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Adding metadata to audio files is called tagging.
==Software==
==Software==
* A great program for managing your music files' tags is [http://www.mp3tag.com Mp3Tag], freeware supported by [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/donations.html donation].
* 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, e.g. '''8427328130431''') shown under the barcode on the back cover of the album's case, or on the album's tango.info page.
==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 but instead return to Mp3tag, delete all tracks of the missing albums, and repeat 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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