How to Get Windows 10 to Display all Music Fields Globally

[progladyte 3,700]

Hi guys,

 

I am in the process of updating my music collection and wish to get MS File Explorer to display a series of columns for every music title I have on file.

 

I need:

Artist

Album Title

Genre

Date Of Release

Bit Rate

Length

 

(I also wish to include whether a file is an MP3 or Flac file apart from the bit rate column which I assume is only applicable to MP3s)

 

I know how to add columns for each album singularly but I don't have the time to do this manually for many thousands of files.

 

Does any techie know how to get Microsoft to globally display all these details for each album title automatically.

 

Thanks in advance for any suggestions

 

Cheers

 

 

Prog

[ShellstaX 28]

 

How to Add Columns Permanently to All Folders in Windows 10 File Explorer

 

... but ...

 

Have you considered something like TagScanner?

 

 

As well as extensive tag editing you can Export to various  formats (e.g, txt, csv, htm) and create reports like ...

 

 

 

Edited February 12, 2020 by ShellstaX
Added report example

[Jeddie 307]

Just use Musicbee. This is a dedicated music programme. It plays, edits tags, shows artwork, import artwork if it is missing, converts from format to format (eg Flac to mp3) etc etc.

You can configure your setup to show whatever columns you want.

 

Good forum on line to help if needed.

And its free.

[progladyte 3,700]

10 hours ago, ShellstaX said:

 

How to Add Columns Permanently to All Folders in Windows 10 File Explorer

 

... but ...

 

Have you considered something like TagScanner?

 

 

As well as extensive tag editing you can Export to various  formats (e.g, txt, csv, htm) and create reports like ...

 

 

 

Thanks for the tip from last night.

 

IT has sorted out all my music files perfectly.

 

I'll keep an eye out for the other 2 programs as well if I find I need more flexibility.

 

Cheers

 

 

Prog

 

[ShellstaX 28]

6 hours ago, Jeddie said:

Just use Musicbee.

 

MusicBee is good ... but UPnP is broken/abandoned on it.

 

Each have their pluses and minuses, but the free version of MediaMonkey does a similar job, and UPnP works.