Question: In Nautilus, I would like to add columns displaying metadatas contained in files.

This is mostly useful with audio and pictures files:

* Audio : Artist, album, Track Title, Year ...(ID3 Tags)
* Photos : Date taken, Image resolution,

Columns would be editable in the standard 'View - Visible Columns' option in Nautilus

Answer: 
`nautilus-columns` from `ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8` works great. You can install it with:

```
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nautilus-columns

```

These are the columns that are added:

![nautilus-columns screen shot](https://i.stack.imgur.com/s6ASq.jpg)
There may be a problem with nautilus-python and this extension (maybe just as of Ubuntu 13.04). If so, try one of these two solutions:

1.

```
sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython2.7.so.1 /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1
sudo ldconfig

```

(From <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1157246>)

2.

A ppa that fixes nautilus-python: <https://launchpad.net/~mc3man/+archive/n-p-testfix>