I want to write a program (vb6 or .net) to read the tags from all the music
files in WMP10 and place the data in a database so I can update the
information and write it back.

Can anyone direct me to the specification for the layout of the wmv tag?

Or does anyone know of a software package that will do this, either full
application or library file (.dll)?

In addition to WMP10 I use a program called CATraxx to catalog and track
various pieces of information about albums, songs, and artists. I want to
combine the data from this db with that from the wmv tags, then write the
tags back to the song files as well as back to catraxx.

Any help would be appreciated. I tried Google but couldn't seem to find any
info that was helpful. Plenty of tag editors, but nothing that appeared to
do what I want.

There is a vbs script at my web site. Just drag and drop any folder on it
and all
id information for its files will be placed in a tab delimited file. Just
open it in any
spreadsheet and sort and format. Edit the script (right click and select
edit) to change the path to the
output file (it will create it) before using it.

http://www.dcsi.net/~denmarks/listdir.vbs

This will create the database. Maybe you can reverse the script to update
tags.

"RCTaubert" <RCTaubert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F26197DA-2F80-4166-BB77-9D7181DB451C@microsoft.com...
>I want to write a program (vb6 or .net) to read the tags from all the music
> files in WMP10 and place the data in a database so I can update the
> information and write it back.
>
> Can anyone direct me to the specification for the layout of the wmv tag?
>
> Or does anyone know of a software package that will do this, either full
> application or library file (.dll)?
>
> In addition to WMP10 I use a program called CATraxx to catalog and track
> various pieces of information about albums, songs, and artists. I want to
> combine the data from this db with that from the wmv tags, then write the
> tags back to the song files as well as back to catraxx.
>
> Any help would be appreciated. I tried Google but couldn't seem to find
> any
> info that was helpful. Plenty of tag editors, but nothing that appeared
> to
> do what I want.

Thank you very much for the code. That will certainly allow me to read the
data.

Do you have any suggestions on writing it back once I have modified the
data???

"Dennis Marks" wrote:

> There is a vbs script at my web site. Just drag and drop any folder on it
> and all
> id information for its files will be placed in a tab delimited file. Just
> open it in any
> spreadsheet and sort and format. Edit the script (right click and select
> edit) to change the path to the
> output file (it will create it) before using it.
>
> http://www.dcsi.net/~denmarks/listdir.vbs
>
> This will create the database. Maybe you can reverse the script to update
> tags.
>
> "RCTaubert" <RCTaubert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F26197DA-2F80-4166-BB77-9D7181DB451C@microsoft.com...
> >I want to write a program (vb6 or .net) to read the tags from all the music
> > files in WMP10 and place the data in a database so I can update the
> > information and write it back.
> >
> > Can anyone direct me to the specification for the layout of the wmv tag?
> >
> > Or does anyone know of a software package that will do this, either full
> > application or library file (.dll)?
> >
> > In addition to WMP10 I use a program called CATraxx to catalog and track
> > various pieces of information about albums, songs, and artists. I want to
> > combine the data from this db with that from the wmv tags, then write the
> > tags back to the song files as well as back to catraxx.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated. I tried Google but couldn't seem to find
> > any
> > info that was helpful. Plenty of tag editors, but nothing that appeared
> > to
> > do what I want.
>
>
>

I found the code and made slight modifications but I don't know enough about
VBS to try to reverse the process. Maybe you can experiment by reversing
some of the formulas.

"RCTaubert" <RCTaubert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2565AC88-D656-4ACC-B41B-D57881F798A9@microsoft.com...
> Thank you very much for the code. That will certainly allow me to read
> the
> data.
>
> Do you have any suggestions on writing it back once I have modified the
> data???
>
> "Dennis Marks" wrote:
>
>> There is a vbs script at my web site. Just drag and drop any folder on it
>> and all
>> id information for its files will be placed in a tab delimited file. Just
>> open it in any
>> spreadsheet and sort and format. Edit the script (right click and select
>> edit) to change the path to the
>> output file (it will create it) before using it.
>>
>> http://www.dcsi.net/~denmarks/listdir.vbs
>>
>> This will create the database. Maybe you can reverse the script to update
>> tags.
>>
>> "RCTaubert" <RCTaubert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:F26197DA-2F80-4166-BB77-9D7181DB451C@microsoft.com...
>> >I want to write a program (vb6 or .net) to read the tags from all the
>> >music
>> > files in WMP10 and place the data in a database so I can update the
>> > information and write it back.
>> >
>> > Can anyone direct me to the specification for the layout of the wmv
>> > tag?
>> >
>> > Or does anyone know of a software package that will do this, either
>> > full
>> > application or library file (.dll)?
>> >
>> > In addition to WMP10 I use a program called CATraxx to catalog and
>> > track
>> > various pieces of information about albums, songs, and artists. I want
>> > to
>> > combine the data from this db with that from the wmv tags, then write
>> > the
>> > tags back to the song files as well as back to catraxx.
>> >
>> > Any help would be appreciated. I tried Google but couldn't seem to
>> > find
>> > any
>> > info that was helpful. Plenty of tag editors, but nothing that
>> > appeared
>> > to
>> > do what I want.
>>
>>
>>

Thank you again for your quick responce. If I get it to work are you
interested in a copy?

"Dennis Marks" wrote:

> I found the code and made slight modifications but I don't know enough about
> VBS to try to reverse the process. Maybe you can experiment by reversing
> some of the formulas.
>
> "RCTaubert" <RCTaubert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2565AC88-D656-4ACC-B41B-D57881F798A9@microsoft.com...
> > Thank you very much for the code. That will certainly allow me to read
> > the
> > data.
> >
> > Do you have any suggestions on writing it back once I have modified the
> > data???
> >
> > "Dennis Marks" wrote:
> >
> >> There is a vbs script at my web site. Just drag and drop any folder on it
> >> and all
> >> id information for its files will be placed in a tab delimited file. Just
> >> open it in any
> >> spreadsheet and sort and format. Edit the script (right click and select
> >> edit) to change the path to the
> >> output file (it will create it) before using it.
> >>
> >> http://www.dcsi.net/~denmarks/listdir.vbs
> >>
> >> This will create the database. Maybe you can reverse the script to update
> >> tags.
> >>
> >> "RCTaubert" <RCTaubert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:F26197DA-2F80-4166-BB77-9D7181DB451C@microsoft.com...
> >> >I want to write a program (vb6 or .net) to read the tags from all the
> >> >music
> >> > files in WMP10 and place the data in a database so I can update the
> >> > information and write it back.
> >> >
> >> > Can anyone direct me to the specification for the layout of the wmv
> >> > tag?
> >> >
> >> > Or does anyone know of a software package that will do this, either
> >> > full
> >> > application or library file (.dll)?
> >> >
> >> > In addition to WMP10 I use a program called CATraxx to catalog and
> >> > track
> >> > various pieces of information about albums, songs, and artists. I want
> >> > to
> >> > combine the data from this db with that from the wmv tags, then write
> >> > the
> >> > tags back to the song files as well as back to catraxx.
> >> >
> >> > Any help would be appreciated. I tried Google but couldn't seem to
> >> > find
> >> > any
> >> > info that was helpful. Plenty of tag editors, but nothing that
> >> > appeared
> >> > to
> >> > do what I want.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

No thank you. I have no use for it. I just use the WMP for what I need to
do.

"RCTaubert" <RCTaubert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A478CF04-3D73-40EA-BE84-E3F44008CC6E@microsoft.com...
> Thank you again for your quick responce. If I get it to work are you
> interested in a copy?
>
> "Dennis Marks" wrote:
>
>> I found the code and made slight modifications but I don't know enough
>> about
>> VBS to try to reverse the process. Maybe you can experiment by reversing
>> some of the formulas.
>>
>> "RCTaubert" <RCTaubert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:2565AC88-D656-4ACC-B41B-D57881F798A9@microsoft.com...
>> > Thank you very much for the code. That will certainly allow me to read
>> > the
>> > data.
>> >
>> > Do you have any suggestions on writing it back once I have modified the
>> > data???
>> >
>> > "Dennis Marks" wrote:
>> >
>> >> There is a vbs script at my web site. Just drag and drop any folder on
>> >> it
>> >> and all
>> >> id information for its files will be placed in a tab delimited file.
>> >> Just
>> >> open it in any
>> >> spreadsheet and sort and format. Edit the script (right click and
>> >> select
>> >> edit) to change the path to the
>> >> output file (it will create it) before using it.
>> >>
>> >> http://www.dcsi.net/~denmarks/listdir.vbs
>> >>
>> >> This will create the database. Maybe you can reverse the script to
>> >> update
>> >> tags.
>> >>
>> >> "RCTaubert" <RCTaubert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:F26197DA-2F80-4166-BB77-9D7181DB451C@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I want to write a program (vb6 or .net) to read the tags from all the
>> >> >music
>> >> > files in WMP10 and place the data in a database so I can update the
>> >> > information and write it back.
>> >> >
>> >> > Can anyone direct me to the specification for the layout of the wmv
>> >> > tag?
>> >> >
>> >> > Or does anyone know of a software package that will do this, either
>> >> > full
>> >> > application or library file (.dll)?
>> >> >
>> >> > In addition to WMP10 I use a program called CATraxx to catalog and
>> >> > track
>> >> > various pieces of information about albums, songs, and artists. I
>> >> > want
>> >> > to
>> >> > combine the data from this db with that from the wmv tags, then
>> >> > write
>> >> > the
>> >> > tags back to the song files as well as back to catraxx.
>> >> >
>> >> > Any help would be appreciated. I tried Google but couldn't seem to
>> >> > find
>> >> > any
>> >> > info that was helpful. Plenty of tag editors, but nothing that
>> >> > appeared
>> >> > to
>> >> > do what I want.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>