More info on Default Tag Edit Fields

[stevebyhurst]

Hi,

I have just moved to Windows 11 plus the latest version of dbpoweramp and am trying to get it to work as before on my old PC. I use file explorer fields extensively to manage my large collection of music files and am having some problems.

I have gone through the recommended procedure of replacing the system property handlers and that seems to be working somewhat but I cannot get Album Artist to work. I have added Album Artist to the list of default tag edit fields and added Album Artist as a listed property field in windows explorer but files that have something in the Album Artist field are not showing in explorer. I am wondering if I have changed the default tag edit list correctly. I just typed a return to make a space in the list and typed in Album Artist (proper case) on one line and saved it. When I view it the tag is listed. Have I done this wrong? Is there another procedure? Also, it would be great to have a list of all the possible tags I could place here. Some tags use different names for the same thing (like Style and Mood) so which version should I use?

Thanks.

Steve

[Spoon-]

It is not possible to introduce new tag types that Windows Explorer does not already list. Default Tag Edit is just there for the tag editor. That said Album Artist is there in explorer, it is blank? if you right click a file >> edit ID Tags, the album artist is populated?

[GBrown]

I use file explorer fields extensively to manage my large collection of music files and am having some problems.

Explorer is hardly an effective tool for managing metadata for a music library. There are so many better options including the Tag Editor from Illustrate. Trying to tame Windows Explorer will just lead to frustration with its' limitations.

[stevebyhurst]

GBrown,
Thanks for the reply. Of course I do use Tag Editor and other software to manipulate tag data but I find Explorer a useful way to list all audio files in a folder to have an overall view of their tag info for checking consistency and comparing near duplicates. If you know of file manager software, especially that specialises in audio, that I could use instead of Explorer then I would be very interested in hearing about it.
Steve

[stevebyhurst]

Spoon,
Thanks for the reply. I understand now that the Default Tag Editor is nothing to do with Windows. I will check this problem again tonight in more detail but as I remember it, files that already had an album artist field populated show the data but when I try adding data to a blank field the tag editor seems to accept it but when I go to look at it in Explorer it is not there and does not show in the tag editor either. I will write again once I have looked at it again.
Steve