Win 7 Home Premium 64 - bit depth & sampling rates

[krizrox]

I just finally upgraded from XP to Win 7 and one of the features that seems to have gotten lost in the transition is the ability to see the details of normal WAV files (via Windows Explorer). I'm speaking of Bit Depth and Sampling Rate (also mono/stereo details) of any WAV file on my DAW.

That information was easily accessible in Win XP - not so in Win 7.

In Win 7, I was able to add a column to Windows Explorer called Bit Depth but it shows no data at all when I navigate to a folder with WAV files. All I can see is Bit Rate which is a number that's not very useful to me. Is this truly a lost feature or is it buried in there somewhere? I did the usual Google search and found something from a Microsoft help forum that seemed to correlate the fact it was NOT a feature included in Win 7 (I don't know about Win 8 but I suspect not there either).

If it turns out that this is not an included feature, is there a simple utility out there that you can recommend for said purpose? Thanks!

[siriusbliss]

You can always use Samplitude's File Manager

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[krizrox]

Yeah I guess I was hoping for quick and dirty. It's no big deal I suppose. I'll survive lol

[jksuperstar]

I think there are some shell extensions for audio information, but there are also replacements for explorer that have different features. I haven't used any, just slightly aware of them.

This seems to be the most acclaimed:
http://www.softpointer.com/AudioShell.htm

Here's another list, which mentions AudioShell:
http://op111.net/64/

I've got a few gigs of samples to go through in a few weeks, so I've had the idea in the back of my mind, so let me know if you try these and they work!