Windows can't read FLAC tags

Lestrad said:

speedgamer01 said:

Um, I had a clean install since then (lol)
I am installing wmp tag plus right now, you can find the link in post #1

edit: if you have it installed, open WMP and click organize > apply media info changes
Now wmp should read your tags.

Cheers

What I need is for *Explorer* to read and write flac tags. WMP Tag won't do it, neither will Media Foundation FLAC Codec, and the way dbPowerAmp does it, in my opinion, is no good - adding two tabs to the Explorer Properties dialog when you can do it right within the Properties>Details tab with mp3. Also, dbPowerAmp's Install program looks like it was programmed with a kit. Very amateurish.

If Microsoft could figure a way to make money off flac, I'm sure they'd implement it right away. But the Party Line is that flac is a "minority" format.

Maybe somebody out there can program a properties handler worthy of the name; I sure as hell can't and dbPowerAmp botched it.

lol ya I tell you it's something else. Microsoft should just get off the pot and just do it. I agree with Lestrad I don't like dbpoweramp crappy way because I don't want to install an app just for tags to show up. I've looked and looked for a simple way to no avail, I believe there enough flac users to have it implemented myself..

Tim De Baets said:

speedgamer01 said:

It seems that the only beta available for property handler was removed :/
See this forum for further discussion. I found nothing that could make explorer read the tags.

Yes, there was a FLAC Property Handler for Explorer located at http://castlemadeofsand.wordpress.com, but as you can see the author has removed his blog, for no apparent reason. Luckily, the Property Handler can still be downloaded from Megaupload.

KUDO's to you my friend it worked like a charm!

nice download link , it now allows me to add coverart tag on flac file so it shows on each file ,this previously wouldnt work using mp3tag, or at least it wouldnt show, thanks.

Ya that's definitely on file that will always be protected from being erased on my system. Put in cloud storage and email it to myself at gmail. lol