About Track Properties

Shown below is a table of all properties stored in the Library vs. which properties are stored in Tags. 'Yes' indicates that the information is included in the tag, 'No' indicates that it isn't, and 'Non-Standard' indicates that it is included, but that no clear stardard exists for how this field should be tagged, and consequently it may not be readable by other media players. Tags enclosed in square brackets are read but not written.

Property MP3 (ID3v2) OGG / FLAC WMA AAC (M4A, M4P) MPC (APEv2 ‡) APE (APEv2 ‡) WAV (RIFF)*
Track Title Yes (TIT2) Yes (TITLE) Yes (Title) Yes (nam) Yes Yes Yes (INAM, TIT2[ID3])
Track Artist Yes (TPE1) Yes (ARTIST) Yes (Author) Yes (art) Yes Yes Yes (IART, TPE1[ID3])
Album Yes (TALB) Yes (ALBUM) Yes (Album Title) Yes (alb) Yes Yes Yes (IPRD, IALB[CART], TALB[ID3)
Album Artist Yes (TPE2) Yes (ALBUMARTIST, [ALBUM ARTIST], [ENSEMBLE]) Yes (Album Artist) Yes (aART) Yes Yes Yes (IAAR)
Date (Year) Yes (TDRC, TYER) Yes (YEAR,DATE) Yes (Year, OriginalReleaseTime) Yes (day) Yes-year only Yes-year only Yes (ICRD, IYER[CART], TDRL & TYER[ID3])
Genre Yes (TCON) Yes (GENRE) Yes (Genre) Yes (gen,gnre) Yes Yes Yes (IGNR, IGRE[CART], TCON[ID3])
Disc # Yes (TPOS) Yes (DISCNUMBER,DISC) Yes (PartOfSet) Yes (disk) Yes Yes No
Track # Yes (TRCK) Yes (TRACKNUMBER) Yes (Track/Track#) Yes (trkn) Yes Yes Yes (ITRK, TRCK[ID3])
Rating Non-Standard (POPM) Non-Standard (RATING) Non-Standard (SharedUserRating) Non-Standard (rate) Yes Yes Yes (IRTD)
Comment Yes (COMM) Yes (COMMENT [DESCRIPTION]) Yes (Description) Yes (cmt) Yes Yes Yes (ICMT, COMM[ID3])
Album Comment No No No No No No No
Album Art Yes (folder or tag APIC) Non-Standard (folder or COVERARTCOUNT, COVERARTMIMEx, COVERARTDESCRIPTIONx, COVERARTFILELINKx, COVERARTTYPEx, COVERARTx (Base64 encoded)) Yes (folder or tag) Yes (covr) + non-standard (AApr, AMIM, Adcp, Apty) No (folder only) No (folder only) No (folder only)
Grouping Yes (TIT1) Yes (GROUPING) Yes (ContentGroupDescription) Yes (cgrp) Yes Yes No
Composer Yes (TCOM) Yes (COMPOSER) Yes (Composer) Yes (wrt) Yes Yes Yes (IMUS)
Conductor Yes (TPE3) Yes (CONDUCTOR) Yes (Conductor) Non-Standard (cond) Yes Yes No (ITCH)
Lyricist Yes (TEXT) Yes (LYRICIST) Yes (Writer) Non-Standard (lyrc) Yes Yes Yes (IWRI)
Involved People Yes (IPLS) Non-Standard (INVOLVED PEOPLE) No Non-Standard (peop) Non-Standard (Involved People) Non-Standard (Involved People) No
Original Title Yes (TOAL) Non-Standard (ORIGINAL TITLE or ORIGINAL ALBUM) Yes (OriginalAlbumTitle)

Non-Standard (otit)

Non-Standard (Original Title) Non-Standard (Original Title) No
Original Artist Yes (TOPE) Non-Standard (ORIGINAL ARTIST) Yes (OriginalArtist) Non-Standard (oart) Non-Standard (Original Artist) Non-Standard (Original Artist) No
Original Lyricist Yes (TOLY) Non-Standard (ORIGINAL LYRICIST) Yes (OriginalLyricist) Non-Standard (olyr) Non-Standard (Original Lyricist) Non-Standard (Original Artist) No
Original Date (Year) Yes (TORY) Non-Standard & partial. (ORIGINAL YEAR) Yes (OriginalReleaseYear) Non-Standard (oday) Non-Standard (Original Date) Non-Standard (Original Date) No
Beats Per Minute Yes (TBPM) Yes (BPM) Yes (BeatsPerMinute) Yes (tmpo) Yes Yes No
ISRC Yes (TSRC) Yes (ISRC) Yes (ISRC) Non-Standard (isrc) Yes No Yes (ISRC)
Publisher Yes (TPUB) Yes (ORGANIZATION) Yes (Publisher) Non-Standard (publ) Yes Yes Yes (ICMS)
Encoder Yes (TSSE) Yes (ENCODER) Yes (ToolName) Yes (ctoo) Yes Yes Yes (ISFT, TSSE[ID3])
Copyright Yes (TCOP) Yes (COPYRIGHT) Yes (Copyright) Yes (cprt) Yes Yes Yes (ICOP, BCPR[CART], TENC[ID3])
Classification: Tempo Non-Standard † (COMM:Songs-DB_Tempo) Non-Standard (TEMPO) Non-Standard (Tempo) Non-Standard (empo) Non-Standard (Tempo) Non-Standard (Tempo) No
Classification: Mood Yes (TMOO) † Yes (MOOD) Yes (Mood) Non-Standard (mood) Yes Yes No
Classification: Occasion Non-Standard † (COMM:Songs-DB_Occasion) Non-Standard (OCCASION) Non-Standard (Occasion) Non-Standard (occa) Non-Standard (Occasion) Non-Standard (Occasion) No
Classification: Quality Non-Standard (COMM:Songs-DB_Preference) Non-Standard (QUALITY) Non-Standard (Quality) Non-Standard (qual) Non-Standard (Quality) Non-Standard (Quality) No
Lyrics Yes (USLT) Yes (LYRICS) Yes (Lyrics) Yes (lyr) Yes Yes No
Custom Field X Non-Standard (COMM:Songs-DB_CustomX) Non-Standard (CUSTOMX) Non-Standard (UserCustomX) Non-Standard (cusX) Non-Standard (CustomX) Non-Standard (CustomX) No
Volume Leveling Coefficient Yes (RVA2, RGAD, TXXX:replaygain_track_gain, replaygain_track_peak, replaygain_album_gain Yes (REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK, REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN, REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_GAIN) Non-Standard (replaygain_track_gain, replaygain_track_peak, replaygain_album_gain) Non-Standard (replaygain_track_gain, replaygain_track_peak, replaygain_album_gain) Yes Yes Yes
(ITGL - track gain, IRVA - peak level)
Play Counter (Played #) No No No No No No No
Related Library Entry (for Tracks on Virtual CD) No No No No No No No

‡ For MPC and APE Tracks, APEv1 tags are read if APEv2 tags are absent.

† Non-standard tag format originally implemented in MusicMatch is also read, but not written.

*CART chunks and ID3v2 are additionally supported (read-only) for MusicMatch and AudioGrabber compatibility, where indicated.

 

Other Library Elements

There are other portions of the libary that are saved to the database, but not stored in any other format:

Element Storage
Playlists Playlists can be exported as .m3u files via Tools > Scripts > Export all Playlists .
AutoPlaylists AutoPlaylists are Library constructs that can't be exported.
Podcasts A list of Podcast subscriptions can be exported as .OPML files via Tools > Scripts > Export subscribed Podcasts.
Virtual CD Virtual CDs are library constructs that can't be exported, though it is possible to create playlists for those files and copy them directly from the hard drive.
Configuration Sync, Filter, and other configuration data are stored to .ini files, the database, and the registry and cannot be exported.
Playcounts Playcounts are stored to the database only.