FLAC tags shows in media player, but not in explorer

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I have this problem with most of my FLAC albums where the tags will show just fine in my media player (foobar2000), but they won't show up in Windows Explorer.

Any ideas on how to make them show in Windows Explorer too?
 

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You would need to find some kind of extension for Explorer for it to support FLAC files.
 

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Hmm, the only one I've been able to find that works with Windows 7 is dBpoweramp, which costs 40$ (but adds a bunch of other things too which I have no use for). Does anyone know of anything free that adds this type of support?
 

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I have this problem with most of my FLAC albums where the tags will show just fine in my media player (foobar2000), but they won't show up in Windows Explorer.

Any ideas on how to make them show in Windows Explorer too?
Why do you need them to show in Explorer? Mine don't show up in it either, but I don't need them to. In Explorer, filename is all that matters to me. If I need to edit the tags, then foobar2k, MP3Tag, etc, would be what I would use.
 

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i fully understand why you would want to see the album covers, i dont have a solution but for seing flac albums in wmp you could try this plugin for wmp
WMP Tag Support Extender - Home
 

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I have this problem with most of my FLAC albums where the tags will show just fine in my media player (foobar2000), but they won't show up in Windows Explorer.

Any ideas on how to make them show in Windows Explorer too?
Why do you need them to show in Explorer? Mine don't show up in it either, but I don't need them to. In Explorer, filename is all that matters to me. If I need to edit the tags, then foobar2k, MP3Tag, etc, would be what I would use.
Well, I could go from file name, but then I would have to rename and rearrange my whole music directory as I currently use the tags shown in Windows Explorer to sort my music.

Anyway, I found a trial of the dBpoweramp software that solved my problem. I'll have to see how long it lasts, because it didn't say anything about that. But the site also mentioned a free version somewhere, so it might have been that which I downloaded. Either way, problem is solved for now.
 

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OCUK Titan Goliath
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
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Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz
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Gigabyte EX58-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3
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Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Cha
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ATI Raedeon HD4890
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7.1 High Definition OnBoard Sound Card
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Akasa AK-967 Nero Direct Contact Heatpipe CPU Cooler
I sort my stuff in Explorer pretty simply....Format->Artist->Album->Song.
So my music library had a FLAC folder, full of folders by each artist, each of which contains sub-folders of each album....so Library-Music-FLAC-Pink Floyd-Atom Heart Mother as an example.

Then I have LAME MP3 conversions set up the same way, that I use on my portable players. Seems simple enough to me.:geek:
 

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Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 (desktop)
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Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R
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2x 2GB OCZ DDR II SDRAM PC2-6400
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 9400GT
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HP 2009m(primary), Acer P191W
Screen Resolution
1600x900, 1440x900
Hard Drives
Internal:WD Caviar Black 640GB 32MB cache 7200RPM
External:Samsung Story Station 1TB HDD desktop drive
500GB Toshiba portable drive
PSU
Antec Earthwatts EA500D
Case
Antec Sonata III
Cooling
4 fans
Keyboard
Logitech Wave
Mouse
Logitech M-SBF90
Internet Speed
Slow due to home Wireless-G router
Antivirus
MSE, Hitman Pro, Malwarebytes
Browser
Chrome and Palemoon
Other Info
Laptop....Acer 5750Z-4835
15.6" HD Widescreen CineCrystal™ LED-backlit LCD Display: (1366x768 resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio)
Intel® Pentium® Processor B940 (2.0GHz, 2MB L3 cache)
Windows® 7 Home Premium,500GB Hard Drive,4GB DDR3 RAM, Intel® HD Graphics,8X DVD-Super Multi Double-Layer Drive
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