Tag field mappings

Tag fields in Mp3tag

This table below gives an overview of all ID3v2 / WMA tag fields available with Mp3tag, their names in Mp3tag and their use in other programs.
You can edit these tag fields through the extended tag dialog, add custom field to the Tag Panel via 'Options > Tag Panel' or customize the file list columns using these field names.

Please note that fields of VorbisComments (used with FLAC, OGG, SPX) and of APEv2 tags are not mapped internally by Mp3tag but are displayed with their actual name.

In case you need to change one of the mappings (e.g., for using consistent field names accross formats), you can create User-defined Field Mappings.

ID3v2 / WMA tag fields

Name in Mp3tag ID3v2.3 ID3v2.4 WMA iTunes WMP 10 Winamp
ALBUM TALB " WM/AlbumTitle Album Album Album
ALBUMSORTORDER TSOA " WM/AlbumSortOrder      
ARTIST TPE1 " Author Artist Artist Artist
ARTISTSORTORDER TSOP " WM/ArtistSortOrder      
BAND TPE2 " WM/AlbumArtist Album Artist Album Artist Album Artist
BANDSORTORDER TSO2 " Album Artist Sort Order
BPM TBPM " WM/BeatsPerMinute BPM Beats per minute  
COMMENT COMM " Description Comments Comments Comment
COMPOSER TCOM " WM/Composer Composer Composer Composer
COMPOSERSORTORDER TSOC " Composer Sort Order
CONDUCTOR TPE3 " WM/Conductor   Conductor  
CONTENTGROUP TIT1 " WM/ContentGroupDescription Grouping Music category description  
COPYRIGHT TCOP " Copyright     Copyright
DATE TDAT          
DISCNUMBER TPOS " WM/PartOfSet Disc Number Set  
ENCODEDBY TENC " WM/EncodedBy     Encoded by
ENCODINGTIME   TDEN WM/EncodingTime      
ENCODERSETTINGS TSSE " WM/EncodingSettings      
FILEOWNER TOWN "        
FILETYPE TFLT "        
GENRE TCON " WM/Genre Genre Genre Genre
INITIALKEY TKEY " WM/InitialKey   Key  
INVOLVEDPEOPLE * IPLS TIPL        
ITUNESCOMPILATION * TCMP "   Part of a compilation    
ITUNESPODCAST * PCST "        
ITUNESPODCASTCATEGORY * TCAT "        
ITUNESPODCASTDESC * TDES "        
ITUNESPODCASTID * TGID "        
ITUNESPODCASTURL * WFED "        
ISRC TSRC " WM/ISRC      
LANGUAGE TLAN " WM/Language   Language  
LENGTH TLEN "        
LYRICIST TEXT "     Lyricist  
MEDIATYPE TMED "        
MIXARTIST TPE4 "        
MOOD   TMOO WM/Mood      
MUSICIANCREDITS *   TMCL        
NETRADIOOWNER TRSO "        
NETRADIOSTATION TRSN "        
ORIGALBUM TOAL " WM/OriginalAlbumTitle      
ORIGARTIST TOPE " WM/OriginalArtist   Original Artist Orig. Artist
ORIGFILENAME TOFN " WM/OriginalFilename      
ORIGLYRICIST TOLY " WM/OriginalLyricist   Original lyricist  
ORIGYEAR TORY TDOR WM/OriginalReleaseYear      
POPULARIMETER * POPM "     Rating  
PUBLISHER TPUB " WM/Publisher      
RATING MM * POPM " WM/SharedUserRating   Rating  
RATING WMP * POPM " WM/SharedUserRating   Rating  
RELEASETIME TDRL "        
SETSUBTITLE   TSST        
SUBTITLE TIT3 " WM/SubTitle   Subtitle  
TAGGINGTIME   TDTG        
TITLE TIT2 " Title Name Title Title
TITLESORTORDER TSOT " WM/TitleSortOrder      
TRACK TRCK " WM/TrackNumber Track Number Track number Track #
UNSYNCEDLYRICS * USLT " WM/Lyrics Lyrics Lyrics  
WWWARTIST WOAR " WM/AuthorURL   Official artist Web site  
WWWAUDIOFILE WOAF " WM/AudioFileURL   Official audio file information  
WWWAUDIOSOURCE WOAS " WM/AudioSourceURL   Official audio source  
WWWCOMMERCIALINFO WCOM " WM/PromotionURL      
WWWCOPYRIGHT WCOP " CopyrightURL      
WWWPUBLISHER WPUB "        
WWWPAYMENT WPAY "        
WWWRADIOPAGE WORS "        
WWW WXXX "     Other Web sites URL
YEAR TYER TDRC WM/Year Year   Year
Other fields TXXX " field name      
INVOLVEDPEOPLE, MUSICIANCREDITS

Syntax: Role1:Person1;Role2:Person2; ...
Example: Singer:Robbie Williams;

ITUNESCOMPILATION

Syntax: Either enter the value 1 or delete the field
Note: Unofficial field that is only used by iTunes/iPod to mark albums as sampler.

ITUNESPODCAST

Syntax: Either enter the value 1 or delete the field
Note: Unofficial field that is only used by iTunes/iPod to mark tracks as podcasts.

POPULARIMETER

This description is for only ID3v2 tags. The playcounter is an optional value.

Syntax: Email|Rating|Playcounter
Example: Mp3tag|255|5
Note: The Rating is an integer between 0 (worst) and 255 (best).

RATING MM

Track rating from 1 = Bad to 5 = Very good like MediaMonkey does it. You can also enter stars * (and - for half stars) for rating the track.

RATING WMP

Track rating from 1 = Bad to 5 = Very good like Windows Media Player does it. You can also enter stars * for rating the track.

UNSYNCEDLYRICS

Syntax: xxx||Lyrics
Note: xxx = Language of the lyrics, abbreviated by 3 characters according to ISO-639-2.

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