system, but the ID is the same as another CD so it detects it as the wrong one. It happens to me all the time when I try playing a game CD-ROM (with CD audio tracks) in Media Player.