Tango.info track mass tagging with foobar2000

This page describes tango.info music mass tagging with foobar2000.

Setup

• Install the component "Text tools" (foo texttools)
• 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
  • https://tango.info/tracktagger/1.4.0
  • Paste TINTs into the form field "Track references":
  • Select tags you want to get data for
    • details at tango.info music tagger format string
    • pre-selected is something like %x_count%;%tin%;%album_name%;%album_artist%;%discnumber%;....
    • if you only want dates, put only %date%
  • press submit
• Put the metadata obtained from tango.info into foobar2000
  • 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

Mis-tagging

Report: ca 4000 tracks were ordered by TINT, the TINTs were pasted into the tagger1.3.4 and format string was "%tiwc%". Ca. 500 of the result lines had a TIWC. Then properties -> automticall fill values was chosen. The TIWC were misaligned. Behavior could be reproduced. Fix was to use "%tint%;%tiwc%" as format string, avoiding blank lines.

Note from user: "If the failure was due to blank lines being badly interpreted by fb2K, it would be good to clarify that."