Wapet

2023-04-13T23:39:20Z

John DN: Strike-through on URL was also covering text (Synthetic Soul) and there is still access to the archive site, so tidied up that section to prevent confusion.

'''Wapet''' can be used to encode an audio file and tag it with [[APEv2]] or [[APEv1]] tags in one step.

In essence, Wapet will first execute a separate commandline encoder - such as [[Monkey's Audio]] or [[OptimFROG]] - using the command line the user provides, and then immediately add any [[APEv2]] or [[APEv1]] tags to the file specified by the user.

This is useful for programs like [[EAC|Exact Audio Copy (EAC)]] which will let you compress files using an external encoder, which may not support native tagging while encoding.

==Development==

Case stopped developing Wapet after version 0.3. In 0.4 Neil Popham ([[User:Synthetic Soul|Synthetic Soul]]) added the -f switch to allow users to set a tag from the contents of a text file.

==Links==
* Case's original : http://www.rarewares.org/others.html
* Synthetic Soul's version : <s>http://www.synthetic-soul.co.uk/wapet/</s> [http://web.archive.org/web/20140720225802/http://www.synthetic-soul.co.uk/wapet/ (archive.org link)]

==Additional Reading==
* [[Tag.exe|Tag]], also written by Case

==Command Line Help==
<pre>Version 0.5, Compiled 2005-04-21

Usage: wapet <target> [tagging options] <encoder> <encoder options>

target : name of the file <encoder> creates
tagging options : -t "tag=value" ; for example -t "Artist=%a"
: -f "tag=file" ; set tag from contents of file <file>
: -ape1 ; use APEv1 instead of APEv2
encoder : name of the encoder
encoder options : required parameters for encoder</pre>

Tag (tagging software)

2023-04-13T23:35:21Z

John DN: Crossed out invalid link to Tag.exe and added archive link of site and file download

{{Software Infobox
| name = Tag
| screenshot = [[File:Tag window.png|256px]]
| caption = Tag running in a command prompt window.
| developer = Case; Neil Popham
| released = Unknown
| stable_release = 2.0.52
| stable_release_date = 2007-05-04
| operating_system = Windows
| use = Tagging
| license = TBC
}}
'''Tag''' is an open-source command line tool for Windows that may be used to [[tag]] numerous audio files, using various tagging schemes, including [[ID3v1]], [[ID3v2]], [[APEv1]], [[APEv2]], [[Vorbis_Comment|Vorbis]] and [[FLAC]].

Tag can tag files automatically from their filename, by attempting to guess the filename format from one of fifty presets. You can also view tags for files, and create playlists.

==Features==
* Tag files using [[ID3v1]], [[APEv1]], [[APEv2]], [[Vorbis_Comment|Vorbis]], [[FLAC]] and [[Lyrics3|Lyrics]]
* View tags
* Copy tags from one file to another
* Tag from filename
* Remove all tags or only [[ID3v2]]
* Tag files recursively
* Create playlists
* Set tag values from the contents of a file
* Piping support
* Convert tags to different format
* Remove tags
* Generate Winamp playlists (optionally with AlbumList extensions and playing times)
* Generate text files with information about tracks and album (format customizable)
* Test mode that shows what would happen without actually doing anything to files

==Development==
Tag was originally developed by Case, but he stopped developing Tag after version 2.0.39.

[[User:Synthetic Soul|Neil Popham]] took over the development of Tag starting version 2.0.40. The latest version is '''2.0.52'''.

==Command line help==
<pre>
Version 2.0.50

Usage: Tag [options] <filenames / directories / @file_with_parameters>
Wildcards are supported in filenames and directories

Options:
--title <value> : set title to <value>
--artist <value> : set artist to <value>
--album <value> : set album to <value>
--year <value> : set year to <value>
--comment <value> : set comment to <value>
--track <value> : set track number to <value>
--genre <value> : set genre to <value>

Tag fields can also be set with:
-t <item=x> : set tag item <item> to value <x>
-f <item=x> : set tag item <item> from content of file <x>
-u <item=x> : set tag item <item> to value <x> (x is UTF-8 coded)

--help : show full help
--hideinfo : don't display file information
--hidetags : don't display tags
--hidenames : don't display filenames
--simple : use simple tag display format
--recursive : search files recursively in all subdirectories
--fromfile <file> : copy tag information from <file>
--allow <item=x> : allow access to files with specified properties only
--auto : generate tags from filenames
--scheme <scheme> : specify file structure scheme (ie. L/A - N - T)
--autoscheme : select automatically best scheme from list of schemes
--nomagic : use plain schemes, disable extra automations
--chreplace : use character replacing when tagging
--rentag : rename files to match scheme, filename from tag data
--rename <scheme> : rename files to <scheme>, filename generated from old name
--move : when renaming move files to subdirectories
--overwrite : overwrite existing files when renaming
--trackinc : use incremental track numbering
--caps : capitalize words
--Caps : capitalize only first word
--lower : convert all characters to lower case
--upper : convert all characters to upper case
--tcaps <item> : capitalize words in tag field <item>
--tCaps <item> : capitalize only first word in tag field <item>
--tlower <item> : convert all characters to lower case in tag field <item>
--tupper <item> : convert all characters to upper case in tag field <item>
--nozero : ignore leading zeros on track numbers
--zeropad : add trailing zero to track number if missing
--commafix : fix comma separated artist field (x, the -> the x)
--spacefix : replaces underscore (_) and %20 with space
--itemfix : fix item names in APE v1.0/2.0 tags
--umlfix : fix umlauts (ae -> ä, oe -> ö, ue -> ü)
--swapta : swap title <--> artist
--remove : remove all tags
--removeid3v2 : remove only ID3v2 tags
--removeid3v2u : remove only unnecessary ID3v2 tags (fields fit in ID3v1)
--playlist : generate one playlist per directory
--oneplaylist : generate one playlist from all files
--playlists : generate one playlist per album in current directory
--a-artist <x> : set album artist to <x>
--a-title <x> : set album title to <x>
--onlyfiles : writes only filenames in playlist, no extra information
--dirname : use directory name for playlist naming
--plname <name> : use <name> as playlist name.
--slashes : use slashes '/' instead of backslashes '\' in playlists
--nospaces : replaces space by underscore in names of written files
--sort <by> : sort playlist only by <x>
--sort+ <x> : add new playlist sorting property <x>
--sortdesc : sort in descending order
--newdate : don't keep files original date/time
--oldtype : use old tag format
--ape2 : default to APE v2.0
--force <tag> : force use of selected tag type
--extid3 : extend over long title field into comment field with id3
--nocheck : don't check file extension
--test : test mode, no files will be modified
--paranoid : return non-zero code on warnings/non-critical errors
--tofile <scheme> : save screen output to file, name generated from <scheme>
--tofileext <ext> : use extension <ext> instead of .txt
--tofilen <name> : save screen output to file <name>
--tocue <scheme> : output cuesheet tag to file, name generated from <scheme>
--tocuen <name> : output cuesheet tag to file <name>
--tocuea : output cuesheet tag to file, name generated from source
--tostdoutn <tag> : write <tag> value to stdout
--stdout : write tag details to stdout instead of stderr
--nfo <file> : generate .nfo file and save to <file>
--listdefaults : view default settings
--listexceptions : view list of exceptions in capitalize function
--listgenres : view list of possible ID3v1 tag genres
--listpresets : view list of defined presets
--decode : use external decoder and use <scheme> to name output
--acculen : display length more accurately
--ansioutput : don't convert output to OEM codepage
--<number> : use predefined preset <number>
</pre>

==See also==
* [[Wapet]], also written by Case.

==External links==
* [http://www.rarewares.org/others.html Case's Tag, 2.0.39b] on RareWares.org
* Synthetic Soul's version: <s>http://www.synthetic-soul.co.uk/tag/</s> [http://web.archive.org/web/20140812092207/http://www.synthetic-soul.co.uk/tag/ (archive.org link)]
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=25921&st=0 Synthetic Soul's Tag.exe development thread on HA Forums]

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