# How to Auto Tag
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-auto-tag/47266
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 10, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-auto-tag/47266 "2019-12-10T22:48:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@Niche](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Niche)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-auto-tag/47266/1 "2019-12-10T22:48:19Z")
Hello I have just downloaded MP3Tag to make life easier cataloging my Cd's. I have a lot of Cd's which are compilations and have artists missing, sometimes have tracks, sometimes the album or just some piece information.
Is there a way I can upload each which is now a MP3 file and auto tag each track?
I am not technical so a step by step instructions would be great if possible.
Thank you in advance.
Niche
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2019, 5:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-auto-tag/47266/2 "2019-12-11T05:37:36Z")
> [@Niche](#):
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> a step by step instructions would be great if possible
Just have a look at the help's chapter "First steps":
> **[First Steps – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/getting-started/first-steps/)**
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> A collection of tasks with step-by-step instructions intended for novice users of Mp3tag. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
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### Author:  [@Niche](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Niche)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2019, 7:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-auto-tag/47266/3 "2019-12-11T07:31:42Z")
On looking at the instructions does this mean I have complete the tags manually? As does not say look up or auto tag?
Thank you
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2019, 7:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-auto-tag/47266/4 "2019-12-11T07:39:50Z")
> [@Niche](#):
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> does this mean I have complete the tags manually
This depends an awful lot on the already available data.
MP3tag only uses the tag data and leaves the audio part alone. So MP3tag cannot "guess" which audio piece it currently handles.
There are converter functions that retrieve information from the path and/or the filename and there are web source scripts.
Whether you find the correct information there I cannot say.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2019, 7:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-auto-tag/47266/5 "2019-12-11T07:48:36Z")
It looks like you're trying to auto-tag the data for CD2 of a release named "Country Legends". I'd try using the MusicBrainz tag source from the Tag Sources menu for that.
You probably get multiple results, but only one with two discs (visible from the two entries in the Tracks column).
Then move the files (you can also do this for multiple selected files at once) so that they match the titles.
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### Author:  [@Niche](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Niche)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2019, 8:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-auto-tag/47266/6 "2019-12-11T08:00:10Z")
Did you see the file I attached at the beginning of this conversation that is the sort of information I have ended up with. When Winamp was alive you could upload mp3's and send them to auto tag and would come up with best selections for the track or album. I was hoping MP3 Tag would do the same thing? Or have i misunderstood?
Thank you once again.
Mark
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2019, 8:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-auto-tag/47266/7 "2019-12-11T08:03:25Z")
> [@Niche](#):
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> upload mp3's and send them to auto tag
MP3tag has no function to upload any files.
MP3tag only exchanges text information.
So the answer is probably: no, MP3tag does not auto tag.
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2019, 9:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-auto-tag/47266/8 "2019-12-11T09:00:58Z")
> [@Niche](#):
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> When Winamp was alive you could upload mp3's and send them to auto tag and would come up with best selections for the track or album.
I think you are looking for a software that can add tags to your music after analyzing the music part of mp3. Have a look at software like "MusicBrainz Picard".
MP3Tag can only help you in exchanging informations from the filenames, directories and websources to fill your tags.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2019, 9:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-auto-tag/47266/9 "2019-12-11T09:48:59Z")
> [@poster](#):
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> I think you are looking for a software that can add tags to your music after analyzing the music part of mp3. Have a look at software like "MusicBrainz Picard".
That's right. But also [MB Picard](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/) can only "identify" music which was previously analyzed, the acoustic fingerprint uploaded and the track(s) joined with all the additional metadata in [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/).
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### Author:  [@loveMusique](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/loveMusique)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2019, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-auto-tag/47266/10 "2019-12-11T22:21:55Z")
What about the freedb?
foobar2000 has the possibility to look up CDs there.
Does MP3Tag have the same functionality?
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2019, 11:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-auto-tag/47266/11 "2019-12-11T23:08:20Z")
> [@Freedb web search doesn’t work](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/freedb-web-search-doesn-t-work/46707/9):
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> Newest info on the freedb homepage: Urgent notice [freedb.org](http://freedb.org) and its services will be shut down on March 31st of 2020.
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### Author:  [@loveMusique](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/loveMusique)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2019, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-auto-tag/47266/12 "2019-12-12T22:16:54Z")
😲 😥
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### Author:  [@Niche](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Niche)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2019, 8:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-auto-tag/47266/13 "2019-12-13T08:04:12Z")
Thank you everyone for your help I found MusicBrainz Picard does the job for me and MP3 Tag for those files it is unable to find.
Thank you again you have helped make my life simpler.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-auto-tag/47266/14 "2025-03-10T21:21:21Z")
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