How to use the WMP Tag Support Extender?

[Klaw117]

Title says it all. I downloaded the WMPTagSupportExtender.1.4.msi file and it installs fine, but when I use WMP, it doesn't seem to do anything. I hear that using this allows WMP to play .flac files along with the Win7Codecs, but nothing's happening. Am I supposed to enable something? If so, how do I do it?

 

[AngelProcesser]

Audio tag file plug ins in Player Plugins=

apparently older versions did not write a registry value properly...read the whole thread and note that it's for Vista and WMP11, so not sure at all if it will work on W7 and WMP12...create a system restore point first and backup your files, and note that the software is not supported by MS, so if it breaks something...your hosed.

 

[Tim De Baets]

Title says it all. I downloaded the WMPTagSupportExtender.1.4.msi file and it installs fine, but when I use WMP, it doesn't seem to do anything. I hear that using this allows WMP to play .flac files along with the Win7Codecs, but nothing's happening. Am I supposed to enable something? If so, how do I do it?

WMP Tag Support Extender won't do anything out of itself, it will just allow WMP to read/write FLAC tags (FLAC playback is not related to this, you need a separate codec for that). Please give some more details of your problem. What exactly are you trying to do (playing a FLAC file in WMP, editing FLAC tags...)? Do you get an error message?

Also, if you are experiencing problems with WMP Tag Support Extender, it's a good idea to try WMP Tag Plus instead, a new tag support plug-in:

http://bmproductions.fixnum.org/wmptagplus

To prevent conflicts, it is recommended to uninstall or disable all other tag support plug-ins, such as WMP Tag Support Extender, before installing WMP Tag Plus.

 

[Klaw117]

I managed to fix it. Did a bit more reading and it turns out I needed codecs that allowed for FLAC files to work in WMP 12. I tried Shark007's Win7Codecs, but they didn't work (odd, since everyone else got them to work with FLAC files), so I got some codecs from Xiph.org and now it's fine (although one or two things got hosed very slightly).