When you play music copied from a CD, some music metadata does not appear

When you play music copied from an audio CD, some music metadata does not appear. This article will help you resolve this issue.

When you play or rip (copy) music from an audio CD on your Xbox 360 console, some music metadata, such as Compact Disc Database (CDDB) information, may not automatically appear.

This issue may occur when you try to play or rip an audio CD with a gamer profile that is not associated with a Silver Xbox LIVE membership, and you haven't signed in to Xbox LIVE. You must have a free Silver Xbox LIVE profile to access metadata services.

To resolve this issue, you will have to create an Xbox LIVE profile, and then sign in to Xbox LIVE before you play or rip an audio CD on your Xbox 360 console.

For more information about how to create an Xbox LIVE profile, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

When you're offline, some metadata associated with the audio CD may appear because some of this metadata is stored on the Xbox 360 hard drive. One advantage of having an Xbox LIVE profile is that you'll have access to the most up-to-date metadata available.