Windows 10: Missing Tags on FLAC Files

Hey, y'all. I recently migrated from MacOS to WIndows and brought my small library of FLAC music with me. Pretty much everything has been seamless with the exception of two files. In Explorer and Groove, they appear to have no tags, yet in Mp3tag and VLC they do. Every other song both in the same album and in the other albums are appearing as normal. What can I do to fix this?

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some FLAC Tags in Explorer not visible

preantidisestablishmentarianism: It's not really clear what you're still expecting as feedback here, because it looks like you already found a solution to your problem (i.e. re-tagging the files with Mp3tag).

If the native FLAC implementation on Windows 10 has issues with certain FLAC files (reading tags and playing audio according to your report) while other programs have no problems with these files, then it is up to Microsoft to fix their implementation. There
is nothing else I can do to help with the playback issue. For the tagging issue, I can only suggest you to disable the native FLAC tag support (see earlier instructions).

 

some FLAC Tags in Explorer not visible

Several parties need to fix the FLAC tag issues together.

I used WMP+Plug-in to play FLAC for years, FB2000 for convert file and Mp3tage for most tag content editing. I tried various ways to let Win10 WMP display FLAC tag information normally as before. Although it is not perfect, it
really has some improvements. If your original FLAC tag no show, Here are some tips.



(In my case, I use Mp3tage & FB2000, you might like use other tools)

• Check if any 'Artist' length longer than 31 characters? If yes, add a short 'Album Artist' (less than 31 length) to the Album. Save the tag and you will see the 'Track#' & 'Title' showed.
• At explorer check if all files Album image there? If not, load the album with FB2000, select all files and force all tags re-Save again. (Use all properties, delete
  'Album Artist', YES to save and re-add 'Album Artist' than save again). You can see the Album image now. (I tried Mp3stag to save the album tag, but image no show)
• WMP FLAC 'date' no show issue. Actually WMP display 'date' by takes <YEAR> metadata. But most tag editor tools support <DATE> only, so we need use WMP or Explorer to edit 'YEAR' to show. I don't know WMP or Tools which one is
  right? and who should fix the issue?
• 'Artist' no show issue similar to 'date', you can only use WMP to edit it. Once you get the 'Artist' showed at WMP (Explore still no), you cannot use other tools to modify it, otherwise the
  'Artist' will be overridden.

It seems FLAC tag has different versions or someone didn't follow the rules. I have no idea who response for what issues? only wish solve it ASAP.



Hope it help！

 

some FLAC Tags in Explorer not visible

FLAC files use Ogg Vorbis tags NOT id3 like mp3.