About Track Properties

Shown below is a table of all properties stored in the Library vs. which properties are stored in Tags. 'Yes' indicates that the information is included in the tag, 'No' indicates that it isn't, and 'Non-Standard' indicates that it is included, but that no clear stardard exists for how this field should be tagged, and consequently it may not be readable by other media players. Tags enclosed in square brackets are read but not written.

Property MP3 (ID3v2) OGG / FLAC WMA AAC (M4A, M4P) MPC (APEv2) APE (APEv2) WAV (RIFF)*
Track Title Yes (TIT2) Yes (TITLE) Yes (Title) Yes (nam) Yes Yes Yes
Track Artist Yes (TPE1) Yes (ARTIST) Yes (Author) Yes (art) Yes Yes Yes
Album Yes (TALB) Yes (ALBUM) Yes (Album Title) Yes (alb) Yes Yes Yes
Album Artist Yes (TPE2) Yes (ALBUM ARTIST, [ALBUMARTIST], [ENSEMBLE]) Yes (Album Artist) Yes (aART) Yes Yes Yes
Date (Year) Yes (TDRC, TYER) Yes (YEAR,DATE) Yes (ReleaseDate,Year) Yes (day) Yes Yes Yes
Genre Yes (TCON) Yes (GENRE) Yes (Genre) Yes (gen,gnre) Yes Yes Yes
Disc # Yes (TPOS) Yes (DISCNUMBER,DISC) Yes (PartOfSet) Yes (disk) No No No
Track # Yes (TRCK) Yes (TRACKNUMBER) Yes (Track/Track#) Yes (trkn) Yes Yes Yes
Rating Non-Standard (POPM) Non-Standard (RATING) Non-Standard (SharedUserRating) Non-Standard (rate) Yes Yes Yes
Comment Yes (COMM) Yes (COMMENT [DESCRIPTION]) Yes (Description) Yes (cmt) Yes Yes Yes
Album Art Yes (folder or tag APIC) Non-Standard (folder or COVERARTCOUNT, COVERARTMIMEx, COVERARTDESCRIPTIONx, COVERARTFILELINKx, COVERARTTYPEx, COVERARTx (Base64 encoded)) Yes (folder or tag) Yes (covr) + non-standard (AApr, AMIM, Adcp, Apty) No (folder only) No (folder only) No (folder only)
Grouping Yes (TIT1) Yes (GROUPING) Yes (ContentGroupDescription) Yes (cgrp) No No No
Composer Yes (TCOM) Yes (COMPOSER) Yes (Composer) Yes (wrt) Yes Yes Yes
Conductor Yes (TPE3) Yes (CONDUCTOR) Yes (Conductor) Non-Standard (cond) No No No
Lyricist Yes (TEXT) Yes (LYRICIST) Yes (Writer) Non-Standard (lyrc) Yes Yes Yes
Involved People Yes (IPLS) Non-Standard (INVOLVED PEOPLE) No Non-Standard (peop) No No No
Original Title Yes (TOAL) Non-Standard (ORIGINAL TITLE or ORIGINAL ALBUM) Yes (OriginalAlbumTitle)

Non-Standard (otit)

No No No
Original Artist Yes (TOPE) Non-Standard (ORIGINAL ARTIST) Yes (OriginalArtist) Non-Standard (oart) No No No
Original Lyricist Yes (TOLY) Non-Standard (ORIGINAL LYRICIST) Yes (OriginalLyricist) Non-Standard (olyr) No No No
Original Date (Year) Yes (TORY) Non-Standard (ORIGINAL YEAR) Yes (OriginalReleaseYear) Non-Standard (oday) No No No
Beats Per Minute Yes (TBPM) Yes (BPM) Yes (BeatsPerMinute) Yes (tmpo) No No No
ISRC Yes (TSRC) Yes (ISRC) Yes (ISRC) Non-Standard (isrc) Yes No Yes
Publisher Yes (TPUB) Yes (ORGANIZATION) Yes (Publisher) Non-Standard (publ) Yes Yes Yes
Encoder Yes (TSSE) Yes (ENCODER) Yes (ToolName) Yes (ctoo) Yes Yes Yes
Copyright Yes (TCOP) Yes (COPYRIGHT) Yes (Copyright) Yes (cprt) Yes Yes Yes
Classification: Tempo Non-Standard (COMM:Songs-DB_Tempo) Non-Standard (TEMPO) Non-Standard (Tempo) Non-Standard (empo) No No No
Classification: Mood Yes (TMOO) Yes (MOOD) Yes (Mood) Non-Standard (mood) No No No
Classification: Occasion Non-Standard (COMM:Songs-DB_Occasion) Non-Standard (OCCASION) Non-Standard (Occasion) Non-Standard (occa) No No No
Classification: Quality Non-Standard (COMM:Songs-DB_Preference) Non-Standard (QUALITY) Non-Standard (Quality) Non-Standard (qual) No No No
Lyrics Yes (USLT) Yes (LYRICS) Yes (Lyrics) Yes (lyr) No No No
Custom Field X Non-Standard (COMM:Songs-DB_CustomX) Non-Standard (CUSTOMX) Non-Standard (UserCustomX) Non-Standard (cusX) No No No
Volume Leveling Coefficient Yes (RVA2, RGAD, TXXX:replaygain_track_gain, replaygain_track_peak, replaygain_album_gain Yes (REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK, REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN, REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_GAIN) Non-Standard (replaygain_track_gain, replaygain_track_peak, replaygain_album_gain) Non-Standard (replaygain_track_gain, replaygain_track_peak, replaygain_album_gain) Yes Yes Yes
Times Played No No No No No No No
Related Library Entry (for Tracks on Virtual CD) No No No No No No No

 

Note: Several non-standard tags written by MusicMatch are read but not written, since they are in a non standard format (Preference, Mood, Tempo, Occasion). For MPC and APE Tracks, APEv1 tags are read if APEv2 tags are absent.

*MusicMatch, AudioGrabber, and Broadcast Software International InfoEdit tags are supported for .wav files.