Tag Mapping: MusicBee, mp3tag, Picard

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Tag Mapping: MusicBee, mp3tag, Picard


This post covers the following tagging formats:

• ID3v2.3/2.4: .mp3
• Windows Media: .asf, .wma
• Vorbis Comment: .flac, .ogg, .opus
• MPEG-4: .m4a, .m4b, .mp4
• Monkey's Audio: .ape

Table of Contents (1) Tags written by MusicBee to audio files (2) MusicBee vs. mp3tag (3) Harmonising mp3tag with MusicBee ID3v2.3 ID3v2.4 Windows Media Vorbis Comment MPEG-4 Monkey's Audio (4) Multiple Artist Splitter Dialog box Tags in MusicBee's interface - Main panel / Track information / Virtual tag formulas - Thumbnail browser - Column browser Tags written to the audio files (5) Multiple Composer Splitter Dialog box Tags in MusicBee's interface - Main panel / Track information / Virtual tag formulas - Thumbnail browser - Column browser Tags written to the audio files (6) MusicBee vs. Picard (all tags) ID3v2.3/v2.4, Vorbis Comment MPEG-4, Windows Media, Monkey's Audio (7) Ratings and their formats ID3v2.3 ID3v2.4 Windows Media Vorbis Comment MPEG-4 Monkey's Audio

Software versions used:

 MusicBee: 3.5.8631 P
 mp3tag:   3.22
 Picard:   2.9

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(1) Tag identifiers written by MusicBee to audio files

Tag types (column "T")

• Standard tags: (blank)
  they are all available in MusicBee's interface (most of them in the «Edit Tags» window), and you do not need to define them as custom tags.
• Custom tags: (c)
  those shown in the table below are predefined in «Configuration.xml».
  To be able to see them in the «Edit Tags» interface, under tab «Tags (2)», you must first define them as custom tags in MusicBee's preferences.
• Virtual tags: (v).

How to add a predefined custom tag to MusicBee's interface:

• Open Preferences (Ctrl+O).
• Select tab Tags (1).
• In section custom tags, choose an unused entry, say «Custom2».
• Replace display name «Custom2» by the name of your choice.
• For save to music file as tag, select the predefined tag in the drop-down list.

MusicBee ID	T	ID3v2.3/2.4 (.mp3)	Windows Media (.asf, .wma)	Vorbis Comment (.flac, .ogg, .opus)	MPEG-4 (.m4a, .m4b, .mp4)	Monkey's Audio (.ape)
Album		TALB	WM/AlbumTitle	ALBUM	©alb	Album
Album Artist		TPE2	WM/AlbumArtist	ALBUMARTIST	aART	Album Artist
Album Rating		TXXX/ALBUM RATING	musicbee/ALBUM RATING	ALBUM RATING	ALBUMRATING	Album Rating
Artist		TPE1	Author	ARTIST	©art	Artist
Artists: Guest		TXXX/GUEST ARTIST	GUEST ARTIST	GUEST ARTIST	GUEST ARTIST	Guest Artist
Artists: Performer		TXXX/PERFORMER	PERFORMER	PERFORMER	PERFORMER	Performer
Artists: Remixer		TXXX/REMIXER	REMIXER	REMIXER	REMIXER	Remixer
BPM		TBPM	WM/BeatsPerMinute	BPM	tmpo	BPM
Comment		COMM	Description	COMMENT	©cmt	Comment
Composer		TCOM	WM/Composer	COMPOSER	©wrt	Composer
Conductor		TPE3	WM/Conductor	CONDUCTOR	©con	Conductor
Copyright	c	TCOP	Copyright	COPYRIGHT	cprt	Copyright
Disc Count		TPOS	foobar2000/TOTALDISCS	DISCTOTAL	disk	Disc
Disc#		TPOS	WM/PartOfSet	DISCNUMBER	disk	Disc
Display Artist		TXXX/DISPLAY ARTIST	DISPLAY ARTIST	DISPLAY ARTIST	DISPLAY ARTIST	Display Artist
Display Composer		TXXX/DISPLAY COMPOSER	DISPLAY COMPOSER	DISPLAY COMPOSER	DISPLAY COMPOSER	Display Composer
Encoder Settings	c	TSSE	WM/EncodingSettings	ENCODER SETTINGS	ENCODERSETTINGS	EncoderSettings
Encoding Time	c	ID3v2.3: TXXX/ENCODINGTIME ID3v2.4: TDEN	WM/EncodingTime	ENCODINGTIME	ENCODINGTIME	EncodingTime
Episode		---	---	---	---	---
Episode date		TDRL	---	---	---	---
Episode description		TDES	---	---	---	---
File Owner	c	TOWN	FILEOWNER	FILEOWNER	FILEOWNER	FileOwner
File Type	c	TFLT	FILETYPE	FILETYPE	FILETYPE	FileType
Genre		TCON	WM/Genre	GENRE	©gen	Genre
Grouping		TIT1	WM/ContentGroupDescription	CONTENTGROUP	©grp	ContentGroup
Initial Key	c	TKEY	WM/InitialKey	INITIALKEY	INITIALKEY	InitialKey
Instruments: Performers	v	---	---	---	---	---
Involved People List	c	ID3v2.3: IPLS ID3v2.4: TIPL	INVOLVEDPEOPLE	INVOLVEDPEOPLE	INVOLVEDPEOPLE	InvolvedPeople
ISRC	c	TSRC	WM/ISRC	ISRC	ISRC	ISRC
iTunes Compilation		TCMP	COMPILATION	COMPILATION	cpil	Compilation
Keywords		TXXX/KEYWORDS	musicbee/KEYWORDS	KEYWORDS	KEYWORDS	Keywords
Language		TLAN	WM/Language	LANGUAGE	LANGUAGE	Language
Location	c	TXXX/LOCATION	LOCATION	LOCATION	LOCATION	Location
Love		TXXX/LOVE RATING	musicbee/LOVE RATING	LOVE RATING	LOVERATING	Love Rating
Lyricist		TEXT	WM/Writer	LYRICIST	LYRICIST	Lyricist
Lyrics		USLT	WM/Lyrics	UNSYNCEDLYRICS	©lyr	UnsyncedLyrics
Media Type	c	TMED	MEDIATYPE	SOURCE MEDIUM	MEDIATYPE	MediaType
Mix Artist	c	TPE4	MIXARTIST	MIXARTIST	MIXARTIST	MixArtist
Mood		ID3v2.3: TXXX/MOOD ID3v2.4: TMOO	WM/Mood	MOOD	MOOD	Mood
Movement Count		MVIN	MOVEMENTTOTAL	MOVEMENTTOTAL	©mvc	MovementTotal
Movement Name		MVNM	MOVEMENTNAME	MOVEMENTNAME	©mvn	MovementName
Movement#		MVIN	MOVEMENT	MOVEMENT	©mvi	Movement
Net Radio Owner	c	TRSO	NETRADIOOWNER	NET RADIO OWNER	NETRADIOOWNER	NetRadioOwner
Net Radio Station	c	TRSN	NETRADIOSTATION	NET RADIO STATION	NETRADIOSTATION	NetRadioStation
Occasion		TXXX/OCCASION	musicbee/OCCASION	OCCASION	OCCASION	Occasion
Original Album		TOAL	WM/OriginalAlbumTitle	ORIGALBUM	ORIGALBUM	OrigAlbum
Original Artist		TOPE	WM/OriginalArtist	ORIGARTIST	ORIGARTIST	OrigArtist
Original Filename	c	TOFN	WM/OriginalFilename	ORIGFILENAME	ORIGFILENAME	OrigFilename
Original Lyricst	c	TOLY	WM/OriginalLyricist	ORIGLYRICIST	ORIGLYRICIST	OrigLyricist
Original Year		ID3v2.3: TORY ID3v2.4: TDOR	WM/OriginalReleaseYear	ORIGYEAR	ORIGYEAR	OrigYear
Publisher		TPUB	WM/Publisher	ORGANIZATION	©pub	Publisher
Quality		TXXX/QUALITY	musicbee/QUALITY	QUALITY	QUALITY	Quality
Rating		POPM	WM/SharedUserRating	RATING	rate	Rating
Release Time	c	ID3v2.3: TXXX/TDRL ID3v2.4: TDRL	WM/ReleaseTime	RELEASETIME	RELEASETIME	ReleaseTime
Season		---	---	---	---	---
Set Subtitle	c	ID3v2.3: TXXX/TSST ID3v2.4: TSST	SetSubTitle	SETSUBTITLE	SETSUBTITLE	SetSubtitle
Show Movement		TXXX/SHOWMOVEMENT	SHOWMOVEMENT	SHOWMOVEMENT	shwm	SHOWMOVEMENT
Sort Album		TSOA	ALBUMSORT	ALBUMSORT	soal	AlbumSort
Sort Album Artist		TSO2	ALBUMARTISTSORT	ALBUMARTISTSORT	soaa	AlbumArtistSort
Sort Artist		TSOP	ARTISTSORT	ARTISTSORT	soar	ArtistSort
Sort Composer		TSOC	COMPOSERSORT	COMPOSERSORT	soco	ComposerSort
Sort Title		TSOT	TITLESORT	TITLESORT	sonm	TitleSort
Subtitle	c	TIT3	WM/SubTitle	SUBTITLE	SUBTITLE	Subtitle
Tempo		TXXX/TEMPO	---	TEMPO	---	Tempo
Title		TIT2	Title	TITLE	©nam	Title
Track Count		TRCK	TOTALTRACKS	TRACKTOTAL	trkn	Track
Track#		TRCK	WM/TrackNumber	TRACKNUMBER	trkn	Track
Volume Adjustment		ID3v2.3: RVAD ID3v2.4: RVA2	---	---	---	---
Work		TXXX/Work	WORK	WORK	©wrk	Work
WWW Artist	c	WOAR	WM/AuthorURL	WWWARTIST	WWWARTIST	WWWArtist
WWW Audio File	c	WOAF	WM/AudioFileURL	WWWAUDIOFILE	WWWAUDIOFILE	WWWAudioFile
WWW Commercial Info	c	WCOM	WM/PromotionURL	WWWCOMMERCIALINFO	WWWCOMMERCIALINFO	WWWCommercialInfo
WWW Copyright	c	WCOP	CopyrightURL	WWWCOPYRIGHT	WWWCOPYRIGHT	WWWCopyright
WWW Publisher	c	WPUB	WWWPUBLISHER	WWWPUBLISHER	WWWPUBLISHER	WWWPublisher
WWW Radio Page	c	WORS	WWWRADIO	WWWRADIO	WWWRADIO	WWWRadio
Year		ID3v2.3: TYER ID3v2.4: TDRC	WM/Year	DATE	©day	Year

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(2) MusicBee vs. mp3tag

The following table presents, for each tag recognised by MusicBee:

• the matching internal name used by mp3tag;
• the tags used by mp3tag in the various file formats,
  only when mp3tag diverges from MusicBee
  -> for customising tables, see section (3) Harmonising mp3tag with MusicBee.

MusicBee ID	T	mp3tag ID	ID3v2.3/2.4 (.mp3)	Windows Media (.asf, .wma)	Vorbis Comment (.flac, .ogg, .opus)	MPEG-4 (.m4a, .m4b, .mp4)	Monkey's Audio (.ape)
Album		ALBUM
Album Artist		ALBUMARTIST					ALBUMARTIST
Album Rating		ALBUMRATING	TXXX/ALBUMRATING	ALBUMRATING	ALBUMRATING		ALBUMRATING
Artist		ARTIST
Artists: Guest		GUESTARTIST	TXXX/GUESTARTIST	GUESTARTIST	GUESTARTIST	GUESTARTIST	GUESTARTIST
Artists: Performer		PERFORMER
Artists: Remixer		REMIXER
BPM		BPM
Comment		COMMENT
Composer		COMPOSER
Conductor		CONDUCTOR
Copyright	c	COPYRIGHT
Disc Count		TOTALDISCS		WM/PartOfSet	TOTALDISCS		DISCNUMBER
Disc#		DISCNUMBER					DISCNUMBER
Display Artist		DISPLAYARTIST	TXXX/DISPLAYARTIST	DISPLAYARTIST	DISPLAYARTIST	DISPLAYARTIST	DISPLAYARTIST
Display Composer		DISPLAYCOMPOSER	TXXX/DISPLAYCOMPOSER	DISPLAYCOMPOSER	DISPLAYCOMPOSER	DISPLAYCOMPOSER	DISPLAYCOMPOSER
Encoder Settings	c	ENCODERSETTINGS			ENCODERSETTINGS
Encoding Time	c	ENCODINGTIME	ID3v2.3: TDEN
Episode		EPISODE
Episode date		EPISODEDATE	---
Episode description		EPISODEDESCRIPTION	---
File Owner	c	FILEOWNER
File Type	c	FILETYPE
Genre		GENRE
Grouping		CONTENTGROUP
Initial Key	c	INITIALKEY
Involved People List	c	INVOLVEDPEOPLE
ISRC	c	ISRC
iTunes Compilation		COMPILATION
Keywords		KEYWORDS		KEYWORDS
Language		LANGUAGE
Location	c	LOCATION
Love		LOVERATING	TXXX/LOVERATING	LOVERATING	LOVERATING		LOVERATING
Lyricist		LYRICIST
Lyrics		UNSYNCEDLYRICS
Media Type	c	MEDIATYPE			MEDIATYPE
Mix Artist	c	MIXARTIST
Mood		MOOD	ID3v2.3: TMOO
Movement Count		MOVEMENTTOTAL
Movement Name		MOVEMENTNAME
Movement#		MOVEMENT
Net Radio Owner	c	NETRADIOOWNER			NETRADIOOWNER
Net Radio Station	c	NETRADIOSTATION			NETRADIOSTATION
Occasion		OCCASION		OCCASION
Original Album		ORIGALBUM
Original Artist		ORIGARTIST
Original Filename	c	ORIGFILENAME
Original Lyricst	c	ORIGLYRICIST
Original Year		ORIGYEAR
Publisher		PUBLISHER			PUBLISHER
Quality		QUALITY		QUALITY
Rating		POPULARIMETER		POPULARIMETER	POPULARIMETER	POPULARIMETER	POPULARIMETER
Release Time	c	RELEASETIME	ID3v2.3: TDRL	RELEASETIME
Season		SEASON
Set Subtitle	c	SETSUBTITLE	ID3v2.3: TSST
Show Movement		SHOWMOVEMENT
Sort Album		ALBUMSORT		WM/AlbumSortOrder
Sort Album Artist		ALBUMARTISTSORT
Sort Artist		ARTISTSORT		WM/ArtistSortOrder
Sort Composer		COMPOSERSORT
Sort Title		TITLESORT		WM/TitleSortOrder
Subtitle	c	SUBTITLE
Tempo		TEMPO		TEMPO		TEMPO
Title		TITLE
Track Count		TOTALTRACKS			TOTALTRACKS
Track#		TRACK			TRACK
Volume Adjustment		VOLUMEADJUSTMENT	---
Work		WORK
WWW Artist	c	WWWARTIST
WWW Audio File	c	WWWAUDIOFILE
WWW Commercial Info	c	WWWCOMMERCIALINFO
WWW Copyright	c	WWWCOPYRIGHT
WWW Publisher	c	WWWPUBLISHER
WWW Radio Page	c	WWWRADIOPAGE		WWWRADIOPAGE	WWWRADIOPAGE	WWWRADIOPAGE	WWWRADIOPAGE
Year		YEAR			YEAR

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(3) Harmonising mp3tag with MusicBee

When the identifiers written by MusicBee and mp3tag differ, if you want mp3tag to harmonise with MusicBee's identifiers, you will need to add an entry to mp3tag's mapping table.

So as to encode the tables below in mp3tag:

• Select menu File -> Options
• Select section Tags -> Mapping
• Click on the star button to add a new entry, and double-click on its elements to modify them.
  When populating the mapping table by copy/paste, paste with Shift+Ctrl+V instead of Ctrl+V.

The values for each entry are listed below.

NOTE:
Column «MusicBee ID» must not be encoded.


(3a) ID3v2.3 (.mp3)

The table below is necessary for .mp3 files if you have selected ID3v2.3 as writing format in both MusicBee and mp3tag.

If in doubt, this is how you can check the settings:

• In MusicBee:
  Preferences (Ctrl+O) -> Tab «Tags (1)» -> save MP3 tags as:
• select ID3v2.3
  
• In mp3tag:
  File/Options (Ctrl+O) -> Tab «Tags / Mpeg» -> Write:
• tick ID3v2
  
• select either ID3v2.3 UTF-16 (recommended) or ID3v2.3 ISO-8859-1 (reduced character set)
  

MusicBee ID	Tag (audio file format)	Source (tag in audio file)	Target (mp3tag field name)
Album Rating	ID3v2	ALBUM RATING	ALBUMRATING
Artists: Guest	ID3v2	GUEST ARTIST	GUESTARTIST
Display Artist	ID3v2	DISPLAY ARTIST	DISPLAYARTIST
Display Composer	ID3v2	DISPLAY COMPOSER	DISPLAYCOMPOSER
Encoding Time	ID3v2	ENCODINGTIME	ENCODINGTIME
Love	ID3v2	LOVE RATING	LOVERATING
Release Time	ID3v2	TDRL	RELEASETIME
Set Subtitle	ID3v2	TSST	SETSUBTITLE

(3b) ID3v2.4 (.mp3)

The table below is necessary for .mp3 files if you have selected ID3v2.4 as writing format in both MusicBee and mp3tag.

If in doubt, this is how you can check the settings:

• In MusicBee:
  Preferences (Ctrl+O) -> Tab «Tags (1)» -> save MP3 tags as:
• select ID3v2.4
  
• In mp3tag:
  File/Options (Ctrl+O) -> Tab «Tags / Mpeg» -> Write:
• tick ID3v2
  
• select ID3v2.4 UTF-8
  

MusicBee ID	Tag (audio file format)	Source (tag in audio file)	Target (mp3tag field name)
Album Rating	ID3v2	ALBUM RATING	ALBUMRATING
Artists: Guest	ID3v2	GUEST ARTIST	GUESTARTIST
Display Artist	ID3v2	DISPLAY ARTIST	DISPLAYARTIST
Display Composer	ID3v2	DISPLAY COMPOSER	DISPLAYCOMPOSER
Love	ID3v2	LOVE RATING	LOVERATING

(3c) Windows Media (.asf, .wma)

MusicBee ID	Tag (audio file format)	Source (tag in audio file)	Target (mp3tag field name)
Album Rating	WMA	musicbee/ALBUM RATING	ALBUMRATING
Artists: Guest	WMA	GUEST ARTIST	GUESTARTIST
Disc Count	WMA	foobar2000/TOTALDISCS	TOTALDISCS
Display Artist	WMA	DISPLAY ARTIST	DISPLAYARTIST
Display Composer	WMA	DISPLAY COMPOSER	DISPLAYCOMPOSER
Keywords	WMA	musicbee/KEYWORDS	KEYWORDS
Love	WMA	musicbee/LOVE RATING	LOVERATING
Occasion	WMA	musicbee/OCCASION	OCCASION
Quality	WMA	musicbee/QUALITY	QUALITY
Rating	WMA	WM/SharedUserRating	POPULARIMETER
Release Time	WMA	WM/ReleaseTime	RELEASETIME
Sort Album	WMA	ALBUMSORT	ALBUMSORT
Sort Artist	WMA	ARTISTSORT	ARTISTSORT

(3d) Vorbis Comment (.flac, .ogg, .opus)

MusicBee ID	Tag (audio file format)	Source (tag in audio file)	Target (mp3tag field name)
Album Rating	VorbisComment	ALBUM RATING	ALBUMRATING
Artists: Guest	VorbisComment	GUEST ARTIST	GUESTARTIST
Disc Count	VorbisComment	DISCTOTAL	TOTALDISCS
Display Artist	VorbisComment	DISPLAY ARTIST	DISPLAYARTIST
Display Composer	VorbisComment	DISPLAY COMPOSER	DISPLAYCOMPOSER
Encoder Settings	VorbisComment	ENCODER SETTINGS	ENCODERSETTINGS
Love	VorbisComment	LOVE RATING	LOVERATING
Media Type	VorbisComment	SOURCE MEDIUM	MEDIATYPE
Net Radio Owner	VorbisComment	NET RADIO OWNER	NETRADIOOWNER
Net Radio Station	VorbisComment	NET RADIO STATION	NETRADIOSTATION
Publisher	VorbisComment	ORGANIZATION	PUBLISHER
Rating	VorbisComment	RATING	POPULARIMETER
Track Count	VorbisComment	TRACKTOTAL	TOTALTRACKS
Track#	VorbisComment	TRACKNUMBER	TRACK
WWW Radio Page	VorbisComment	WWWRADIO	WWWRADIOPAGE
Year	VorbisComment	DATE	YEAR

(3e) MPEG-4 (.m4a, .m4b, .mp4)

MusicBee ID	Tag (audio file format)	Source (tag in audio file)	Target (mp3tag field name)
Artists: Guest	MP4	GUEST ARTIST	GUESTARTIST
Display Artist	MP4	DISPLAY ARTIST	DISPLAYARTIST
Display Composer	MP4	DISPLAY COMPOSER	DISPLAYCOMPOSER
Rating	MP4	rate	POPULARIMETER

(3f) Monkey's Audio v2 (.ape)

MusicBee ID	Tag (audio file format)	Source (tag in audio file)	Target (mp3tag field name)
Album Artist	APEv2	Album Artist	ALBUMARTIST
Album Rating	APEv2	Album Rating	ALBUMRATING
Artists: Guest	APEv2	Guest Artist	GUESTARTIST
Disc#	APEv2	Disc	DISCNUMBER
Display Artist	APEv2	Display Artist	DISPLAYARTIST
Display Composer	APEv2	Display Composer	DISPLAYCOMPOSER
Love	APEv2	Love Rating	LOVERATING
Rating	APEv2	Rating	POPULARIMETER

[karbock]

(4) Multiple Artist Splitter

This section presents how to use the Multiple Artist Splitter,
what tags are available afterwards in MusicBee's interface,
and what tags are written to the audio files.

Access:

• Track context menu (right click) -> Edit
• Tab: Tags -> artist
• click on "..."

(4a) Dialog box

"display artist"

This edit control is initalised with tag Display Artist if present, or tag Artist otherwise.
When clicking on [Split], all the artist names will be split up in the table underneath, one per row, with Artist as default role/instrument.
Accepted separators between the artist names:

• , ; / ) &
  
• and ft. feat. featuring v. vs. with
  

NOTE:
Roles/instruments are NOT recognised in this text box.


"artist: role/instrument" (TEXT mode)

Separate the artists by a newline.
Each line must be in the form Artist: instrument (e.g. John Smith: guitar).


artist: role/instrument (GRID mode)

Possible options:

• Next to each artist name, select in the drop-down list between Artist/Guest Artist/Performer/Remixer.
• Or type the exact role/instrument you wish (such as guitar)
• Or type a part of it (such as gui), then select from the drop-down list,
  provided the role/instrument you wish is
  - either included in Configuration.xml, between <Instruments>...</Instruments>
  - or already present in some other track.

(4b) Tags in MusicBee's interface

The following tags are available in MusicBee's interface after using the Multiple Artist Splitter for a track.

Main_panel & Track_information & Virtual_tag_formulas
Tag name	Tag type	Content	Example	Person count (example)
Artist		Display Artist, if present, otherwise Artist	Sonny & Cher	2
Artists	virtual	aggregation of Artists: Artist/Performer/Guest/Remixer	Sonny Bono; Cher; Mike Rubini (piano); Al Pellegrini (conductor); Dean Parker (guitar); Matt Betton (drums); Bert Fanette (organ); David Hungate (bass guitar); Dahrell Norris (percussion); Jennifer Kae; MyTestRemixer	11
Artists: Artist		artist(s) with role "Artist"	Sonny Bono; Cher	2
Artists: Guest		artist(s) with role "Guest"	Jennifer Kae	1
Artists: Performer		artist(s) with role "Performer", or with a specified instrument	Mike Rubini (piano); Al Pellegrini (conductor); Dean Parker (guitar); Matt Betton (drums); Bert Fanette (organ); David Hungate (bass guitar); Dahrell Norris (percussion)	7
Artists: Remixer		artist(s) with role "Remixer"	MyTestRemixer	1
Instruments: performers	virtual	list of all the instruments and their performers	piano:Mike Rubini; conductor:Al Pellegrini; guitar:Dean Parker; drums:Matt Betton; organ:Bert Fanette; bass guitar:David Hungate; percussion:Dahrell Norris	7
Thumbnail_browser
Tag name	Tag type	Content	Example	Person count (example)
Artist		all the involved people, names only	All Pellegrini; Bert Fanette; Cher; Dahrell Norris; Davin Hungate; Dean Parker; Jennifer Kae; Matt Beaton; Mike Rubini; MyTestRemixer; Sonny Bono	11
Artists		all the involved people, instruments specified	Al Pellegrini (conductor); Bert Fanette (organ); Cher; Dahrell Norris (percussion); David Hungate (bass guitar); Dean Parker (guitar); Jennifer Kae; Matt Betton (drums); Mike Rubini (piano); MyTestRemixer; Sonny Bono	11
Artists: Artist		artist(s) with role "Artist"	Cher; Sonny Bono	2
Artists: Guest		artist(s) with role "Guest"	Jennifer Kae	1
Artists: Performer		artist(s) with role "Performer", or with a specified instrument	Al Pellegrini (conductor); Bert Fanette (organ); Dahrell Norris (percussion); David Hungate (bass guitar); Dean Parker (guitar); Matt Betton (drums); Mike Rubini (piano)	7
Artists: Remixer		artist(s) with role "Remixer"	MyTestRemixer	1
Column_browser
Tag name	Tag type	Content	Example	Person count (example)
Artist		all the involved people, names only	All Pellegrini; Bert Fanette; Cher; Dahrell Norris; Davin Hungate; Dean Parker; Jennifer Kae; Matt Beaton; Mike Rubini; MyTestRemixer; Sonny Bono	11
Artists	not available			0
Artists: Artist		artist(s) with role "Artist"	Cher; Sonny Bono	2
Artists: Guest		artist(s) with role "Guest"	Jennifer Kae	1
Artists: Performer		artist(s) with role "Performer", or with a specified instrument	Al Pellegrini (conductor); Bert Fanette (organ); Dahrell Norris (percussion); David Hungate (bass guitar); Dean Parker (guitar); Matt Betton (drums); Mike Rubini (piano)	7
Artists: Remixer		artist(s) with role "Remixer"	MyTestRemixer	1

(4c) Tags written to the audio files

The following tags are available in the audio file after using the Multiple Artist Splitter for a track.

MusicBee ID	T	mp3tag ID	ID3v2.3/2.4 (.mp3)	Windows Media (.asf, .wma)	Vorbis Comment (.flac, .ogg, .opus)	MPEG-4 (.m4a, .m4b, .mp4)	Monkey's Audio (.ape)
Artist		DISPLAYARTIST	TXXX/DISPLAY ARTIST	Display Artist	DISPLAY ARTIST	DISPLAY ARTIST	Display Artist
Artists: Artist		ARTIST	TPE1	Author	ARTIST	©art	Artist
Artists: Guest		GUESTARTIST	TXXX/GUEST ARTIST	Guest Artist	GUEST ARTIST	GUEST ARTIST	Guest Artist
Artists: Performer		PERFORMER + ID3v2.3: INVOLVEDPEOPLE ID3v2.4: MUSICIANCREDITS	TXXX/PERFORMER + ID3v2.3: IPLS ID3v2.4: TMCL	Performer	PERFORMER	PERFORMER	Performer
Artists: Remixer		REMIXER	TXXX/REMIXER	Remixer	REMIXER	REMIXER	Remixer

NOTES:

• In an .mp3,
  TXXX/PERFORMER is used for artists entered with role Performer,
  whereas IPLS/TMCL is used for all the artists entered with a specific instrument or custom role.
• Format of IPLS / TMCL:
  instrument1:artist1;instrument2:artist2;...
• Format of Artists: Performer:
  artist (instrument)
• For mp3tag IDs DISPLAYARTIST and GUESTARTIST, add the matching entries to mp3tag's mapping table, as found in (3) Harmonising mp3tag with MusicBee.

[karbock]

(5) Multiple Composer Splitter

This section presents how to use the Multiple Composer Splitter,
what tags are available afterwards in MusicBee's interface,
and what tags are written to the audio files.

Access:

• Track context menu (right click) -> Edit
• Tab: Tags -> composer
• click on "..."

(5a) Dialog box

display composer
This edit control is initalised with tag Display Composer if present, or tag Composer otherwise.
When clicking on [Split], all the composer names will be split up in the table underneath, one per row.

composer: (TEXT mode)
Separate the composers by a newline.

composer: (GRID mode)
One composer per row.


(5b) Tags in MusicBee's interface

The following tags are available in MusicBee's interface after using the Multiple Composer Splitter for a track.

Main_panel & Track_information & Virtual_tag_formulas
Tag name	Tag type	Content
Composer		Display Composer if present, otherwise Composer
Thumbnail_browser
Tag name	Tag type	Content
Composer		Composer
Column_browser
Tag name	Tag type	Content
Composer		Composer

(5c) Tags written to the audio files

The following tags are available in the audio file after using the Multiple Composer Splitter for a track.

MusicBee ID	T	mp3tag ID	ID3v2.3/2.4 (.mp3)	Windows Media (.asf, .wma)	Vorbis Comment (.flac, .ogg, .opus)	MPEG-4 (.m4a, .m4b, .mp4)	Monkey's Audio (.ape)
(available or not as Display Composer, depending on the interface part)		DISPLAYCOMPOSER	TXXX/DISPLAY COMPOSER	Display Composer	DISPLAY COMPOSER	DISPLAY COMPOSER	Display Composer
(available or not as Composer, depending on the interface part)		COMPOSER	TCOM	WM/Composer	COMPOSER	©wrt	Composer

NOTE:

• For mp3tag ID DISPLAYCOMPOSER, add the matching entries to mp3tag's mapping table, as found in (3) Harmonising mp3tag with MusicBee.

[hiccup]

Great work! (again)

A few quick observations:

Perhaps change the title so that it includes the term 'Tag Mapping'?
That will be a search query often used for something like this.

I noticed some tags absent from your list:

- Love (a tag in MusicBee these days)
- Volume Adjustment (RVAD)

And a few that are in your Custom Tags table, but are in fact Standard Tags:

- all 'Sort' tags
- iTunes compilation (can be set in the Tag Editor) (but needs a virtual tag if you e.g. want to show it as a column)
- Musician Credits List TMCL (can be entered as Artist: role/instrument)
- Mix Artist TPE4  (can be entered as Artist: Remixer)
- Involved People List (TIPL) (not exactly sure how that one works since I don't use it, but Artist: Performer seems to write it)

And I  am looking forward to MusicBrainz' Picard being added.
It should really be there too…

[karbock]

@hiccup:

Thanks for your compliment and judicious observations!

• Title suggestion: DONE.
• Sort tags: OK, they will be shifted to the first section in the next update. DONE.
• iTunes compilation: OK (I had missed it in the GUI) => next update. DONE.
• Volume adjustment: I'll look into it => next update. DONE.
• Artist: Remixer, Artist: Performer, Artist: role/instrument: DONE.
  the information I have for now is incomplete. The analysis may get slightly more complex, since MusicBee uses several tags when splitting the roles: PERFORMER, DISPLAY ARTIST, and others, which are transparent to the user.
• Picard tags: well, a new (maybe daunting) task in prospect , but I'm not reluctant. If it could be another «joint venture» (as for BBCeditor), I'd be glad. I'll keep you posted when I have enough spare time to prepare that «DeLuxe» version.    DONE by hiccup.

[hiccup]

Picard tags: well, a new (maybe daunting) task in prospect , but I'm not reluctant. If it could be another «joint venture» (as for BBCeditor), I'd be glad. I'll keep you posted when I have enough spare time to prepare that «DeLuxe» version.  

Great.
Since we have had some interactions about this project behind doors, I know that my 'bible of tags' was an important source for all this.
All relevant information about tags related to MusicBrainz/Picard should be there to be found and can be used and/or copied also.
No hurries of course, and let me know if you would appreciate it for me to do something with the Picard stuff.
 
But again, a tagging table like this is not complete without Picard. In my (strong) opinion.
It's really the ultimate tool to retrieve complete information on releases and tag your files with it.

Artist: Remixer, Artist: Performer, Artist: role/instrument:
the information I have for now is incomplete. The analysis may get slightly more complex, since MusicBee uses several tags when splitting the roles: PERFORMER, DISPLAY ARTIST, and others, which are transparent to the user.

You are right, these are more complicated tags and may be difficult to include/explain in a tag mapping table.
Good luck with it!  ;-)
I'll sit back, watch the show, and sip some red

[hiccup]

Picard vs. MusicBee tag mapping table


part 1:  MP3 · FLAC · OPUS · OGG

Picard	MusicBee	Picard	MusicBee	Picard	MusicBee
name internal name (7)	name	ID3v2 MP3	ID3v2 MP3	Vorbis Comment .flac  .opus  .ogg	Vorbis Comment .flac  .opus  .ogg
AcoustID acoustid_id		TXXX/Acoustid Id		ACOUSTID_ID
AcoustID Fingerprint acoustid_fingerprint		TXXX/Acoustid Fingerprint		ACOUSTID_FINGERPRINT
Album album	Album	TALB	TALB	ALBUM	ALBUM
Album Artist albumartist	Album Artist	TPE2	TPE2	ALBUMARTIST	ALBUMARTIST
Album Artist Sort Order albumartistsort	Sort Album Artist	TSO2	TSO2	ALBUMARTISTSORT	ALBUMARTISTSORT
Album Sort Order  (1) albumsort	Sort Album	TSOA	TSOA	ALBUMSORT	ALBUMSORT
Arranger arranger	Involved People List	TIPL:arranger (ID3v2.4) IPLS:arranger (ID3v2.3)	TIPL:arranger (ID3v2.4) IPLS:arranger (ID3v2.3)	ARRANGER
Artist artist	Artist	TPE1	TPE1	ARTIST	ARTIST
Artist Sort Order artistsort	Sort Artist	TSOP	TSOP	ARTISTSORT	ARTISTSORT
Artists artists		TXXX/ARTISTS		ARTISTS
ASIN asin		TXXX/ASIN		ASIN
Barcode barcode		TXXX/BARCODE		BARCODE
BPM  (1) bpm	BPM	TBPM	TBPM	BPM	BPM
Catalog Number catalognumber		TXXX/CATALOGNUMBER		CATALOGNUMBER
Comment  (1) comment:description	Comment	COMM:description	COMM:description	COMMENT	COMMENT
Compilation (iTunes) compilation	iTunes Compilation	TCMP	TCMP	COMPILATION	COMPILATION
Composer composer	Composer	TCOM	TCOM	COMPOSER	COMPOSER
Composer Sort Order composersort	Sort Composer	TSOC	TSOC	COMPOSERSORT	COMPOSERSORT
Conductor conductor	Conductor	TPE3	TPE3	CONDUCTOR	CONDUCTOR
conductor_sort  (1)		TXXX/conductor_sort		CONDUCTOR_SORT
Copyright  (1) copyright	Copyright	TCOP	TCOP	COPYRIGHT	COPYRIGHT
Director director		TXXX/DIRECTOR		DIRECTOR
Disc Number discnumber	Disc#	TPOS	TPOS	DISCNUMBER	DISCNUMBER
Disc Subtitle discsubtitle	Set Subtitle	TSST (ID3v2.4 only) n/a for ID3v2.3	TSST (ID3v2.4) TXXX/TSST (ID3v2.3)	DISCSUBTITLE	SETSUBTITLE
Encoded By  (1) encodedby		TENC		ENCODEDBY
Encoder Settings  (1) encodersettings	Encoder Settings	TSSE	TSSE	ENCODERSETTINGS	ENCODER SETTINGS
Engineer engineer	Involved People List	TIPL:engineer (ID3v2.4) IPLS:engineer (ID3v2.3)	TIPL:engineer (ID3v2.4) IPLS:engineer (ID3v2.3)	ENGINEER
Genre genre	Genre	TCON	TCON	GENRE	GENRE
		Picard mp3	MusicBee mp3	Picard .flac  .opus  .ogg	MusicBee .flac  .opus  .ogg
Grouping  (1) grouping	Grouping	TIT1 or  GRP1 (4)	TIT1	GROUPING	CONTENTGROUP
Initial Key key	Initial Key	TKEY	TKEY	KEY	INITIALKEY
ISRC isrc	ISRC	TSRC	TSRC	ISRC	ISRC
Language language	Language	TLAN	TLAN	LANGUAGE	LANGUAGE
License license	WWW Copyright	WCOP (single URL) TXXX/LICENSE (multiple or non-URL)	WCOP	LICENSE	WWWCOPYRIGHT
Lyricist lyricist	Lyricist	TEXT	TEXT	LYRICIST	LYRICIST
Lyrics  (1) lyrics:description	Lyrics	USLT:description	USLT:description	LYRICS	UNSYNCEDLYRICS
Media media	Media Type	TMED	TMED	MEDIA	SOURCE MEDIUM
Mix-DJ djmixer	Involved People List	TIPL:DJ-mix (ID3v2.4) IPLS:DJ-mix (ID3v2.3)	TIPL:DJ-mix (ID3v2.4) IPLS:DJ-mix (ID3v2.3)	DJMIXER	INVOLVEDPEOPLE
Mixer mixer	Involved People List	TIPL:mix (ID3v2.4) IPLS:mix (ID3v2.3)	TIPL:mix (ID3v2.4) IPLS:mix (ID3v2.3)	MIXER	INVOLVEDPEOPLE
Mood  (1) mood	Mood	TMOO (ID3v2.4 only)	TMOO (ID3v2.4) TXXX/MOOD (ID3v2.3)	MOOD	MOOD
Movement  (1) movement	Movement Name	MVNM	MVNM	MOVEMENTNAME	MOVEMENTNAME
Movement Count  (1) movementtotal	Movement Count	MVIN	MVIN	MOVEMENTTOTAL	MOVEMENTTOTAL
Movement Number  (1) movementnumber	Movement#	MVIN	MVIN	MOVEMENT	MOVEMENT
MusicBrainz Artist ID musicbrainz_artistid		TXXX/MusicBrainz Artist Id		MUSICBRAINZ_ARTISTID
MusicBrainz Disc ID musicbrainz_discid		TXXX/MusicBrainz Disc Id		MUSICBRAINZ_DISCID
MusicBrainz Original Artist ID musicbrainz_originalartistid		TXXX/MusicBrainz Original Artist Id		MUSICBRAINZ_ORIGINALARTISTID
MusicBrainz Original Release ID musicbrainz_originalalbumid		TXXX/MusicBrainz Original Album Id		MUSICBRAINZ_ORIGINALALBUMID
MusicBrainz Recording ID musicbrainz_recordingid		UFID:http://musicbrainz.org		MUSICBRAINZ_TRACKID
MusicBrainz Release Artist ID musicbrainz_albumartistid		TXXX/MusicBrainz Album Artist Id		MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMARTISTID
MusicBrainz Release Group ID musicbrainz_releasegroupid		TXXX/MusicBrainz Release Group Id		MUSICBRAINZ_RELEASEGROUPID
MusicBrainz Release ID musicbrainz_albumid		TXXX/MusicBrainz Album Id		MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMID
MusicBrainz Track ID musicbrainz_trackid		TXXX/MusicBrainz Release Track Id		MUSICBRAINZ_RELEASETRACKID
MusicBrainz Work ID musicbrainz_workid		TXXX/MusicBrainz Work Id		MUSICBRAINZ_WORKID
Original Album originalalbum	Original Album	TOAL	TOAL	n/a see MusicBrainz Original Release ID	ORIGALBUM
Original Artist originalartist	Original Artist	TOPE	TOPE	n/a see: MusicBrainz Original Artist ID	ORIGARTIST
Original Filename originalfilename	Original Filename	TOFN	TOFN	ORIGINALFILENAME	ORIGFILENAME
		Picard mp3	MusicBee mp3	Picard .flac  .opus  .ogg	MusicBee .flac  .opus  .ogg
Performer performer:instrument	Artists: Performer	TMCL:instrument (ID3v2.4) IPLS:instrument (ID3v2.3)	TXXX/PERFORMER	PERFORMER	PERFORMER
Producer producer	Involved People List	TIPL:producer (ID3v2.4) IPLS:producer (ID3v2.3)	TIPL:producer (ID3v2.4) IPLS:producer (ID3v2.3)	PRODUCER	INVOLVEDPEOPLE
Rating _rating	Rating	POPM	POPM	RATING:user@email	RATING
Record Label label	Publisher	TPUB	TPUB	LABEL	ORGANIZATION
Release Country releasecountry		TXXX/MusicBrainz Album Release Country		RELEASECOUNTRY
Release Status releasestatus		TXXX/MusicBrainz Album Status		RELEASESTATUS
Release Type releasetype		TXXX/MusicBrainz Album Type		RELEASETYPE
Remixer remixer	Mix Artist	TPE4	TPE4	REMIXER	MIXARTIST
ReplayGain Album Gain replaygain_album_gain		TXXX/REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_GAIN	TXXX/replaygain_album_gain	REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_GAIN	replaygain_album_gain
ReplayGain Album Peak replaygain_album_peak		TXXX/REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_PEAK	TXXX/replaygain_album_peak	REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_PEAK	replaygain_album_peak
ReplayGain Album Range replaygain_album_range		TXXX/REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_RANGE		REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_RANGE
ReplayGain Reference Loudness replaygain_reference_loudness		TXXX/REPLAYGAIN_REFERENCE_LOUDNESS		REPLAYGAIN_REFERENCE_LOUDNESS
ReplayGain Track Gain replaygain_track_gain		TXXX/REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN	TXXX/replaygain_track_gain	REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN	replaygain_track_gain
ReplayGain Track Peak replaygain_track_peak		TXXX/REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK	TXXX/replaygain_track_peak	REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK	replaygain_track_peak
ReplayGain Track Range replaygain_track_range		TXXX/REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_RANGE		REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_RANGE
Script script		TXXX/SCRIPT		SCRIPT
Show Work & Movement  (1) showmovement		TXXX/SHOWMOVEMENT	TXXX/SHOWMOVEMENT	SHOWMOVEMENT	SHOWMOVEMENT
Subtitle  (1) subtitle	Subtitle	TIT3	TIT3	SUBTITLE	SUBTITLE
Total Discs totaldiscs	Disc Count	TPOS	TPOS	DISCTOTAL and TOTALDISCS	DISCTOTAL
Total Tracks totaltracks	Track Count	TRCK	TRCK	TRACKTOTAL and TOTALTRACKS	TRACKTOTAL
Track Number tracknumber	Track#	TRCK	TRCK	TRACKNUMBER	TRACKNUMBER
Track Title title	Title	TIT2	TIT2	TITLE	TITLE
Track Title Sort Order  (1) titlesort	Sort Title	TSOT	TSOT	TITLESORT	TITLESORT
Website website	WWW Artist	WOAR	WOAR	WEBSITE	WWWARTIST
Work Title work	Work	TXXX/WORK or  TIT1 (4)	TXXX/Work	WORK	WORK
Writer  (3) writer		TXXX/Writer		WRITER
Year  &  Date
Picard	MusicBee	Picard mp3	MusicBee mp3	Picard .flac  .opus  .ogg	MusicBee .flac  .opus  .ogg
Date date	Year	TDRC (ID3v2.4) TYER+TDAT (ID3v2.3)	TDRC (ID3v2.4) TYER+TDAT (for both 2.3 & 2.4)	DATE	DATE
Release Date  (2) (6) releasedate
Original Release Date  (5) originaldate	Original Year	TDOR (ID3v2.4) TORY (ID3v2.3)	TDOR (ID3v2.4) TORY (ID3v2.3)	ORIGINALDATE	ORIGYEAR
Original Release Year originalyear		TXXX/originalyear ID3v2.3 & v2.4		ORIGINALYEAR
_releasegroup_firstreleasedate  (2)		TXXX/as defined in script ID3v2.3 & v2.4		as defined in script
_recording_firstreleasedate  (2)		TXXX/as defined in script ID3v2.3 & v2.4		as defined in script
	Episode Date for podcasts		TDRL (ID3v2.4) (also for IDv2.3)		-

     ⁽¹⁾ Doesn't get populated by stock Picard. May be used and populated by certain plugins. 
     ⁽²⁾ Doesn't get populated by stock Picard. Needs a script to get written to a tag. 
     ⁽³⁾ Used when uncertain whether composer or lyricist. 
     ⁽⁴⁾ When Picard is set to: 'Save iTunes compatible grouping and work'. 
     ⁽⁵⁾ Taken from the earliest release in the release group. 
     ⁽⁶⁾ For compatibility reasons the date tag gets filled with the release date from MusicBrainz. 
     ⁽⁶⁾ This is how most software interprets this tag. Since Picard 2.9 the separate releasedate exists for use by scripts and plugins, but is not filled by default. 
     ⁽⁷⁾ The internal name is what must be used in Picard scripts. 


     Picard tags in cyan are not known by MusicBee, and thus need need to be created before they can be used. 

     Picard tags in red differ between Picard and MusicBee. So they require mapping before they can be used. 

how to perform tag mapping      For tags not yet known to MusicBee:            Create a custom tag for the desired tag:               1. Preferences > Tags (1) > Define New Tags…               2. under 'identifier', enter a name for the desired tag               3. fill-in each audio codec field with the tag name you have found in the tables               4. optional: use the 'Configure Fields…' button to define if the tag is a date, or a text field               5. save and close that panel               6. in the previous Tags (1) panel, enter a unique name for the new tag under 'display name' in one of the 16 available custom tag slots               7. use the drop-down button on the right to find the newly created tag and select it               8. after saving the new tag is available and can be used just like any other tag               ☛  for a more detailed how-to including screenshots see here      For tags that have a different tag field name between Picard and MusicBee:            Option 1  –  modify Picard:                • Create a script for Picard that makes sure that the desired tag gets saved using the same tag name as MusicBee.                e.g. to align Picard's and MusicBee's 'original year':                $set(ORIGYEAR,%originaldate%)           Option 2  –  modify MusicBee                • Open MusicBee's Configuration.xml file, find the 'Tag id=' entries for the different tag fields,  and edit them to your liking.                e.g. to align Picard's and MusicBee's 'original year':  (for VorbisComments)                <Tag id="Original Year" id3v23=… id3v24=… wma=… vorbisComments="ORIGINALDATE" mpeg=… ape2=… />

[hiccup]

 
part 2:  M4A · WMA · APE · WV
 
 

Picard	------MusicBee------	Picard	MusicBee	Picard	MusicBee	Picard	MusicBee
name internal name (7)	name	MPEG-4 .m4a  .mp4	MPEG-4 .m4a  .mp4	Windows Media .wma  .asf	Windows Media .wma  .asf	APEv2 .ape  .wv	APEv2 .ape  .wv
AcoustID acoustid_id		Acoustid Id		Acoustid/Id		ACOUSTID_ID
AcoustID Fingerprint acoustid_fingerprint		Acoustid Fingerprint		Acoustid/Fingerprint		ACOUSTID_FINGERPRINT
Album album	Album	©alb	©alb	WM/AlbumTitle	WM/AlbumTitle	Album	Album
Album Artist albumartist	Album Artist	aART	aART	WM/AlbumArtist	WM/AlbumArtist	Album Artist	Album Artist
Album Artist Sort Order albumartistsort	Sort Album Artist	soaa	soaa	WM/AlbumArtistSortOrder	ALBUMARTISTSORT	ALBUMARTISTSORT	AlbumArtistSort
Album Sort Order  (1) albumsort	Sort Album	soal	soal	WM/AlbumSortOrder	ALBUMSORT	ALBUMSORT	AlbumSort
Arranger arranger	Involved People List	n/a	INVOLVEDPEOPLE	n/a	INVOLVEDPEOPLE	Arranger
Artist artist	Artist	©art	©art	Author	Author	Artist	Artist
Artist Sort Order artistsort	Sort Artist	soar	soar	WM/ArtistSortOrder	ARTISTSORT	ARTISTSORT	ArtistSort
Artists artists		ARTISTS		WM/ARTISTS		Artists
ASIN asin		ASIN		ASIN		ASIN
Barcode barcode		BARCODE		WM/Barcode		Barcode
BPM  (1) bpm	BPM	tmpo	tmpo	WM/BeatsPerMinute	WM/BeatsPerMinute	BPM	BPM
Catalog Number catalognumber		CATALOGNUMBER		WM/CatalogNo		CatalogNumber
Comment  (1) comment:description	Comment	©cmt	©cmt	Description	Description	Comment	Comment
Compilation (iTunes) compilation	iTunes Compilation	cpil	cpil	WM/IsCompilation	COMPILATION	Compilation	Compilation
Composer composer	Composer	©wrt	©wrt	WM/Composer	WM/Composer	Composer	Composer
Composer Sort Order composersort	Sort Composer	soco	soco	WM/ComposerSortOrder	COMPOSERSORT	COMPOSERSORT	ComposerSort
Conductor conductor	Conductor	CONDUCTOR	©con	WM/Conductor	WM/Conductor	Conductor	Conductor
conductor_sort  (1)		conductor_sort		n/a
Copyright  (1) copyright	Copyright	cprt	cprt	Copyright	Copyright	Copyright	Copyright
Director director		©dir		WM/Director		Director
Disc Number discnumber	Disc#	disk	disk	WM/PartOfSet	WM/PartOfSet	Disc	Disc
Disc Subtitle discsubtitle	Set Subtitle	DISCSUBTITLE	SETSUBTITLE	WM/SetSubTitle	SetSubTitle	DiscSubtitle	SetSubtitle
Encoded By  (1) encodedby		©too		WM/EncodedBy		EncodedBy
Encoder Settings  (1) encodersettings	Encoder Settings	n/a	ENCODERSETTINGS	WM/EncodingSettings	WM/EncodingSettings	EncoderSettings	EncoderSettings
Engineer engineer	Involved People List	ENGINEER	INVOLVEDPEOPLE	WM/Engineer	INVOLVEDPEOPLE	Engineer
Genre genre	Genre	©gen	©gen	WM/Genre	WM/Genre	Genre	Genre
		Picard m4a	MusicBee m4a	Picard .wma  .asf	MusicBee .wma  .asf	Picard
Grouping  (1) grouping	Grouping	©grp	©grp	WM/ContentGroupDescription	WM/ContentGroupDescription	Grouping	ContentGroup
Initial Key key	Initial Key	initialkey	INITIALKEY	WM/InitialKey	WM/InitialKey	KEY	InitialKey
ISRC isrc	ISRC	ISRC	ISRC	WM/ISRC	WM/ISRC	ISRC	ISRC
Language language	Language	LANGUAGE	LANGUAGE	WM/Language	WM/Language	Language	Language
License license	WWW Copyright	LICENSE	WWWCOPYRIGHT	n/a	CopyrightURL	LICENSE	WWWcopyright
Lyricist lyricist	Lyricist	LYRICIST	LYRICIST	WM/Writer	WM/Writer	Lyricist	Lyricist
Lyrics  (1) lyrics:description	Lyrics	©lyr	©lyr	WM/Lyrics	WM/Lyrics	Lyrics	Lyrics
Media media	Media Type	MEDIA	MEDIATYPE	WM/Media	MEDIATYPE	Media	MediaType
Mix-DJ djmixer	Involved People List	DJMIXER	INVOLVEDPEOPLE	WM/DJMixer	INVOLVEDPEOPLE	DJMixer
Mixer mixer	Involved People List	MIXER	INVOLVEDPEOPLE	WM/Mixer	INVOLVEDPEOPLE	Mixer	MIXARTIST
Mood  (1) mood	Mood	MOOD	MOOD	WM/Mood	WM/Mood	Mood	Mood
Movement  (1) movement	Movement Name	©mvn	©mvn	n/a	MOVEMENTNAME	MOVEMENTNAME	MOVEMENTNAME
Movement Count  (1) movementtotal	Movement Count	mvc	mvc	n/a	MOVEMENTTOTAL	MOVEMENTTOTAL	MOVEMENTTOTAL
Movement Number  (1) movementnumber	Movement#	mvi	mvi	n/a	MOVEMENT	MOVEMENT	MOVEMENT
MusicBrainz Artist ID musicbrainz_artistid		MusicBrainz Artist Id		MusicBrainz/Artist Id		MUSICBRAINZ_ARTISTID
MusicBrainz Disc ID musicbrainz_discid		MusicBrainz Disc Id		MusicBrainz/Disc Id		MUSICBRAINZ_DISCID
MusicBrainz Original Artist ID musicbrainz_originalartistid		MusicBrainz Original Artist Id		MusicBrainz/Original Artist Id		n/a
MusicBrainz Original Release ID musicbrainz_originalalbumid		MusicBrainz Original Album Id		MusicBrainz/Original Album Id		n/a
MusicBrainz Recording ID musicbrainz_recordingid		MusicBrainz Track Id		MusicBrainz/Track Id		MUSICBRAINZ_TRACKID
MusicBrainz Release Artist ID musicbrainz_albumartistid		MusicBrainz Album Artist Id		MusicBrainz/Album Artist Id		MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMARTISTID
MusicBrainz Release Group ID musicbrainz_releasegroupid		MusicBrainz Release Group Id		MusicBrainz/Release Group Id		MUSICBRAINZ_RELEASEGROUPID
MusicBrainz Release ID musicbrainz_albumid		MusicBrainz Album Id		MusicBrainz/Album Id		MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMID
MusicBrainz Track ID musicbrainz_trackid		MusicBrainz Release Track Id		MusicBrainz/Release Track Id		MUSICBRAINZ_RELEASETRACKID
MusicBrainz Work ID musicbrainz_workid		MusicBrainz Work Id		MusicBrainz/Work Id		MUSICBRAINZ_WORKID
Original Album originalalbum	Original Album	n/a see MusicBrainz Original Release ID	ORIGALBUM	WM/OriginalAlbumTitle	WM/OriginalAlbumTitle	n/a
Original Artist originalartist	Original Artist	n/a see: MusicBrainz Original Artist ID	ORIGARTIST	WM/OriginalArtist	WM/OriginalArtist	Original Artist	OrigArtist
Original Filename originalfilename	Original Filename	n/a	ORIGFILENAME	WM/OriginalFilename	WM/OriginalFilename	ORIGINALFILENAME
Original Release Date  (5) originaldate	Original Year	n/a	ORIGYEAR	WM/OriginalReleaseTime	WM/OriginalReleaseYear	n/a
Original Release Year  (2) originalyear		n/a		WM/OriginalReleaseYear		ORIGINALYEAR	OrigYear
Part  (1)		part		n/a
		Picard m4a	MusicBee m4a	Picard .wma  .asf	MusicBee .wma  .asf	Picard APEv2	MusicBee APEv2
Performer performer:instrument	Artists: Performer	performer	PERFORMER	n/a	Performer	Performer={artist} (instrument)
Producer producer	Involved People List	PRODUCER	INVOLVEDPEOPLE	WM/Producer	INVOLVEDPEOPLE	Producer
Rating _rating	Rating	n/a	rate	WM/SharedUserRating	WM/SharedUserRating	n/a	Rating
Record Label label	Publisher	LABEL	©pub	WM/Publisher	WM/Publisher	Label	Publisher
Release Country releasecountry		MusicBrainz Album Release Country		MusicBrainz/Album Release Country		RELEASECOUNTRY
Date	Year	©day	©day	WM/Year	WM/Year
Release Date date	Episode Date	RELEASEDATE	RELEASETIME	n/a	WM/ReleaseTime	Year	Year
Release Status releasestatus		MusicBrainz Album Status		MusicBrainz/Album Status		MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMSTATUS
Release Type releasetype		MusicBrainz Album Type		MusicBrainz/Album Type		MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMTYPE
Remixer remixer	Mix Artist	REMIXER	MIXARTIST	WM/ModifiedBy	MIXARTIST	MixArtist	Remixer
ReplayGain Album Gain replaygain_album_gain		REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_GAIN	replaygain_album_gain	REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_GAIN	replaygain_album_gain	REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_GAIN	replaygain_album_gain
ReplayGain Album Peak replaygain_album_peak		REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_PEAK	replaygain_album_peak	REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_PEAK	replaygain_album_peak	REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_PEAK	replaygain_album_peak
ReplayGain Album Range replaygain_album_range		REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_RANGE		REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_RANGE		REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_RANGE
ReplayGain Reference Loudness replaygain_reference_loudness		REPLAYGAIN_REFERENCE_LOUDNESS		REPLAYGAIN_REFERENCE_LOUDNESS		REPLAYGAIN_REFERENCE_LOUDNESS
ReplayGain Track Gain replaygain_track_gain		REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN	replaygain_track_gain	REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN	replaygain_track_gain	REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN	replaygain_track_gain
ReplayGain Track Peak replaygain_track_peak		REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK	replaygain_track_peak	REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK	replaygain_track_peak	REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK	replaygain_track_peak
ReplayGain Track Range replaygain_track_range		REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_RANGE		REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_RANGE		REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_RANGE
Script script		SCRIPT		WM/Script		Script
Show Work & Movement  (1) showmovement		shwm		n/a		SHOWMOVEMENT	SHOWMOVEMENT
Subtitle  (1) subtitle	Subtitle	SUBTITLE	SUBTITLE	WM/SubTitle	WM/SubTitle	Subtitle	Subtitle
Total Discs totaldiscs	Disc Count	disk	disk	WM/PartOfSet	foobar2000/TOTALDISCS	Disc	Disc
Total Tracks totaltracks	Track Count	trkn	trkn	n/a	TOTALTRACKS	Track
Track Number tracknumber	Track#	trkn	trkn	WM/TrackNumber	WM/TrackNumber	Track	Track
Track Title title	Title	©nam	©nam	Title	Title	Title	Title
Track Title Sort Order  (1) titlesort	Sort Title	sonm	sonm	WM/TitleSortOrder	TITLESORT	TITLESORT	TitleSort
Website website	WWW Artist	n/a	WWWARTIST	WM/AuthorURL	WM/AuthorURL	Weblink	WWWArtist
Work Title work	Work	©wrk	©wrk	WM/Work	WORK	WORK	WORK
Writer  (3) writer		n/a		n/a		Writer

 
 
       ⁽¹⁾ Doesn't get populated by stock Picard. May be used and populated by certain plugins.
       ⁽²⁾ Doesn't get populated by stock Picard. Needs a script to get written to a tag.
       ⁽³⁾ Used when uncertain whether composer or lyricist.
       ⁽⁴⁾ When Picard is set to: 'Save iTunes compatible grouping and work'.
       ⁽⁵⁾ Taken from the earliest release in the release group.
       ⁽⁶⁾ For compatibility reasons the date tag gets filled with the release date from MusicBrainz.
           This is how most software interprets this tag. Since Picard 2.9 the separate releasedate exists for use by scripts and plugins, but is not filled by default.
       ⁽⁷⁾ The internal name is what must be used for Picard scripts.
 
 
 

how to perform tag mapping        For tags not yet known to MusicBee:             •  Create a custom tag for the desired tag:                   1.  Preferences > Tags (1) > Define New Tags…                   2.  under 'identifier', enter a name for the desired tag                   3.  fill-in each audio codec field with the tag name you have found in the tables                   4.  optional: use the 'Configure Fields…' button to define if the tag is a date, or a text field                   5.  save and close that panel                   6.  in the previous Tags (1) panel, enter a unique name for the new tag under 'display name' in one of the 16 available custom tag slots                   7.  use the drop-down button on the right to find the newly created tag and select it                   8.  after saving the new tag is available and can be used just like any other tag                   ☛  for a more detailed how-to including screenshots see here        For tags that have a different tag field name between Picard and MusicBee:             •  Option 1:  Create a script for Picard that makes sure that the desired tag gets saved using the same tag name as MusicBee.                                e.g.: $set(ORIGYEAR,%originaldate%)             •  Option 2:  Open MusicBee's Configuration.xml file, find the 'Tag id=' entries for the different tag fields,  and edit them to your liking.                                 e.g. for VorbisComments:  <Tag id="Original Year" id3v23=… id3v24=… wma=… vorbisComments="ORIGINALDATE" mpeg=… ape2=… />

 

[Dizza17]

Hi,
Just my two cents regarding the Musician Credits mystery. Using ID3 2.4,  the artist splitter is what writes the Artist: Performer tag which appears in the tag inspector as Musician Credits tag. I do recall Steven saying that MB only reads the Musician Credits tag not write it. To add to the confusion, the bible of tags table has Artist: Performer being populated by the TXXX/Performer.

[hiccup]

Using ID3 2.4,  the artist splitter is what writes the Artist: Performer tag which appears in the tag inspector as Musician Credits tag.

Are you sure about that?
For me it will show under TXXX/PERFORMER

To add to the confusion, the bible of tags table has Artist: Performer being populated by the TXXX/Performer.

What I believe is correct. What is it that you find confusing?





The Picard - MusicBee mapping table below did contain some errors regarding 'performer'.
I have just corrected those and updated the tables.


P.S.
I myself find it very rare that Picard ever writes a plain 'performer' tag though. The performers are—luckily—almost always defined including their instrument/role.
So it may be a very rare tag for other users too?

[karbock]

@hiccup

• Thanks a lot for the Picard tables!
  I couldn't have built them up so fast and so well (since I've never used Picard, to begin with). I don't see a reason to adapt the layout and it's better that you keep ownership of those posts so as to be able to update them when needed. I'll add the references to the TOC and adapt the thread title. DONE.
• Volume adjustment: the tag is written in .mp3 files only. For next update. DONE.
• Show movement: for next update. DONE.
• Release time: IS NOW APART FROM Episode date.
  the values in the table were taken from Configuration.xml, and are conform to what I observed when testing:
  TXXX/TDRL in an mp3 ID3v2.3.
• Musician Credits List: REMOVED
  the values were also from Configuration.xml, but I hadn't tested the tag so far. When testing this evening, "Musician Credits List" seemed inaccessible: impossible to add it as custom tag or refer to it in a virtual tag. Then I found a discussion between Steven and other fellow forum members (in 2017) about that very tag. In particular this reply and subsequent ones.
  "Musician Credits List" is now deprecated and replaced by "Artists: Performers". For more details, consult the latter link.
  Plus this quote: "both Involved People and Musician Credits are saving to one tag now for Mp3 files" (Steven, 2017-02-02).
• Next week, I should have a bit more spare time to analyse the artist splitter in detail, and wish to present the following tags in a separate reply of this thread:
   DONE.
  - Artists: Artist
  - Artists: Guest
  - Artists: Performer
  - Artists: Remixer
  - Display artist
  

[hiccup]

Plus this quote: "both Involved People and Musician Credits are saving to one tag now for Mp3 files" (Steven, 2017-02-02).[/li][/list]

One thing to mention that may have confused some in the discussion:
When an artist is credited to be just a performer (without an instrument or other role specified), that one will save under a separate tag from the other performers.

And perhaps also good to know:
A tool such as Picard will write roles such as producers and arrangers to the TIPL tag.  (involved people list)
Which is correct, since they are not performers or musicians.

But MusicBee does not have that tag available by default. (not sure why)
So you will need to create a custom tag for it before you can use it.