Where is the Artist tag for song files?


  1. heeroyuy
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    Where is the Artist tag for song files?


    Hi Guys,

    I was wondering why doesn't Windows 7 show the artist tag for song files?

    Vista used to show it normally, 7 just shows "Contributing Artists" and "Album Artist" only...

    Any hints?
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  3. Jonathan_King
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    Welcome to SF!

    It's still possible to do this in Windows 7. Take a look at the picture. Right-click where the arrow is.

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  4. heeroyuy
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    Just tried it, most of the songs appear to have no Album Artist at all

    Oddly enough, iTunes and Songbird recognize the Artist tag normally...

    Is there a way to tweak the registry to bring it back? or at least create one that displays the tag?
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  6. Jonathan_King
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    Try using Mp3tag to assign new tags.

    Mp3tag - the universal Tag Editor (ID3v2, MP4, OGG, FLAC, ...)
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  7. heeroyuy
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    After ALOT of researching on how to copy Artists to Album Artists, I was finally able to use Mp3Tag and use the "Actions" to copy them all...

    I now can use MusicPiCard to tag the file and Mp3Tag to copy the tags...

    Thanks alot for your support Jonathan_King
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  8. Jonathan_King
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    No problem, glad I could help. :)

    If you have any other problems or questions, we'll be happy to answer them.
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