WM/GenreID Attribute

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The WM/GenreID attribute is a genre identifier compliant with the TCON tag in ID3v2.

Applies To

Remarks

This attribute is stored only in the digital media file.

ID3 version 2 is a tagging convention that was originally designed for MP3. For more information, see the ID3 on Wikipedia.

The Windows Media Format SDK constant for this attribute is g_wszGenreID.

To determine whether you can change the value of this attribute, use the Media.isReadOnlyItem method.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Version
Windows Media Player 9 Series Windows Media Player 10 or later does not support this attribute

See also

Attribute Reference