[The Dr.]

I am relatively new to XBMC. I just started building a HTPC last fall - but have read many of the threads.

Running both Frodo 12.3 and Gotham 13.0 Alpha (ACE skin) on Windows 8.1, I seem to be unable to load music WAV files (all my files are WAV) into the library. The debug log indicates that there are not tags…

DEBUG: MUSIC_INFO::CMusicInfoScanner::ScanTags - No tag found for: D:\Music\Alice Cooper\Alice Cooper Goes To Hell\02 - You Gotta Dance.wav
10:51:22 T:4772 DEBUG: CFileCache::Open - opening <D:\Music\Alice Cooper\Alice Cooper Goes To Hell\03 - I'm The Coolest.wav> using cache
10:51:22 T:3416 NOTICE: Thread FileCache start, auto delete: false
10:51:22 T:4772 INFO: WAVCodec::Init - Sample Rate: 44100, Bits Per Sample: 16, Channels: 2
10:51:22 T:4772 INFO: WAVCodec::Init - WAVE_FORMAT_PCM detected
10:51:22 T:4772 DEBUG: XFILE::CFileCache::Seek - waiting for position 41988622.
10:51:22 T:3416 INFO: CFileCache:rocess - Hit eof.
10:51:22 T:3416 DEBUG: Thread FileCache 3416 terminating
10:51:22 T:4772 DEBUG: MUSIC_INFO::CMusicInfoScanner::ScanTags - No tag found for: D:\Music\Alice Cooper\Alice Cooper Goes To Hell\03 - I'm The Coolest.wav
10:51:22 T:4772 DEBUG: CFileCache::Open - opening <D:\Music\Alice Cooper\Alice Cooper Goes To Hell\04 - Didn't We Meet.wav> using cache
10:51:22 T:6752 NOTICE: Thread FileCache start, auto delete: false
10:51:22 T:4772 INFO: WAVCodec::Init - Sample Rate: 44100, Bits Per Sample: 16, Channels: 2
10:51:22 T:4772 INFO: WAVCodec::Init - WAVE_FORMAT_PCM detected
10:51:22 T:4772 DEBUG: XFILE::CFileCache::Seek - waiting for position 45207216.
10:51:22 T:6752 INFO: CFileCache:rocess - Hit eof.

This is the same message for every music file.

Yet, when I look at the files with Windows or Tag&Rename (v3.7.5) all the tags exist.

< I have a screen shot showing the tags for each file using Tag&Rename but cant seem to load it here >

Questions:
1. Are WAV files for music supported in XBMC Frodo 12.3 and/or Gotham 13.0?

Update: .WAV music files are supported as per the 'm_musicExtensions' in the 'settings.cpp' source file of Frodo 12.3. I can only assume Gotham does as well

2. If so, what tags does it support/require?
3. What tag versions are supported/required
4. What format of the tag content code – Unicode or ASCII? Or maybe something else?
5. If WAV files are not supported, what formats are officially supported and for each format what tags/tag version/coding that are required?

Thanks for the assistance!