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WM/Genre

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The WM/Genre attribute contains the genre of the content.

Global Constant

g_wszWMGenre

Data Type

WMT_TYPE_STRING

Remarks

This is the preferred attribute for specifying the genre of content.

If you change either WM/Genre or WM/GenreID in an MP3 file, the other attribute will be changed to match.

Example

File type Example value
Audio "Rock"
Video "Drama"

 

See also

Attribute List