I doubt a lot of people actually use Windows Media Player anymore, and the metadata features are probably used by an even smaller portion of users. The change here shouldn’t be surprising to see. However, any information that’s already been downloaded will still be available.” Microsoft said, explaining the change (via Windows Latest). This means that new metadata won’t be updated on media players that are installed on your Windows device. After looking at customer feedback and usage data, Microsoft decided to discontinue this service. Here is a quick guide to efficient file tagging. Integration of these as core, or add ins would. MusicBrainz Picard (identifying untagged audio files)50 posts gives us Airplay, Chromecast, Sonos support. “Going forward, you may be unable to view information (metadata) such as the title, genre, and artist for songs, and the director, actors, cover art, and TV guide for movies in Windows Media Center and Windows Media Player. MusicBrainZ Picard is a cross-platform, free as in freedom and free beer music tagger. JRiver Inside: Looking at the speaker / AVR etc market, they all run some Media.
Metadata services will be affected for Windows Media Player in Windows 7 only, though Windows Media Center’s metadata service will be affected in Windows 8.1, Windows 8, and Windows 7. The company says it has decided to discontinue the data after analysing usage data. This means that you may not be able to view the metadata for songs or movies as a result in both Windows Media Center and Windows Media Player. As Windows 7 is now nearing the end of extended support, the company is no longer going to officially support the metadata service in Windows Media Player and Media Center. Microsoft is removing a feature from the media players in older versions of Windows.