Dijji
Can't see content in Preview Panel or Details for .flac or mp3
What can I do, If I can't see the content in the Preview Panel of "File Meta Association Manager" for .flac or .mp3 music files? For other file types like .mp4 it works great (using the handler "MF MPEG-4 Property Handler"). I can see properties like System.Audio.EncodingBitrate, System.Audio.ChannelCount and others.
But for .flac or .mp3 ("MF MP3 Property Handler") the right side of your program remains empty.
Any idea how to fix that?
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[Dijji@13/08/2017] What operating system are you running?
Have you added the File Meta Handler to the .flac and .mp3 extensions in the File Meta Association Manager?
If so, what profile did you choose?
Dijji
[CodePlexUser78@13/08/2017] OS: Windows 10 Creators Update 1703 Yes, I have added them (I can enter the values in the explorer details panel on the right side)
I did not choose any profile, File Meta Association Manager created one called .mp3 and one called .flac automatically.
[Dijji@13/08/2017] You did in fact choose a profile. Because Windows 10 comes with built-in property handlers for .mp3 and .flac, when File Meta adds its property handler, it creates a new profile named after the file extension, as you observed, which combines the properties defined by the Microsoft property handler with the properties defined by the currently selected File Meta property handler. The latter defines the properties which are added for the extension, if they are not already supported.
Which leads me to ask, why are you adding the File Meta property handler for these extensions? The only reason I can think of doing so is that you wish to store metadata properties which are not supported by the property handlers provided by Microsoft. Is that so, and if so, what additional properties are you seeking to define?
Dijji
[Dijji@13/08/2017] Sorry, “currently selected File Meta property handler” should have been “currently selected File Meta profile”
[CodePlexUser78@14/08/2017]
store metadata properties which are not supported by the property handlers provided by Microsoft.
That's exactly what I'm looking for. It would be great to directly edit the %totaltracknumber%, %discnumber%, %lyrics% and maybe some TXXX Frames in the windows explorer. I think about properties like the one in https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ff521649(v=vs.85).aspx or https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ff521705(v=vs.85).aspx
[Dijji@17/08/2017] You should be able to make any or all of the properties listed in those links visible and editable by adding them to the profile for the file type (see the Documentation on the Association Manager for the exact steps required).
They will report initial values where those properties are supported by the Microsoft supplied property handler.
Dijji