Supported Tags
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MPTagThat uses Taglib# for reading and writing tags. Several Tags, like Artist, Album, Title, are common to all file formats. Some of them are specific to a file format only.
The following section lists the currently supported tags along with their description.
Common Tags to All Formats
| Tag | ID3 Equivalent | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | TPE1 | The main artist performing this track. (Multiple values possible by separating with a ";") |
| Album | TALB | The album the track is part of. |
| Title | TIT2 | The title of the composition. |
| Album Artist | TPE2 | The primary artists who created the album or appear on the cover, or "Various Artists". Sometimes called Band or Orchestra |
| Composers | TCOM | The people who composed the music. (Multiple values possible by separating with a ";") |
| Conductor | TPE3 | The person conducting the track |
| Comments | COMM | A user defined description of the current track. |
| Genres | TCON | Genres of music that the track/album belongs to. (Multiple values possible by separating with a ";") |
| Year | TYER | The year the album was released. |
| Track | TRCK | The order in which the track appears in the album, or zero if albumless. |
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| TRCK | The number of tracks in the album, or zero if unknown. |
| Disc | TPOS | The order in which the disc appears in a boxed set, or zero if not a set. (Sometimes called "Part of a set") |
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| TPOS | The number of discs in a boxed set, or zero if unknown. |
| Lyrics | USLT | The lyrics or text transcription of the track. |
| Grouping | TIT1 | The grouping that the current track belongs to. This could be an movement for classical music, or the part of the disc, or an empty string if unknown. |
| Beats / Minute | TBPM | The number of beats per minute, or zero if unknown. This is very useful for DJ's. |
| Copyright | TCOP | Copyright information for the track, or an empty string if unknown. |
| Pictures | APIC | Pictures relevant to the current track. They can be cover images, inserts, the performers, the recording studio, etc. |
ID3 Tags only
| TAG | ID3 Equivalent | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Popularimeter | POPM | Allows rating of the file. |
| Original Release Time | TDOR | Contains a timestamp describing when the original recording of the audio was released. |
| Encoded by | TENC | Contains the name of the person or organisation that encoded the audio file. |
| Lyrics Writer | TEXT | Intended for the writer of the text or lyrics in the recording. |
| Involved People List | TIPL | maps between functions, like producer, and names. |
| Subtitle / Description | TIT3 | used for information directly related to the contents title (e.g. "Op. 16" or "Performed live at Wembley"). |
| Length | TLEN | contains the length of the audio file in milliseconds, represented as a numeric string. |
| Musician credits list | TMCL | mapping between instruments and the musician that played it. |
| Media Type | TMED | describes from which media the sound originated. |
| Original album/movie/show title | TOAL | the title of the original recording (or source of sound), if for example the music in the file should be a cover of a previously released song. |
| Original file name | TOFN | the preferred filename for the file, since some media doesn't allow the desired length of the filename. |
| Original Text Writer | TOLY | the text writer of the original recording, if for example the music in the file should be a cover of a previously released song. |
| Original Artist/Performer | TOPE | the performer of the original recording, if for example the music in the file should be a cover of a previously released song. |
| File Owner | TOWN | the name of the owner or licensee of the file and it's contents. |
| Interpreted, remixed, or otherwise modified by | TPE4 | contains more information about the people behind a remix and similar interpretations of another existing piece. |
| Publisher | TPUB | the name of the label or publisher. |
| Album Sort Order | TSOA | defines a string which should be used instead of the album name (TALB) for sorting purposes. E.g. an album named "A Soundtrack" might preferably be sorted as "Soundtrack". |
| Performer Sort Order | TSOP | defines a string which should be used instead of the performer (TPE2) for sorting purposes. |
| Title Sort Order | TSOT | defines a string which should be used instead of the title (TIT2) for sorting purposes. |
| Commercial Information | WCOM | is a URL pointing at a webpage with information such as where the album can be bought. |
| Copyright Information | WCOP | is a URL pointing at a webpage where the terms of use and ownership of the file is described. |
| Official Audio Web Page | WOAF | is a URL pointing at a file specific webpage. |
| Official Artist/Performer Web Page | WOAR | is a URL pointing at the artists official webpage. |
| Official Audio Source Web Page | WOAS | is a URL pointing at the official webpage for the source of the audio file, e.g. a movie. |
| Official Internet Radio Station Home Page | WORS | contains a URL pointing at the homepage of the internet radio station. |
| Payment | WPAY | is a URL pointing at a webpage that will handle the process of paying for this file. |
| Publisher Web Page | WPUB | is a URL pointing at the official webpage for the publisher. |
| User Defined URL | WXXX | is intended for URL links concerning the audio file in a similar way to the other "W"-frames. |
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