

MP3 files store tag information ("metadata", or data about data) in "ID3" tags. See also these forum threads on library management and cataloguing tools. Imports from, , MusicBrainz, Discogs & Amazon kid3 - Linux - Free - Powerful id3 tagger designed for KDE on Linux (eg Kubuntu).
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Tag&Rename - Windows - 30-day free trial.MP3 Tag Editor - Windows - 30-day free trial.Puddletag - Linux - lookalike for mp3tag but native on Linux.
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JRiver Media Center - Windows - 30-day free trial, $40 thereafter.Foobar2000 - Windows - Free - Media player with a powerful yet simple tagging interface.Ex Falso - Linux (also available from the Ubuntu and Debian repositories) - Free, Open Source - handles MP3, OGG, FLAC and more.ExcelTagger - Windows - Free - Microsoft Excel addin that allows you to load, edit and save music tags from Excel.EasyTAG - Windows/Mac/Linux/BSD (GTK based) - Free, Open Source.Again, there are many, here are a few of the good ones: To fix tagging errors after the event you will want a good tagging tool. If you listen to a lot of Classical music you will need to take special care - see BeginnersGuideToClassical. Its especially irritating if you find you have several slightly different spellings of an Artist name for various albums. More often you will find subtle or not-so-subtle errors, which you should try to correct. The ripping tools in BeginnersGuideToRipping will, given half a chance, automatically download information about your CD from an internet database (freedb, cddb) and populate the Tags (such as Artist, Album, Title and potentially many more) in your files.īut beware: occasionally you will find a CD that isn't already listed in the database (in which case you can do the decent thing - create the tags and then submit them for others to use).
