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Foobar2000:Encouraged Tag Standards

2019-01-28T21:12:33Z

Qz2nqIJQ5LaN: /* Overview of Current Recommendations */ my mistake (but hey, it's quite a headache), it's specific to Vorbis Comment

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== Disclaimer ==
The guidelines described in this document have been agreed upon by a group of foobar2000 users and titleformatting scripts authors. Adherence to these guidelines is not required to be able to use foobar2000, though some components or pre-made titleformatting scripts may require or enforce the use of a particular tag.

== Discussion and comments ==
You can leave comments about this page on the [[Foobar2000_Talk:Encouraged_Tag_Standards|Talk page]]. However, real discussion, proposals for new tag-standards, and decisions should happen in the [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=31530 forum-thread], because more people will notice it there and be able to give input.

== Codesnippets and foobar2000 versions ==
The codesnippets are meant for use in foobar2000 v0.9. Because of the new field-remappings introduced in v0.9, they do not work with older versions of foobar2000.

== General Tag Construction ==

* Use an easily understood English field name.
* Prefix album-related information with "ALBUM ", ie. "ALBUM ARTIST", "ALBUM SUBTITLE".
* Avoid use of non-alphabetical characters. For serial fields (for a bad example, FIELD1, FIELD2, etc.), merely enter them in the order that you wish them to be read in.
* Try to avoid the use of underscores. Spaces are easier to type, more legible, and as easily useable in Tagz. Spaces are also preferable to no spaces.

== Overview of Current Recommendations ==

'''Note:''' Since [https://www.foobar2000.org/changelog version 1.1.8] (released on 2011-09-20), foobar2000 writes to the field <code>ALBUMARTIST</code> instead of <code>ALBUM ARTIST</code> for [[Vorbis Comment]]. The purpose of this change is to increase compatibility with other programs. There is an advanced preference to use the old behavior. foobar2000 supports reading of both fields.

FIELD NAME [format] (component)

* ALBUM ARTIST [e.g., Various Artists, The Foobar Collective] (none) ''Notes'': Field name is ALBUM ARTIST, with ''no underscore''. Tag should exist if and only if an album is by multiple artists, and be contained in every track. Track-specific artists should be entered in the ARTIST tag, never in the TITLE tag. [http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Encouraged_Tag_Standards#ALBUM_ARTIST (more about this standard)]
* FIRST_PLAYED and LAST_PLAYED [2005-03-22 19:00:00...] ([http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=20719 foo_playcount]) ''Notes'': These two tags use underscores instead of spaces - reason for this was to make it consistent with the already existing PLAY_COUNTER-tag. Any amount or type of data may be placed after the time. Compliant TAGZ code shall use $substr() instead of $right() when extracting substrings from this field. ''See also'': [http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Tips_%26_Tricks#Standardize_my_PLAY_DATE_and_PLAY_TIME_fields Standardize my PLAY_DATE and PLAY_TIME fields] [http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Encouraged_Tag_Standards#FIRST_PLAYED_and_LAST_PLAYED (more about this standard)]

=== ALBUM ARTIST ===
''Basics'':
*the tag-fieldname used for declaring and describing albums/split-EPs or split-singles which contain various artists is "ALBUM ARTIST" (separated with space, not underscore)
*tag should only exist if an album contains various artists. It should NOT be created when an album does not contain various artists.
*the tag can contain the overall artist of an album (like e.g. "the foo-bar collective",) multiple artists (e.g. with split-EPs) or if an album does not have a clear overall artist (for example with compilations) just "Various Artists". Simply said: you're free to enter whatever you like as long as it describes the overall album-wide artist(s).
*every track in a V.A.-album has to contain this tag with the same value
*the track-specific artist should be entered into the ARTIST-tag
*the TITLE-tag should only contain the track-title

''Reasons for this standard'':
*it solves all issues regarding albums which contain multiple artists with just one tag
*it is already in widespread use
*sortable and searchable with low effort
*keeping the ARTIST-tag trackspecific allows to find tracks in V.A.-albums as well when searching for a certain artist (DB-friendly)
*keeping the TITLE-tag title-specific allows sorting and searching of V.A.-albums by title (DB-friendly)
*allows meaningful determination and display of V.A.-Albums with a minimum amount of code
*avoids resource-hungry and unsafe "guessing" of V.A.-albums via the filepath
*easy to remember and type in manually
*does not disrupt existing systems when the ARTIST- and TITLE-tag are already track specific (easy transition)
*can coexist with additional directory-based sorting and marking
*can be used for split-EPs and split-singles as well
*supported by [[Foobar2000:Titleformat_Reference#Field_remappings|Field Remappings]] in foobar2000 0.9

''Code snippets'':

// check if an album is V.A.
$if($meta_test(album artist),$puts(album_is_va,1))

// For sorting by artist in an album-context replace %artist% - %album% with:
%album artist% - %album%

// singlemode display without %album artist%-support
[%artist% - ][%album% - ][%title%]

// singlemode display with %album artist%-support
// note: if your display supports both, albummode and singlemode, then you
// may want to use the above version instead in singlemode - depends on taste
[%album artist% - ][%album% - ][%track artist% - ][%title%]

// How to easily integrate %album artist% into an albummode-display:
// in the albummode-column, replace %artist% with:
[%album artist%]
// in the title-column, replace %title% with:
[%track artist% - ][%title%]

=== FIRST_PLAYED and LAST_PLAYED ===
''Basics'':
* the tag-fieldname used for storing info when a song was played the first time is "FIRST_PLAYED"
* the tag-fieldname used for storing info when a song was played the last time is "LAST_PLAYED"
* tags contain date and time in the following format at the beginning: "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS" (with 24hours-format)
* additional info may be appended after the above info

''Reasons for this standard'':
* the [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/musepack/klemm/www.personal.uni-jena.de/~pfk/mpp/sv8/time.html APE-dateformat] (derived from ISO) is internationally neutral
* sortable
* easily readable and recognizable
* format can be verified with TAGZ
* can be included in formatting-strings without reformatting it (pro for amateur tagz-coders)
* choosing a new fieldname avoids confusion with the existing ambigious play_date tag
* field name is easy to understand/recognize/remember and short enough to type in manually

''Code snippets'':

// verify tag-format (we check the pos. of the first dash and ":")
// using $len for verification is strongly unrecommended!
$if(
$and($strcmp($strstr(%last_played%,-),5),$strcmp($strstr(%last_played%,:),14))
,$puts(last_played_is_valid,1)
)

// disassemble the timestamp for later reformatting or calcuations
$puts(last_played_year,$substr(%last_played%,1,4))
$puts(last_played_month,$substr(%last_played%,6,7))
$puts(last_played_day,$substr(%last_played%,9,10))
$puts(last_played_hour,$substr(%last_played%,12,13))
$puts(last_played_min,$substr(%last_played%,15,16))
$puts(last_played_sec,$substr(%last_played%,18,19))

// display only the date of last_played (without reformatting)
$left(%last_played%,10)

// display only the time of last_played (without reformatting)
// the use of $right is strongly unrecommended!
$substr(%last_played%,12,19)

The above code-snippets can be used for FIRST_PLAYED as well (just replace last_played with first_played).

== Obsolete and Deprecated Tag Standards ==

=== PLAY_DATE and PLAY_TIME ===

Deprecated tags produced by old versions of foo_playcount. Default format DDMMYY for PLAY_DATE and HHMMSS (24hr) for PLAY_TIME. See [[Foobar2000:Encouraged Tag Standards#FIRST_PLAYED and LAST_PLAYED|FIRST_PLAYED and LAST_PLAYED]].

Vorbis Comment

2019-01-28T21:07:47Z

Qz2nqIJQ5LaN: since then, also used notably for Opus

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'''Vorbis Comment''' is a [[metadata]] format, similar to [[ID3]] and [[APE tags]], specified by Xiph.org initially for use with (Ogg) [[Vorbis]], and since then also used for, notably, [[Free Lossless Audio Codec|FLAC]] and [[Opus]].

It is a relatively simple format that allows the user to specify arbitrary fieldname/value pairs, using '''UTF-8''' Unicode as the character encoding.

To avoid incompatibilities between tags some standard fieldnames are suggested by the Vorbis Comment specification (TITLE, VERSION, ALBUM, ARTIST, TRACKNUMBER, DATE, etc.). Every fieldname is allowed and there is no obligatory format for values. One Fieldnames can be used several times. In contrast to [[ID3]] it is a it's quite free of regulations.

Several unofficial efforts have been made as proposals and recommendations for Vorbis Comment specification. These documents are available on Web, first one is called [http://web.archive.org/web/20040401200215/reactor-core.org/ogg-tag-recommendations.html Ogg Vorbis Comment Field Recommendations] and second one is called:[http://web.archive.org/web/20101021085402/http://reallylongword.org/vorbiscomment/ Proposals for extending Ogg Vorbis comments].

== Used by ==
* (Ogg) [[Vorbis]]
* [[Free Lossless Audio Codec]] (FLAC)
* [[Opus]]
* [[Speex]]
* [[Theora]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.xiph.org/vorbis/doc/v-comment.html official specifications]

[[Category:Metadata]]

Foobar2000:Encouraged Tag Standards

2019-01-27T18:12:28Z

Qz2nqIJQ5LaN: /* Overview of Current Recommendations */ Note about the switch from "ALBUM ARTIST" to "ALBUMARTIST". This page hasn't been updated for a while, but google searches lead to this page, so let's at least add a note to not mislead with wrong information

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== Disclaimer ==
The guidelines described in this document have been agreed upon by a group of foobar2000 users and titleformatting scripts authors. Adherence to these guidelines is not required to be able to use foobar2000, though some components or pre-made titleformatting scripts may require or enforce the use of a particular tag.

== Discussion and comments ==
You can leave comments about this page on the [[Foobar2000_Talk:Encouraged_Tag_Standards|Talk page]]. However, real discussion, proposals for new tag-standards, and decisions should happen in the [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=31530 forum-thread], because more people will notice it there and be able to give input.

== Codesnippets and foobar2000 versions ==
The codesnippets are meant for use in foobar2000 v0.9. Because of the new field-remappings introduced in v0.9, they do not work with older versions of foobar2000.

== General Tag Construction ==

* Use an easily understood English field name.
* Prefix album-related information with "ALBUM ", ie. "ALBUM ARTIST", "ALBUM SUBTITLE".
* Avoid use of non-alphabetical characters. For serial fields (for a bad example, FIELD1, FIELD2, etc.), merely enter them in the order that you wish them to be read in.
* Try to avoid the use of underscores. Spaces are easier to type, more legible, and as easily useable in Tagz. Spaces are also preferable to no spaces.

== Overview of Current Recommendations ==

'''Note:''' The below contents about <code>ALBUM ARTIST</code> are outdated. Since [https://www.foobar2000.org/changelog version 1.1.8] (released on 2011-09-20), foobar2000 writes to the field <code>ALBUMARTIST</code> instead of <code>ALBUM ARTIST</code>. The purpose of this change is to increase compatibility with other programs. There is an advanced preference to use the old behavior. foobar2000 supports reading of both fields.

FIELD NAME [format] (component)

* ALBUM ARTIST [e.g., Various Artists, The Foobar Collective] (none) ''Notes'': Field name is ALBUM ARTIST, with ''no underscore''. Tag should exist if and only if an album is by multiple artists, and be contained in every track. Track-specific artists should be entered in the ARTIST tag, never in the TITLE tag. [http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Encouraged_Tag_Standards#ALBUM_ARTIST (more about this standard)]
* FIRST_PLAYED and LAST_PLAYED [2005-03-22 19:00:00...] ([http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=20719 foo_playcount]) ''Notes'': These two tags use underscores instead of spaces - reason for this was to make it consistent with the already existing PLAY_COUNTER-tag. Any amount or type of data may be placed after the time. Compliant TAGZ code shall use $substr() instead of $right() when extracting substrings from this field. ''See also'': [http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Tips_%26_Tricks#Standardize_my_PLAY_DATE_and_PLAY_TIME_fields Standardize my PLAY_DATE and PLAY_TIME fields] [http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Encouraged_Tag_Standards#FIRST_PLAYED_and_LAST_PLAYED (more about this standard)]

=== ALBUM ARTIST ===
''Basics'':
*the tag-fieldname used for declaring and describing albums/split-EPs or split-singles which contain various artists is "ALBUM ARTIST" (separated with space, not underscore)
*tag should only exist if an album contains various artists. It should NOT be created when an album does not contain various artists.
*the tag can contain the overall artist of an album (like e.g. "the foo-bar collective",) multiple artists (e.g. with split-EPs) or if an album does not have a clear overall artist (for example with compilations) just "Various Artists". Simply said: you're free to enter whatever you like as long as it describes the overall album-wide artist(s).
*every track in a V.A.-album has to contain this tag with the same value
*the track-specific artist should be entered into the ARTIST-tag
*the TITLE-tag should only contain the track-title

''Reasons for this standard'':
*it solves all issues regarding albums which contain multiple artists with just one tag
*it is already in widespread use
*sortable and searchable with low effort
*keeping the ARTIST-tag trackspecific allows to find tracks in V.A.-albums as well when searching for a certain artist (DB-friendly)
*keeping the TITLE-tag title-specific allows sorting and searching of V.A.-albums by title (DB-friendly)
*allows meaningful determination and display of V.A.-Albums with a minimum amount of code
*avoids resource-hungry and unsafe "guessing" of V.A.-albums via the filepath
*easy to remember and type in manually
*does not disrupt existing systems when the ARTIST- and TITLE-tag are already track specific (easy transition)
*can coexist with additional directory-based sorting and marking
*can be used for split-EPs and split-singles as well
*supported by [[Foobar2000:Titleformat_Reference#Field_remappings|Field Remappings]] in foobar2000 0.9

''Code snippets'':

// check if an album is V.A.
$if($meta_test(album artist),$puts(album_is_va,1))

// For sorting by artist in an album-context replace %artist% - %album% with:
%album artist% - %album%

// singlemode display without %album artist%-support
[%artist% - ][%album% - ][%title%]

// singlemode display with %album artist%-support
// note: if your display supports both, albummode and singlemode, then you
// may want to use the above version instead in singlemode - depends on taste
[%album artist% - ][%album% - ][%track artist% - ][%title%]

// How to easily integrate %album artist% into an albummode-display:
// in the albummode-column, replace %artist% with:
[%album artist%]
// in the title-column, replace %title% with:
[%track artist% - ][%title%]

=== FIRST_PLAYED and LAST_PLAYED ===
''Basics'':
* the tag-fieldname used for storing info when a song was played the first time is "FIRST_PLAYED"
* the tag-fieldname used for storing info when a song was played the last time is "LAST_PLAYED"
* tags contain date and time in the following format at the beginning: "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS" (with 24hours-format)
* additional info may be appended after the above info

''Reasons for this standard'':
* the [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/musepack/klemm/www.personal.uni-jena.de/~pfk/mpp/sv8/time.html APE-dateformat] (derived from ISO) is internationally neutral
* sortable
* easily readable and recognizable
* format can be verified with TAGZ
* can be included in formatting-strings without reformatting it (pro for amateur tagz-coders)
* choosing a new fieldname avoids confusion with the existing ambigious play_date tag
* field name is easy to understand/recognize/remember and short enough to type in manually

''Code snippets'':

// verify tag-format (we check the pos. of the first dash and ":")
// using $len for verification is strongly unrecommended!
$if(
$and($strcmp($strstr(%last_played%,-),5),$strcmp($strstr(%last_played%,:),14))
,$puts(last_played_is_valid,1)
)

// disassemble the timestamp for later reformatting or calcuations
$puts(last_played_year,$substr(%last_played%,1,4))
$puts(last_played_month,$substr(%last_played%,6,7))
$puts(last_played_day,$substr(%last_played%,9,10))
$puts(last_played_hour,$substr(%last_played%,12,13))
$puts(last_played_min,$substr(%last_played%,15,16))
$puts(last_played_sec,$substr(%last_played%,18,19))

// display only the date of last_played (without reformatting)
$left(%last_played%,10)

// display only the time of last_played (without reformatting)
// the use of $right is strongly unrecommended!
$substr(%last_played%,12,19)

The above code-snippets can be used for FIRST_PLAYED as well (just replace last_played with first_played).

== Obsolete and Deprecated Tag Standards ==

=== PLAY_DATE and PLAY_TIME ===

Deprecated tags produced by old versions of foo_playcount. Default format DDMMYY for PLAY_DATE and HHMMSS (24hr) for PLAY_TIME. See [[Foobar2000:Encouraged Tag Standards#FIRST_PLAYED and LAST_PLAYED|FIRST_PLAYED and LAST_PLAYED]].

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'''Some usage notes:'''
* '''website''' field: If the URL is too long, enclose it in the WikiLink syntax, i.e. '''<code><nowiki>[</nowiki><nowiki>http://www.somewhere.net/</nowiki> Click Here]</code>'''.

* '''screenshot''': 250px pictures is preferred. If your picture is larger than 250px, reduce it to 250px by inserting the resize option, e.g. <code>[[Image:My_Picture.png'''|250px'''|My picture]]</code>

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2018-08-03T05:27:26Z

Qz2nqIJQ5LaN: improve markup by removing nested tables

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'''Some usage notes:'''
* '''website''' field: If the URL is too long, enclose it in the WikiLink syntax, i.e. '''<code><nowiki>[</nowiki><nowiki>http://www.somewhere.net/</nowiki> Click Here]</code>'''.

* '''screenshot''': 250px pictures is preferred. If your picture is larger than 250px, reduce it to 250px by inserting the resize option, e.g. <code>[[Image:My_Picture.png'''|250px'''|My picture]]</code>

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Mp3tag

2018-08-03T05:09:16Z

Qz2nqIJQ5LaN: version 2.89a

{{Software Infobox
| name = Mp3tag
| logo =
| screenshot = [[Image:MP3tag-screenshot.png|250px|Mp3tag screenshot]]
| caption = powerful and easy-to-use tool to edit metadata
| maintainer = Florian Heidenreich
| stable_release = [https://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html 2.89a] (12 July 2018)
| preview_release = [http://developer.mp3tag.de/ Beta]
| operating_system = Windows
| use = Metadata
| license = Freeware
| website = https://www.mp3tag.de/en/
}}

==Introduction==
'''Mp3tag''' is an powerful and mature [[Metadata|metadata]] editor for lots of common audio formats. Its development was started in 1999 by Florian Heidenreich.

You can rename files based on the [[Tagging|tag]] information, replace characters or words from tags and filenames, import/export tag information, create playlists. The program supports online database lookups for selected files, allowing you to automatically gather proper tag information for select files or CDs. Batch processing to edit lots of ifles is supported.

==Features==

* Write [[ID3v1.1]]-, [[ID3v2]]-, [[APEv2]]-Tags and [[Vorbis_Comment|Vorbis Comments]] to multiple files at once
* Full Unicode support
* Support for embedded cover art
* Automatically create playlists
* Recursive subfolders support
* Remove parts or the entire tag of multiple files
* Rename files based on the tag information
* Import tags from filenames
* Format tags and filenames
* Replace characters or words from tags and filenames
* Regular Expressions
* Export tag information to user-defined formats (like html, rtf, csv, xml)
* Import tag information from online databases like Amazon, discogs, freedb, MusicBrain (also by text-search)
* Import tag information from local freedb databases
* Support for [[ID3v2|ID3v2.3]] (ISO-8859-1 and UTF-16) and [[ID3v2|ID3v2.4]] with [[UTF-8]]

==Supported formats==

* Advanced Audio Coding ([[AAC|aac]])
* Free Lossless Audio Codec ([[FLAC|flac]])
* Monkey's Audio ([[APE|ape]])
* Mpeg Layer 3 ([[MP3|mp3]])
* MPEG-4 ([[MP4|mp4]] / [[M4A|m4a]] / m4b / [[iTunes]] compatible)
* Musepack ([[MPC|mpc]])
* Ogg Vorbis ([[Ogg_Vorbis|ogg]])
* OptimFROG ([[OptimFROG|ofr]])
* OptimFROG DualStream (ofs)
* Opus ([[Opus|opus]])
* Speex ([[Speex|spx]])
* TAK ([[TAK]])
* True Audio (tta)
* Windows Media Audio ([[WMA|wma]])
* WavPack ([[WavPack|wv]])

==Operating Systems==
* Win XP SP3
* Win 2003
* Win Vista
* Win 2008
* Win 2012
* Win 7
* Win 8
* Win 8.1

Windows 2000 is no longer supported as of version 2.40. Version 2.39 is still available on the download page at the Mp3tag website.

==External links==
* [https://www.mp3tag.de/en/ Mp3tag: Homepage]
* [https://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html Mp3tag: Download]
* [https://www.mp3tag.de/en/changelog.html Mp3tag: Changelog]
* [https://forums.mp3tag.de/ Mp3tag: Official forum]
* [http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Mp3tag Mp3tag - Slim Devices]

[[Category:Software]]
[[Category:Tag editors]]

CUETools

2018-03-13T11:21:30Z

Qz2nqIJQ5LaN: /* External links */ switched to GitHub

{{Software Infobox
| name = CUETools
| logo =
| screenshot = [[Image:CUETools214.png|250px|CUETools 2.1.4]]
| caption =
| maintainer = [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?action=profile;u=2227 Moitah], [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?action=profile;u=59035 Gregory S. Chudov]
| stable_release = 2.1.6
| preview_release = 2.1.7
| operating_system = [[Wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Windows]] via native [[Wikipedia:.NET Framework| .NET]], [[Wikipedia:Cross-platform|Cross-platform]] via [[Wikipedia:Mono (software)|Mono]]
| use = Audio CD rip conversion and verification, multi-codec encoder and decoder
| license = [[Wikipedia:GNU General Public License|GNU GPL]]
| website = [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,66233.0.html Discussion topic at Hydrogenaudio], [http://www.cuetools.net/wiki/Main_Page Gregory S. Chudov’s official CUETools site]
}}

'''CUETools''' is a tool for [[lossless|lossless audio]]/[[Cue sheet|CUE sheet]] format conversion. The goal is to make sure the album image is preserved accurately. Lossless disc image must be lossless not only in preserving contents of the audio tracks, but also in preserving gaps and CUE sheet contents. Many applications lose vital information upon conversion, and don't support all possible CUE sheet styles. For example, [[foobar2000]] loses disc pre-gap information when converting an album image, and doesn't support gaps appended (noncompliant) CUE sheets.

==Supported formats==
* Supports [[WAV]], [[FLAC]], [[APE]], [[LossyWAV]], [[WavPack]] and [[ALAC]] audio input/output.
* Audio must be 16-bit, 44.1kHz samples stereo (i.e. [[Wikipedia:Red Book (audio CD standard)|CD]] PCM).
* Supports every imaginable [[Cue sheet|CUE sheet]] style (embedded, single file, gaps appended/prepended/left out).
* It is also possible to process a set of audio files in a directory without a CUE sheet, or use a RAR archive as an input without unpacking it.

==Use cases==
* Convert a single file album image with CUE sheet to a file-per-track album image
* Convert a file-per-track album image with CUE sheet to a single file album image
* Convert a file-per-track album image without a CUE sheet to a single file album image with simple CUE sheet
* Convert an album image from one lossless codec to another, preserving CUE sheet structure
* Verify a (possibly non offset-corrected) album image against AccurateRip database
* Apply offset correction to a rip made without offset correction
* Prepare an album image for burning with software, which does not handle drive write offsets, by applying offset
* Extract an album image directly from a RAR archive without unpacking it, and save it in a different format
* Fix filenames in a CUE sheet, if the files were renamed or converted to a different format.
* Compress to [[LossyWAV]], creating a lossy output + correction file.
* Convert a [[HDCD]] image to 24-bit / 20-bit / [[lossyWAV]] 16-bit audio files (irreversible).

==AccurateRip support==
Since version 1.9.2, CUETools can verify album images using the [[AccurateRip]] database. ARCue and TripleFLAC were an inspiration. The unique feature of CUETools AccurateRip verification is offset detection. A rip that was made without offset correction can still be verified against the database, and its offset can be found and corrected.

Sample log:

[Disc ID: 000d44e3-005781a4-6b09df03]
Track [ CRC ] Status
01 [4a3fc0dd] (00/118) No matches
02 [a9382641] (00/118) No matches
03 [ebf74add] (00/116) No matches
Offsetted by -738:
01 [fd79d20e] (08/118) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1
02 [a0b20dcc] (08/118) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1
03 [44bacfd7] (08/116) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1
Offsetted by -265:
01 [b5d7e187] (05/118) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #4
02 [29867165] (05/118) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #4
03 [380c013d] (05/116) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #4

==What's wrong if I'm sure the CD is present in the database, but CUETools doesn't find it?==
CDs in the AccurateRip database are identified by the track lengths, with the track 01 pregap and data tracks included. If you rip to separate tracks without a .cue sheet, this information is lost. If the CD had a pregap and/or data track, you won't find it in the database without a .cue sheet (or using dummy or foobar2000-generated cue sheet). Sometimes you will find a wrong set, e.g. if the disc was released in two versions, with and without data track—you rip a version with data track, and verify it without a .cue sheet, and your files look like the version without a data track. Or you rip a CD which has a pregap, and try verify it without a .cue sheet, your files look like they came from a CD-R which had been made from such a rip.

So make sure you have original .cue sheet and EAC .log available. Keeping the original .cue ensures that you don't lose the pregap length.

If a data track is present, its length is not stored in .cue sheet, but if you have an EAC log made by the recent versions of EAC, CUETools can find the data track length from it. For this to work, the .log file should have the same filename as the .cue file, aside from the extension. If you don't have a .log file, but your .cue sheet contains the original freedb DISCID (like all .cue sheets made by recent EAC versions), CUETools can detect that the data track was present and hint for a possible data track length range. You can try to enter 75 different values in that range manually to find an exact length.

==Command line options==
* <code>CUETools.exe /verify <var><filename></var></code> - verify an image using AccurateRip database.
* <code>CUETools.exe /convert <var><filename></var></code> - convert an image to the default output format.
* <code>CUETools.exe <var><filename></var></code> - open CUETools dialog, with input file set to <var><filename></var>.
* <code>ArCueDotNet.exe <var><filename></var></code> - console version of AccurateRip verification.
* <code>LossyWAVSharp.exe <var><filename></var></code> - console lossyWAV compression utility

==Supported platforms==
CUETools is a [[Wikipedia:.NET_Framework|.NET]] application, written in [[Wikipedia:C Sharp (programming language)|C#]]. Processor dependent plugins are included for 32 bit (x86) and 64 bit (x64) Windows versions. .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 and Visual C++ 2008 runtime are required.
Users report they have been able to use it under GNU/Linux, using [[Wikipedia:Mono (software)|Mono]], but in this scenario only WAV audio is supported, as other codecs are not yet ported to C#.

==External links==
*[http://www.cuetools.net/wiki/Main_Page Gregory S. Chudov’s official CUETools site] - by the current developer of CUETools
*[http://moitah.net/ Moitah's website] - Home of stable (outdated) version 1.9.1
*[https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,50113.0.html Original thread] - Original discussion (pre-1.9.5)
*[https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,66233.0.html Current development thread] - Latest development version discussion (1.9.5 and newer)
*[https://github.com/gchudov/cuetools.net GitHub project page]
* [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5b2c0358-915b-4eb5-9b1d-10e506da9d0f&displaylang=en .NET Framework 2.0 SP2]
* [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=9b2da534-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf Visual C++ 2008 runtime (x86)]
* [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=BD2A6171-E2D6-4230-B809-9A8D7548C1B6&displaylang=en Visual C++ 2008 runtime (x64)]

[[Category:Software]]
[[Category:Encoder/Decoder]]
[[Category:CD Rippers]]

CUETools

2018-03-13T11:15:01Z

Qz2nqIJQ5LaN: /* Supported formats */ fix entries that mediawiki was displaying on a single line

{{Software Infobox
| name = CUETools
| logo =
| screenshot = [[Image:CUETools214.png|250px|CUETools 2.1.4]]
| caption =
| maintainer = [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?action=profile;u=2227 Moitah], [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?action=profile;u=59035 Gregory S. Chudov]
| stable_release = 2.1.6
| preview_release = 2.1.7
| operating_system = [[Wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Windows]] via native [[Wikipedia:.NET Framework| .NET]], [[Wikipedia:Cross-platform|Cross-platform]] via [[Wikipedia:Mono (software)|Mono]]
| use = Audio CD rip conversion and verification, multi-codec encoder and decoder
| license = [[Wikipedia:GNU General Public License|GNU GPL]]
| website = [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,66233.0.html Discussion topic at Hydrogenaudio], [http://www.cuetools.net/wiki/Main_Page Gregory S. Chudov’s official CUETools site]
}}

'''CUETools''' is a tool for [[lossless|lossless audio]]/[[Cue sheet|CUE sheet]] format conversion. The goal is to make sure the album image is preserved accurately. Lossless disc image must be lossless not only in preserving contents of the audio tracks, but also in preserving gaps and CUE sheet contents. Many applications lose vital information upon conversion, and don't support all possible CUE sheet styles. For example, [[foobar2000]] loses disc pre-gap information when converting an album image, and doesn't support gaps appended (noncompliant) CUE sheets.

==Supported formats==
* Supports [[WAV]], [[FLAC]], [[APE]], [[LossyWAV]], [[WavPack]] and [[ALAC]] audio input/output.
* Audio must be 16-bit, 44.1kHz samples stereo (i.e. [[Wikipedia:Red Book (audio CD standard)|CD]] PCM).
* Supports every imaginable [[Cue sheet|CUE sheet]] style (embedded, single file, gaps appended/prepended/left out).
* It is also possible to process a set of audio files in a directory without a CUE sheet, or use a RAR archive as an input without unpacking it.

==Use cases==
* Convert a single file album image with CUE sheet to a file-per-track album image
* Convert a file-per-track album image with CUE sheet to a single file album image
* Convert a file-per-track album image without a CUE sheet to a single file album image with simple CUE sheet
* Convert an album image from one lossless codec to another, preserving CUE sheet structure
* Verify a (possibly non offset-corrected) album image against AccurateRip database
* Apply offset correction to a rip made without offset correction
* Prepare an album image for burning with software, which does not handle drive write offsets, by applying offset
* Extract an album image directly from a RAR archive without unpacking it, and save it in a different format
* Fix filenames in a CUE sheet, if the files were renamed or converted to a different format.
* Compress to [[LossyWAV]], creating a lossy output + correction file.
* Convert a [[HDCD]] image to 24-bit / 20-bit / [[lossyWAV]] 16-bit audio files (irreversible).

==AccurateRip support==
Since version 1.9.2, CUETools can verify album images using the [[AccurateRip]] database. ARCue and TripleFLAC were an inspiration. The unique feature of CUETools AccurateRip verification is offset detection. A rip that was made without offset correction can still be verified against the database, and its offset can be found and corrected.

Sample log:

[Disc ID: 000d44e3-005781a4-6b09df03]
Track [ CRC ] Status
01 [4a3fc0dd] (00/118) No matches
02 [a9382641] (00/118) No matches
03 [ebf74add] (00/116) No matches
Offsetted by -738:
01 [fd79d20e] (08/118) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1
02 [a0b20dcc] (08/118) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1
03 [44bacfd7] (08/116) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1
Offsetted by -265:
01 [b5d7e187] (05/118) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #4
02 [29867165] (05/118) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #4
03 [380c013d] (05/116) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #4

==What's wrong if I'm sure the CD is present in the database, but CUETools doesn't find it?==
CDs in the AccurateRip database are identified by the track lengths, with the track 01 pregap and data tracks included. If you rip to separate tracks without a .cue sheet, this information is lost. If the CD had a pregap and/or data track, you won't find it in the database without a .cue sheet (or using dummy or foobar2000-generated cue sheet). Sometimes you will find a wrong set, e.g. if the disc was released in two versions, with and without data track—you rip a version with data track, and verify it without a .cue sheet, and your files look like the version without a data track. Or you rip a CD which has a pregap, and try verify it without a .cue sheet, your files look like they came from a CD-R which had been made from such a rip.

So make sure you have original .cue sheet and EAC .log available. Keeping the original .cue ensures that you don't lose the pregap length.

If a data track is present, its length is not stored in .cue sheet, but if you have an EAC log made by the recent versions of EAC, CUETools can find the data track length from it. For this to work, the .log file should have the same filename as the .cue file, aside from the extension. If you don't have a .log file, but your .cue sheet contains the original freedb DISCID (like all .cue sheets made by recent EAC versions), CUETools can detect that the data track was present and hint for a possible data track length range. You can try to enter 75 different values in that range manually to find an exact length.

==Command line options==
* <code>CUETools.exe /verify <var><filename></var></code> - verify an image using AccurateRip database.
* <code>CUETools.exe /convert <var><filename></var></code> - convert an image to the default output format.
* <code>CUETools.exe <var><filename></var></code> - open CUETools dialog, with input file set to <var><filename></var>.
* <code>ArCueDotNet.exe <var><filename></var></code> - console version of AccurateRip verification.
* <code>LossyWAVSharp.exe <var><filename></var></code> - console lossyWAV compression utility

==Supported platforms==
CUETools is a [[Wikipedia:.NET_Framework|.NET]] application, written in [[Wikipedia:C Sharp (programming language)|C#]]. Processor dependent plugins are included for 32 bit (x86) and 64 bit (x64) Windows versions. .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 and Visual C++ 2008 runtime are required.
Users report they have been able to use it under GNU/Linux, using [[Wikipedia:Mono (software)|Mono]], but in this scenario only WAV audio is supported, as other codecs are not yet ported to C#.

==External links==
*[http://www.cuetools.net/wiki/Main_Page Gregory S. Chudov’s official CUETools site] - by the current developer of CUETools
*[http://moitah.net/ Moitah's website] - Home of stable (outdated) version 1.9.1
*[https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,50113.0.html Original thread] - Original discussion (pre-1.9.5)
*[https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,66233.0.html Current development thread] - Latest development version discussion (1.9.5 and newer)
*[http://sourceforge.net/p/cuetoolsnet/code/ Mercurial repository]
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/cuetoolsnet Sourceforge project page]
* [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5b2c0358-915b-4eb5-9b1d-10e506da9d0f&displaylang=en .NET Framework 2.0 SP2]
* [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=9b2da534-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf Visual C++ 2008 runtime (x86)]
* [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=BD2A6171-E2D6-4230-B809-9A8D7548C1B6&displaylang=en Visual C++ 2008 runtime (x64)]

[[Category:Software]]
[[Category:Encoder/Decoder]]
[[Category:CD Rippers]]

CUETools

2018-03-13T11:12:43Z

Qz2nqIJQ5LaN: update hydrogenaudio links

{{Software Infobox
| name = CUETools
| logo =
| screenshot = [[Image:CUETools214.png|250px|CUETools 2.1.4]]
| caption =
| maintainer = [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?action=profile;u=2227 Moitah], [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?action=profile;u=59035 Gregory S. Chudov]
| stable_release = 2.1.6
| preview_release = 2.1.7
| operating_system = [[Wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Windows]] via native [[Wikipedia:.NET Framework| .NET]], [[Wikipedia:Cross-platform|Cross-platform]] via [[Wikipedia:Mono (software)|Mono]]
| use = Audio CD rip conversion and verification, multi-codec encoder and decoder
| license = [[Wikipedia:GNU General Public License|GNU GPL]]
| website = [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,66233.0.html Discussion topic at Hydrogenaudio], [http://www.cuetools.net/wiki/Main_Page Gregory S. Chudov’s official CUETools site]
}}

'''CUETools''' is a tool for [[lossless|lossless audio]]/[[Cue sheet|CUE sheet]] format conversion. The goal is to make sure the album image is preserved accurately. Lossless disc image must be lossless not only in preserving contents of the audio tracks, but also in preserving gaps and CUE sheet contents. Many applications lose vital information upon conversion, and don't support all possible CUE sheet styles. For example, [[foobar2000]] loses disc pre-gap information when converting an album image, and doesn't support gaps appended (noncompliant) CUE sheets.

==Supported formats==
Supports [[WAV]], [[FLAC]], [[APE]], [[LossyWAV]], [[WavPack]] and [[ALAC]] audio input/output.
Audio must be 16-bit, 44.1kHz samples stereo (i.e. [[Wikipedia:Red Book (audio CD standard)|CD]] PCM).
Supports every imaginable [[Cue sheet|CUE sheet]] style (embedded, single file, gaps appended/prepended/left out).
It is also possible to process a set of audio files in a directory without a CUE sheet, or use a RAR archive as an
input without unpacking it.

==Use cases==
* Convert a single file album image with CUE sheet to a file-per-track album image
* Convert a file-per-track album image with CUE sheet to a single file album image
* Convert a file-per-track album image without a CUE sheet to a single file album image with simple CUE sheet
* Convert an album image from one lossless codec to another, preserving CUE sheet structure
* Verify a (possibly non offset-corrected) album image against AccurateRip database
* Apply offset correction to a rip made without offset correction
* Prepare an album image for burning with software, which does not handle drive write offsets, by applying offset
* Extract an album image directly from a RAR archive without unpacking it, and save it in a different format
* Fix filenames in a CUE sheet, if the files were renamed or converted to a different format.
* Compress to [[LossyWAV]], creating a lossy output + correction file.
* Convert a [[HDCD]] image to 24-bit / 20-bit / [[lossyWAV]] 16-bit audio files (irreversible).

==AccurateRip support==
Since version 1.9.2, CUETools can verify album images using the [[AccurateRip]] database. ARCue and TripleFLAC were an inspiration. The unique feature of CUETools AccurateRip verification is offset detection. A rip that was made without offset correction can still be verified against the database, and its offset can be found and corrected.

Sample log:

[Disc ID: 000d44e3-005781a4-6b09df03]
Track [ CRC ] Status
01 [4a3fc0dd] (00/118) No matches
02 [a9382641] (00/118) No matches
03 [ebf74add] (00/116) No matches
Offsetted by -738:
01 [fd79d20e] (08/118) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1
02 [a0b20dcc] (08/118) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1
03 [44bacfd7] (08/116) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1
Offsetted by -265:
01 [b5d7e187] (05/118) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #4
02 [29867165] (05/118) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #4
03 [380c013d] (05/116) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #4

==What's wrong if I'm sure the CD is present in the database, but CUETools doesn't find it?==
CDs in the AccurateRip database are identified by the track lengths, with the track 01 pregap and data tracks included. If you rip to separate tracks without a .cue sheet, this information is lost. If the CD had a pregap and/or data track, you won't find it in the database without a .cue sheet (or using dummy or foobar2000-generated cue sheet). Sometimes you will find a wrong set, e.g. if the disc was released in two versions, with and without data track—you rip a version with data track, and verify it without a .cue sheet, and your files look like the version without a data track. Or you rip a CD which has a pregap, and try verify it without a .cue sheet, your files look like they came from a CD-R which had been made from such a rip.

So make sure you have original .cue sheet and EAC .log available. Keeping the original .cue ensures that you don't lose the pregap length.

If a data track is present, its length is not stored in .cue sheet, but if you have an EAC log made by the recent versions of EAC, CUETools can find the data track length from it. For this to work, the .log file should have the same filename as the .cue file, aside from the extension. If you don't have a .log file, but your .cue sheet contains the original freedb DISCID (like all .cue sheets made by recent EAC versions), CUETools can detect that the data track was present and hint for a possible data track length range. You can try to enter 75 different values in that range manually to find an exact length.

==Command line options==
* <code>CUETools.exe /verify <var><filename></var></code> - verify an image using AccurateRip database.
* <code>CUETools.exe /convert <var><filename></var></code> - convert an image to the default output format.
* <code>CUETools.exe <var><filename></var></code> - open CUETools dialog, with input file set to <var><filename></var>.
* <code>ArCueDotNet.exe <var><filename></var></code> - console version of AccurateRip verification.
* <code>LossyWAVSharp.exe <var><filename></var></code> - console lossyWAV compression utility

==Supported platforms==
CUETools is a [[Wikipedia:.NET_Framework|.NET]] application, written in [[Wikipedia:C Sharp (programming language)|C#]]. Processor dependent plugins are included for 32 bit (x86) and 64 bit (x64) Windows versions. .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 and Visual C++ 2008 runtime are required.
Users report they have been able to use it under GNU/Linux, using [[Wikipedia:Mono (software)|Mono]], but in this scenario only WAV audio is supported, as other codecs are not yet ported to C#.

==External links==
*[http://www.cuetools.net/wiki/Main_Page Gregory S. Chudov’s official CUETools site] - by the current developer of CUETools
*[http://moitah.net/ Moitah's website] - Home of stable (outdated) version 1.9.1
*[https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,50113.0.html Original thread] - Original discussion (pre-1.9.5)
*[https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,66233.0.html Current development thread] - Latest development version discussion (1.9.5 and newer)
*[http://sourceforge.net/p/cuetoolsnet/code/ Mercurial repository]
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/cuetoolsnet Sourceforge project page]
* [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5b2c0358-915b-4eb5-9b1d-10e506da9d0f&displaylang=en .NET Framework 2.0 SP2]
* [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=9b2da534-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf Visual C++ 2008 runtime (x86)]
* [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=BD2A6171-E2D6-4230-B809-9A8D7548C1B6&displaylang=en Visual C++ 2008 runtime (x64)]

[[Category:Software]]
[[Category:Encoder/Decoder]]
[[Category:CD Rippers]]

CUETools

2018-03-13T11:12:23Z

Qz2nqIJQ5LaN: version bump

{{Software Infobox
| name = CUETools
| logo =
| screenshot = [[Image:CUETools214.png|250px|CUETools 2.1.4]]
| caption =
| maintainer = [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showuser=2227 Moitah],[http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showuser=59035 Gregory S. Chudov]
| stable_release = 2.1.6
| preview_release = 2.1.7
| operating_system = [[Wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Windows]] via native [[Wikipedia:.NET Framework| .NET]], [[Wikipedia:Cross-platform|Cross-platform]] via [[Wikipedia:Mono (software)|Mono]]
| use = Audio CD rip conversion and verification, multi-codec encoder and decoder
| license = [[Wikipedia:GNU General Public License|GNU GPL]]
| website = [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=66233 Discussion topic at Hydrogenaudio], [http://www.cuetools.net/wiki/Main_Page Gregory S. Chudov’s official CUETools site]
}}

'''CUETools''' is a tool for [[lossless|lossless audio]]/[[Cue sheet|CUE sheet]] format conversion. The goal is to make sure the album image is preserved accurately. Lossless disc image must be lossless not only in preserving contents of the audio tracks, but also in preserving gaps and CUE sheet contents. Many applications lose vital information upon conversion, and don't support all possible CUE sheet styles. For example, [[foobar2000]] loses disc pre-gap information when converting an album image, and doesn't support gaps appended (noncompliant) CUE sheets.

==Supported formats==
Supports [[WAV]], [[FLAC]], [[APE]], [[LossyWAV]], [[WavPack]] and [[ALAC]] audio input/output.
Audio must be 16-bit, 44.1kHz samples stereo (i.e. [[Wikipedia:Red Book (audio CD standard)|CD]] PCM).
Supports every imaginable [[Cue sheet|CUE sheet]] style (embedded, single file, gaps appended/prepended/left out).
It is also possible to process a set of audio files in a directory without a CUE sheet, or use a RAR archive as an
input without unpacking it.

==Use cases==
* Convert a single file album image with CUE sheet to a file-per-track album image
* Convert a file-per-track album image with CUE sheet to a single file album image
* Convert a file-per-track album image without a CUE sheet to a single file album image with simple CUE sheet
* Convert an album image from one lossless codec to another, preserving CUE sheet structure
* Verify a (possibly non offset-corrected) album image against AccurateRip database
* Apply offset correction to a rip made without offset correction
* Prepare an album image for burning with software, which does not handle drive write offsets, by applying offset
* Extract an album image directly from a RAR archive without unpacking it, and save it in a different format
* Fix filenames in a CUE sheet, if the files were renamed or converted to a different format.
* Compress to [[LossyWAV]], creating a lossy output + correction file.
* Convert a [[HDCD]] image to 24-bit / 20-bit / [[lossyWAV]] 16-bit audio files (irreversible).

==AccurateRip support==
Since version 1.9.2, CUETools can verify album images using the [[AccurateRip]] database. ARCue and TripleFLAC were an inspiration. The unique feature of CUETools AccurateRip verification is offset detection. A rip that was made without offset correction can still be verified against the database, and its offset can be found and corrected.

Sample log:

[Disc ID: 000d44e3-005781a4-6b09df03]
Track [ CRC ] Status
01 [4a3fc0dd] (00/118) No matches
02 [a9382641] (00/118) No matches
03 [ebf74add] (00/116) No matches
Offsetted by -738:
01 [fd79d20e] (08/118) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1
02 [a0b20dcc] (08/118) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1
03 [44bacfd7] (08/116) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1
Offsetted by -265:
01 [b5d7e187] (05/118) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #4
02 [29867165] (05/118) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #4
03 [380c013d] (05/116) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #4

==What's wrong if I'm sure the CD is present in the database, but CUETools doesn't find it?==
CDs in the AccurateRip database are identified by the track lengths, with the track 01 pregap and data tracks included. If you rip to separate tracks without a .cue sheet, this information is lost. If the CD had a pregap and/or data track, you won't find it in the database without a .cue sheet (or using dummy or foobar2000-generated cue sheet). Sometimes you will find a wrong set, e.g. if the disc was released in two versions, with and without data track—you rip a version with data track, and verify it without a .cue sheet, and your files look like the version without a data track. Or you rip a CD which has a pregap, and try verify it without a .cue sheet, your files look like they came from a CD-R which had been made from such a rip.

So make sure you have original .cue sheet and EAC .log available. Keeping the original .cue ensures that you don't lose the pregap length.

If a data track is present, its length is not stored in .cue sheet, but if you have an EAC log made by the recent versions of EAC, CUETools can find the data track length from it. For this to work, the .log file should have the same filename as the .cue file, aside from the extension. If you don't have a .log file, but your .cue sheet contains the original freedb DISCID (like all .cue sheets made by recent EAC versions), CUETools can detect that the data track was present and hint for a possible data track length range. You can try to enter 75 different values in that range manually to find an exact length.

==Command line options==
* <code>CUETools.exe /verify <var><filename></var></code> - verify an image using AccurateRip database.
* <code>CUETools.exe /convert <var><filename></var></code> - convert an image to the default output format.
* <code>CUETools.exe <var><filename></var></code> - open CUETools dialog, with input file set to <var><filename></var>.
* <code>ArCueDotNet.exe <var><filename></var></code> - console version of AccurateRip verification.
* <code>LossyWAVSharp.exe <var><filename></var></code> - console lossyWAV compression utility

==Supported platforms==
CUETools is a [[Wikipedia:.NET_Framework|.NET]] application, written in [[Wikipedia:C Sharp (programming language)|C#]]. Processor dependent plugins are included for 32 bit (x86) and 64 bit (x64) Windows versions. .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 and Visual C++ 2008 runtime are required.
Users report they have been able to use it under GNU/Linux, using [[Wikipedia:Mono (software)|Mono]], but in this scenario only WAV audio is supported, as other codecs are not yet ported to C#.

==External links==
*[http://www.cuetools.net/wiki/Main_Page Gregory S. Chudov’s official CUETools site] - by the current developer of CUETools
*[http://moitah.net/ Moitah's website] - Home of stable (outdated) version 1.9.1
*[http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=50113 Original thread] - Original discussion (pre-1.9.5)
*[http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=66233 Current development thread] - Latest development version discussion (1.9.5 and newer)
*[http://sourceforge.net/p/cuetoolsnet/code/ Mercurial repository]
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/cuetoolsnet Sourceforge project page]
* [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5b2c0358-915b-4eb5-9b1d-10e506da9d0f&displaylang=en .NET Framework 2.0 SP2]
* [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=9b2da534-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf Visual C++ 2008 runtime (x86)]
* [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=BD2A6171-E2D6-4230-B809-9A8D7548C1B6&displaylang=en Visual C++ 2008 runtime (x64)]

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[[Category:Encoder/Decoder]]
[[Category:CD Rippers]]

Template:Software Infobox

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Mp3tag

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{{Software Infobox
| name = Mp3tag
| logo =
| screenshot = [[Image:MP3tag-screenshot.png|250px|Mp3tag screenshot]]
| caption = powerful and easy-to-use tool to edit metadata
| maintainer = Florian Heidenreich
| stable_release = [https://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html 2.86] (24 January 2018)
| preview_release = [http://developer.mp3tag.de/ Beta]
| operating_system = Windows
| use = Metadata
| license = Freeware
| website = https://www.mp3tag.de/en/
}}

==Introduction==
'''Mp3tag''' is an powerful and mature [[Metadata|metadata]] editor for lots of common audio formats. Its development was started in 1999 by Florian Heidenreich.

You can rename files based on the [[Tagging|tag]] information, replace characters or words from tags and filenames, import/export tag information, create playlists. The program supports online database lookups for selected files, allowing you to automatically gather proper tag information for select files or CDs. Batch processing to edit lots of ifles is supported.

==Features==

* Write [[ID3v1.1]]-, [[ID3v2]]-, [[APEv2]]-Tags and [[Vorbis_Comment|Vorbis Comments]] to multiple files at once
* Full Unicode support
* Support for embedded cover art
* Automatically create playlists
* Recursive subfolders support
* Remove parts or the entire tag of multiple files
* Rename files based on the tag information
* Import tags from filenames
* Format tags and filenames
* Replace characters or words from tags and filenames
* Regular Expressions
* Export tag information to user-defined formats (like html, rtf, csv, xml)
* Import tag information from online databases like Amazon, discogs, freedb, MusicBrain (also by text-search)
* Import tag information from local freedb databases
* Support for [[ID3v2|ID3v2.3]] (ISO-8859-1 and UTF-16) and [[ID3v2|ID3v2.4]] with [[UTF-8]]

==Supported formats==

* Advanced Audio Coding ([[AAC|aac]])
* Free Lossless Audio Codec ([[FLAC|flac]])
* Monkey's Audio ([[APE|ape]])
* Mpeg Layer 3 ([[MP3|mp3]])
* MPEG-4 ([[MP4|mp4]] / [[M4A|m4a]] / m4b / [[iTunes]] compatible)
* Musepack ([[MPC|mpc]])
* Ogg Vorbis ([[Ogg_Vorbis|ogg]])
* OptimFROG ([[OptimFROG|ofr]])
* OptimFROG DualStream (ofs)
* Opus ([[Opus|opus]])
* Speex ([[Speex|spx]])
* TAK ([[TAK]])
* True Audio (tta)
* Windows Media Audio ([[WMA|wma]])
* WavPack ([[WavPack|wv]])

==Operating Systems==
* Win XP SP3
* Win 2003
* Win Vista
* Win 2008
* Win 2012
* Win 7
* Win 8
* Win 8.1

Windows 2000 is no longer supported as of version 2.40. Version 2.39 is still available on the download page at the Mp3tag website.

==External links==
* [https://www.mp3tag.de/en/ Mp3tag: Homepage]
* [https://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html Mp3tag: Download]
* [https://www.mp3tag.de/en/changelog.html Mp3tag: Changelog]
* [https://forums.mp3tag.de/ Mp3tag: Official forum]
* [http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Mp3tag Mp3tag - Slim Devices]

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LAME

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{{Software Infobox
| name = LAME
| logo = [[Image:Lamelogo.png|250px|LAME official logo]]
| screenshot =
| caption = LAME ain't an MP3 encoder
| maintainer = The LAME project
| stable_release = 3.100
| preview_release = none
| operating_system = Windows, Mac OS/X, Linux/BSD
| use = Encoder/Decoder
| license = LGPL
| website = [http://lame.sourceforge.net/ LAME website], Download site: [http://www.rarewares.org/mp3-lame-bundle.php Rarewares LAME-bundle]
}}{{featured}}
'''LAME''' (Lame Ain't an MP3 Encoder) is the [[Hydrogenaudio]] recommended [[MP3]] encoder. It has been developed by the open-source community since 1998, and has become the highest quality MP3 encoder for most purposes.

Some benefits of using LAME:
* Highly optimised presets
* Fast encoding
* [[CBR]], [[ABR]] and quality-optimized [[VBR]] encoding methods
* [[Gapless]] playback with LAME-header compliant decoders
* Supported by recommended CD rippers [[Exact Audio Copy]] and [[CDex]]
* Highly tunable



==History==
LAME development began around mid-1998. Mike Cheng started it as a patch against the 8hz-MP3 encoder sources. After some quality concerns raised by others, he decided to start from scratch based on the dist10 sources.<ref>dist10 is the rudimentary "demonstration" MP3 encoder described in the MPEG-2 standard, ISO/IEC 13818.</ref> That branch (a patch against the reference sources) became LAME 2.0. By the release of LAME 3.81, all dist10 code was removed, making LAME a completely new program, not a mere patch of an existing encoder.

The project quickly became a team effort. Mike Cheng eventually left leadership and started working on [http://toolame.sourceforge.net/ tooLAME], an [[MP2]] encoder. Mark Taylor became leader and released version 3.0 featuring gpsycho, a new psychoacoustic model developed by him.

Nowadays LAME is considered the best MP3 encoder at mid & high bitrates, and features the best VBR model among MP3 implementations, mostly thanks to the dedicated work of talented developers Takehiro Tominaga, Naoki Shibata, Darin Morrison, Gabriel Bouvigne, Robert Hegemann, and others. Development is ongoing.

Although LAME is generally considered to be an encoder, according to the LAME technical FAQ, it's technically not an encoder, but rather is officially just "a development project which uses the open source model to improve MP3 technology." This improved technology is only released in source code form in order to minimize the risk of violating patents. When the source code is compiled and distributed, it ''may'' require a license from Thomson, depending on where and how it's to be used. The LAME project's position is "Source code is considered as speech, which may contain descriptions of patented technology. Descriptions of patents are in the public domain."

LAME source code is maintained in a CVS repository, and the only official codebase for public use is the trunk code tagged "MAIN". There are also numerous experimental branches of this code in which the developers test new ideas. One of these branches was started after the release of LAME 3.92 in 2002. To keep it from being confused with LAME 3.93 alpha versions, the code was made to self-identify as LAME 4.0 alpha 1 (in late 2002) through 4.0 alpha 14 (since 2005). This code is mainly for the developers to test optimizations and architectural changes in LAME's foundational code, ideas that may eventually be used in the main branch if and when development actually begins on LAME 4.0. However, some members of the public used this code to build working copies of "LAME 4.0" alpha versions in 2003-2005. These should not be considered actual LAME 4.0 releases and the developers do not want public feedback on them, nor do they want any more public builds to be made from this branch.

==Recommended encoder compiles and source code==

Unless noted otherwise, the recommended LAME compile for optimal quality is always the '''latest stable version'''.

'''Download the latest LAME from these links:'''
* [http://www.rarewares.org/mp3.php RareWares MP3 Page] - Compiles for Win32, Mac OS X universal binary, Linux etc.
* [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=290&package_id=309 LAME source code on SourceForge]

Avoid using alpha versions of LAME. These versions have "a" in their version string and are usually only for testing changes and new features, and may result in lower quality MP3s. Use them only if you want to help the developers and provide feedback.

==Recommended encoder settings==
This section describes the [[Hydrogenaudio]] recommended settings to be used with LAME for highest quality MP3 encoding. These settings require LAME 3.98 or later (the latest stable version is recommended).

<div style="background-color: #F0F0F0; color: black; border: 1px solid black; margin: 1em; padding: 1em 2em 1em 2em;">
====Maximum quality and archiving====

Maximum quality is achieved when, regardless of listening conditions, you are unable to detect a difference between the MP3 and the original. As demonstrated by blind [[ABX]] tests, LAME-encoded MP3s typically achieve this level of [[transparency]] when encoded with the default settings, at bitrates well below maximum. Encoding with higher-bitrate settings will have no effect on the perceived quality.

For archiving, only [[lossless]] formats like [[WavPack]], [[FLAC]], etc. are ideal; they will preserve the audio with no changes, sample-for-sample, regardless of encoder settings. In contrast, lossy formats like MP3 are designed to save space by changing the audio in subtle, often imperceptible ways, even at the encoder's maximum settings.

====Very high quality: HiFi, home, or quiet listening, with best file size====

<code>-V0</code> (~245 kbps), <code>-V1</code> (~225 kbps), <code>-V2</code> (~190 kbps) or <code>-V3</code> (~175 kbps) are recommended.

These [[VBR]] settings will normally produce [[transparency|transparent]] results. Audible differences between these presets may exist, but are rare.

====Very high quality: HiFi, home, or quiet listening, with maximum file size====

<code>-b 320</code> is an alternative to the VBR settings above.

This [[CBR]] mode will maximize the MP3's bitrate and overall file size. The extra space may allow for some parts of the audio to be compressed with fewer sacrifices, but to date, no one has produced ABX test results demonstrating that perceived quality is ever better than the highest VBR profiles described above.<ref>Prior to version 3.99, CBR and VBR modes were encoded differently by LAME. In some unusual problem samples, these differences were sometimes audible, even at very high bitrates. Current versions of LAME encode CBR and VBR with the same psychoacoustic model, so such differences shouldn't arise from normal use.</ref>

====Portable: listening in noisy conditions, lower bitrate, smaller file size====

<code>-V4</code> (~165 kbps), <code>-V5</code> (~130 kbps) or <code>-V6</code> (~115 kbps) are recommended.

<code>-V6</code> produces an "acceptable" quality, while <code>-V4</code> should be close to perceptual [[transparency]].

====Very low bitrate, small sizes: eg. for voice, radio, [[mono]] encoding etc.====

For very low bitrates, up to 100kbps, [[ABR]] is most often the best solution.
Use <code>--abr <bitrate></code> (e.g. --abr 80).

'''--preset voice''' is only available in the command line front-end, and is there for compatibility.
It is currently mapped to '''''--abr 56 -mm''''', so that means that the recommendation would be to encode in mono, and use ABR.
</div>

==Understanding the bitrate settings==
MP3s are divided into frames, each frame being a particular size, expressed as a [[bitrate]]. If the bitrate of every frame is the same throughout the file, then the file is considered to be ''constant bit rate'' ([[CBR]]). Otherwise, it is ''variable bit rate'' ([[VBR]]). LAME offers CBR and VBR encoding modes, as well as a special VBR encoding mode called [[ABR]] (''average bit rate'').

===VBR (variable bitrate) settings===
'''[[VBR]]:''' ''variable bitrate mode. Use variable bitrate modes when the goal is to achieve a fixed level of quality using the lowest possible bitrate.''

VBR is best used to target a specific quality level, instead of a specific bitrate. The final file size of a VBR encode is less predictable than with [[ABR]], but the quality is usually better.

Unlike other MP3 encoders which do VBR encoding based on predictions of output quality, LAME's default VBR method tests the ''actual'' output quality to ensure the desired quality level is always achieved.

'''Usage:''' <code>-V <number></code> where <number> is between 0 and 9, 0 being highest quality, 9 being the lowest. (Note: The "V" has to be a capital letter.)

'''Example:''' <code>-V 2</code>

Fractional values out to three decimal places are also accepted, with 9.999 being the absolute lowest quality.

'''Example:''' <code>-V 2.75</code>

'''Note:''' The switch <code>--vbr-new</code>, which enabled a superior VBR mode in LAME 3.97 and some previous versions, is no longer needed with LAME 3.98 and higher, as it is now the default VBR mode. However, if you're still using LAME 3.97 or older, you have to add <code>--vbr-new</code> to your command line to use that mode.

The target bitrate and actual typical bitrate for each VBR quality level is shown in the [[#Technical information|Technical details for recommended LAME settings]] section below.

If you need a predictable bitrate (in a streaming application, for example), use ABR or CBR modes, described below.

===ABR (average bitrate) settings===
'''[[ABR]]:''' ''average bitrate mode. A compromise between VBR and CBR modes, ABR encoding varies bits around a specified target bitrate.''

Use ABR when you need to know the final size of the file but still want to allow the encoder some flexibility to decide which passages need more bits. The output is an ordinary VBR file compatible with all MP3 players that support VBR; ABR is not a special type of file, just a LAME-specific strategy for producing VBR.

'''Usage:''' <code>--preset <bitrate></code> where <bitrate> (desired averaged bitrate in kbit/s) is a value between 8 and 320.

'''Example:''' <code>--preset 200</code>

'''Important:''' ''ABR setting is tuned from 320 kbit/s down to 80 kbit/s.''

===CBR (constant bitrate) settings===
'''[[CBR]]:''' ''constant bitrate mode. CBR encoding is not efficient. Whereas VBR and ABR modes can supply more bits to complex music passages and save bits on simpler ones, CBR encodes every frame at the same bitrate.''

CBR is only recommended for usage in streaming situations where the upper bitrate must be strictly enforced. There is still some variability in bitrate behind the scenes, through LAME's use of the [[bit reservoir]] feature of the MP3 format, but it is much less flexible than actual VBR.

'''Usage:''' <code>-b <bitrate></code> where <bitrate> (bitrate in kbit/s) must be chosen from the following values: 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 160, 192, 224, 256, or 320.

'''Example:''' <code>-b 192</code>

'''Important:''' ''CBR setting is tuned from 320 kbit/s down to 80 kbit/s.''

===Remarks===
* The rule of thumb when considering encoding options: at a given bitrate, [[VBR]] is higher quality than [[ABR]], which is higher quality than [[CBR]] (VBR > ABR > CBR in terms of quality). However, [[ABX]] tests demonstrate that as bitrate increases, the perceptual differences diminish, with all modes generally reaching [[transparency]] well before their maximum settings; when you can't tell the difference, the modes are qualitatively the same.

* In terms of filesize [[VBR]] tends to produce the smallest files down to -V7. For lower quality (e.g. for non-music audio such as speech) [[ABR]] will produce smaller files than [[VBR]], starting from --abr 115.

* All modes and settings mentioned in this topic belong to the specifications of the MP3 standard, and the resulting MP3s should be playable by every MP3 decoder that conforms with the standard. If your decoder or device does not play MP3s produced by LAME, blame the manufacturer or developer, not LAME.

* Prior to LAME 3.98, the <code>--vbr-new</code> switch enabled the new VBR mode. This is now the default VBR mode, with the old mode being available via <code>--vbr-old</code>. In terms of quality, the new mode appears to be better than the old, but reports of artifacts when using the new mode do exist. Despite these possible issues, the new mode is currently recommended due to both the speed and quality increases afforded by the new algorithm.

==Technical information==
===Recommended settings details===

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|+ Technical details of the recommended settings
! style="vertical-align: bottom" | Switch !! style="vertical-align: bottom" | Preset !! style="width: 4em; vertical-align: bottom" | Target Kbps !! style="width: 4em; vertical-align: bottom" | Typical Kbps<ref>Typical bitrates are mostly based on the results of testing with LAME 3.98.2.</ref> !! style="width: 6em; vertical-align: bottom" | [[LAME Y switch|Y Switch]] enabled by default !! style="vertical-align: bottom" | Lowpass<ref>This range is the transition band of the lowpass filter, as of LAME 3.99.5 with 44100 Hz input. Signal components are at full intensity at the lower frequency. Higher frequencies are attenuated on a slope which reaches zero at (and beyond) the high end of the given range. Further info can be found [http://www.hydrogenaud.io/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=106868&view=findpost&p=874354 in the HA forum].</ref> !! style="vertical-align: bottom" | Resample !! style="width: 6em; vertical-align: bottom" | Formerly Known As
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| style="text-align: center" | <code>-b 320</code> || <code>--preset insane</code> || style="text-align: right" | 320 || style="text-align: center" | 320 || style="text-align: center" | Y<ref>CBR mode uses <code>-Y</code> in effect; see the [[LAME Y switch]] article.</ref> || 20094 Hz – 20627 Hz || || api
|-
|- style="background:white;color:black"
| style="text-align: center" | <code>-V 0</code> || <code>--preset extreme</code> || style="text-align: right" | ~240 || style="text-align: center" | 220–260 || || style="text-align: center" | none || || ape or apx
|-
|- style="background:white;color:black"
| style="text-align: center" | <code>-V 1</code> || || style="text-align: right" | ~220 || style="text-align: center" | 190–250 || || style="text-align: center" | 19383 Hz – 19916 Hz || ||
|-
|- style="background:white;color:black"
| style="text-align: center" | <code>-V 2</code> || <code>--preset standard</code> || style="text-align: right" | ~190 || style="text-align: center" | 170–210 || || style="text-align: center" | 18671 Hz – 19205 Hz || || aps
|-
|- style="background:white;color:black"
| style="text-align: center" | <code>-V 3</code> || || style="text-align: right" | ~170 || style="text-align: center" | 150–195 || style="text-align: center" | Y || style="text-align: center" | 17960 Hz – 18494 Hz || ||
|-
|- style="background:white;color:black"
| style="text-align: center" | <code>-V 4</code> || <code>--preset medium</code> || style="text-align: right" | ~160 || style="text-align: center" | 140–185 || style="text-align: center" | Y || style="text-align: center" | 17249 Hz – 17782 Hz || || apm
|-
|- style="background:white;color:black"
| style="text-align: center" | <code>-V 5</code> || || style="text-align: right" | ~130 || style="text-align: center" | 120–150 || style="text-align: center" | Y || style="text-align: center" | 16538 Hz – 17071 Hz || ||
|-
|- style="background:white;color:black"
| style="text-align: center" | <code>-V 6</code> || || style="text-align: right" | ~120 || style="text-align: center" | 100–130 || style="text-align: center" | Y || style="text-align: center" | 16538 Hz – 17071 Hz || ||

|}

The default lowpass settings were not chosen at random; for general use, they are as high as they can be without putting quality at risk. Raising the the cutoff via command-line options is not recommended. See the [[high-frequency content in MP3s]] article for more info.

===Resampling===

When the input sample rate is greater than 48 kHz, LAME will [[resampling|resample]] it to a maximum of 48 kHz (the maximum supported by MP3). In VBR modes 7 to 9.999, and at CBR bitrates below 104 kbps, the input is resampled to 32000, 24000, 22050, 16000, 12000, 11025, or 8000, depending on the target quality level or bitrate.

Since it is required when resampling, a filter is always applied to remove frequencies above one-half the sample rate. The lowpass info above is indicating whether any ''additional'' filtering is done.

LAME's internal resampler is not ideal.<ref>https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,97479.0.html</ref> If resampling is needed, better results (especially when targeting low bitrates) can be obtained by using a high-quality sample rate converter, such as SoX or SSRC.

===Fraunhofer decoder incompatibility===
Differing interpretations of an unclear portion of the MP3 spec led to a Windows-specific version of the Fraunhofer IIS MP3 decoder being unable to properly play certain MP3s created with certain versions of LAME.

In order to demonstrate the problem, the problematic MP3 must have been created with LAME 3.97 or earlier, and must contain a frame with certain parameters and a very large amount of data, such as a 320-kbps frame which makes heavy use of the [[bit reservoir]]. The decoder must be the DirectShow filter <code>l3codecx.ax</code> version 1.5.0 or lower, as used by Windows Media Player on versions of Windows prior to Windows Vista. An [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2115168/en-us August 2010 security update] for Windows XP and Server 2003 upgraded this filter to version 1.6.0, which can play the problematic MP3s. Windows Vista shipped with the older version but Windows Media Player uses a different filter, and later versions of Windows don't have the old filter at all.

A workaround was implemented in LAME 3.98.0 beta 1 through LAME 3.98.2, and in LAME 3.99 alpha 1, whereby 320-kbps frames were limited in how much of the bit reservoir they could use. This resulted in wasted space when the bit reservoir would grow beyond the limit. In LAME 3.98.3 and beyond, and in LAME 3.99 alpha 2 and beyond, the method was changed such that the bit reservoir can't grow beyond the limit.

Related discussion threads:
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=40308 LAME high bitrate files in l3codeca.ax]
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=78114 Lame 3.98 wastes bits]

===VBR header and LAME tag===

LAME supports the ''de facto'' standard of adding an extra frame of silence to the beginning of MP3 files. This "VBR header" or "Info tag" provides a home for precise info about the audio duration and a table of seek points. It is mainly for the benefit of players working with VBR files. Decoders usually treat the frame as informational, rather than playing the audio.

LAME uses the Xing format for this header, and extends it by embedding a 20-byte "LAME tag" with additional info:
* a short version string (9 ASCII bytes; see [[LAME version string]])
* audio and info tag CRCs (since LAME 3.90)
* separate delay & padding values for gapless playback (since LAME 3.90)
* various encoder settings (since LAME 3.90, expanded in 3.94 to include presets)

Prior to LAME 3.94, the VBR header was only written in VBR files. Since 3.94, it is written to CBR files, too, with "Info" instead of "XING" at the beginning.

Details are in this wiki's [[MP3#VBRI, XING, and LAME headers|MP3 article]] and [[LAME version string]] article, and in LAME developer Gabriel Bouvigne's [http://gabriel.mp3-tech.org/mp3infotag.html MP3 Info Tag] documentation.

===Hey! What happened to "--alt-preset"?===

The revolutionary <code>--alt-preset</code> system was introduced in LAME 3.90. It was replaced by the <code>--preset</code> flags in later versions.

Starting with version 3.94, the <code>-Vx</code> quality system was introduced, allowing finer control over the desired quality level and bitrate. The <code>--preset</code> switches were made into aliases to the corresponding <code>-V</code> flags for the sake of backward compatibility. '''There is no difference between the output you get if you use <code>-V2</code> or <code>--alt-preset standard</code>.'''

Recent LAME versions feature more streamlined command-line options, and it's recommended to stick to one of the values described in the text or shown in the table above.

For example, the following command-line options will all produce the same output:

* <code>--alt-preset insane</code>
* <code>--preset insane</code>
* <code>-b 320</code>
* <code>--preset 320</code>
* <code>--preset cbr 320</code>

==See also==
* [[LAME Y switch|The -Y switch]]
* [[MP3]]
* [[CBR]]
* [[VBR]]
* [[ABR]]
* [[Exact Audio Copy]]
* [[EAC and Lame | Configuring EAC and LAME]]

==Notes and references==
<references/>

==External links==
* [http://lame.sourceforge.net LAME official homepage]


[[Category:Software]]
[[Category:Encoder/Decoder]]
[[Category:MP3]]

Mp3tag

2017-10-26T15:44:47Z

Qz2nqIJQ5LaN: fix title level

{{Software Infobox
| name = Mp3tag
| logo =
| screenshot = [[Image:MP3tag-screenshot.png|250px|Mp3tag screenshot]]
| caption = powerful and easy-to-use tool to edit metadata
| maintainer = Florian Heidenreich
| stable_release = [https://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html 2.85] (25 October 2017)
| preview_release = [http://developer.mp3tag.de/ Beta]
| operating_system = Windows
| use = Metadata
| license = Freeware
| website = https://www.mp3tag.de/en/
}}

==Introduction==
'''Mp3tag''' is an powerful and mature [[Metadata|metadata]] editor for lots of common audio formats. Its development was started in 1999 by Florian Heidenreich.

You can rename files based on the [[Tagging|tag]] information, replace characters or words from tags and filenames, import/export tag information, create playlists. The program supports online database lookups for selected files, allowing you to automatically gather proper tag information for select files or CDs. Batch processing to edit lots of ifles is supported.

==Features==

* Write [[ID3v1.1]]-, [[ID3v2]]-, [[APEv2]]-Tags and [[Vorbis_Comment|Vorbis Comments]] to multiple files at once
* Full Unicode support
* Support for embedded cover art
* Automatically create playlists
* Recursive subfolders support
* Remove parts or the entire tag of multiple files
* Rename files based on the tag information
* Import tags from filenames
* Format tags and filenames
* Replace characters or words from tags and filenames
* Regular Expressions
* Export tag information to user-defined formats (like html, rtf, csv, xml)
* Import tag information from online databases like Amazon, discogs, freedb, MusicBrain (also by text-search)
* Import tag information from local freedb databases
* Support for [[ID3v2|ID3v2.3]] (ISO-8859-1 and UTF-16) and [[ID3v2|ID3v2.4]] with [[UTF-8]]

==Supported formats==

* Advanced Audio Coding ([[AAC|aac]])
* Free Lossless Audio Codec ([[FLAC|flac]])
* Monkey's Audio ([[APE|ape]])
* Mpeg Layer 3 ([[MP3|mp3]])
* MPEG-4 ([[MP4|mp4]] / [[M4A|m4a]] / m4b / [[iTunes]] compatible)
* Musepack ([[MPC|mpc]])
* Ogg Vorbis ([[Ogg_Vorbis|ogg]])
* OptimFROG ([[OptimFROG|ofr]])
* OptimFROG DualStream (ofs)
* Opus ([[Opus|opus]])
* Speex ([[Speex|spx]])
* TAK ([[TAK]])
* True Audio (tta)
* Windows Media Audio ([[WMA|wma]])
* WavPack ([[WavPack|wv]])

==Operating Systems==
* Win XP SP3
* Win 2003
* Win Vista
* Win 2008
* Win 2012
* Win 7
* Win 8
* Win 8.1

Windows 2000 is no longer supported as of version 2.40. Version 2.39 is still available on the download page at the Mp3tag website.

==External links==
* [https://www.mp3tag.de/en/ Mp3tag: Homepage]
* [https://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html Mp3tag: Download]
* [https://www.mp3tag.de/en/changelog.html Mp3tag: Changelog]
* [https://forums.mp3tag.de/ Mp3tag: Official forum]
* [http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Mp3tag Mp3tag - Slim Devices]

[[Category:Software]]
[[Category:Tag editors]]

Mp3tag

2017-10-26T15:41:55Z

Qz2nqIJQ5LaN: /* External links */ ordering

{{Software Infobox
| name = Mp3tag
| logo =
| screenshot = [[Image:MP3tag-screenshot.png|250px|Mp3tag screenshot]]
| caption = powerful and easy-to-use tool to edit metadata
| maintainer = Florian Heidenreich
| stable_release = [https://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html 2.85] (25 October 2017)
| preview_release = [http://developer.mp3tag.de/ Beta]
| operating_system = Windows
| use = Metadata
| license = Freeware
| website = https://www.mp3tag.de/en/
}}

=Introduction=
'''Mp3tag''' is an powerful and mature [[Metadata|metadata]] editor for lots of common audio formats. Its development was started in 1999 by Florian Heidenreich.

You can rename files based on the [[Tagging|tag]] information, replace characters or words from tags and filenames, import/export tag information, create playlists. The program supports online database lookups for selected files, allowing you to automatically gather proper tag information for select files or CDs. Batch processing to edit lots of ifles is supported.

==Features==

* Write [[ID3v1.1]]-, [[ID3v2]]-, [[APEv2]]-Tags and [[Vorbis_Comment|Vorbis Comments]] to multiple files at once
* Full Unicode support
* Support for embedded cover art
* Automatically create playlists
* Recursive subfolders support
* Remove parts or the entire tag of multiple files
* Rename files based on the tag information
* Import tags from filenames
* Format tags and filenames
* Replace characters or words from tags and filenames
* Regular Expressions
* Export tag information to user-defined formats (like html, rtf, csv, xml)
* Import tag information from online databases like Amazon, discogs, freedb, MusicBrain (also by text-search)
* Import tag information from local freedb databases
* Support for [[ID3v2|ID3v2.3]] (ISO-8859-1 and UTF-16) and [[ID3v2|ID3v2.4]] with [[UTF-8]]

==Supported formats==

* Advanced Audio Coding ([[AAC|aac]])
* Free Lossless Audio Codec ([[FLAC|flac]])
* Monkey's Audio ([[APE|ape]])
* Mpeg Layer 3 ([[MP3|mp3]])
* MPEG-4 ([[MP4|mp4]] / [[M4A|m4a]] / m4b / [[iTunes]] compatible)
* Musepack ([[MPC|mpc]])
* Ogg Vorbis ([[Ogg_Vorbis|ogg]])
* OptimFROG ([[OptimFROG|ofr]])
* OptimFROG DualStream (ofs)
* Opus ([[Opus|opus]])
* Speex ([[Speex|spx]])
* TAK ([[TAK]])
* True Audio (tta)
* Windows Media Audio ([[WMA|wma]])
* WavPack ([[WavPack|wv]])

==Operating Systems==
* Win XP SP3
* Win 2003
* Win Vista
* Win 2008
* Win 2012
* Win 7
* Win 8
* Win 8.1

Windows 2000 is no longer supported as of version 2.40. Version 2.39 is still available on the download page at the Mp3tag website.

==External links==
* [https://www.mp3tag.de/en/ Mp3tag: Homepage]
* [https://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html Mp3tag: Download]
* [https://www.mp3tag.de/en/changelog.html Mp3tag: Changelog]
* [https://forums.mp3tag.de/ Mp3tag: Official forum]
* [http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Mp3tag Mp3tag - Slim Devices]

[[Category:Software]]
[[Category:Tag editors]]

Mp3tag

2017-10-26T15:41:14Z

Qz2nqIJQ5LaN: adjusting a few links

{{Software Infobox
| name = Mp3tag
| logo =
| screenshot = [[Image:MP3tag-screenshot.png|250px|Mp3tag screenshot]]
| caption = powerful and easy-to-use tool to edit metadata
| maintainer = Florian Heidenreich
| stable_release = [https://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html 2.85] (25 October 2017)
| preview_release = [http://developer.mp3tag.de/ Beta]
| operating_system = Windows
| use = Metadata
| license = Freeware
| website = https://www.mp3tag.de/en/
}}

=Introduction=
'''Mp3tag''' is an powerful and mature [[Metadata|metadata]] editor for lots of common audio formats. Its development was started in 1999 by Florian Heidenreich.

You can rename files based on the [[Tagging|tag]] information, replace characters or words from tags and filenames, import/export tag information, create playlists. The program supports online database lookups for selected files, allowing you to automatically gather proper tag information for select files or CDs. Batch processing to edit lots of ifles is supported.

==Features==

* Write [[ID3v1.1]]-, [[ID3v2]]-, [[APEv2]]-Tags and [[Vorbis_Comment|Vorbis Comments]] to multiple files at once
* Full Unicode support
* Support for embedded cover art
* Automatically create playlists
* Recursive subfolders support
* Remove parts or the entire tag of multiple files
* Rename files based on the tag information
* Import tags from filenames
* Format tags and filenames
* Replace characters or words from tags and filenames
* Regular Expressions
* Export tag information to user-defined formats (like html, rtf, csv, xml)
* Import tag information from online databases like Amazon, discogs, freedb, MusicBrain (also by text-search)
* Import tag information from local freedb databases
* Support for [[ID3v2|ID3v2.3]] (ISO-8859-1 and UTF-16) and [[ID3v2|ID3v2.4]] with [[UTF-8]]

==Supported formats==

* Advanced Audio Coding ([[AAC|aac]])
* Free Lossless Audio Codec ([[FLAC|flac]])
* Monkey's Audio ([[APE|ape]])
* Mpeg Layer 3 ([[MP3|mp3]])
* MPEG-4 ([[MP4|mp4]] / [[M4A|m4a]] / m4b / [[iTunes]] compatible)
* Musepack ([[MPC|mpc]])
* Ogg Vorbis ([[Ogg_Vorbis|ogg]])
* OptimFROG ([[OptimFROG|ofr]])
* OptimFROG DualStream (ofs)
* Opus ([[Opus|opus]])
* Speex ([[Speex|spx]])
* TAK ([[TAK]])
* True Audio (tta)
* Windows Media Audio ([[WMA|wma]])
* WavPack ([[WavPack|wv]])

==Operating Systems==
* Win XP SP3
* Win 2003
* Win Vista
* Win 2008
* Win 2012
* Win 7
* Win 8
* Win 8.1

Windows 2000 is no longer supported as of version 2.40. Version 2.39 is still available on the download page at the Mp3tag website.

==External links==
* [https://www.mp3tag.de/en/ Mp3tag: Homepage]
* [https://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html Mp3tag: Download]
* [https://forums.mp3tag.de/ Mp3tag: Official forum]
* [https://www.mp3tag.de/en/changelog.html Mp3tag: Changelog]

* [http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Mp3tag Mp3tag - Slim Devices]
[[Category:Software]]
[[Category:Tag editors]]

Mp3tag

2017-10-26T15:35:01Z

Qz2nqIJQ5LaN: version 2.85

{{Software Infobox
| name = Mp3tag
| logo =
| screenshot = [[Image:MP3tag-screenshot.png|250px|Mp3tag screenshot]]
| caption = powerful and easy-to-use tool to edit metadata
| maintainer = Florian Heidenreich
| stable_release = [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html 2.85] (25 October 2017)
| preview_release = [http://developer.mp3tag.de/ Beta]
| operating_system = Windows
| use = Metadata
| license = Freeware
| website = http://www.mp3tag.de/en/
}}

=Introduction=
'''Mp3tag''' is an powerful and mature [[Metadata|metadata]] editor for lots of common audio formats. Its development was started in 1999 by Florian Heidenreich.

You can rename files based on the [[Tagging|tag]] information, replace characters or words from tags and filenames, import/export tag information, create playlists. The program supports online database lookups for selected files, allowing you to automatically gather proper tag information for select files or CDs. Batch processing to edit lots of ifles is supported.

==Features==

* Write [[ID3v1.1]]-, [[ID3v2]]-, [[APEv2]]-Tags and [[Vorbis_Comment|Vorbis Comments]] to multiple files at once
* Full Unicode support
* Support for embedded cover art
* Automatically create playlists
* Recursive subfolders support
* Remove parts or the entire tag of multiple files
* Rename files based on the tag information
* Import tags from filenames
* Format tags and filenames
* Replace characters or words from tags and filenames
* Regular Expressions
* Export tag information to user-defined formats (like html, rtf, csv, xml)
* Import tag information from online databases like Amazon, discogs, freedb, MusicBrain (also by text-search)
* Import tag information from local freedb databases
* Support for [[ID3v2|ID3v2.3]] (ISO-8859-1 and UTF-16) and [[ID3v2|ID3v2.4]] with [[UTF-8]]

==Supported formats==

* Advanced Audio Coding ([[AAC|aac]])
* Free Lossless Audio Codec ([[FLAC|flac]])
* Monkey's Audio ([[APE|ape]])
* Mpeg Layer 3 ([[MP3|mp3]])
* MPEG-4 ([[MP4|mp4]] / [[M4A|m4a]] / m4b / [[iTunes]] compatible)
* Musepack ([[MPC|mpc]])
* Ogg Vorbis ([[Ogg_Vorbis|ogg]])
* OptimFROG ([[OptimFROG|ofr]])
* OptimFROG DualStream (ofs)
* Opus ([[Opus|opus]])
* Speex ([[Speex|spx]])
* TAK ([[TAK]])
* True Audio (tta)
* Windows Media Audio ([[WMA|wma]])
* WavPack ([[WavPack|wv]])

==Operating Systems==
* Win XP SP3
* Win 2003
* Win Vista
* Win 2008
* Win 2012
* Win 7
* Win 8
* Win 8.1

Windows 2000 is no longer supported as of version 2.40. Version 2.39 is still available on the download page at the Mp3tag website.

==External links==
* [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ Mp3tag: Homepage]
* [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html Mp3tag: Download]
* [https://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php? Mp3tag: Official forum]
* [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/changelog.html Mp3tag: Changelog]

* [http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Mp3tagGuide Mp3tagGuide - Slim Devices]
[[Category:Software]]
[[Category:Tag editors]]

Tag Mapping

2017-10-26T15:33:26Z

Qz2nqIJQ5LaN: /* Additional Information */ Mp3tag default mappings

== Introduction ==

This page attempts to document a useful mapping between the tagging schemes used on various (audio) file formats. Hopefully this will help those developers trying to transcode or move audio data around and wish to retain their tags. It is hopefully also of use to developers that read and write metadata from audio files.

Please note that this page is about mapping tags to each other, it does not detail nor dictate the actual way the metadata is stored nor any limitations (or lack thereof). This is way beyond the scope of this page.

The terms metadata/tag/field may be used intermittently on this page to mean the same thing. Also note that this page might not be complete, and may never will be.

Please do not rely on the content being accurate.

== Organization ==

The below tables are organized into categories of data, and within each category the ordering is roughly as follows:

1. tags that apply to a wider range of data (e.g. a whole CD) come before tags that apply to a narrower range of data (e.g. one track).

2. tags are sorted alphabetically where this is relevant.

3. tags that are more widely supported come before tags that are less widely supported.

4. tags that fall into smaller unnamed sub-categories are grouped together.

5. tags that appear very similar but which have not yet been mapped are listed next to each other.

This document will not deal with approaches to tagging, except where certain approaches to tagging are required to make mapping work.

== Mapping Tables ==

=== Titles ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name !! ID3v1.1 <ref name=id3v1.1 /> !! ID3v2.3 <ref name=id3v2.3 /> !! ID3v2.4 <ref name=id3v2.4 /> !! iTunes MP4 !! WMA !! Vorbis Comment !! APEv2 !! Matroska !! RIFF !! UPnP
|-
| bgcolor=#CEF2E0 | Album Title || Album (30 chars) || TALB <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TALB || ©alb <ref name=musicbrainz /> || WM/AlbumTitle <ref name=musicbrainz /> || ALBUM S <ref name=vorbis-v-comment /> <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging /> || Album <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || IPRD <ref name=fb2kriff /> || upnp:album <ref name=twonky />
|-
| Album Title Sort Order || || TSOA <ref name=foobar2k /> / XSOA <ref name=musicbrainz /> || TSOA || soal <ref name=musicbrainz /> || WM/AlbumSortOrder <ref name=musicbrainz /> || ALBUMSORT <ref name=musicbrainz /> || ALBUMSORT <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| Original Album Title <ref name=foobar2k /> || || TOAL <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TOAL
|-
| Disc <ref name=musicbrainz /> / Set <ref name=foobar2k /> Subtitle (for multi-disc sets) || || TSST <ref name=foobar2k /> || TSST || ----:com.apple.iTunes:DISCSUBTITLE <ref name=musicbrainz /> || WM/SetSubTitle <ref name=musicbrainz /> || DISCSUBTITLE <ref name=musicbrainz /> || DiscSubtitle <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| Show Name || || || || tvsh <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| Show Name Sort Order || || || || sosn <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| Content Group <ref name=foobar2k /> || || TIT1 <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TIT1 || ©grp <ref name=musicbrainz /> || WM/ContentGroupDescription <ref name=musicbrainz /> || GROUPING <ref name=musicbrainz /> || Grouping <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| bgcolor=#CEF2E0 | Track Title || Title (30 chars) || TIT2 <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TIT2 || ©nam <ref name=musicbrainz /> || Title <ref name=musicbrainz /> || TITLE S <ref name=vorbis-v-comment /> <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging /> || Title <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || INAM <ref name=age /> <ref name=fb2kriff /> || dc:title <ref name=twonky />
|-
| Track Title Sort Order || || TSOT <ref name=foobar2k /> / XSOT <ref name=musicbrainz /> || TSOT || sonm <ref name=musicbrainz /> || WM/TitleSortOrder <ref name=musicbrainz /> || TITLESORT <ref name=musicbrainz /> || TITLESORT <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| Track Subtitle<ref name=foobar2k /> || || TIT3 <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TIT3 || ----:com.apple.iTunes:SUBTITLE <ref name=musicbrainz /> || WM/SubTitle <ref name=musicbrainz /> || SUBTITLE <ref name=musicbrainz /> || Subtitle
|-
| Version || || || || || || VERSION S <ref name=vorbis-v-comment /> <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging />
|-
| Part || || || || || || PART M <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging />
|-
| Opus || || || || || || OPUS S <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging />
|-
| Chapter name || || || || || || CHAPTERxxxNAME <ref name=vorbis-chapter-extension />
|}

=== People & Organizations ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name !! ID3v1.1 <ref name=id3v1.1 /> !! ID3v2.3 <ref name=id3v2.3 /> !! ID3v2.4 <ref name=id3v2.4 /> !! iTunes MP4 !! WMA !! Vorbis Comment !! APEv2 !! Matroska !! RIFF !! UPnP
|-
| bgcolor=#F5FFFA | Album Artist || || TPE2 <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TPE2 || aART <ref name=musicbrainz /> || WM/AlbumArtist <ref name=musicbrainz /> || ALBUMARTIST <ref name=dbpoweramp /> <ref name=musicbrainz /> || Album Artist <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || || upnp:albumArtist <ref name=twonky />
|-
| Album Artist Sort Order || || TSO2 <ref name=foobar2k /> / TXXX:ALBUMARTISTSORT <ref name=musicbrainz /> || " || soaa <ref name=musicbrainz /> || WM/AlbumArtistSortOrder <ref name=musicbrainz /> || ALBUMARTISTSORT <ref name=musicbrainz /> || ALBUMARTISTSORT <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| bgcolor=#CEF2E0 | Track Artist || Artist (30 chars) || TPE1 <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TPE1 || ©ART <ref name=musicbrainz /> || Author <ref name=musicbrainz /> || ARTIST S <ref name=vorbis-v-comment /> <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging /> || Artist <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || IART <ref name=fb2kriff /> || upnp:artist <ref name=twonky />
|-
| Track Artist Sort Order <ref name=foobar2k /> || || TSOP <ref name=foobar2k /> / XSOP <ref name=musicbrainz /> || TSOP || soar <ref name=musicbrainz /> || WM/ArtistSortOrder <ref name=musicbrainz /> || ARTISTSORT <ref name=musicbrainz /> || ARTISTSORT <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| Arranger || || IPLS<ref name=id3v2.3 />:arranger <ref name=musicbrainz /> || TIPL:arranger || || || ARRANGER M <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging /> || Arranger <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| Author / Writer || || TEXT <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TEXT || || || AUTHOR M <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging /> || || || IWRI <ref name=age />
|-
| Writer <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || || || || || WRITER <ref name=musicbrainz /> || Writer <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| bgcolor=#F5FFFA | Composer || || TCOM <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TCOM || ©wrt <ref name=musicbrainz /> || WM/Composer <ref name=musicbrainz /> || COMPOSER M <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging /> <ref name=vorbis-field-names /> || Composer <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || IMUS <ref name=age /> || upnp:author <ref name=twonky />
|-
| Composer Sort Order || || TSOC <ref name=foobar2k /> || TSOC <ref name=foobar2k /> || soco <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| bgcolor=#F5FFFA | Conductor || || TPE3 <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TPE3 || ----:com.apple.iTunes:CONDUCTOR <ref name=musicbrainz /> || WM/Conductor || CONDUCTOR M <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging /> || Conductor <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| Engineer <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || IPLS<ref name=id3v2.3 />:engineer || TIPL:engineer || ----:com.apple.iTunes:ENGINEER <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || ENGINEER <ref name=musicbrainz /> || Engineer <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| Ensemble || || || || || || ENSEMBLE M <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging />
|-
| Involved People <ref name=mp3tag /> || || IPLS <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TIPL
|-
| Lyricist || || TEXT <ref name=id3v2.3 /> <ref name=foobar2k /> <ref name=musicbrainz /> || TEXT || ----:com.apple.iTunes:LYRICIST <ref name=musicbrainz /> || WM/Writer <ref name=musicbrainz /> || LYRICIST M <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging /> || Lyricist
|-
| Mix-DJ <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || IPLS:DJ-mix <ref name=musicbrainz /> || TIPL:DJ-mix <ref name=musicbrainz /> || ----:com.apple.iTunes:DJMIXER <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || DJMIXER <ref name=musicbrainz /> || DJMixer <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| Mix Engineer <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || IPLS:mix <ref name=musicbrainz /> || TIPL:mix <ref name=musicbrainz /> || ----:com.apple.iTunes:MIXER <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || MIXER <ref name=musicbrainz /> || Mixer <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| Musician Credits <ref name=mp3tag /> || || || TMCL
|-
| Organisation || || || || || || ORGANIZATION <ref name=vorbis-v-comment />
|-
| Original Artist <ref name=foobar2k /> || || TOPE <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TOPE
|-
| Original Lyricist <ref name=mp3tag /> || || TOLY <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TOLY
|-
| Performer || || IPLS <ref name=id3v2.3 /> <ref name=musicbrainz /> || TMCL <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || || PERFORMER M <ref name=vorbis-v-comment /> <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging /> || Performer <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| Producer <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || IPLS<ref name=id3v2.3 />:producer || TIPL:producer || ----:com.apple.iTunes:PRODUCER || WM/Producer || PRODUCER <ref name=musicbrainz /> || Producer || || IPRO <ref name=age /> || upnp:producer <ref name=upnp />
|-
| Publisher || || TPUB <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TPUB || || || PUBLISHER S <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging /> || || || || upnp:publisher <ref name=upnp />
|-
| Label || || <ref name=musicbrainz /> maps to TPUB CHECK! || || ----:com.apple.iTunes:LABEL <ref name=musicbrainz /> || WM/Publisher <ref name=musicbrainz /> || LABEL S <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging /> || Label <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| Label Number || || || || || || LABELNO S <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging />
|-
| (Internet<ref name=id3v2.3 />) Radio Station <ref name=foobar2k /> || || TRSN <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TRSN
|-
| (internet<ref name=id3v2.3 />) Radio Station Owner <ref name=foobar2k /> || || TRSO <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TRSO
|-
| Remixed By <ref name=foobar2k /> / Mix Artist <ref name=mp3tag /> || || TPE4 <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TPE4 || ----:com.apple.iTunes:REMIXER <ref name=musicbrainz /> || WM/ModifiedBy <ref name=musicbrainz /> || REMIXER <ref name=musicbrainz /> || MixArtist <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| Soloists || || || || || || SOLOISTS <ref name=dbpoweramp />
|}

=== Counts & Indexes ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name !! ID3v1.1 <ref name=id3v1.1 /> !! ID3v2.3 <ref name=id3v2.3 /> !! ID3v2.4 <ref name=id3v2.4 /> !! iTunes MP4 !! WMA !! Vorbis Comment !! APEv2 !! Matroska !! RIFF !! UPnP
|-
| bgcolor=#F5FFFA | Disc Number || || TPOS=Disc Number/Disc Total <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || " || disk <ref name=musicbrainz /> || WM/PartOfSet <ref name=musicbrainz /> || DISCNUMBER S <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging /> 4 || Disc <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| bgcolor=#F5FFFA | Disc Total || || TPOS=Disc Number/Disc Total <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || " || disk <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || DISCTOTAL <ref name=vorbis-field-names /> and TOTALDISCS <ref name=musicbrainz /> || Disc <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| bgcolor=#CEF2E0 | Track Number || Album Track || TRCK=Track Number/Track Total <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || " || trkn <ref name=musicbrainz /> || WM/TrackNumber <ref name=musicbrainz /> || TRACKNUMBER S <ref name=vorbis-v-comment /> <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging /> || Track <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || IPRT <ref name=age /> or ITRK <ref name=fb2kriff /> || upnp:originalTrackNumber <ref name=twonky />
|-
| bgcolor=#F5FFFA | Track Total || || TRCK=Track Number/Track Total <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || " || trkn <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || TRACKTOTAL <ref name=vorbis-field-names /> and TOTALTRACKS <ref name=musicbrainz /> || Track <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || IFRM <ref name=age />
|-
| Part Number || || || || || || PARTNUMBER M <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging />
|-
| Chapter start time || || || || || || CHAPTERxxx <ref name=vorbis-chapter-extension />
|-
| Length <ref name=mp3tag /> || || TLEN <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TLEN
|-
| Popularimeter <ref name=mp3tag /> or Rating <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || POPM <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || POPM || || WM/SharedUserRating <ref name=musicbrainz /> || RATING:user@email <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| Rating (double meaning) || || || || rate PG not popularity || || RATING <ref name=dbpoweramp /> popularity? || || || IRTD <ref name=age /> PG not popularity || pv:rating <ref name=twonky /> PG not popularity
|}

=== Dates ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name !! ID3v1.1 <ref name=id3v1.1 /> !! ID3v2.3 <ref name=id3v2.3 /> !! ID3v2.4 <ref name=id3v2.4 /> !! iTunes MP4 !! WMA !! Vorbis Comment !! APEv2 !! Matroska !! RIFF !! UPnP
|-
| (Release?) Date || || TYER+TDAT(+TIME<ref name=dinkypumpkin />) <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TDRC || ©day? <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || DATE M <ref name=vorbis-v-comment /> <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging /> || || || ICRD <ref name=age /> <ref name=fb2kriff /> but <ref name=age />=written || dc:date <ref name=twonky /> <ref name=upnp />
|-
| bgcolor=#CEF2E0 | Year || Year (4 chars) || TYER <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || part of TDRC || ©day? || WM/Year <ref name=musicbrainz /> || part of DATE || Year <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| Original Release Date <ref name=foobar2k /> || || TORY (year) <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TDOR (time?) || || WM/OriginalReleaseYear (year) <ref name=musicbrainz /> || ORIGINALDATE <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| Recording Dates <ref name=foobar2k /> || || TRDA <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TXXX <ref name=foobar2k />
|-
| (Podcast) Release Date <ref name=foobar2k /> <ref name=dinkypumpkin /> || || || TDRL (release time)
|-
| Tagging Time <ref name=mp3tag /> || || || TDTG
|-
| Period || || || || || || PERIOD <ref name=dbpoweramp />
|}

=== Identifiers ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name !! ID3v1.1 <ref name=id3v1.1 /> !! ID3v2.3 <ref name=id3v2.3 /> !! ID3v2.4 <ref name=id3v2.4 /> !! iTunes MP4 !! WMA !! Vorbis Comment !! APEv2 !! Matroska !! RIFF !! UPnP
|-
| bgcolor=#CEF2E0 | ISRC || || TSRC <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TSRC || ----:com.apple.iTunes:ISRC <ref name=musicbrainz /> || WM/ISRC <ref name=musicbrainz /> || ISRC S <ref name=vorbis-v-comment /> <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging /> || ISRC <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| EAN || || || || || || EAN/UPN S <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging />
|-
| Product Number || || || || || || PRODUCTNUMBER <ref name=vorbis-field-names />
|-
| Barcode <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || TXXX<ref name=id3v2.3 />:BARCODE || TXXX:BARCODE || ----:com.apple.iTunes:BARCODE || WM/Barcode || BARCODE <ref name=musicbrainz /> || Barcode
|-
| Catalogue Number || || TXXX<ref name=id3v2.3 />:CATALOGNUMBER <ref name=musicbrainz /> || TXXX:CATALOGNUMBER <ref name=musicbrainz /> || ----:com.apple.iTunes:CATALOGNUMBER <ref name=musicbrainz /> || WM/CatalogNo <ref name=musicbrainz /> || CATALOGUE # 6 / CATALOGNUMBER <ref name=musicbrainz /> || CatalogNumber <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| UPC || || || || || || UPC <ref name=dbpoweramp />
|-
| MusicBrainz IDs <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || Various || Various || Various
|-
| CDDB ID?
|-
| AccurateRip Disc ID || || || || || || ACCURATERIPDISCID S <ref name=dbpoweramp />
|-
| Podcast ID || || TGID <ref name=mp3tag /> || TGID <ref name=mp3tag />
|-
| CD TOC || || || || || WM/MCID <ref name=toc1 /> || || || || ITOC <ref name=toc1 />
|}

=== Flags ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name !! ID3v1.1 <ref name=id3v1.1 /> !! ID3v2.3 <ref name=id3v2.3 /> !! ID3v2.4 <ref name=id3v2.4 /> !! iTunes MP4 !! WMA !! Vorbis Comment !! APEv2 !! Matroska !! RIFF !! UPnP
|-
| bgcolor=#F5FFFA | Compilation || || TCMP || TCMP || cpil <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || COMPILATION S <ref name=dbpoweramp /> <ref name=musicbrainz /> || Compilation <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| Podcast <ref name=mp3tag /> || || PCST <ref name=podcast /> || PCST <ref name=podcast /> || pcst <ref name=musicbrainz />
|}

=== Ripping & Encoding ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name !! ID3v1.1 <ref name=id3v1.1 /> !! ID3v2.3 <ref name=id3v2.3 /> !! ID3v2.4 <ref name=id3v2.4 /> !! iTunes MP4 !! WMA !! Vorbis Comment !! APEv2 !! Matroska !! RIFF !! UPnP
|-
| bgcolor=#F5FFFA | Encoded By (person/organisation) || || TENC <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TENC || || WM/EncodedBy <ref name=musicbrainz /> || ENCODED-BY S <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging /> <ref name=vorbis-comment /> <ref name=vorbis-field-names /> || EncodedBy <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || ITCH <ref name=age />
|-
| Encoder (software) || || TSSE <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TSSE || ©too <ref name=musicbrainz /> || WM/ToolName + WM/ToolVersion || ENCODER <ref name=vorbis-comment /> <ref name=vorbis-field-names /> || || || ISFT <ref name=age />
|-
| Encoder Settings || || TSSE <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TSSE || || WM/EncodingSettings || ENCODING S <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging /> / ENCODER SETTINGS S <ref name=dbpoweramp />
|-
| Encoding Time <ref name=mp3tag /> || || || TDEN
|-
| Gapless Playback || || || || pgap <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| File Type <ref name=mp3tag /> || || TFLT <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TFLT
|-
| Media Type <ref name=foobar2k /> / Release Format <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || TMED <ref name=id3v2.3 /> <ref name=foobar2k /> || TMED || ----:com.apple.iTunes:MEDIA <ref name=musicbrainz /> || WM/Media <ref name=musicbrainz /> || MEDIA <ref name=musicbrainz /> || Media <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || ISRF <ref name=age />
|-
| Source Media || || || || || || SOURCEMEDIA S <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging /> <ref name=vorbis-field-names />
|-
| Source || || || || || || SOURCE <ref name=dbpoweramp />
|-
| Original Filename <ref name=mp3tag /> || || TOFN <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TOFN
|-
| AccurateRip Result || || || || || || ACCURATERIPRESULT S <ref name=dbpoweramp />
|-
| bgcolor=#F5FFFA | ReplayGain Album Gain || || TXXX<ref name=id3v2.3 />:REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_GAIN || " || || || REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_GAIN S <ref name=vorbis-comment />
|-
| bgcolor=#F5FFFA | ReplayGain Album Peak || || TXXX<ref name=id3v2.3 />:REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_PEAK || " || || || REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_PEAK S <ref name=vorbis-comment />
|-
| bgcolor=#F5FFFA | ReplayGain Track Gain || || TXXX<ref name=id3v2.3 />:REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN || " || || || REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN S <ref name=vorbis-comment />
|-
| bgcolor=#F5FFFA | ReplayGain Track Peak || || TXXX<ref name=id3v2.3 />:REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK || " || || || REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK S <ref name=vorbis-comment />
|}

=== URLs ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name !! ID3v1.1 <ref name=id3v1.1 /> !! ID3v2.3 <ref name=id3v2.3 /> !! ID3v2.4 <ref name=id3v2.4 /> !! iTunes MP4 !! WMA !! Vorbis Comment !! APEv2 !! Matroska !! RIFF !! UPnP
|-
| Audio Source Webpage URL <ref name=foobar2k /> || || WOAS <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || WOAS
|-
| Chapter URL <ref name=vorbis-chapter-extension /> || || || || || || CHAPTERxxxURL
|-
| Commercial Information URL <ref name=foobar2k /> || || WCOM <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || WCOM
|-
| Copyright URL || || WCOP <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || WCOP
|-
| File Webpage URL <ref name=foobar2k /> || || WOAF <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || WOAF
|-
| Track Artist Web Page URL 7 || || WOAR <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || WOAR
|-
| Radio Station URL <ref name=mp3tag /> || || WORS <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || WORS
|-
| Payment URL <ref name=foobar2k /> || || WPAY <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || WPAY
|-
| Publisher ?URL? <ref name=foobar2k /> || || TPUB <ref name=id3v2.3 /> not URL || TPUB
|-
| Podcast URL <ref name=mp3tag /> || || WFED <ref name=podcast /> || WFED <ref name=podcast /> || purl <ref name=musicbrainz />
|}

=== Style ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name !! ID3v1.1 <ref name=id3v1.1 /> !! ID3v2.3 <ref name=id3v2.3 /> !! ID3v2.4 <ref name=id3v2.4 /> !! iTunes MP4 !! WMA !! Vorbis Comment !! APEv2 !! Matroska !! RIFF !! UPnP
|-
| bgcolor=#CEF2E0 | Genre || Genre (80 or 126) || TCON <ref name=id3v2.3 /> (not multiples!) || TCON || ©gen || WM/Genre || GENRE M <ref name=vorbis-v-comment /> <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging /> || || || IGNR <ref name=fb2kriff /> || upnp:genre <ref name=twonky /> <ref name=upnp />
|-
| Initial Key || || TKEY <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TKEY
|-
| Mood <ref name=mp3tag /> || || TMOO || TMOO || ----:com.apple.iTunes:MOOD <ref name=musicbrainz /> || WM/Mood <ref name=musicbrainz /> || MOOD <ref name=musicbrainz /> || Mood <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| Style || || || || || || STYLE M <ref name=dbpoweramp />
|-
| Beats Per Minute 7 || || TBPM <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TBPM || tmpo <ref name=musicbrainz /> || WM/BeatsPerMinute || BPM <ref name=musicbrainz /> || BPM <ref name=musicbrainz />
|}

=== Miscellaneous ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name !! ID3v1.1 <ref name=id3v1.1 /> !! ID3v2.3 <ref name=id3v2.3 /> !! ID3v2.4 <ref name=id3v2.4 /> !! iTunes MP4 !! WMA !! Vorbis Comment !! APEv2 !! Matroska !! RIFF !! UPnP
|-
| bgcolor=#CEF2E0 | Comments || Comment (28 chars) || COMM <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || COMM || ©cmt || WM/Comments || COMMENT M <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging /> || Comment || || ICMT <ref name=age /> <ref name=fb2kriff />
|-
| Description || || TIT3(!) <ref name=dinkypumpkin /> || " || desc <ref name=dinkypumpkin /> || || DESCRIPTION <ref name=vorbis-v-comment /> || ||
|-
| Podcast <ref name=mp3tag /> / Long <ref name=dinkypumpkin /> Description || || TDES <ref name=podcast /> <ref name=mp3tag /> || TDES <ref name=podcast /> <ref name=mp3tag /> || ldes <ref name=dinkypumpkin />
|-
| Contact || || || || || || CONTACT <ref name=vorbis-v-comment />
|-
| bgcolor=#CEF2E0 | Copyright Message || || TCOP <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TCOP || cprt <ref name=musicbrainz /> || Copyright <ref name=musicbrainz /> || COPYRIGHT S <ref name=vorbis-v-comment /> <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging /> || Copyright <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || ICOP <ref name=age />
|-
| bgcolor=#F5FFFA | Cover Art || || APIC <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || APIC || || || METADATA_BLOCK_PICTURE <ref name=vorbis-comment /> <ref name=vorbis-field-names /> not COVERART <ref name=vorbis-comment /> which is depreciated
|-
| Instrument || || || || || || INSTRUMENT <ref name=dbpoweramp /> with performer? see <ref name=musicbrainz />
|-
| Language <ref name=foobar2k /> || || TLAN <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TLAN || ----:com.apple.iTunes:LANGUAGE <ref name=musicbrainz /> || WM/Language <ref name=musicbrainz /> || LANGUAGE <ref name=musicbrainz /> || Language <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || ILNG <ref name=age /> || dc:language <ref name=upnp />
|-
| License <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || WCOP (single URL) / TXXX:LICENSE (multiple or non-URL) <ref name=musicbrainz /> || " || ----:com.apple.iTunes:LICENSE || LICENSE || LICENSE S <ref name=vorbis-v-comment /> <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging />
|-
| Location || || || || || || LOCATION M <ref name=vorbis-v-comment /> <ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging />
|-
| (File) Owner <ref name=foobar2k /> || || TOWN <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || TOWN
|-
| Podcast Category <ref name=mp3tag /> || || TCAT <ref name=podcast /> || TCAT <ref name=podcast /> || catg <ref name=dinkypumpkin />
|-
| Podcast Keywords <ref name=dinkypumpkin /> || || TKWD || TKWD || keyw <ref name=dinkypumpkin />
|-
| Podcast GUID <ref name=dinkypumpkin /> || || TGID || TGID || egid <ref name=dinkypumpkin />
|-
| Rights || || || || || || RIGHTS <ref name=vorbis-comment /> proposed
|-
| Script <ref name=musicbrainz /> || || TXXX<ref name=id3v2.3 />:SCRIPT || TXXX:SCRIPT || ----:com.apple.iTunes:SCRIPT || WM/Script || SCRIPT || Script
|-
| Unsynced Lyrics <ref name=foobar2k /> || || USLT <ref name=id3v2.3 /> || USLT || ©lyr <ref name=musicbrainz /> || WM/Lyrics <ref name=musicbrainz /> || LYRICS <ref name=musicbrainz /> || Lyrics <ref name=musicbrainz />
|}

== Additional Information ==

=== Issues ===

Due to the re-purposing of ID3v2's TPE2 as Album Artist, we have no field to store the name of the Orchestra, yet we have a dedicated field for the Conductor.

Author / Writer / Lyricist clash through ID3v2 (worse if artist=author or title=author!)

Performers vs involved people vs musicians. All musicians are involved people; not all involved people are necessarily musicians!

Dates - some are specific (recorded/released/tagged) others are just a non-specific date.

=== Mp3tag ===

[[Mp3tag]] contains some mappings in its initial configuration:

{| class="wikitable"
! Tag !! Source !! Target
|-
| VorbisComment || DATE || YEAR
|-
| VorbisComment || ORGANIZATION || PUBLISHER
|-
| VorbisComment || TRACKNUMBER || TRACK
|}

These mappings were previously internal to Mp3tag, they are now included as initial values in the "User-defined field mappings" preference, which was introduced in version 2.45.

=== Notes ===

<references>
<ref name=vorbis-v-comment>http://xiph.org/vorbis/doc/v-comment.html</ref>
<ref name=vorbis-ogg-tagging>http://age.hobba.nl/audio/mirroredpages/ogg-tagging.html</ref>
<ref name=vorbis-comment>http://wiki.xiph.org/VorbisComment</ref>
<ref name=vorbis-field-names>http://wiki.xiph.org/Field_names</ref>
<ref name=vorbis-chapter-extension>http://wiki.xiph.org/Chapter_Extension</ref>
<ref name=dbpoweramp>dBPowerAMP</ref>
<ref name=foobar2k>foobar2k ID3 Tag Mapping http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Foobar2000:ID3_Tag_Mapping</ref>
<ref name=mp3tag>mp3tag main tags http://help.mp3tag.de/main_tags.html</ref>
<ref name=musicbrainz>MusicBrainz Picard tag mapping http://picard.musicbrainz.org/docs/mappings/</ref>
<ref name=id3v2.3>ID3v2.3 at id3.org http://id3.org/id3v2.3.0</ref>
<ref name=id3v2.4>ID3v2.4 at id3.org http://id3.org/id3v2.4.0-frames</ref>
<ref name=id3v1.1>ID3v1.1 at id3.org http://id3.org/ID3v1</ref>
<ref name=dinkypumpkin>DinkyPumpkin https://github.com/dinkypumpkin/get_iplayer/wiki/tagging</ref>
<ref name=age>Age Bosma http://age.hobba.nl/audio/tag_frame_reference.html</ref>
<ref name=twonky>Twonky http://www.twonkyforum.com/mediawiki/index.php/Mapping_your_Media_file_tags_to_the_Twonky_Database</ref>
<ref name=podcast>Podcast extensions https://github.com/judwhite/IdSharp/pull/1</ref>
<ref name=upnp>UPnP http://www.upnp.org/specs/av/UPnP-av-ContentDirectory-v3-Service.pdf</ref>
<ref name=fb2kriff>foobar2k RIFF WAV tagging http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=105749&st=0&p=865737&#entry865737</ref>
<ref name=toc1>dBPowerAmp storage of CDTOC https://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?16705-FLAC-amp-Ogg-Vorbis-Storage-of-CDTOC</ref>
</references>

=== Links ===
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=102013 Forum:Metadata/tag mapping between FLAC, mp3, and UPnP/DLNA, Is there a standard? What does fb2k do?]
* [[foobar2000:Encouraged_Tag_Standards|foobar2000 Encouraged Tag Standards]]
* [http://wiki.xiph.org/VorbisComment Vorbis Comment]
* [http://help.mp3tag.de/main_tags.html MP3Tag mappings]
* [http://matroska.org/technical/specs/tagging/index.html Matroska tags]
* [http://age.hobba.nl/audio/mirroredpages/ogg-tagging.html Ogg Tagging]
* [http://atomicparsley.sourceforge.net/mpeg-4files.html MP4/iTunes tags]
* [http://id3.org/id3v2.4.0-frames ID3 v2.4 frames]
* [[APE_key|APE tags]]
* [[Foobar2000:ID3_Tag_Mapping]]
* [http://wiki.xiph.org/Field_names Ogg field names]
* [http://www.matroska.org/technical/specs/tagging/othertagsystems/comparetable.html Matroska Compare table]
* [http://age.hobba.nl/audio/tag_frame_reference.html Hobba frame reference]
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=97164 m-Tags]

[[Category:Guides]]
[[Category:Metadata]]

Mp3tag

2017-10-26T15:31:46Z

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{{Software Infobox
| name = Mp3tag
| logo =
| screenshot = [[Image:MP3tag-screenshot.png|250px|Mp3tag screenshot]]
| caption = powerful and easy-to-use tool to edit metadata
| maintainer = Florian Heidenreich
| stable_release = [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html 2.83] (23 June 2017)
| preview_release = [http://developer.mp3tag.de/ Beta]
| operating_system = Windows
| use = Metadata
| license = Freeware
| website = http://www.mp3tag.de/en/
}}

=Introduction=
'''Mp3tag''' is an powerful and mature [[Metadata|metadata]] editor for lots of common audio formats. Its development was started in 1999 by Florian Heidenreich.

You can rename files based on the [[Tagging|tag]] information, replace characters or words from tags and filenames, import/export tag information, create playlists. The program supports online database lookups for selected files, allowing you to automatically gather proper tag information for select files or CDs. Batch processing to edit lots of ifles is supported.

==Features==

* Write [[ID3v1.1]]-, [[ID3v2]]-, [[APEv2]]-Tags and [[Vorbis_Comment|Vorbis Comments]] to multiple files at once
* Full Unicode support
* Support for embedded cover art
* Automatically create playlists
* Recursive subfolders support
* Remove parts or the entire tag of multiple files
* Rename files based on the tag information
* Import tags from filenames
* Format tags and filenames
* Replace characters or words from tags and filenames
* Regular Expressions
* Export tag information to user-defined formats (like html, rtf, csv, xml)
* Import tag information from online databases like Amazon, discogs, freedb, MusicBrain (also by text-search)
* Import tag information from local freedb databases
* Support for [[ID3v2|ID3v2.3]] (ISO-8859-1 and UTF-16) and [[ID3v2|ID3v2.4]] with [[UTF-8]]

==Supported formats==

* Advanced Audio Coding ([[AAC|aac]])
* Free Lossless Audio Codec ([[FLAC|flac]])
* Monkey's Audio ([[APE|ape]])
* Mpeg Layer 3 ([[MP3|mp3]])
* MPEG-4 ([[MP4|mp4]] / [[M4A|m4a]] / m4b / [[iTunes]] compatible)
* Musepack ([[MPC|mpc]])
* Ogg Vorbis ([[Ogg_Vorbis|ogg]])
* OptimFROG ([[OptimFROG|ofr]])
* OptimFROG DualStream (ofs)
* Opus ([[Opus|opus]])
* Speex ([[Speex|spx]])
* TAK ([[TAK]])
* True Audio (tta)
* Windows Media Audio ([[WMA|wma]])
* WavPack ([[WavPack|wv]])

==Operating Systems==
* Win XP SP3
* Win 2003
* Win Vista
* Win 2008
* Win 2012
* Win 7
* Win 8
* Win 8.1

Windows 2000 is no longer supported as of version 2.40. Version 2.39 is still available on the download page at the Mp3tag website.

==External links==
* [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ Mp3tag: Homepage]
* [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html Mp3tag: Download]
* [https://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php? Mp3tag: Official forum]
* [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/changelog.html Mp3tag: Changelog]

* [http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Mp3tagGuide Mp3tagGuide - Slim Devices]
[[Category:Software]]
[[Category:Tag editors]]

MP3tag

2017-10-26T15:30:43Z

Qz2nqIJQ5LaN: Qz2nqIJQ5LaN moved page MP3tag to Mp3tag over redirect: proper name

#REDIRECT [[Mp3tag]]

Mp3tag

2017-10-26T15:30:43Z

Qz2nqIJQ5LaN: Qz2nqIJQ5LaN moved page MP3tag to Mp3tag over redirect: proper name

{{Software Infobox
| name = MP3tag
| logo =
| screenshot = [[Image:MP3tag-screenshot.png|250px|MP3tag screenshot]]
| caption = powerful and easy-to-use tool to edit metadata
| maintainer = Florian Heidenreich
| stable_release = [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html 2.83] (23 June 2017)
| preview_release = [http://developer.mp3tag.de/ Beta]
| operating_system = Windows
| use = Metadata
| license = Freeware
| website = http://www.mp3tag.de/en/
}}

=Introduction=
'''MP3tag''' is an powerful and mature [[Metadata|metadata]] editor for lots of common audio formats. Its development was started in 1999 by Florian Heidenreich.

You can rename files based on the [[Tagging|tag]] information, replace characters or words from tags and filenames, import/export tag information, create playlists. The program supports online database lookups for selected files, allowing you to automatically gather proper tag information for select files or CDs. Batch processing to edit lots of ifles is supported.

==Features==

* Write [[ID3v1.1]]-, [[ID3v2]]-, [[APEv2]]-Tags and [[Vorbis_Comment|Vorbis Comments]] to multiple files at once
* Full Unicode support
* Support for embedded cover art
* Automatically create playlists
* Recursive subfolders support
* Remove parts or the entire tag of multiple files
* Rename files based on the tag information
* Import tags from filenames
* Format tags and filenames
* Replace characters or words from tags and filenames
* Regular Expressions
* Export tag information to user-defined formats (like html, rtf, csv, xml)
* Import tag information from online databases like Amazon, discogs, freedb, MusicBrain (also by text-search)
* Import tag information from local freedb databases
* Support for [[ID3v2|ID3v2.3]] (ISO-8859-1 and UTF-16) and [[ID3v2|ID3v2.4]] with [[UTF-8]]

==Supported formats==

* Advanced Audio Coding ([[AAC|aac]])
* Free Lossless Audio Codec ([[FLAC|flac]])
* Monkey's Audio ([[APE|ape]])
* Mpeg Layer 3 ([[MP3|mp3]])
* MPEG-4 ([[MP4|mp4]] / [[M4A|m4a]] / m4b / [[iTunes]] compatible)
* Musepack ([[MPC|mpc]])
* Ogg Vorbis ([[Ogg_Vorbis|ogg]])
* OptimFROG ([[OptimFROG|ofr]])
* OptimFROG DualStream (ofs)
* Opus ([[Opus|opus]])
* Speex ([[Speex|spx]])
* TAK ([[TAK]])
* True Audio (tta)
* Windows Media Audio ([[WMA|wma]])
* WavPack ([[WavPack|wv]])

==Operating Systems==
* Win XP SP3
* Win 2003
* Win Vista
* Win 2008
* Win 2012
* Win 7
* Win 8
* Win 8.1

Windows 2000 is no longer supported as of version 2.40. Version 2.39 is still available on the download page at the MP3tag website.

==External links==
* [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ Mp3tag: Homepage]
* [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html Mp3tag: Download]
* [https://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php? Mp3tag: Official forum]
* [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/changelog.html Mp3tag: Changelog]

* [http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Mp3tagGuide Mp3tagGuide - Slim Devices]
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