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A TINT is a reference to one track of one side of one album, and is of the form: | A TINT is a reference to one track of one side of one album, and is of the form: | ||
*<nowiki><TIN>-< | |||
*<nowiki><TIN>-<Disc#>-<Track#></nowiki> e.g. 00008637207120-1-1 . | |||
Disc# and Track# are decimal numbers without leading zeros. | |||
TINT\ is an alternative presentation in which '-' is replaced by '\'. Likewise TINT/. | TINT\ is an alternative presentation in which '-' is replaced by '\'. Likewise TINT/. | ||
===TINT fields and tags=== | |||
TINT field values are usefully stored in the audio file tags, for example: | |||
*TIN - stored in a custom sub-field of Album: '''King of Rhythm 1937-1944 [00008637207120]''' | |||
*Disc# - stored in the first part of WMA/PartOfSet, FLAC Discnumber or MP3 TPOS. E.g. the '''1''' in TOPS '''1/2''' for the first disc of a two-disc album. | |||
*Track# - stored in the conventional Track Number. | |||
===TINT-based filing=== | ===TINT-based filing=== | ||
TINT\ may be used as | TINT\ may be used as a music library's filepath format e.g. track 1 of disc 1 of the album having the TIN 00008637207120 is stored at D:\MyMusic\00008637207120\1\1.WMA . | ||
The TINT subfilepath is fixed forever. It contains no metadata, so avoids metadata correction causing inconsistentcy or breakage of references from e.g. playlists. The TINT subfliepath is constant acress multiple libraries, allowing playlist to be transported, file extension and content set permitting. | |||
To ease identification when browing the folder tree directly, each album folder may contain a file named '''<Album> - <Album Artist>.txt''' or '''.htm'''. This can contain track metadata. | To ease identification when browing the folder tree directly, each album folder may contain a file named '''<Album> - <Album Artist>.txt''' or '''.htm'''. This can contain track metadata. | ||
To ease location of a particular album, | To ease location of a particular album, there may additional subfolders holding names links/shortcuts: | ||
*"!Explore by Album title" holding links/shortcuts named '''<Album> - <Album Artist>.lnk''' | |||
* "!Explore by Album Artist''' holding links/shortcuts named '''<Album Artist> - <Album>.lnk'''. | |||
===reading=== | ===reading=== | ||
Revision as of 2008-03-04T20:02:15
Overview
TIN (Tango Info Number) is a 14-digit numeric identifier used by tango.info and others.
The TIN scheme was designed by tango.info to be used instead of the GTIN (Global Trade Item Number) scheme where tango-related items need to be covered. It covers all items that GTIN does, plus tango items that GTIN does not cover due to the GTIN authority having not assigned them numbers.
The TIN set is a superset of the used GTIN set. Specifically, it contains all used numbers in the GTIN set, and it also contains special TINs.
usage
tango.info uses TINs in URLs, e.g.
http://eng.tango.info/00724383741328 http://eng.tango.info/02480002201526
they are also needed for tagging with tools.tango.info.
checkdigit
http://tools.tango.info/checkdigit.php
TINT
The TINT scheme is a TIN-based scheme for referencing individual tracks.
A TINT is a reference to one track of one side of one album, and is of the form:
- <TIN>-<Disc#>-<Track#> e.g. 00008637207120-1-1 .
Disc# and Track# are decimal numbers without leading zeros.
TINT\ is an alternative presentation in which '-' is replaced by '\'. Likewise TINT/.
TINT fields and tags
TINT field values are usefully stored in the audio file tags, for example:
- TIN - stored in a custom sub-field of Album: King of Rhythm 1937-1944 [00008637207120]
- Disc# - stored in the first part of WMA/PartOfSet, FLAC Discnumber or MP3 TPOS. E.g. the 1 in TOPS 1/2 for the first disc of a two-disc album.
- Track# - stored in the conventional Track Number.
TINT-based filing
TINT\ may be used as a music library's filepath format e.g. track 1 of disc 1 of the album having the TIN 00008637207120 is stored at D:\MyMusic\00008637207120\1\1.WMA .
The TINT subfilepath is fixed forever. It contains no metadata, so avoids metadata correction causing inconsistentcy or breakage of references from e.g. playlists. The TINT subfliepath is constant acress multiple libraries, allowing playlist to be transported, file extension and content set permitting.
To ease identification when browing the folder tree directly, each album folder may contain a file named <Album> - <Album Artist>.txt or .htm. This can contain track metadata.
To ease location of a particular album, there may additional subfolders holding names links/shortcuts:
- "!Explore by Album title" holding links/shortcuts named <Album> - <Album Artist>.lnk
- "!Explore by Album Artist holding links/shortcuts named <Album Artist> - <Album>.lnk.
reading
4.2.1 TPOS Part of a set
The 'Part of a set' frame is a numeric string that describes which part of a set the audio came from. This frame is used if the source described in the "TALB" frame is divided into several mediums, e.g. a double CD. The value MAY be extended with a "/" character and a numeric string containing the total number of parts in the set. E.g. "1/2".
This means that the latest version of the standard for ID3 tags (the type of tags used in MP3 files) has a tag field for side number e.g. the first CD of a two-CD album would have TPOS "1/2".