Can I make it show bitrate?

pdsnickles

pdsnickles

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With XP SP2, when I hovered over an MP3 file, it showed me the bit-rate. But with Vista Home Premium 64-bit, it does not. If I hover over an MP3 file it shows me:
Name, Type, Size, Artist and Length but no bit-rate.

Is there any way to make it show me the bit-rate? (Without taking the extra step of going to Properties, I mean - I want it to show me in the hover-over-it-with-cursor mode.)
 

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Seems weird that they would take this away , in Vista.
I wonder if there is some free utility or something that can replace it. Anyone?
I'll do a search...
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    DELL XPS 430
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    Intel Core™2 Q8200 Quad-Core (4MB L2 cache,2.33GHz,133
    Motherboard
    7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache
    Memory
    6GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz - 4 DIMMs
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    ATI Radeon HD3650 256MB Graphics (Integrated)
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    Integrated 7.1 Audio (IDT/Sigmatel 6.10.0.6017)
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    Dell -1901FP Flat Panel LCD Color Monitor
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    1024 x 768 32 bit
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    " Hitachi 250 gig
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pdsnickles said:
With XP SP2, when I hovered over an MP3 file, it showed me the bit-rate. But with Vista Home Premium 64-bit, it does not. If I hover over an MP3 file it shows me:
Name, Type, Size, Artist and Length but no bit-rate.

Is there any way to make it show me the bit-rate? (Without taking the extra step of going to Properties, I mean - I want it to show me in the hover-over-it-with-cursor mode.)
Click to expand...

It's possible to add bit rate as a column in Explorer (View menu, "Choose details...") and that will show up in the detailed file view. I don't know whether it'll be added to the hover info though. It might, and it should be a simple test.
 

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Not free, but if you install DB Power Amp, and you hover over an MP3 or other audio file, it will give you all the details you could possible want, and it's configurable to show more or less.
 

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H2, nice idea, but that doesn't make any difference.
But Zoloft, you reinforced a hunch I had before, that maybe it was not a function of XP per se, but rather, a function of some software I had installed. I did not have DB Power Amp but maybe it was some other software that gave me that function...?
Can't think of what it would be though; I have mostly the same software installed on Vista as I had on XP... but maybe there was some little thing...
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    DELL XPS 430
    CPU
    Intel Core™2 Q8200 Quad-Core (4MB L2 cache,2.33GHz,133
    Motherboard
    7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache
    Memory
    6GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz - 4 DIMMs
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256MB Graphics (Integrated)
    Sound Card
    Integrated 7.1 Audio (IDT/Sigmatel 6.10.0.6017)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell -1901FP Flat Panel LCD Color Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1024 x 768 32 bit
    Hard Drives
    750 gig SATA 7200 C drive
    External Seagate 160gig
    " Western Book 160 gig
    " Hitachi 250 gig
    ALL USB except C drive
    Keyboard
    Logitech ITough Multimedia
    Mouse
    Microsoft Intellimouse Trackball - (best design ever made!)
    Internet Speed
    ATT Yahoo Elite DSL 4797kbps down, 624kbps up
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