Comments on: How to edit MP3, FLAC, AAC, APE and OGG tags (metadata)

By: Florian

Florian — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:53:42 +0000

@Bytales Why not just wrap your AAC in a MP4 container and use Mp3tag to edit those?

The problem with ID3v2 on AAC is that it’s a hack. AAC has no specified tagging format and throwing random tags at those files might break or at least confuse other programs or devices.

By: Bytales

Bytales — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:02:32 +0000

I hate this program because it is allmost perfect, allmost because it can’t edit id3v2 tags in aac files. When i asked on their forum why this feature isn’t supported, i learned this feature is not supported for no apparent reason. That’s a major pain in the ass, because creator of the programs won’t even consider in supporting this feature in future updates

By: Florian

Florian — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:35:12 +0000

@Bohdan Have a look at ‘Converter > Filename – Tag’ in Mp3tag where you can extract filenames based on a pattern.

In your example it would be “%artist% – %title%” or “%track% %title%”.

By: Bohdan

Bohdan — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:32:02 +0000

I’ve recently looked for a mp3-tagger.
The important feature that this application lacks is a capability to extract tags from filenames based on a pattern.
Because typically my files are somehow named (”Beatles – Something” or “01 Accros the Universe”), I could just select a bunch of files, preview auto-generated tags, and click “Apply”.

Unfortunately, I didn’t find a free app to do this.

By: Florian

Florian — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:21:57 +0000

No, it’s only a tagger (and a little bit more ). For conversion you can use something like foobar2000 or dbPowerAmp.

By: trixie

trixie — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:43:55 +0000

Can I convert .wav files to .mp3 files and if Yes how do I do it?
Thanks.

By: Florian

Florian — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:00:20 +0000

Thanks for the nice introductory tutorial!

Regarding the save button: you can also enable Options > Tags > Save tags when using arrow keys/single mouse click to let Mp3tag automatically save your changes as soon as you switch to another file.

By: Andy T.

Andy T. — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:37:35 +0000

mp3tag is pure genius! If you prefer well tagged audio files and have a huge collection then this program really is a great benefit! Worth every donation IMHO.