Tango.info track mass tagging with foobar2000

This page describes tango.info mass tagging with foobar2000.

Setup

• Install the component "Text tools" (foo_texttools)
  • download from http://foobar2000.org/?page=Download
• Configure the "Text tools" to copy TINTs:
  • File | Preferences | Tools | Text tools
  • Add a new tag called TINT, with the following pattern if you use TINT-based filing
    • $num($directory(%path%,2),14)-%_directory%-%_filename%
  • Or if you use tags with barcode, you may use
    • $num(%barcode%,14)-$num($max(1,%discnumber%),2)-%track%

Mass tagging

• Select the files you want to masstag
  • put them in a playlist
• Copy TINTs
  • selecting all files, Right-click | Utils | Text tools | Copy: TINT
• Send TINTs and name of fields to tango.info
  • http://tools.tango.info/tagger1.3.php
  • Paste TINTs into the field "Track references":
  • Select fields you want to get data for
  • pre-selected is

%x_count%;%tin%;%album_name%;%album_artist%;%discnumber%;%track%;%title%;%artist%;%genre%;%date%;%dummy%

• • if you only want dates, put only

%date%

• • press submit
• Copy the results and return to foobar2000
• Right click | Properties | Tools | Automatically Fill Valuess
• Clipboard: line per track
• enter the pattern into the foobar2000 field "Pattern"
  • if you only want dates, put only

%date%

• • or you use something like %%;%barcode%;%album%;%album artist%;%discnumber%;%track%;%title%;%track artist%;%genre%;%date%;%%;%totaltracks%;

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Note: This scheme should match the output of the tango.info tagger, "%%" discards data.

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• You get a preview
• click ok to write the tags