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Adding metadata to audio files is called tagging.
==Software==
==Software==
*http://www.mp3tag.com
* Windows
** [[Mp3tag]] - a great program for managing your music files' tags
** Foobar as tagger[http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Components_0.9/foo_masstag]
** [[PicardQt tagger]](with picard-tangoinfo plugin)
* Linux
** GUI:
*** Puddletag [http://puddletag.sourceforge.net/] - which tries to be like Mp3tag (more or less)
***[[PicardQt tagger]](with picard-tangoinfo plugin)
*** KID3tag [http://kid3.sourceforge.net/]
*** Easytag [http://easytag.sourceforge.net/]
*** Ex Falso [http://www.sacredchao.net/quodlibet]
** CLI
*** audiotag
*** eyed3tag
*** (and many more)


==How to tag your music files from tango.info data==
==Tag data sources==
This is a procedure for labelling the files of your computer-based music library with metadata (track name, artist, genre etc.) from tango.info.
* [[tango.info]]
** [[tango.info tagging | tagging]]
** [[tango.info add track listing | contributing tag data]]


Terminology
==Tag management==
* [[tag remapping]]


* ''barcode number'' - the 12, 13 or 14-digit number (excluding spaces and dashes) shown under the barcode on the back cover of the album's case, or on the album's tango.info page e.g. '''8427328130431'''.
==Tagging standard==
* ''solo tagging'' - does one album at a time
* [[track metadata standard]]
* ''mass tagging'' - does multiple albums (e.g. your whole library) in one go.
* [[tagging considerations]]


Results
==Tagging process using tango.info source==
*[[solo tagging]]
*[[mass tagging]]
** [[mass tagging with foobar2000]]
** [[mass tagging with mp3tag]]
*** [http://wiki.tango.info/w/mul/index.php?title=mass_tagging_Mp3tag_import_format_string_-_click_in_the_box_below%2C_press_CTRL%2BA_and_then_CTRL%2BC%2C_then_click_Back_to_return_to_the_instructions.&action=edit mass tagging format string]
** [[tango.info tagger]]


The tags filled are:
==From talk==
* '''Album''' (title), mass tagging only: '''Side''' (a.k.a. Disc Number, Set) (Note: '''Album Artist''' not included)
[[User:Chrisjjj|Chrisjjj]] 13:50, 23 October 2007 (CEST) Issue: unrecognised TIN is not faulted. E.g. 00000000000001
* (of track:) '''Title''', '''Track''' (number), '''Artist''', '''Genre''', '''Year'''
Note: The '''Artist''' value is a comma-separated list of first primary artist name(s) (e.g. orchestra leader), and then secondary artist name(s) in alphabetic order of (full) name.


==Solo tagging==
[[User:Chrisjjj|Chrisjjj]] 13:50, 23 October 2007 (CEST) Issue: result with blank genre gives ''not found:Array ( ) NO GENRE:Array ( [0] => 00743219561329 )'' between output rules e.g. https://tango.info/tools/tagging.php?tins=00743219561220&sepa=%3B
Limitations
* Solo tagging works only for single-CD albums - for multi-CD albums, instead use mass tagging.


Requirements
===2007-07-13 [[Carlos Vallejos]] in reply to a mail by [[Tobias Conradi]]===
In my experience, as generally all programs work on the database structure, we should keep supplementary information on a track as condensed as possible, in order to allow all infos to fit into the grid space (that seems to be never enough!) for example;


* Your album's track files are in one folder containing no additional audio files.
*Canaro ins for Canaro instrumental
* Track filenames begin with the track number and these numbers are the same length e.g. '''01''','''02''',...'''10''' (not '''1''','''2''',...'''10''').
*Canaro-Falcon for Canaro sings Ada Falcon
*etc
It exist the case of famous interpreters as:


===Step 1 - set up Mp3tag===
*Tita Merello (con Francisco Canaro)
If you haven't already done so
*Carlos Gardel (con Francisco Canaro)
#Download the (free of charge) Mp3tag program V2.39c or later [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html here], and install.
*Edmundo Rivero (con Anibal Troilo)
*Francisco Fiorentino, con su orquesta
*Enrique Corsini con su orquesta
*Alberto Castillo (con Emilio Balcarce)
that are usually accompained by some big orchestras. We should decide if we keep the criteria of the sequence


===Step 2 - Retrieve tag data===
ORCHESTRA'DIRECTOS SECOND NAME, - , 1st. SINGER'S SECOND NAME
*If you have the album's barcode number:
#Go to http://tools.tango.info/tagging.php.
#Enter the barcode number into the (unlabelled) text input box and click '''Submit'''.
*Else (you do not have the barcode number):
#Go to http://eng.tango.info, enter album's title or artist name and click '''search''' (you'll get a list of matching albums listed under '''CDs''').
#Identify your album, checking title and artist name, and click on it (you'll get the tango.info album page).
#Check that album page's track quantity agrees with your album's files. If it doesn't, you probably mis-identified the album.
#Click on the link in the top left of that page labelled '''tools.tango.info/tagging'''.


You've retrieved the tag lines for your tracks.
[[User:Chrisjjj|Chrisjjj]] 18:14, 21 October 2007 (CEST) I strongly disagree. Track tags should contain the full information, e.g. '''Francisco Canaro & Ada Falcon'''. And the '''Artist''' field should contain only artists and not the content description  '''Instrumental'''.
===album - subtitles===
https://tango.info/08427328130844 - Chrisjjj


===Step 3 - Save the tag data===
Well, I would say this date is an album sub-title. If t.i added support
#Identify the tag list - from the previous step it is all lines between (not including) the last two horizontal rules, but excluding any final line(s) starting with '''not found:Array ( )''' (these can be safely ignored)
for album sub-titles, displaying them as distinct from titles, for tagging
#Select all lines in the tag list, then right click and Copy to the clipboard.
it could give the option of putting it into a sub-field e.g. Album =
#Launch Notepad and into it Paste the clipboard.
<albumtitle> | <albumsubtitle1>
#Save under the filename '''c:\temp.txt'''.
 
You've saved the tag lines for your tracks.
 
===Step 4 - Put the tag data into your track files===
#Launch '''mp3tag'''.
#Click ''' File | Change directory...''' and select your album folder.
#In the tracklist heading, click on '''Title''' then '''Filename''' (you'll get the track list ordered by ascending track number).
# Click '''Edit | Select all files'''.
# Click '''Convert | Text file - Tag''' (you'll get the '''Text file - Tag''' dialog box).
# In '''Filename:''' enter '''c:\temp.txt'''.
# In '''Format string''' enter<pre>%dummy%;%album%;%track%;%title%;%artist%;%genre%;%year%;%dummy%</pre>
# Click '''OK'''.
 
You've put the tag data into your track files. Mp3tag shows you the result.
 
==Mass tagging==
Requirements
 
<ul><li>Each library album contains all and only its CDs and each CD contains all and only its tracks - none missing, none extra. Improvement is planned.</li>
<li>The folders to be tagged must contain no audio files apart from the album tracks themselves.</li>
<li>Folder and file names are as follows:</li>
<ul>
<li>Each filename starts with the track number.</li>
<li>Tracks are in folders the names of which:
<ul><li>contain the album barcode number (at any position), and;</li>
<li>for all CDs in a multi-CD album are the same except for a fixed-length CD number.</li></ul>
<li>Examples:<br>
<tt>El rey del compas (1941-1943) '''0828766933420'''\'''01''' El rey del compás.mp3</tt><br>
<tt>40 Grandes Exitos  [CD'''1'''] ['''8427328146067''']\'''01''' Patotero sentimental.mp3</tt><br>
<tt>40 Grandes Exitos  [CD'''2'''] ['''8427328146067''']\'''01''' Porteño y bailarín.mp3</tt></li>
</ul></ul>
 
=== Step 1 - set up Mp3tag===
If you haven't already done so
<ol><li>Download the (free of charge) Mp3tag program V2.39c or later [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html here], and install.</li>
<li>Launch '''Mp3tag'''.</li>
<li>Right-click the tracklist heading, and click '''Customize columns...''' (you'll get the '''Columns''' dialog box).</li>
<li>Click the '''starred page icon''' (you'll get an entry for a new column).</li>
<li>In '''Name''' type<pre>ti3</pre></li>
<li>Copy the following line (taking care to include the entire length - it ends with <tt>''')'''</tt> ):<br><pre>$regexp($regexp(:%_directory%,^.*?('[''[':digit:']'']'{12,14}).*$,\1),:.*,no barcode number found in folder name)-:%_directory%:-$regexp($num($regexp(%_filename%:,^('[''[':digit:']'']'+).*$,\1),4),^0000$,no track number found at start of file name)</pre>and Paste into both '''Value''' and '''Sort by'''.</li>
<li>Click '''OK''' (you'll get a '''ti3''' column appear in the track list).</li>
<li>Click '''File | Export''' (you'll get the '''Export''' dialog box).</li>
<li>Click the '''starred page icon''', type<pre>ti3</pre> and click '''OK''' (you'll get the new export config file '''ti3.mte''' open in (by default) Notepad).</li>
<li>Delete all lines, Copy the following lines (taking care to include the full length of the first - it ends with '''<tt>1</tt>''' - and to preserve the line break):<br><pre>$filename(,ansi)$loop($regexp($regexp(:%_directory%,^.*?('[''[':digit:']'']'{12,14}).*$,\1),:.*,),1)$regexp($regexp(:%_directory%,^.*?('[''[':digit:']'']'{12,14}).*$,\1
),:.*,)$loopend()</pre>and Paste them into Notepad.
<li>Save the file.</li></ol>
 
===Step 2 - Retrieve tag data===
#Launch '''mp3tag'''.
#Click '''File | Change directory...''' and select the folder containing your albums. You may then add further albums using '''File | Add directory...'''
#Click '''File | Export''' (you'll get an '''Export''' dialog box).
#Select '''ti3'''.
#In '''Export file name''' enter '''c:\temp.txt''' and click '''OK''' (you'll get a '''Display Export file now?''' dialog box).
#Click '''Yes''' (you'll get (by default) a Notepad window listing your albums' barcode numbers).
#Copy all lines to the clipboard.
#Go to http://tools.tango.info/tagging3.php.
#Paste into the (unlabelled) text input box and click '''Submit'''
 
You've retrieved the list of tag lines for your tracks.
 
===Step 3 - Save the tag data===
#Identify the tag list - from the previous step it is all lines between (not including) the last two horizontal rules, but excluding any final line(s) starting with '''not found:Array ( )''' (these can be safely ignored)
#Select all lines in the tag list, then Copy to the clipboard.
#Return to the still open Notepad window, delete all contents, then Paste from the clipboard.
#'''IMPORTANT''': check that the tag list contains lines for every album in your set. If it does not, tango.info didn't have tag data for this album - do not use this tag list (it risks mistagging of subsequent albums) but instead return to Mp3tag, delete all tracks of the missing albums, and repeats from step 3.2 above. (Improvement is planned.)
#Save (under the existing filename '''c:\temp.txt''').
 
You've saved the tag lines for your tracks.
 
===Step 4 - Put the tag data into your track files===
# Return to '''mp3tag'''.
#In the tracklist heading, click on '''Title''' then '''ti3''' (you'll get the tracks sorted by ascending barcode number, CD number and track number).
# Click '''Edit | Select all files'''.
# Click '''Convert | Text file - Tag'''.
# In '''Filename''' enter '''c:\temp.txt'''.
# In '''Format string''' enter<pre>%dummy%;%album%;%discnumber%;%track%;%title%;%artist%;%genre%;%year%;%dummy%</pre>
# Click '''OK'''. The files will be tagged.
 
You've put the tag data into your track files. Mp3tag shows you the result.

Latest revision as of 2016-04-16T20:00:53

Adding metadata to audio files is called tagging.

Software

  • Windows
    • Mp3tag - a great program for managing your music files' tags
    • Foobar as tagger[1]
    • PicardQt tagger(with picard-tangoinfo plugin)
  • Linux
    • GUI:
      • Puddletag [2] - which tries to be like Mp3tag (more or less)
      • PicardQt tagger(with picard-tangoinfo plugin)
      • KID3tag [3]
      • Easytag [4]
      • Ex Falso [5]
    • CLI
      • audiotag
      • eyed3tag
      • (and many more)

Tag data sources

Tag management

Tagging standard

Tagging process using tango.info source

From talk

Chrisjjj 13:50, 23 October 2007 (CEST) Issue: unrecognised TIN is not faulted. E.g. 00000000000001

Chrisjjj 13:50, 23 October 2007 (CEST) Issue: result with blank genre gives not found:Array ( ) NO GENRE:Array ( [0] => 00743219561329 ) between output rules e.g. https://tango.info/tools/tagging.php?tins=00743219561220&sepa=%3B

2007-07-13 Carlos Vallejos in reply to a mail by Tobias Conradi

In my experience, as generally all programs work on the database structure, we should keep supplementary information on a track as condensed as possible, in order to allow all infos to fit into the grid space (that seems to be never enough!) for example;

  • Canaro ins for Canaro instrumental
  • Canaro-Falcon for Canaro sings Ada Falcon
  • etc

It exist the case of famous interpreters as:

  • Tita Merello (con Francisco Canaro)
  • Carlos Gardel (con Francisco Canaro)
  • Edmundo Rivero (con Anibal Troilo)
  • Francisco Fiorentino, con su orquesta
  • Enrique Corsini con su orquesta
  • Alberto Castillo (con Emilio Balcarce)

that are usually accompained by some big orchestras. We should decide if we keep the criteria of the sequence

ORCHESTRA'DIRECTOS SECOND NAME, - , 1st. SINGER'S SECOND NAME

Chrisjjj 18:14, 21 October 2007 (CEST) I strongly disagree. Track tags should contain the full information, e.g. Francisco Canaro & Ada Falcon. And the Artist field should contain only artists and not the content description Instrumental.

album - subtitles

https://tango.info/08427328130844 - Chrisjjj

Well, I would say this date is an album sub-title. If t.i added support for album sub-titles, displaying them as distinct from titles, for tagging it could give the option of putting it into a sub-field e.g. Album = <albumtitle> | <albumsubtitle1>

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