Mp3 Tagger
ID3 tags are metadata inside Mp3 music files that contain information about the artist, song, album etc. It is the recommended way to store this kind of information, since it is more "durable" that for example the filename. Most mp3-software & hardware use the ID3 tags for displaying song information. There are two versions of the tag, and Flash Renamer can write them both:
ID3v1
The original ID3 tag is very simple and can only hold 32 characters per field, making it hard to fit all wanted information. On the plus side is that it is small and has great software support.
ID3v2
Version two is a major update that has more fields and contains no size limits. It is however slower and more bulky to use, and software support is not as good as for v1. Use v2 when you have long names that do not fit inside the v1 tag.
Choosing ID3 version
At the bottom of the function you will see two checkboxes that you can use to select which version(s) you want to write. The checkboxes have three states:
- Not enabled: Do not write the tag.
- Enabled: Writes the tag. Adds a new tag if needed.
- Middle (Gray / Filled): Writes the tag, but only if the tag already exists. (Update mode)
Choosing fields
Next to each ID3 field (e.g. "Artist") you will see a checkbox. If you do not enable this, the field will not be written and the current value (assuming there is one) will be left intact.
How do I write the tags based on the filenames?
artist - album - title. Click on Setup Parts and enter this: <%1> - <%2> - <%3>. This means that the <%> tags will be "loaded" with different parts of the filename. Now you can simply use these tags a input in the Mp3 tagger function!
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