Display tag information for MP3 files?

How do I display the tags on the headers of MP3 files, pocasts? These sometimes have information or brief description of the contents,
I can see a short snippet under the title at the top center of the screen while playing the file, but not much else.
Aloke

For podcasts-if the producer properly formats it, show notes are viewable like lyrics for song(tap screen during playback).
For songs- or podcasts not formated-no way to do it.

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Sorry, my handful of mp3's had the file name as the id3 tag name.
So, I am seeing the same thing as you.
Oddly, a while back I was trying to help someone out in Mountain Lion that wanted to see the id3 tags in the Finder.
It's all a bit silly. They should have added columns instead or changing it to tag song name.
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[svn:fx-trunk] 10312: Generate style information for AS files that subclass a class with a loader .

Revision: 10312
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-09-16 11:57:30 -0700 (Wed, 16 Sep 2009)
Log Message:
Generate style information for AS files that subclass a class with a loader.
QE notes: None.
Doc notes: None.
Bugs: SDK-16177
Reviewer: Paul
Tests run: checkintests
Is noteworthy for integration: no.
Ticket Links:
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Modified Paths:
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