Hi,
I've been using Mp3Tag for quite awhile, but only basic functions. I put in the standard info and the album cover. Lately I've been trying to work with sync libraries, and they all ask for descriptive info when you upload to their platforms:
"Choose a mood from the list below"
"Choose a descriptive word from the list below"
"Pick a genre and sub-genre from the list below"
I'm guessing this is to make it easier for clients to find something using "happy, upbeat, arena rock" as a search term. How can I do this in Mp3Tag? Would I put it in "comments", "Notes", or something else? And how do I separate the terms, especially if it has two or three words in the descriptive part ("anthem dance rock")? Finally, would it all go in one field or would I create multiple fields like these sync houses seem to have?
A key consideration for using these potential expanded tags is your choice of music player. You may want to review which tags your player can work with first.
Whatever you end up deciding mp3tag can definitely help fill in these fields. Even the list of typical items you want to work with can be added as a default option for most fields.
Do these platforms read metadata? Or do they store that information only in their database that has to be filled manually?
is a standard field only present in ID3V2.4 tags - but it can be saved as user-defined field in other tag formats.
To get the fields you need into the MP3tag GUI, see the documentation:
can be entered in the tag panel and saved in the file.
Thank you for the great information. I would not have thought to look in Options and then Tag Panel! There's a pretty comprehensive list in the dropdown for Add Tag. And I think for Genre (which I already use), what I was looking for was to make it multi-line so that I could add more descriptive genres.
Good point about the libraries using their own database. Unless they're actually adding the metadata to the imported files (which might be the case), they're probably using an in-house database. I'm going to write to one of the platforms and ask them. I used their "music search" function and found the following default search terms: Genre, Mood, Theme, Vocal Type, and under "Advanced" there was "no explicit content", Tempo, Length, Era, and Featured Instrument. That's a lot of tags to add to my default setup, so I think I'll stick with Genre and Mood, and possibly Theme, and have them all multi-line.
This was really helpful, I'm glad I asked. Now I just have to go back and edit a few hundred .wav and mp3 files!
Thank you. That's a good point, but I think that's more for consumer friendliness. I'm hoping that music supervisors have their own players that can read more tags! For now, the basic included tags are great for consumers, and I'm adding others to be on the safe side. I always used "comment" and/or "Notes" for copyright information, but now I've added the copyright field, so that frees up those sections.
You have to check: does the remote site pick up data from the tags in your files?
Does the remote site write any further data that you entered in their cataloguing system back to the files so that that information is still there if you download the files again?
If not, then you have to collect all the data at least twice: once to embed in your files, second to enter it at the remote site.
If you have a perfectly tagged file on the remote site, download it again to your local storage and check it with MP3tag:
Open the extended tags dialogue Alt-T and see which data is shown in the tags. Does this match the information that you entered at the remote site? Or is something missing?
The check in the extended tags dialogue alse reveals which field names the remote site uses to store data in the file. You could then use these field names to customize MP3tag.