This page: [image] Tag Field Mappings – Mp3tag Documentation Overview of all available tag fields, their names in Mp3tag, and how they are mapped to the internal structures of the different tag formats. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor. lists most of the ta…

[image] dhs: My question: is there an official list of tag names, so that different players will recognize the tags I include in my ripped tracks? That depends on the file format which in a way implies the tag format. You find the tag format specific names in the documenation section that yo…

I also use dbpa to rip and mp3tag to manage all my metadata. Rarely do I encounter any issues. [image] dhs: Does that list use the "official" names? That reference page for the Tag Field Mappings lists not only the common names used in mp3tag for easy reference, but also the more cryptic off…

Thanks - that's helpful. The players that I use seem to be able to figure out the tags as well, and tag names are the one thing that's easy to make global changes on - I use the metaflac program to export and import metadata from a .flac file, with sed/awk scripting to change/rearrange values. With…

[image] dhs: pull the latest/greatest web metadata and compare it to what I have, and then allow me to update the existing metadata with new or edited tags. The most automated way would be to use [image] dhs: Maybe picard? For MusicBrainz Picard you need the MusicBrainz specific ident…

[image] dhs: With CDRipper, I'm stuck with "Album Artist" instead of ALBUMARTIST because it's hardwired but should I ever move away from dBpoweramp, I can easily change that. This is due to the tag structure for FLAC. It can be managed in mp3tag using field mappings. See this thread for some …

[image] MotleyG: This is due to the tag structure for FLAC. I'm not entirely sure what you mean, but it's not due to the tag structure of Vorbis comment tags since they can have ALBUM ARTIST or ALBUMARTIST or both. But tagging software may apply their own mappings and restrictions, which seem…

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MotleyG September 18, 2024, 9:19pm 6

This is due to the tag structure for FLAC. It can be managed in mp3tag using field mappings. See this thread for some additional insight.