# Release Type **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [May 5, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/release-type/15717 "2014-05-05T19:55:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![djatwork](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/djatwork/32/5560_2.png) [@djatwork](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djatwork)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/release-type/15717/1 "2014-05-05T19:55:14Z")
Hi all. I have looked all over the forum and cannot find anything related to a Release Type tag. What I am looking for is somewhere I can populate something like the following: - Single - Album - EP - Compilation - SpokenWord - Interview - Audiobook - Live - Remix This way I can tag an entire album as an EP or Album, for example. I looked here ([Tag Field Mappings – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/mapping)) and don't see anything where iTunes will pull this field, but I wanted to see if it's possible to add this to my metadata (for possible future use). Thanks, Drew ---
**Author:** ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/release-type/15717/2 "2014-05-06T04:08:37Z")
> [@djatwork](#): > > Hi all. I have looked all over the forum and cannot find anything related to a Release Type tag. Spoken for ID3v2, when there is no standard frame defined, you can always add your own text information tag field. Name it RELEASETYPE or RELEASE\_TYPE or MEDIATYPE or MEDIA\_TYPE or whatever else ... but do not expect that such ID3 tag fields can be interchanged with other applications, which support other tagging method like iTunesMetadata, which uses a tag field "Media Type (stik)". DD.20140506.0815.CEST ---
**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 6, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/release-type/15717/3 "2014-05-06T04:08:54Z")
> [@djatwork](#): > > ... Release Type ...and don't see anything where iTunes will pull this field... I am not sure what you want: remark that iTunes does not display certain fields? Then please turn to the iTunes forum and ask them. Or if this is pointless, then perhaps a different player with the ability to show also custom fields would be a better choice (e.g. foobar2000). Or do you want to create a field that can be filled with the data you mentioned? To create a new field, open the extended tags dialogue Press the "New" button next to the fields list. Enter the name of the field. Enter the value. Click OK until all dialogues are closed. You can store this information in a user-defined field until you find a field in your favourite player. And then you can copy the information from the user-defined field to the displayed one. A note: There is already a field for COMPILATION. And if I look at the list more closely I think that it is a mixture of media (EP, single), genre (e.g. SpokenWord would have the equivalent Speech in the list of genres), contents description (audiobook, interview, album) and track version (Remix, live as opposed to the e.g. album version or radio edit). This will make it hard to find a field that groups this together as the information is already split across several other fields. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/release-type/15717/4 "2026-02-09T12:25:02Z")
Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC