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ID3 Tag data missing in Explorer and in WMP

Asked by: jetcosys

Hello-

I have an ID3 Tag problem.  My "My Music" folder shows no mp3 details such as artist, bit rate, etc.  Additionally, my Windows Media Player has exactly the same problem.  Yet, if I forward one of the songs to another PC, the ID3 tag data is there.  I've ensured that the association is correct (ran assoc .mp3=mp3file).  I'm not looking to install a third-party application to see the file details, but want to fix the issue seen in explorer first and WMP second.  The interesting thing here is that iTunes DOES show the correct ID3 data.

Thanks.
-Joe

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2007-02-23 at 08:40:19ID22409444
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Answers

 

by: sjm_eePosted on 2007-02-23 at 10:54:30ID: 18598290

I have seen this where an mp3 has only a ID3V2.4 tag and no ID3V1 tag.

 

by: jetcosysPosted on 2007-02-23 at 12:55:43ID: 18599180

Can't be that because I can copy the songs to another PC and see the ID3 tag data.  Is there a way to tell the version of the tag?

 

by: sramesh2kPosted on 2007-02-23 at 22:44:52ID: 18601141

Hi jetcosys,

Click Start, Run and type:

     regsvr32 shmedia.dll

Press ENTER

See if the problem is fixed. If not, reboot once and try again.

 

by: jetcosysPosted on 2007-02-26 at 08:56:47ID: 18610499

Didn't work.  I had already run this, so I did it again and rebooted a number of times...no luck.

 

by: sramesh2kPosted on 2007-02-26 at 19:39:15ID: 18614546

Perhaps you can post a complete file association info for .mp3 files. One of us will do registry compare and hopefully isolate the problem. Download  FileExtInfo, unzip and run the utility. Select ".mp3" from the listing and generate a report. Post the info here.

FileExtInfo - http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fileextinfo.htm

 

by: jetcosysPosted on 2007-03-05 at 10:02:39ID: 18656082

Sorry for the delay.  Here is the result from FileExtInfo:


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FileExtInfo v1.0 - Log file
3/5/2007 9:50:42 AM

Complete File association information for  ---> .MP3
Useful for troubleshooting File association and other problems
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.MP3]
"PerceivedType"="audio"
"Content Type"="audio/mpeg"
@="mp3file"
"iTunes_back"="mp3file"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.MP3\OpenWithList]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.MP3\OpenWithList\iTunes.exe]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.MP3\OpenWithList\wmplayer.exe]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.MP3\OpenWithProgIds]
"mp3file"=hex(0):
@=""
"iTunes.mp3"=hex:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.MP3\PersistentHandler]
@="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file]
"PreferExecuteOnMismatch"=dword:00000001
"EditFlags"=dword:00010000
@="MP3 Format Sound"
"FriendlyTypeName"="@C:\\WINDOWS\\inf\\unregmp2.exe,-9925"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\wmploc.dll,-732"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shell]
@="play"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shell\open]
@="&Open"
"LegacyDisable"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Windows Media Player\\wmplayer.exe\" /prefetch:6 /Open \"%L\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shell\open\DropTarget]
"CLSID"="{CE3FB1D1-02AE-4a5f-A6E9-D9F1B4073E6C}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shell\play]
"MUIVerb"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,\
  6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,69,00,6e,00,66,00,5c,00,75,00,6e,00,72,00,65,00,67,\
  00,6d,00,70,00,32,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,2c,00,2d,00,39,00,39,00,39,00,\
  31,00,00,00
@="&Play"
"LegacyDisable"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shell\play\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Windows Media Player\\wmplayer.exe\" /prefetch:6 /Play \"%L\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shell\play\DropTarget]
"CLSID"="{CE3FB1D1-02AE-4a5f-A6E9-D9F1B4073E6C}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WMPAddToPlaylist]
@="{F1B9284F-E9DC-4e68-9D7E-42362A59F0FD}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WMPPlayAsPlaylist]
@="{CE3FB1D1-02AE-4a5f-A6E9-D9F1B4073E6C}"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.MP3]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.MP3\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.MP3\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.MP3\shellex\PropertyHandler]
@="{875CB1A1-0F29-45de-A1AE-CFB4950D0B78}"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\audio]
"TileInfo"="prop:Artist;Album;Duration"
"InfoTip"="prop:Artist;Album;Year;Track;Duration;Type;Bitrate;Protected;Size"
"Details"="prop:Name;Size;Type;Artist;Album;Year;Track;Duration"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\audio\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Windows Media Player\\wmplayer.exe,-120"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\audio\OpenWithList]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\audio\OpenWithList\wmplayer.exe]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\audio\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\audio\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\audio\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WMPAddToPlaylist]
@="{F1B9284F-E9DC-4e68-9D7E-42362A59F0FD}"
"CheckSupportedTypes"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\audio\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WMPPlayAsPlaylist]
@="{CE3FB1D1-02AE-4a5f-A6E9-D9F1B4073E6C}"
"CheckSupportedTypes"=""


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.MP3]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.MP3\OpenWithList]
"a"="wmplayer.exe"
"MRUList"="a"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.MP3\OpenWithProgids]
"mp3file"=hex(0):
"iTunes.mp3"=hex(0):

 

by: jetcosysPosted on 2007-03-07 at 10:14:19ID: 18672382

Any word on this?

 

by: sramesh2kPosted on 2007-03-07 at 21:42:10ID: 18676712

Hi jetcosys,

I've compared the log with the one from my system, and it looks the file association information is correct. At this point, I think investigating the shell extensions is a good idea. See "Method 2" in the following URL, and ignore the page title:

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm

Note that you can re-enable the shell extensions easily, after troubleshooting is over.

 

by: jetcosysPosted on 2007-03-09 at 10:17:16ID: 18689259

Ran this & disabled all non-Microsoft shell extensions...rebooted..no change.  

 

by: sramesh2kPosted on 2007-03-09 at 21:00:04ID: 18692627

No ideas then, jetcosys :(

 

by: jetcosysPosted on 2007-03-10 at 00:04:02ID: 18693075

Yeah, I know that feeling.  :)

Thanks for trying!

-Joe

 

by: jetcosysPosted on 2007-03-13 at 21:10:24ID: 18716036

Upgrading this to 500 points.  I need to get this resolved.

 

by: daniel-hPosted on 2007-04-23 at 05:34:37ID: 18957880

Hi Joe
Two suggestions for you (sorry, if too basic..)

In Windows explorer, menu 'View / Choose Details' (my translation from a non-English Windows), I get a checkbox list of attributes like 'Author', 'Bitrate' etc. Can you see that window on your PC and check those checkboxes?

What version of Media Player do you have? Maybe upgrading to the latest version corrects some settings in your system preventing the listing of ID3 tags?

Daniel

 

by: jetcosysPosted on 2007-04-23 at 07:59:46ID: 18958892

Hi Daniel-

Thanks, already did the details stuff...and yeah, on the latest WMP.

Thx,

-Joe

 

by: uvarobPosted on 2007-05-22 at 10:32:00ID: 19135805

The problem is that Windows Explorer doesn't support the more advanced formats of ID3.  If you open iTunes and select the songs, press Advanced, convert id3 tags then click the version check box and select v1.0 and press OK, iTunes will then write out the version 1 ID3 tags which Windows explorer can read.  

Really the problem is that Windows is too far behind in reading the id3 tags.  It's embarrasing!

 

by: Jakal_XtremePosted on 2007-05-29 at 11:07:35ID: 19174179

I have got an easy fix to this, as i have ran into this exact problem. Your shmedia.dll file is either missing or corrupt. You can download one here, http://www.driverskit.net/dll/link/3307.html . Once the file is finished downloading, extract the zip file, and place the shmedia.dll file into your C:\Windows\System32 folder. Then, click open your start menu, and click on run. Type "regsvr32 shmedia.dll" without the quotation marks and click ok. If this works, please be sure to award me the points, as i am trying to earn my way in :)

 

by: jetcosysPosted on 2007-05-29 at 14:24:06ID: 19175619

Thanks for the ideas, but neither the convert ID tags nor the replace shmedia.dll worked either.  I did notice however, that if you right-click on an MP3 from within explorer that the option to edit the author is greyed out.  I'm thinking that the problem is that Windows does not "see" these files as music.

 

by: jetcosysPosted on 2007-07-04 at 08:42:58ID: 19419122

I found the solution to this issue on my own.  The McAfee Host Intrusion Protection software blocks the ability for Windows Explorer & WMP to read the file attributes (nice, huh)?  While I would like to award points, no one was really close to the correct answer.  It took Microsoft Premier to help find it.

Thanks,

-Joe

 

by: sramesh2kPosted on 2007-07-04 at 10:37:46ID: 19419800

Thanks for the post, Joe. I'll save this to my notes folder.

 

by: VenabiliPosted on 2007-07-06 at 06:06:04ID: 19431417

PAQ - refund then

Venabili

 

by: jetcosysPosted on 2007-07-06 at 08:33:20ID: 19432533

Venabili-

I apologize, but I do not know what you mean.

-Joe

 

by: Computer101Posted on 2007-07-08 at 18:43:44ID: 19442412

PAQed with points refunded (500)

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