# Question on TPE2 Tag

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/question-on-tpe2-tag/1483
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [November 28, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/question-on-tpe2-tag/1483 "2004-11-28T21:09:19Z")
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### Author: ![psycho2K](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/e8c25b/32.png) [@psycho2K](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/psycho2K)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/question-on-tpe2-tag/1483/1 "2004-11-28T21:09:19Z")

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I'm looking for help with MP3Tag's common names to ID3V2.4 frames. Is there a document/URL that describes the mappings? I'd be happy to create one, with validation from the developers.

The reason I bring this up:

According to the WMA spec, WMP maps "Album Artist" to TPE2. The ID3v2 site describes TPE2 being for the Band/Orchestra. "Album Artist" hasn't been present up through v2.26, but it's showing up in v2.26e. The tag "Band" isn't recognized by other tag software.

So...1) Does MP3Tag map "Album Artist" to the TPE2 frame? 2) What does "Band" map to? 3) What tag should I use for the TPE4 frame? and 4) How do I create an MCDI frame from the freedb DISCID?

Thanks,

Jeremy

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### Author: ![Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/sebastian_mares/32/9285_2.png) [@Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sebastian_Mares)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2004, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/question-on-tpe2-tag/1483/2 "2004-11-28T21:18:38Z")

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> 1. Does MP3Tag map "Album Artist" to the TPE2 frame?
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I don't think MP3Tag has an "Album Artist" frame, but I might be wrong.

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> 1. What does "Band" map to?
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"BAND" is mapped to TPE2.

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> 1. What tag should I use for the TPE4 frame?
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TPE4 is mapped to "MIXARTIST" in MP3Tag.

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> 1. How do I create an MCDI frame from the freedb DISCID?
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No idea. 🙂

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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2004, 8:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/question-on-tpe2-tag/1483/3 "2004-11-30T08:49:09Z")

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Hi Jeremy,

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> 1. How do I create an MCDI frame from the freedb DISCID?

This frame is not supported by the library I'm using for writing ID3v2 tags.

Best regards,  
~ Florian

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### Author: ![psycho2K](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/e8c25b/32.png) [@psycho2K](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/psycho2K)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/question-on-tpe2-tag/1483/4 "2004-12-12T19:23:17Z")

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Quick followup:

WMA files use "Album Artist" and MP3 files use "Band".

For all of my compilations, artist represents the actual artist while "album artist" is set to Various Artists or Classical Collections.

The quick solution was an action to set Album Artist equal to Band and write both to all of my files.

J-