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AudioShell - tag music files in Windows Explorer
by Jason Clarke Oct 19th 2006 at 11:36AM
MP3 files have had tag properties forever, and it actually seems somewhat odd that they're not accessible in Windows Explorer, as part of the file properties pane. AudioShell fixes that, by exposing the audio file's id3 tags right within Windows Explorer where they can be viewed and updated. AudioShell supports editing file tags individually, or doing groups of files all at once. It adds a verbose tooltip window when mousing over audio files, and adds the ability to choose specific id3 tags to add as columns in Windows Explorer, so you can easily sort by them, or manipulate your files as needed.
AudioShell is free, and supports the following file formats:
- mp3 (all ID3 tag versions)
- wma, asf and wmv (including DRM protected files)
- Apple iTunes and iPod aac (m4a, m4b and m4p) and mp4 files
- ogg, flac (vorbis comment tags)
- mpc, mp+ (APE/APEv2 tags)
- monkey's audio (APE/APEv2 tags)
- wav pack (APE/APEv2 tags)
- optim frog (APE/APEv2 tags)
- wav (ID3v2 tag in 'tag ' RIFF chunk)
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Brandon said 1:05PM on 10-19-2006
id3 tags are already accessible from within the XP Explorer Shell. You can edit them too... maybe not as easily but you can right click an MP3 and edit the id3 properties natively.
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ahoier said 4:12PM on 10-19-2006
Yep, when I don't feel like loading up Tag&Rename or MusicBrainz mp3 tagger, I usually just right click the mp3, goto Properties, Summary tab and edit the ID3 tag fields.
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HardwareGuy said 5:44PM on 10-19-2006
The XP Explorer built-in MP3 tagging also works with groups of files. Just select a group of MP3s, right-click -> properties and go to the summary tab (click on Advanced if you're in simple mode). I use it for album tagging all the time.
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