Common tags, and native to common tag mappings. n indicates the multiplicity. The tag mapping is strongly inspired on the MusicBrainz Picard tag-mapping.
| Common tag | n | Description | ID3v1 | ID3v2.2 | ID3v2.3 | ID3v2.4 | iTunes | vorbis | APEv2 | asf | exif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| year | 1 | Release year | year | TYE | TYER | TYER | YEAR | ||||
| track | 1 | Track number on the media, e.g. {no: 1, of: 2} |
track | TRK | TRCK | TRCK | trkn | TRACKNUMBER | TRACK | WM/TrackNumber | ITRK |
| disk | 1 | Disk or media number, e.g. {no: 1, of: 2} |
TPA | TPOS | TPOS | disk | DISCNUMBER | DISC, DISCNUMBER | WM/PartOfSet | ||
| title | 1 | Track title | title | TT2 | TIT2 | TIT2 | ©nam | TITLE | TITLE | Title | INAM, TITL |
| artist | 1 | Literal written track artist e.g.: "Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa". If not directly specified in a tag, this is automatically filled with common.artists. |
artist | TP1 | TPE1 | TPE1 | ©ART | ARTIST | ARTIST | Author | IART |
| artists | * | Track artists e.g.: ["Beth Hart", "Joe Bonamassa"]. If not directly specified in one or more tag, this is automatically filled with common.artist |
TXXX:Artists, TXXX:DISCOGS_ARTISTS, TXXX:DISCOGS_ARTIST_NAME | TXXX:Artists, TXXX:DISCOGS_ARTISTS, TXXX:DISCOGS_ARTIST_NAME | ----:com.apple.iTunes:ARTISTS | ARTISTS, DISCOGS_ARTISTS, DISCOGS_ARTIST_NAME | ARTISTS | WM/ARTISTS | |||
| albumartist | 1 | Literal written album artist e.g.: "Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa" |
TP2 | TPE2, TXXX:DISCOGS_ALBUM_ARTISTS | TPE2, TXXX:DISCOGS_ALBUM_ARTISTS | aART, ----:com.apple.iTunes:Band | ALBUMARTIST, DISCOGS_ALBUM_ARTISTS | ALBUM ARTIST | WM/AlbumArtist | ||
| album | 1 | Album title | album | TAL | TALB | TALB | ©alb | ALBUM | ALBUM | WM/AlbumTitle | IPRD, IRPD |
| date | 1 | Release date | TDRV, TDRC, TXXX:DISCOGS_RELEASED | TDRV, TDRC, TXXX:DISCOGS_RELEASED | ©day | DATE, DISCOGS_RELEASED | YEAR | WM/Year | ICRD | ||
| originaldate | 1 | Original (initial) release date, formatted like: YYYY-MM-DD | TOR | TDOR, TXXX:DISCOGS_DATE | TDOR, TXXX:DISCOGS_DATE | ----:com.apple.iTunes:ORIGINALDATE | ORIGINALDATE, DISCOGS_DATE | ORIGINALDATE | WM/OriginalReleaseTime | ||
| originalyear | 1 | Original (initial) release year | TORY, TXXX:originalyear | TORY, TXXX:originalyear | ----:com.apple.iTunes:ORIGINALYEAR | ORIGINALYEAR | ORIGINALYEAR | WM/OriginalReleaseYear | |||
| comment | * | Comments | comment | COM | COMM | COMM | ©cmt, ----:com.apple.iTunes:NOTES | COMMENT | COMMENT | Description | COMM, ICMT |
| genre | * | Genres | genre | TCO | TCON, TXXX:STYLE | TCON, TXXX:STYLE | ©gen, gnre | GENRE, STYLE | GENRE | WM/Genre | GNRE, IGNR |
| picture | * | Embedded cover art | PIC | APIC | APIC | covr | METADATA_BLOCK_PICTURE | COVER ART (FRONT), COVER ART (BACK) | WM/Picture | ||
| composer | * | Composer | TCM | TCOM | TCOM | ©wrt | COMPOSER | COMPOSER | WM/Composer | ||
| lyrics | * | Lyricist | USLT:description, SYLT | USLT:description, SYLT | ©lyr | LYRICS | LYRICS | WM/Lyrics | |||
| albumsort | 1 | Album title, formatted for alphabetic ordering | TSOA | TSOA | soal | ALBUMSORT | ALBUMSORT | WM/AlbumSortOrder | |||
| titlesort | 1 | Track title, formatted for alphabetic ordering | TSOT | TSOT | sonm | TITLESORT | TITLESORT | WM/TitleSortOrder | |||
| work | 1 | The canonical title of the work | TOT | WORK | WORK | WM/Work | |||||
| artistsort | 1 | Track artist, formatted for alphabetic ordering | TSOP | TSOP | soar | ARTISTSORT | ARTISTSORT | WM/ArtistSortOrder | |||
| albumartistsort | 1 | Album artist, formatted for alphabetic ordering | TSO2 | TSO2 | soaa, ----:com.apple.iTunes:ALBUMARTISTSORT | ALBUMARTISTSORT | ALBUMARTISTSORT | WM/AlbumArtistSortOrder | |||
| composersort | * | Composer, formatted for alphabetic ordering | TSOC | TSOC | soco | COMPOSERSORT | COMPOSERSORT | WM/ComposerSortOrder | |||
| lyricist | * | Lyricist | TXT | TEXT | TEXT | ----:com.apple.iTunes:LYRICIST | LYRICIST | LYRICIST | WM/Writer | ||
| writer | * | Writer | TXXX:Writer | TXXX:Writer | WRITER | WRITER | IWRI | ||||
| conductor | * | Conductor | TP3 | TPE3 | TPE3 | ----:com.apple.iTunes:CONDUCTOR | CONDUCTOR | CONDUCTOR | WM/Conductor | ||
| remixer | * | Remixer(s) | TPE4 | TPE4 | ----:com.apple.iTunes:REMIXER | REMIXER | MIXARTIST | WM/ModifiedBy | |||
| arranger | * | Arranger(s) | IPLS:arranger, TIPL:arranger | IPLS:arranger, TIPL:arranger | ARRANGER | ARRANGER | |||||
| engineer | * | Engineer(s) | IPLS:engineer, TIPL:engineer | IPLS:engineer, TIPL:engineer | ----:com.apple.iTunes:ENGINEER | ENGINEER | ENGINEER | WM/Engineer | IENG | ||
| producer | * | Producer(s) | IPLS:producer, TIPL:producer | IPLS:producer, TIPL:producer | ----:com.apple.iTunes:PRODUCER | PRODUCER | PRODUCER | WM/Producer | |||
| technician | * | Technician who digitized subject | ITCH | ||||||||
| djmixer | * | Mix-DJ(s) | IPLS:DJ-mix, TIPL:DJ-mix | IPLS:DJ-mix, TIPL:DJ-mix | ----:com.apple.iTunes:DJMIXER | DJMIXER | DJMIXER | WM/DJMixer | |||
| mixer | * | Mixed by | IPLS:mix, TIPL:mix | IPLS:mix, TIPL:mix | ----:com.apple.iTunes:MIXER | MIXER | MIXER | WM/Mixer | |||
| label | * | Release label name(s) | TPB | TPUB, TXXX:DISCOGS_LABEL | TPUB, TXXX:DISCOGS_LABEL | ----:com.apple.iTunes:LABEL | LABEL, DISCOGS_LABEL | LABEL | WM/Publisher | ||
| grouping | 1 | Content group description. Used to group track titles in sections. | TT1 | TIT1 | TIT1 | ©grp | GROUPING | GROUPING | WM/ContentGroupDescription | ||
| subtitle | 1 | Contains the subtitle of the content | TT3 | TIT3 | TIT3 | ----:com.apple.iTunes:SUBTITLE | SUBTITLE | SUBTITLE | WM/SubTitle | ||
| discsubtitle | 1 | The Media Title given to a specific disc | TSST | TSST | ----:com.apple.iTunes:DISCSUBTITLE | DISCSUBTITLE | DISCSUBTITLE | WM/SetSubTitle | |||
| totaltracks | 1 | The total number of tracks | TRACKTOTAL, TOTALTRACKS | ||||||||
| totaldiscs | 1 | The total number of discs | DISCTOTAL, TOTALDISCS | ||||||||
| compilation | 1 | Is part of compilation (unofficial iTunes Compilation Flag) | TCMP | TCMP | cpil | COMPILATION | COMPILATION | WM/IsCompilation | |||
| rating | * | Object holding rating score [0..1] (0.0 worst rating, 1.0 best rating) and source (e.g. user e-mail) | POPM | POPM | RATING | WM/SharedUserRating | RATE | ||||
| bpm | 1 | Beats Per Minute (BPM) | TBPM | TBPM | tmpo | BPM | BPM | WM/BeatsPerMinute | |||
| mood | 1 | Keywords to reflect the mood of the audio, e.g. "Romantic" or "Sad" | TMOO | TMOO | ----:com.apple.iTunes:MOOD | MOOD | MOOD | WM/Mood | |||
| media | 1 | Release format | TMED | TMED | ----:com.apple.iTunes:MEDIA | MEDIA | MEDIA | WM/Media | IMED | ||
| catalognumber | * | Release catalog number(s) | TXXX:CATALOGNUMBER, TXXX:DISCOGS_CATALOG, TXXX:CATALOGID | TXXX:CATALOGNUMBER, TXXX:DISCOGS_CATALOG, TXXX:CATALOGID | ----:com.apple.iTunes:CATALOGNUMBER | CATALOGNUMBER, DISCOGS_CATALOG, CATALOGID | CATALOGNUMBER | WM/CatalogNo | |||
| tvShow | 1 | TV show title | tvsh | ||||||||
| tvShowSort | 1 | TV show title, formatted for alphabetic ordering | sosn | ||||||||
| tvSeason | 1 | TV season title | tvsn | ||||||||
| tvEpisode | 1 | TV episode title | tves | ||||||||
| tvEpisodeId | 1 | TV episode ID | tven | ||||||||
| tvNetwork | 1 | TV network | tvnn | ||||||||
| podcast | 1 | ToDo, see issues #13 | pcst | ||||||||
| podcasturl | 1 | ToDo, see issues #13 | purl | ||||||||
| releasestatus | 1 | See releases status | TXXX:MusicBrainz Album Status | TXXX:MusicBrainz Album Status | ----:com.apple.iTunes:MusicBrainz Album Status | RELEASESTATUS | MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMSTATUS | MusicBrainz/Album Status | |||
| releasetype | * | Release type, e,g,: Album | TXXX:MusicBrainz Album Type | TXXX:MusicBrainz Album Type | ----:com.apple.iTunes:MusicBrainz Album Type | RELEASETYPE | MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMTYPE | MusicBrainz/Album Type | |||
| releasecountry | 1 | Release country describes the country in which an album was released. | TXXX:MusicBrainz Album Release Country, TXXX:RELEASECOUNTRY, TXXX:DISCOGS_COUNTRY | TXXX:MusicBrainz Album Release Country, TXXX:RELEASECOUNTRY, TXXX:DISCOGS_COUNTRY | ----:com.apple.iTunes:MusicBrainz Album Release Country | RELEASECOUNTRY, DISCOGS_COUNTRY | RELEASECOUNTRY | MusicBrainz/Album Release Country | ICNT | ||
| script | 1 | Release Script | TXXX:SCRIPT | TXXX:SCRIPT | ----:com.apple.iTunes:SCRIPT | SCRIPT | SCRIPT | WM/Script | |||
| language | 1 | Language used in metadata | TLA | TLAN | TLAN | ----:com.apple.iTunes:LANGUAGE | LANGUAGE | LANGUAGE | WM/Language | ||
| copyright | 1 | Contain copyright message for the copyright holder of the original sound, begin with a year and a space character. | TCR | TCOP | TCOP | cprt | COPYRIGHT | COPYRIGHT | Copyright | ||
| license | 1 | License Relationship Type (releases, recordings) | WCP | WCOP | WCOP | ----:com.apple.iTunes:LICENSE | LICENSE | LICENSE | LICENSE | ||
| encodedby | 1 | Encoded by (person/organisation) | TEN | TENC | TENC | ©too | ENCODEDBY | ENCODEDBY | WM/EncodedBy | ISFT, CODE | |
| encodersettings | 1 | Encoder Settings | TSS | TSSE | TSSE | ENCODERSETTINGS | ENCODERSETTINGS | WM/EncodingSettings | |||
| gapless | 1 | Gapless album indicator (MP4) | COM:iTunPGAP | pgap | |||||||
| barcode | 1 | Release barcode. | TXXX:BARCODE | TXXX:BARCODE | ----:com.apple.iTunes:BARCODE | BARCODE | BARCODE | WM/Barcode | |||
| isrc | * | ISRC | TSRC | TSRC | ----:com.apple.iTunes:ISRC | ISRC | ISRC | WM/ISRC | |||
| asin | 1 | Amazon Standard Identification Number (ASIN) | TXXX:ASIN | TXXX:ASIN | ----:com.apple.iTunes:ASIN | ASIN | ASIN | ASIN | |||
| musicbrainz_recordingid | 1 | Release recording MBID | UFID:http://musicbrainz.org | UFID:http://musicbrainz.org | ----:com.apple.iTunes:MusicBrainz Track Id | MUSICBRAINZ_TRACKID | MUSICBRAINZ_TRACKID | MusicBrainz/Track Id | |||
| musicbrainz_trackid | 1 | Release track MBID | TXXX:MusicBrainz Release Track Id | TXXX:MusicBrainz Release Track Id | ----:com.apple.iTunes:MusicBrainz Release Track Id | MUSICBRAINZ_RELEASETRACKID | MUSICBRAINZ_RELEASETRACKID | MusicBrainz/Release Track Id | |||
| musicbrainz_albumid | 1 | Album (release) MBID | TXXX:MusicBrainz Album Id | TXXX:MusicBrainz Album Id | ----:com.apple.iTunes:MusicBrainz Album Id | MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMID | MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMID | MusicBrainz/Album Id | |||
| musicbrainz_artistid | * | Track artists MBID | TXXX:MusicBrainz Artist Id | TXXX:MusicBrainz Artist Id | ----:com.apple.iTunes:MusicBrainz Artist Id | MUSICBRAINZ_ARTISTID | MUSICBRAINZ_ARTISTID | MusicBrainz/Artist Id | |||
| musicbrainz_albumartistid | * | Album artists artists MBID | TXXX:MusicBrainz Album Artist Id | TXXX:MusicBrainz Album Artist Id | ----:com.apple.iTunes:MusicBrainz Album Artist Id | MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMARTISTID | MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMARTISTID | MusicBrainz/Album Artist Id | |||
| musicbrainz_releasegroupid | 1 | Release group MBID | TXXX:MusicBrainz Release Group Id | TXXX:MusicBrainz Release Group Id | ----:com.apple.iTunes:MusicBrainz Release Group Id | MUSICBRAINZ_RELEASEGROUPID | MUSICBRAINZ_RELEASEGROUPID | MusicBrainz/Release Group Id | |||
| musicbrainz_workid | 1 | Work MBID | TXXX:MusicBrainz Work Id | TXXX:MusicBrainz Work Id | ----:com.apple.iTunes:MusicBrainz Work Id | MUSICBRAINZ_WORKID | MUSICBRAINZ_WORKID | MusicBrainz/Work Id | |||
| musicbrainz_trmid | 1 | TRM (TRM Recognizes Music) IDs were MusicBrainz’ first audio fingerprinting system. | TXXX:MusicBrainz TRM Id | TXXX:MusicBrainz TRM Id | ----:com.apple.iTunes:MusicBrainz TRM Id | MUSICBRAINZ_TRMID | MUSICBRAINZ_TRMID | MusicBrainz/TRM Id | |||
| musicbrainz_discid | 1 | Disc ID is the code number which MusicBrainz uses to link a physical CD | TXXX:MusicBrainz Disc Id | TXXX:MusicBrainz Disc Id | ----:com.apple.iTunes:MusicBrainz Disc Id | MUSICBRAINZ_DISCID | MUSICBRAINZ_DISCID | MusicBrainz/Disc Id | |||
| acoustid_id | 1 | (AcoustID)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_fingerprint] is MusicBrainz’ third and most recent audio fingerprinting system. | TXXX:ACOUSTID_ID, TXXX:Acoustid Id | TXXX:ACOUSTID_ID, TXXX:Acoustid Id | ----:com.apple.iTunes:Acoustid Id | ACOUSTID_ID | ACOUSTID_ID | Acoustid/Id | |||
| acoustid_fingerprint | 1 | AcoustID Fingerprint. ToDo: Same as acoustid_id. | TXXX:Acoustid Fingerprint | TXXX:Acoustid Fingerprint | ----:com.apple.iTunes:Acoustid Fingerprint | ACOUSTID_ID_FINGERPRINT | ACOUSTID_FINGERPRINT | Acoustid/Fingerprint | |||
| musicip_puid | 1 | PUIDs were MusicBrainz’ second audio fingerprinting system. | TXXX:MusicIP PUID | TXXX:MusicIP PUID | ----:com.apple.iTunes:MusicIP PUID | MUSICIP_PUID | MUSICIP_PUID | MusicIP/PUID | |||
| musicip_fingerprint | 1 | MusicIP Fingerprint), not sure which algorithm. | TXXX:MusicMagic Fingerprint | TXXX:MusicMagic Fingerprint | ----:com.apple.iTunes:fingerprint | ||||||
| website | 1 | URL of website | WAR | WOAR | WOAR | WEBSITE | WEBLINK | WM/AuthorURL | TURL | ||
| performer:instrument | * | Performer relationship types, instrument can also be vocals. | |||||||||
| averageLevel | 1 | Average gain level. | PRIV:AverageLevel | PRIV:AverageLevel | |||||||
| peakLevel | 1 | Peak gain level. | PRIV:PeakLevel | PRIV:PeakLevel | |||||||
| notes | * | Similar to comments | NOTES | ||||||||
| key | 1 | The 'Initial key' frame contains the musical key in which the sound starts. | TKEY | TKEY | WM/InitialKey | ||||||
| originalalbum | 1 | Original release title of the earliest release in the release group intended for the title of the original recording. | TOAL | TOAL | |||||||
| originalartist | 1 | Original track artist of the earliest release in the release group intended for the performer(s) of the original recording. | TOPE | TOPE | |||||||
| discogs_artist_id | * | Discogs artist ID | TXXX:DISCOGS_ARTIST_ID | TXXX:DISCOGS_ARTIST_ID | DISCOGS_ARTIST_ID | ||||||
| discogs_release_id | 1 | Discogs release identifier | TXXX:DISCOGS_RELEASE_ID | TXXX:DISCOGS_RELEASE_ID | DISCOGS_RELEASE_ID | ||||||
| discogs_label_id | 1 | Discogs label ID | TXXX:DISCOGS_LABEL_ID | TXXX:DISCOGS_LABEL_ID | DISCOGS_LABEL_ID | ||||||
| discogs_master_release_id | 1 | Discogs master release ID | TXXX:DISCOGS_MASTER_RELEASE_ID | TXXX:DISCOGS_MASTER_RELEASE_ID | DISCOGS_MASTER_RELEASE_ID | ||||||
| discogs_votes | 1 | Discogs votes | TXXX:DISCOGS_VOTES | TXXX:DISCOGS_VOTES | DISCOGS_VOTES | ||||||
| discogs_rating | 1 | Discogs rating | TXXX:DISCOGS_RATING | TXXX:DISCOGS_RATING | DISCOGS_RATING | ||||||
| replaygain_track_peak | 1 | Replaygain track peak | TXXX:replaygain_track_peak | TXXX:replaygain_track_peak | REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK | ||||||
| replaygain_track_gain | 1 | Replay track gain | TXXX:replaygain_track_gain | TXXX:replaygain_track_gain | REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN | ||||||
| description | * | Description | desc, ldes |