# Default tag sources

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-tag-sources/45368>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 8, 2019, 8:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-tag-sources/45368 "2019-05-08T08:36:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Peter.V](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/c2a13f/32.png) [@Peter.V](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Peter.V)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 8:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-tag-sources/45368/1 "2019-05-08T08:36:44Z")

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By default MP3tag uses the fields "Album" AND "Artist" to search for tags at MusicBrainz.  
Is it possible to change those settings to "Title" AND "Artist"

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 10:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-tag-sources/45368/2 "2019-05-08T10:39:26Z")

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I think that MusicBrainz Picard looks for tag data with those criteria.

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**Author:** ![Peter.V](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/c2a13f/32.png) [@Peter.V](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Peter.V)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-tag-sources/45368/3 "2019-05-08T19:51:23Z")

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OK, thanks for the reply. I will try it and let you know.

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**Author:** ![Peter.V](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/c2a13f/32.png) [@Peter.V](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Peter.V)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 10:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-tag-sources/45368/4 "2019-05-09T10:12:55Z")

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It worked, thanks again !

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**Author:** ![DJNeidermeyer](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f08c70/32.png) [@DJNeidermeyer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DJNeidermeyer)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-tag-sources/45368/5 "2019-05-22T22:31:11Z")

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This would be much easier for me, at least, in mp3tag. MusicBrainz sends back a lot of the data I need right away when searching with title and artist. Basically, I have to manually type in the song title as if it were the album title. Then at usually the top of the list MusicBrainz will return the information for the single version of that song. That's perfect because I'm mostly just looking for the original year of release regardless of format and the record company name. I have hundreds of random music files from compilations and whatever and usually the tags do not have original year of release, nor the publisher or copyright info. Those are the fields that are most necessary.

Picard is kind of a punk.

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**Author:** ![Peter.V](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/c2a13f/32.png) [@Peter.V](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Peter.V)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 6:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-tag-sources/45368/6 "2019-05-23T06:14:34Z")

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Meanwhile I have tried Picard and it does the job for me, only small thing is, that it very often refers to compilation albums instead of the "original", but using the right mouse-button and choosing the option "other versions" usualy solves that problem.

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**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 8:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-tag-sources/45368/7 "2019-05-23T08:57:54Z")

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> [@Peter.V](#):
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> that it very often refers to compilation albums instead of the "original",

You can change this behaviour in the settings of Picard:  
Options \> Metadata \> [Preferred Releases](https://picard-docs.musicbrainz.org/en/config/options_releases.html?releases#preferred-releases)

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**Author:** ![Peter.V](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/c2a13f/32.png) [@Peter.V](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Peter.V)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 9:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-tag-sources/45368/8 "2019-05-23T09:10:57Z")

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Great, another thing solved. Thank you.👌

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-tag-sources/45368/9 "2023-05-12T18:28:23Z")

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