Properties dialog (most direct)

This is the canonical metadata view.

How

• Right-click a track or selected tracks
• Choose Properties
• Or press Alt + Enter

What you see

• All embedded tag fields (ARTIST, ALBUM, DATE, GENRE, etc.)
• Technical metadata (codec, bitrate, sample rate, channels, etc.)
• ReplayGain info
• File location and size
• Embedded Artwork

Notes:

• For multiple files, differing values are shown as <multiple values>
• This is the same dialog used for editing tags

• Encouraged_Tag_Standards
• File Properties – Tags (File Metadata)
• How_to_transfer_tags_between_two_sets_of_tracks
• ID3 Tag Mapping