Reading MP3 ID3 Tags in WSH - Working with the Data
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You now have a workaround that will allow you to retrieve the information contained in the ID3 tags of MP3 files. There’s really not much point in printing them back to the screen, so you should continue this script to serve your own purpose.
Maybe you want to create an Access database with all of your MP3 data. Perhaps you could create an Excel worksheet to sort the data. If you’re really creative, you could even use this information to remove duplicate songs across multiple folders, even if the files have different names!
Whatever you do from here is up to you. If you’re interested in using Access or Excel to catalog your MP3 library, be sure to catch the rest of this series where I’ll be demonstrating both of these concepts.
It’s also important to remember that this concept is not limited to MP3 files and ID3 tags (which, by the way, are also available for Windows-formatted audio and video files). It can be used to retrieve any file details that are available from the Details view in Windows Explorer. That means that you can return a file’s owner, attributes, image dimensions, and more.
Take the time to run the first example script we created so you can see what types of information are available. Be sure to run it against folders containing other types of files as well. There is much information to be had, but whatever you do, remember to have fun. Until next time, keep coding!
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