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contributing artist

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The contributing artist tag is a metadata field used in digital music files, such as MP3s, to list artists who contributed to a track. On WindowsForum.com, users discuss how to manage this tag, including copying its values to other fields like Album Artist using bulk editing tools or scripts. Some users note that Windows Explorer offers Contributing Artist as a column option but lacks a simple Artist column, which can complicate music organization. Topics also cover extracting Contributing Artist data along with other file details (year, genre, comments) to text files for cataloging. These discussions focus on practical solutions for Windows users managing large music libraries.
  1. Jimmy59601

    Windows 10 Copying Mp3 tag field values to another field

    I'm not very familiar with Mp3 editing tools, but I want to copy, en masse, all the values in my Mp3s' Contributing artists field to the Album artist field. I know that I can do this through Explorer in each file's properties, but I have a lot of files to do. Ideally, something like a...
    • Jimmy59601
    • Thread
    • album artist batch processing contributing artist editing tools explorer file management mp3 music metadata spreadsheet tag editing
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  2. W

    Windows 10 How to copy file details such as year & genre etc. to a text file.

    Hi, I have already learnt to use (dir /b >direct.txt) in CMD prompt to copy all the file names in a folder to a txt file but was wondering if i'st possible to also get all the file details such as Year, Genre, Writer, Director, Contributing Artist & Comments etc. Regards Wyldbear
    • wyldbear
    • Thread
    • batch file cmd comments contributing artist director file copy file information file management genres scripting tech tips text file user inquiry windows commands writer years
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  3. E

    Windows 7 Why is Artist missing in choosing column details>?

    In Windows 7, why did Microsoft remove the Artist column when selecting column details? They do include Album Artist and Contributing Artist but I have yet to see any app use these. Artist is one of the most important categories for grouping or selecting music. Does anyone know how you can...
    • exmeaguy
    • Thread
    • album artist app artists columns contributing artist details grouping microsoft music windows 7
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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