About the Metadata
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Windows Media Player 10 or later attempts to synchronize the following metadata attributes.
| Player attribute | WMDM global constant | Description | Required version |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlbumArtist | g_wszWMDMAlbumArtist | Null-terminated string containing the name of the primary artist for the album. | Windows Media Player 11 or later. |
| Album | g_wszWMDMAlbumTitle | Null-terminated string containing the title of the album on which the content was originally released. | Windows Media Player 11 or later. |
| Author | g_wszWMDMAuthor | Null-terminated string containing the name of the media artist or actor associated with the content. | Windows Media Player 11 or later. |
| BuyNow | g_wszWMDMBuyNow | Boolean indicating whether the user has chosen to purchase the content. | Windows Media Player 10 or later. |
| WM/Genre | g_wszWMDMGenre | Null-terminated string containing the genre of the content. | Windows Media Player 11 or later. |
| UserPlayCount | g_wszWMDMPlayCount | DWORD containing the number of times the user has played the digital media file. | Windows Media Player 10 or later. |
| ReleaseDate | g_wszWMDMYear | The date of the original release of the item. | Windows Media Player 11 or later. |
| Title | g_wszWMDMTitle | Null-terminated string containing the title. | Windows Media Player 11 or later. |
| WM/TrackNumber | g_wszWMDMTrack | DWORD containing the track number of the item on the album on which it was originally released. | Windows Media Player 11 or later. |
| UserRating | g_wszWMDMUserRating | DWORD containing a value that represents the star rating the user specified for the digital media file. | Windows Media Player 10 or later. |
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