https://wiki.musicbrainz.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=PROTechThor&feedformat=atomMusicBrainz Wiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T05:23:25ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.39.4https://wiki.musicbrainz.org/index.php?title=MusicBrainz_Entity&diff=73125MusicBrainz Entity2018-12-03T14:44:58Z<p>PROTechThor: /* Entity Types */</p>
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== Entity Types ==<br />
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=== Normal Entities ===<br />
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==== [[Artist]] ==== <br />
: An artist is generally a musician, group of musicians, a collaboration of multiple musicians or other music professionals who contribute to works described in the [[MusicBrainz Database]]. They can also be a non-musical person (like a photographer, an illustrator, or a poet whose writings are set to music), or even a [[Fictitious_Artist|fictional character]].<br />
:'''[[Artist_Credits|Artist credits]]''' are a list of artists, variations of artist names and pieces of text to join the artist names.<br />
==== [[Event]] ====<br />
: An organised event which people can attend, and is relevant to MusicBrainz. Events generally refer to live performances, like concerts and festivals. <br />
==== [[Label]] ====<br />
: Labels are generally imprints on [[release]]s, and to a lesser extent, the record companies behind those imprints.<br />
==== [[Place]] ====<br />
: Places are areas smaller than a geographical region (like a building or an outdoor area) used to perform or produce music. It could range from a stadium to a religious building to an indoor arena. <br />
==== [[Recording]] ====<br />
: Recordings are unique audio data. It has a title, [[artist credit]], and duration. Recordings can be linked to tracks on releases. Each track must always be associated with a single recording, but a recording can be linked to any number of tracks. <br />
==== [[Release]] ====<br />
: Releases are real-world release objects (like a physical album) that you can buy in your music store. When a musical product is issued on a specific date with specific information such as the country, label, barcode and packaging, it is a release.<br />
: A '''[[medium]]''' is a piece of media included in a release. It contains information about the format, position in the release and an optional title as well as a list of tracks. Several media exist, including but not limited to: CD, 12" vinyl, digital media. A medium normally has a tracklist.<br />
: A '''[[track]]''' contains a link to a [[recording]], title, [[artist credit]] and the position on the [[medium]]. A track is different from a recording in that it is unique to a release; a number of different releases can contain the same recording.<br />
==== [[Release Group]] ====<br />
: Release groups are an abstract "album" entity. Technically it's a group of releases, with a specified type. <br />
==== [[Series]] ====<br />
: A series is a sequence of separate release groups, releases, recordings, works or events with a common theme. The theme is usually prominent in the branding of the entities in the series and the individual entities will often have been given a number indicating the position in the series. <br />
==== [[URL]] ====<br />
: A URL represents a regular Internet [[wikipedia:Uniform_Resource_Locator|Uniform Resource Locator]] and an associated description of that URL. <br />
==== [[Work]] ====<br />
: A work is a distinct intellectual or artistic creation, which can be expressed in the form of one or more audio [[Recording|recordings]]. While a recording represents audio data, a work represents the composition behind the recording.<br />
=== Entities with editing restrictions ===<br />
The following entities can only be added by [https://musicbrainz.org/privileged privileged users]. See details on the specific entity page for more information on how to request getting new ones added.<br />
==== [[Area]] ====<br />
: Areas are historical and existing geographic regions. Areas include countries, sub-divisions, counties, municipalities, cities, districts and islands. <br />
==== [[Instrument]] ====<br />
: Instruments are devices created or adapted to make musical sounds. <br />
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[[Category:Documentation]] [[Category:Terminology]] [[Category:To Be Reviewed]]</div>PROTechThorhttps://wiki.musicbrainz.org/index.php?title=User:PROTechThor/MusicBrainz_Entity&diff=73124User:PROTechThor/MusicBrainz Entity2018-12-03T11:58:47Z<p>PROTechThor: /* Entity Types */</p>
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<div>== Entity Types ==<br />
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{{TopicVideo|video=JJ8ZIgUaxrI}}<br />
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=== Normal Entities ===<br />
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==== [[Artist]] ==== <br />
: An artist is generally a musician, group of musicians, a collaboration of multiple musicians or other music professionals who contribute to works described in the [[MusicBrainz Database]]. They can also be a non-musical person (like a photographer, an illustrator, or a poet whose writings are set to music), or even a [[Fictitious_Artist|fictional character]].<br />
:'''[[Artist_Credits|Artist credits]]''' are a list of artists, variations of artist names and pieces of text to join the artist names.<br />
==== [[Event]] ====<br />
: An organised event which people can attend, and is relevant to MusicBrainz. Events generally refer to live performances, like concerts and festivals. <br />
==== [[Label]] ====<br />
: Labels are generally imprints on [[release]]s, and to a lesser extent, the record companies behind those imprints.<br />
==== [[Place]] ====<br />
: Places are areas smaller than a geographical region (like a building or an outdoor area) used to perform or produce music. It could range from a stadium to a religious building to an indoor arena. <br />
==== [[Recording]] ====<br />
: Recordings are unique audio data. It has a title, [[artist credit]], and duration. Recordings can be linked to tracks on releases. Each track must always be associated with a single recording, but a recording can be linked to any number of tracks. <br />
==== [[Release]] ====<br />
: Releases are real-world release objects (like a physical album) that you can buy in your music store. When a musical product is issued on a specific date with specific information such as the country, label, barcode and packaging, it is a release.<br />
: A '''[[medium]]''' is a piece of media included in a release. It contains information about the format, position in the release and an optional title as well as a list of tracks. Several media exist, including but not limited to: CD, 12" vinyl, digital media. A medium normally has a tracklist.<br />
: A '''[[track]]''' contains a link to a [[recording]], title, [[artist credit]] and the position on the [[medium]]. A track is different from a recording in that it is unique to a release; a number of different releases can contain the same recording.<br />
==== [[Release Group]] ====<br />
: Release groups are an abstract "album" entity. Technically it's a group of releases, with a specified type. <br />
==== [[Series]] ====<br />
: A series is a sequence of separate release groups, releases, recordings, works or events with a common theme. The theme is usually prominent in the branding of the entities in the series and the individual entities will often have been given a number indicating the position in the series. <br />
==== [[URL]] ====<br />
: A URL represents a regular Internet [[wikipedia:Uniform_Resource_Locator|Uniform Resource Locator]] and an associated description of that URL. <br />
==== [[Work]] ====<br />
: A work is a distinct intellectual or artistic creation, which can be expressed in the form of one or more audio [[Recording|recordings]]. While a recording represents audio data, a work represents the composition behind the recording.<br />
=== Entities with editing restrictions ===<br />
The following entities can only be added by [https://musicbrainz.org/privileged privileged users]. See details on the specific entity page for more information on how to request getting new ones added.<br />
==== [[Area]] ====<br />
: Areas are historical and existing geographic regions. Areas include countries, sub-divisions, counties, municipalities, cities, districts and islands. <br />
==== [[Instrument]] ====<br />
: Instruments are devices created or adapted to make musical sounds. <br />
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[[Category:Documentation]] [[Category:Terminology]] [[Category:To Be Reviewed]]</div>PROTechThorhttps://wiki.musicbrainz.org/index.php?title=User:PROTechThor/MusicBrainz_Entity&diff=73123User:PROTechThor/MusicBrainz Entity2018-12-02T17:53:11Z<p>PROTechThor: /* Entity Types */</p>
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<div>== Entity Types ==<br />
<br />
{{TopicVideo|video=JJ8ZIgUaxrI}}<br />
<br />
=== Normal Entities ===<br />
<br />
==== [[Artist]] ==== <br />
: An artist is generally a musician, group of musicians, a collaboration of multiple musicians or other music professionals who contribute to works described in the [[MusicBrainz Database]] They can also be a non-musical person (like a photographer, an illustrator, or a poet whose writings are set to music), or even a [[Fictitious_Artist|fictional character]].<br />
:'''[[Artist_Credits|Artist credits]]''' are a list of artists, variations of artist names and pieces of text to join the artist names.<br />
==== [[Event]] ====<br />
: An organised event which people can attend, and is relevant to MusicBrainz. Events generally refer to live performances, like concerts and festivals. <br />
==== [[Label]] ====<br />
: Labels are generally imprints on [[release]]s, and to a lesser extent, the record companies behind those imprints.<br />
==== [[Place]] ====<br />
: Places are areas smaller than a geographical region (like a building or an outdoor area) used to perform or produce music. It could range from a stadium to a religious building to an indoor arena. <br />
==== [[Recording]] ====<br />
: Recordings are unique audio data. It has a title, [[artist credit]], and duration. Recordings can be linked to tracks on releases. Each track must always be associated with a single recording, but a recording can be linked to any number of tracks. <br />
==== [[Release]] ====<br />
: Releases are real-world release objects (like a physical album) that you can buy in your music store. When a musical product is issued on a specific date with specific information such as the country, label, barcode and packaging, it is a release.<br />
: A '''[[medium]]''' is a piece of media included in a release. It contains information about the format, position in the release and an optional title as well as a list of tracks. Several media exist, including but not limited to: CD, 12" vinyl, digital media. A medium normally has a tracklist.<br />
: A '''[[track]]''' contains a link to a [[recording]], title, [[artist credit]] and the position on the [[medium]]. A track is different from a recording in that it is unique to a release; a number of different releases can contain the same recording.<br />
==== [[Release Group]] ====<br />
: Release groups are an abstract "album" entity. Technically it's a group of releases, with a specified type. <br />
==== [[Series]] ====<br />
: A series is a sequence of separate release groups, releases, recordings, works or events with a common theme. The theme is usually prominent in the branding of the entities in the series and the individual entities will often have been given a number indicating the position in the series. <br />
==== [[URL]] ====<br />
: A URL represents a regular Internet [[wikipedia:Uniform_Resource_Locator|Uniform Resource Locator]] and an associated description of that URL. <br />
==== [[Work]] ====<br />
: A work is a distinct intellectual or artistic creation, which can be expressed in the form of one or more audio [[recording | recordings]]. While a recording represents audio data, a work represents the composition behind the recording.<br />
=== Entities with editing restrictions ===<br />
The following entities can only be added by [https://musicbrainz.org/privileged privileged users]. See details on the specific entity page for more information on how to request getting new ones added:<br />
==== [[Area]] ====<br />
: Areas are historical and existing geographic regions. Areas include countries, sub-divisions, counties, municipalities, cities, districts and islands. To request that an area be added to MusicBrainz, submit a bug request under the AREQ category. <br />
==== [[Instrument]] ====<br />
: Instruments are devices created or adapted to make musical sounds. Feel free to [[How_to_Add_Instruments|request an instrument]]. <br />
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[[Category:Documentation]] [[Category:Terminology]] [[Category:To Be Reviewed]]</div>PROTechThorhttps://wiki.musicbrainz.org/index.php?title=User:PROTechThor/MusicBrainz_Entity&diff=73122User:PROTechThor/MusicBrainz Entity2018-12-02T03:01:40Z<p>PROTechThor: /* Entity Types */</p>
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<div>== Entity Types ==<br />
<br />
{{TopicVideo|video=JJ8ZIgUaxrI}}<br />
<br />
=== Normal Entities ===<br />
<br />
==== [[Artist]] ==== <br />
:Artists are generally a musician, group of musicians, a collaboration of multiple musicians or other music professionals who contribute to works described in the [[MusicBrainz Database]] They can also be a non-musical person (like a photographer, an illustrator, or a poet whose writings are set to music), or even a [[Fictitious_Artist|fictional character]].<br />
:'''[[Artist_Credits|Artist credits]]''' are a list of artists, variations of artist names and pieces of text to join the artist names.<br />
==== [[Event]] ====<br />
: An organised event which people can attend, and is relevant to MusicBrainz. Events generally refer to live performances, like concerts and festivals. <br />
==== [[Label]] ====<br />
: Labels are generally imprints on [[release]]s, and to a lesser extent, the record companies behind those imprints.<br />
==== [[Place]] ====<br />
: Places are areas smaller than a geographical region (like a building or an outdoor area) used to perform or produce music. It could range from a stadium to a religious building to an indoor arena. <br />
==== [[Recording]] ====<br />
: Recordings are unique audio data. It has a title, [[artist credit]], duration, and [[ISRC]]s. Recordings can be linked to tracks on releases. Each track must always be associated with a single recording, but a recording can be linked to any number of tracks. <br />
==== [[Release]] ====<br />
: Releases are real-world release objects (like a physical album) that you can buy in your music store. When a musical product is issued on a specific date with specific information such as the country, label, barcode and packaging, it is a release.<br />
:A '''[[medium]]''' is a piece of media included in a release. It contains information about the format, position in the release and an optional title as well as a list of tracks. Several media exist, including but not limited to: CD, 12" vinyl, digital media. A medium normally has a tracklist.<br />
:A '''[[track]]''' contains a link to a [[recording]], title, [[artist credit]] and the position on the [[medium]]. A track is different from a recording in that it is unique to a release; a number of different releases can contain the same recording.<br />
==== [[Release Group]] ====<br />
: Release groups are an abstract "album" entity. Technically it's a group of releases, with a specified type. <br />
==== [[Series]] ====<br />
: A series is a sequence of separate release groups, releases, recordings, works or events with a common theme. The theme is usually prominent in the branding of the entities in the series and the individual entities will often have been given a number indicating the position in the series. <br />
==== [[URL]] ====<br />
: A URL represents a regular Internet [[wikipedia:Uniform_Resource_Locator|Uniform Resource Locator]] and an associated description of that URL. Unlike other entities, URLs are not visible. <br />
==== [[Work]] ====<br />
: One layer above [[recording]]s ("song", "composition", etc.). While recording represents audio data, work represents the composition behind the recording.<br />
=== Entities with editing restrictions ===<br />
The following entities can only be added by [https://musicbrainz.org/privileged privileged users]:<br />
==== [[Area]] ====<br />
: Areas are historical and existing geographic regions. Areas include countries, sub-divisions, counties, municipalities, cities, districts and islands. To request that an area be added to MusicBrainz, submit a bug request under the AREQ category. Requests will be reviewed and additions will be made by Relationship [[Editor | Editors]]. <br />
==== [[Instrument]] ====<br />
: Instruments are devices created or adapted to make musical sounds. See how to request an instrument [[How_to_Add_Instruments|here]]. Once a request is processed, it will be added by a Location Editor. <br />
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[[Category:Documentation]] [[Category:Terminology]] [[Category:To Be Reviewed]]</div>PROTechThorhttps://wiki.musicbrainz.org/index.php?title=User:PROTechThor/MusicBrainz_Entity&diff=73121User:PROTechThor/MusicBrainz Entity2018-12-01T17:22:16Z<p>PROTechThor: /* Entity Types */</p>
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<div>== Entity Types ==<br />
<br />
{{TopicVideo|video=JJ8ZIgUaxrI}}<br />
<br />
=== Normal Entities ===<br />
<br />
==== [[Artist]] ==== <br />
:Artists are generally a musician, group of musicians, a collaboration of multiple musicians or other music professionals who contribute to works described in the [[MusicBrainz Database]] They can also be a non-musical person (like a photographer, an illustrator, or a poet whose writings are set to music), or even a [[Fictitious_Artist|fictional character]].<br />
:'''[[Artist_Credits|Artist credits]]''' are a list of artists, variations of artist names and pieces of text to join the artist names.<br />
==== [[Event]] ====<br />
: An organised event which people can attend, and is relevant to MusicBrainz. Events generally refer to live performances, like concerts and festivals. <br />
==== [[Label]] ====<br />
: Labels are generally imprints on [[release]]s, and to a lesser extent, the record companies behind those imprints.<br />
==== [[Place]] ====<br />
: Places are areas smaller than a geographical region (like a building or an outdoor area) used to perform or produce music. It could range from a stadium to a religious building to an indoor arena. <br />
==== [[Recording]] ====<br />
: Recordings are unique audio data. It has a title, [[artist credit]], duration, and [[ISRC]]s. Recordings can be linked to tracks on releases. Each track must always be associated with a single recording, but a recording can be linked to any number of tracks. <br />
==== [[Release]] ====<br />
: Releases are real-world release objects (like a physical album) that you can buy in your music store. When a musical product is issued on a specific date with specific information such as the country, label, barcode and packaging, it is a release.<br />
:A '''[[medium]]''' is a piece of media included in a release. It contains information about the format, position in the release and an optional title as well as a list of tracks. Several media exist, including but not limited to: CD, 12" vinyl, digital media. A medium normally has a tracklist.<br />
:A '''[[track]]''' contains a link to a [[recording]], title, [[artist credit]] and the position on the [[medium]]. A track is different from a recording in that it is unique to a release; a number of different releases can contain the same recording.<br />
==== [[Release Group]] ====<br />
: Release groups are an abstract "album" entity. Technically it's a group of releases, with a specified type. <br />
==== [[Series]] ====<br />
: A series is a sequence of separate release groups, releases, recordings, works or events with a common theme. The theme is usually prominent in the branding of the entities in the series and the individual entities will often have been given a number indicating the position in the series. <br />
==== [[URL]] ====<br />
: A URL represents a regular Internet [[wikipedia:Uniform_Resource_Locator|Uniform Resource Locator]] and an associated description of that URL. Unlike other entities, URLs are not visible. <br />
==== [[Work]] ====<br />
: One layer above [[recording]]s ("song", "composition", etc.). While recording represents audio data, work represents the composition behind the recording.<br />
=== Entities with editing restrictions ===<br />
The following entities can only be added by privileged users:<br />
==== [[Area]] ====<br />
: Areas are historical and existing geographic regions. Areas include countries, sub-divisions, counties, municipalities, cities, districts and islands. To request that an area be added to MusicBrainz, submit a bug request under the AREQ category.<br />
==== [[Instrument]] ====<br />
: Instruments are devices created or adapted to make musical sounds. See how to request an instrument [[How_to_Add_Instruments|here]].<br />
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[[Category:Documentation]] [[Category:Terminology]] [[Category:To Be Reviewed]]</div>PROTechThorhttps://wiki.musicbrainz.org/index.php?title=User:PROTechThor/MusicBrainz_Entity&diff=73120User:PROTechThor/MusicBrainz Entity2018-12-01T17:21:25Z<p>PROTechThor: /* Entity Types */</p>
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<div>== Entity Types ==<br />
<br />
{{TopicVideo|video=JJ8ZIgUaxrI}}<br />
<br />
=== Normal Entities ===<br />
<br />
==== [[Artist]] ==== <br />
:Artists are generally a musician, group of musicians, a collaboration of multiple musicians or other music professionals who contribute to works described in the [[MusicBrainz Database]] They can also be a non-musical person (like a photographer, an illustrator, or a poet whose writings are set to music), or even a [[Fictitious_Artist|fictional character]].<br />
:'''[[Artist_Credits|Artist credits]]''' are a list of artists, variations of artist names and pieces of text to join the artist names.<br />
==== [[Event]] ====<br />
: An organised event which people can attend, and is relevant to MusicBrainz. Events generally refer to live performances, like concerts and festivals. <br />
==== [[Label]] ====<br />
: Labels are generally imprints on [[release]]s, and to a lesser extent, the record companies behind those imprints.<br />
==== [[Place]] ====<br />
: Places are areas smaller than a geographical region (like a building or an outdoor area) used to perform or produce music. It could range from a stadium to a religious building to an indoor arena. <br />
==== [[Recording]] ====<br />
: Recordings are unique audio data. It has a title, [[artist credit]], duration, and [[ISRC]]s. Recordings can be linked to tracks on releases. Each track must always be associated with a single recording, but a recording can be linked to any number of tracks. <br />
==== [[Release]] ====<br />
: Releases are real-world release objects (like a physical album) that you can buy in your music store. When a musical product is issued on a specific date with specific information such as the country, label, barcode and packaging, it is a release.<br />
:A '''[[medium]]''' is a piece of media included in a release. It contains information about the format, position in the release and an optional title as well as a list of tracks. Several media exist, including but not limited to: CD, 12" vinyl, digital media. A medium normally has a tracklist.<br />
:A '''[[track]]''' contains a link to a [[recording]], title, [[artist credit]] and the position on the [[medium]]. A track is different from a recording in that it is unique to a release; a number of different releases can contain the same recording.<br />
==== [[Release Group]] ====<br />
: Release groups are an abstract "album" entity. Technically it's a group of releases, with a specified type. <br />
==== [[Series]] ====<br />
: A series is a sequence of separate release groups, releases, recordings, works or events with a common theme. The theme is usually prominent in the branding of the entities in the series and the individual entities will often have been given a number indicating the position in the series. <br />
==== [[URL]] ====<br />
: A URL represents a regular Internet [[wikipedia:Uniform_Resource_Locator|Uniform Resource Locator]] and an associated description of that URL. Unlike other entities, URLs are not visible. <br />
==== [[Work]] ====<br />
: One layer above [[recording]]s ("song", "composition", etc.). While recording represents audio data, work represents the composition behind the recording.<br />
=== Entities with editing restrictions ===<br />
The following entities can only be added by privileged users:<br />
==== [[Area]] ====<br />
: Areas are historical and existing geographic regions. Areas include countries, sub-divisions, counties, municipalities, cities, districts and islands. To request that an area be added to MusicBrainz submit a bug request under the AREQ category.<br />
==== [[Instrument]] ====<br />
: Instruments are devices created or adapted to make musical sounds. See how to request an instrument [[How_to_Add_Instruments|here]].<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Documentation]] [[Category:Terminology]] [[Category:To Be Reviewed]]</div>PROTechThorhttps://wiki.musicbrainz.org/index.php?title=User:PROTechThor/MusicBrainz_Entity&diff=73119User:PROTechThor/MusicBrainz Entity2018-12-01T15:57:24Z<p>PROTechThor: /* Entity Types */</p>
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<div>== Entity Types ==<br />
<br />
{{TopicVideo|video=JJ8ZIgUaxrI}}<br />
<br />
=== Normal Entities ===<br />
<br />
==== [[Artist]] ==== <br />
:Artists are generally a musician, group of musicians, a collaboration of multiple musicians or other music professionals who contribute to works described in the [[MusicBrainz Database]] They can also be a non-musical person (like a photographer, an illustrator, or a poet whose writings are set to music), or even a [[Fictitious_Artist|fictional character]].<br />
:'''[[Artist_Credits|Artist credits]]''' are a list of artists, variations of artist names and pieces of text to join the artist names.<br />
==== [[Event]] ====<br />
: An organised event which people can attend, and is relevant to MusicBrainz. Events generally refer to live performances, like concerts and festivals. <br />
==== [[Label]] ====<br />
: Labels are generally imprints on [[release]]s, and to a lesser extent, the record companies behind those imprints.<br />
==== [[Place]] ====<br />
: Places are areas smaller than a geographical region (like a building or an outdoor area) used to perform or produce music. It could range from a stadium to a religious building to an indoor arena. <br />
==== [[Recording]] ====<br />
: Recordings are unique audio data. It has a title, [[artist credit]], duration, and [[ISRC]]s. Recordings can be linked to tracks on releases. Each track must always be associated with a single recording, but a recording can be linked to any number of tracks. <br />
==== [[Release]] ====<br />
: Releases are real-world release objects (like a physical album) that you can buy in your music store. When a musical product is issued on a specific date with specific information such as the country, label, barcode and packaging, it is a release.<br />
:A '''[[medium]]''' is a piece of media included in a release. It contains information about the format, position in the release and an optional title as well as a list of tracks. Several media exist, including but not limited to: CD, 12" vinyl, digital media. A medium normally has a tracklist.<br />
:A '''[[track]]''' contains a link to a [[recording]], title, [[artist credit]] and the position on the [[medium]]. A track is different from a recording in that it is unique to a release; a number of different releases can contain the same recording.<br />
==== [[Release Group]] ====<br />
: Release groups are an abstract "album" entity. Technically it's a group of releases, with a specified type. <br />
==== [[Series]] ====<br />
: A series is a sequence of separate release groups, releases, recordings, works or events with a common theme. The theme is usually prominent in the branding of the entities in the series and the individual entities will often have been given a number indicating the position in the series. <br />
==== [[URL]] ====<br />
: A URL represents a regular Internet [[wikipedia:Uniform_Resource_Locator|Uniform Resource Locator]] and an associated description of that URL. Unlike other entities, URLs are not visible. <br />
==== [[Work]] ====<br />
: One layer above [[recording]]s ("song", "composition", etc.). While recording represents audio data, work represents the composition behind the recording.<br />
=== Unique Entities ===<br />
The following entities can only be added by privileged users:<br />
==== [[Area]] ====<br />
: Areas are historical and existing geographic regions. Areas include countries, sub-divisions, counties, municipalities, cities, districts and islands. To request that an area be added to MusicBrainz submit a bug request under the AREQ category.<br />
==== [[Instrument]] ====<br />
: Instruments are devices created or adapted to make musical sounds. See how to request an instrument [[How_to_Add_Instruments|here]].<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Documentation]] [[Category:Terminology]] [[Category:To Be Reviewed]]</div>PROTechThorhttps://wiki.musicbrainz.org/index.php?title=User:PROTechThor/MusicBrainz_Entity&diff=73116User:PROTechThor/MusicBrainz Entity2018-11-30T21:48:49Z<p>PROTechThor: /* Entity Types */</p>
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<div>== Entity Types ==<br />
<br />
{{TopicVideo|video=JJ8ZIgUaxrI}}<br />
<br />
=== Normal Entities ===<br />
<br />
;[[Artist]]: Artists are generally a musician, group of musicians, a collaboration of multiple musicians or other music professionals who contribute to works described in the [[MusicBrainz Database]] They can also be a non-musical person (like a photographer, an illustrator, or a poet whose writings are set to music), or even a [[Fictitious_Artist|fictional character]].<br />
:'''[[Artist_Credits|Artist credits]]''' are a list of artists, variations of artist names and pieces of text to join the artist names.<br />
; [[Event]]: An organised event which people can attend, and is relevant to MusicBrainz. Events generally refer to live performances, like concerts and festivals. <br />
; [[Label]]: Labels are generally imprints on [[release]]s, and to a lesser extent, the record companies behind those imprints.<br />
; [[Place]]: Places are areas smaller than a geographical region (like a building or an outdoor area) used to perform or produce music. It could range from a stadium to a religious building to an indoor arena. <br />
; [[Recording]]: Recordings are unique audio data. It has a title, [[artist credit]], duration, and [[ISRC]]s. Recordings can be linked to tracks on releases. Each track must always be associated with a single recording, but a recording can be linked to any number of tracks. <br />
; [[Release]]: Releases are real-world release objects (like a physical album) that you can buy in your music store. When a musical product is issued on a specific date with specific information such as the country, label, barcode and packaging, it is a release.<br />
:A '''[[medium]]''' is a piece of media included in a release. It contains information about the format, position in the release and an optional title as well as a list of tracks. Several media exist, including but not limited to: CD, 12" vinyl, digital media. A medium normally has a tracklist.<br />
:A '''[[track]]''' contains a link to a [[recording]], title, [[artist credit]] and the position on the [[medium]]. A track is different from a recording in that it is unique to a release; a number of different releases can contain the same recording.<br />
; [[Release Group]]: Release groups are an abstract "album" entity. Technically it's a group of releases, with a specified type. <br />
; [[Series]]: A series is a sequence of separate release groups, releases, recordings, works or events with a common theme. The theme is usually prominent in the branding of the entities in the series and the individual entities will often have been given a number indicating the position in the series. <br />
; [[URL]]: A URL represents a regular Internet [[wikipedia:Uniform_Resource_Locator|Uniform Resource Locator]] and an associated description of that URL. Unlike other entities, URLs are not visible. <br />
; [[Work]]: One layer above [[recording]]s ("song", "composition", etc.). While recording represents audio data, work represents the composition behind the recording.<br />
=== Privileged Entities ===<br />
The following entities can only be added by privileged users:<br />
; [[Area]]: Areas are historical and existing geographic regions. Areas include countries, sub-divisions, counties, municipalities, cities, districts and islands. To request that an area be added to MusicBrainz submit a bug request under the AREQ category.<br />
; [[Instrument]]: Instruments are devices created or adapted to make musical sounds. See how to request an instrument [[How_to_Add_Instruments|here]].<br />
<br />
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<div>== Entity Types ==<br />
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{{TopicVideo|video=JJ8ZIgUaxrI}}<br />
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=== Normal Entities ===<br />
<br />
;[[Artist]]: Artists are generally a musician, group of musicians, a collaboration of multiple musicians or other music professionals who contribute to works described in the [[MusicBrainz Database]] They can also be a non-musical person (like a photographer, an illustrator, or a poet whose writings are set to music), or even a [[Fictitious_Artist|fictional character]].<br />
:'''[[Artist_Credits|Artist credits]]''' are a list of artists, variations of artist names and pieces of text to join the artist names.<br />
; [[Event]]: An organised event which people can attend, and is relevant to MusicBrainz. Events generally refer to live performances, like concerts and festivals. <br />
; [[Label]]: Labels are generally imprints on [[release]]s, and to a lesser extent, the record companies behind those imprints.<br />
; [[Place]]: Places are areas smaller than a geographical region (like a building or an outdoor area) used to perform or produce music. It could range from a stadium to a religious building to an indoor arena. <br />
; [[Recording]]: Recordings are unique audio data. It has a title, [[artist credit]], duration, and [[ISRC]]s. Recordings can be linked to tracks on releases. Each track must always be associated with a single recording, but a recording can be linked to any number of tracks. <br />
; [[Release]]: Releases are real-world release objects (like a physical album) that you can buy in your music store. When a musical product is issued on a specific date with specific information such as the country, label, barcode and packaging, it is a release.<br />
:A '''[[medium]]''' is a piece of media included in a release. It contains information about the format, position in the release and an optional title as well as a list of tracks. Several media exist, including but not limited to: CD, 12" vinyl, digital media. A medium normally has a tracklist.<br />
:A '''[[track]]''' contains a link to a [[recording]], title, [[artist credit]] and the position on the [[medium]]. A track is different from a recording in that it is unique to a release; a number of different releases can contain the same recording.<br />
; [[Release Group]]: Release groups are an abstract "album" entity. Technically it's a group of releases, with a specified type. <br />
; [[Series]]: A series is a sequence of separate release groups, releases, recordings, works or events with a common theme. The theme is usually prominent in the branding of the entities in the series and the individual entities will often have been given a number indicating the position in the series. <br />
; [[URL]]: A URL represents a regular Internet [[wikipedia:Uniform_Resource_Locator|Uniform Resource Locator]] and an associated description of that URL. Unlike other entities, URLs are not visible. <br />
; [[Work]]: One layer above [[recording]]s ("song", "composition", etc.). While recording represents audio data, work represents the composition behind the recording.<br />
----<br />
=== Privileged Entities ===<br />
The following entities can only be added by privileged users:<br />
; [[Area]]: Areas are historical and existing geographic regions. Areas include countries, sub-divisions, counties, municipalities, cities, districts and islands. To request that an area be added to MusicBrainz submit a bug request under the AREQ category.<br />
; [[Instrument]]: Instruments are devices created or adapted to make musical sounds. See how to request an instrument [[How_to_Add_Instruments|here]].<br />
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<div>== Entity Types ==<br />
<br />
{{TopicVideo|video=JJ8ZIgUaxrI}}<br />
<br />
;[[Artist]]: Artists are generally a musician, group of musicians, a collaboration of multiple musicians or other music professionals who contribute to works described in the [[MusicBrainz Database]] They can also be a non-musical person (like a photographer, an illustrator, or a poet whose writings are set to music), or even a [[Fictitious_Artist|fictional character]].<br />
:'''[[Artist_Credits|Artist credits]]''' are a list of artists, variations of artist names and pieces of text to join the artist names.<br />
; [[Event]]: An organised event which people can attend, and is relevant to MusicBrainz. Events generally refer to live performances, like concerts and festivals. <br />
; [[Label]]: Labels are generally imprints on [[release]]s, and to a lesser extent, the record companies behind those imprints.<br />
;[[Place]]: Places are areas smaller than a geographical region (like a building or an outdoor area) used to perform or produce music. It could range from a stadium to a religious building to an indoor arena. <br />
; [[Recording]]: Recordings are unique audio data. It has a title, [[artist credit]], duration, and [[ISRC]]s. Recordings can be linked to tracks on releases. Each track must always be associated with a single recording, but a recording can be linked to any number of tracks. <br />
; [[Release]]: Releases are real-world release objects (like a physical album) that you can buy in your music store. When a musical product is issued on a specific date with specific information such as the country, label, barcode and packaging, it is a release.<br />
:A '''[[medium]]''' is a piece of media included in a release. It contains information about the format, position in the release and an optional title as well as a list of tracks. Several media exist, including but not limited to: CD, 12" vinyl, digital media. A medium normally has a tracklist.<br />
:A '''[[track]]''' contains a link to a [[recording]], title, [[artist credit]] and the position on the [[medium]]. A track is different from a recording in that it is unique to a release; a number of different releases can contain the same recording.<br />
; [[Release Group]]: Release groups are an abstract "album" entity. Technically it's a group of releases, with a specified type. <br />
; [[Series]]: A series is a sequence of separate release groups, releases, recordings, works or events with a common theme. The theme is usually prominent in the branding of the entities in the series and the individual entities will often have been given a number indicating the position in the series. <br />
; [[URL]]: A URL represents a regular Internet [[wikipedia:Uniform_Resource_Locator|Uniform Resource Locator]] and an associated description of that URL. Unlike other entities, URLs are not visible. <br />
; [[Work]]: One layer above [[recording]]s ("song", "composition", etc.). While recording represents audio data, work represents the composition behind the recording.<br />
----<br />
The following entities can only be added by privileged users:<br />
;[[Area]]: Areas are historical and existing geographic regions. Areas include countries, sub-divisions, counties, municipalities, cities, districts and islands. To request that an area be added to MusicBrainz submit a bug request under the AREQ category.<br />
;[[Instrument]]: Instruments are devices created or adapted to make musical sounds. See how to request an instrument [[How_to_Add_Instruments|here]].<br />
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<div>__NOTOC__<br />
== Entity Types ==<br />
<br />
{{TopicVideo|video=JJ8ZIgUaxrI}}<br />
<br />
;[[Artist]]: Artists are generally a musician, group of musicians, a collaboration of multiple musicians or other music professionals who contribute to works described in the [[MusicBrainz Database]] They can also be a non-musical person (like a photographer, an illustrator, or a poet whose writings are set to music), or even a [[Fictitious_Artist|fictional character]].<br />
:'''[[Artist_Credits|Artist credits]]''' are a list of artists, variations of artist names and pieces of text to join the artist names.<br />
; [[Event]]: An organised event which people can attend, and is relevant to MusicBrainz. Events generally refer to live performances, like concerts and festivals. <br />
; [[Label]]: Labels are generally imprints on [[release]]s, and to a lesser extent, the record companies behind those imprints.<br />
;[[Place]]: Places are areas smaller than a geographical region (like a building or an outdoor area) used to perform or produce music. It could range from a stadium to a religious building to an indoor arena. <br />
; [[Recording]]: Recordings are unique audio data. It has a title, [[artist credit]], duration, and [[ISRC]]s. Recordings can be linked to tracks on releases. Each track must always be associated with a single recording, but a recording can be linked to any number of tracks. <br />
; [[Release]]: Releases are real-world release objects (like a physical album) that you can buy in your music store. When a musical product is issued on a specific date with specific information such as the country, label, barcode and packaging, it is a release.<br />
:A '''[[medium]]''' is a piece of media included in a release. It contains information about the format, position in the release and an optional title as well as a list of tracks. Several media exist, including but not limited to: CD, 12" vinyl, digital media. A medium normally has a tracklist.<br />
:A '''[[track]]''' contains a link to a [[recording]], title, [[artist credit]] and the position on the [[medium]]. A track is different from a recording in that it is unique to a release; a number of different releases can contain the same recording.<br />
; [[Release Group]]: Release groups are an abstract "album" entity. Technically it's a group of releases, with a specified type. <br />
; [[Series]]: A series is a sequence of separate release groups, releases, recordings, works or events with a common theme. The theme is usually prominent in the branding of the entities in the series and the individual entities will often have been given a number indicating the position in the series. <br />
; [[URL]]: A URL represents a regular Internet [[wikipedia:Uniform_Resource_Locator|Uniform Resource Locator]] and an associated description of that URL. Unlike other entities, URLs are not visible. <br />
; [[Work]]: One layer above [[recording]]s ("song", "composition", etc.). While recording represents audio data, work represents the composition behind the recording.<br />
----<br />
The following entities can only be added by privileged users:<br />
;[[Area]]: Areas are historical and existing geographic regions. Areas include countries, sub-divisions, counties, municipalities, cities, districts and islands. To request that an area be added to MusicBrainz submit a bug request under the AREQ category.<br />
;[[Instrument]]: Instruments are devices created or adapted to make musical sounds. See how to request an instrument [[How_to_Add_Instruments|here]].<br />
<br />
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<div>__NOTOC__<br />
== Entity Types ==<br />
<br />
{{TopicVideo|video=JJ8ZIgUaxrI}}<br />
<br />
;[[Artist]]: Artists are generally a musician, group of musicians, a collaboration of multiple musicians or other music professionals who contribute to works described in the [[MusicBrainz Database]] They can also be a non-musical person (like a photographer, an illustrator, or a poet whose writings are set to music), or even a [[Fictitious_Artist|fictional character]].<br />
:'''[[Artist_Credits|Artist credits]]''' are a list of artists, variations of artist names and pieces of text to join the artist names.<br />
; [[Event]]: An organised event which people can attend, and is relevant to MusicBrainz. Events generally refer to live performances, like concerts and festivals. <br />
; [[Label]]: Labels are generally imprints on [[release]]s, and to a lesser extent, the record companies behind those imprints.<br />
;[[Place]]: Places are areas smaller than a geographical region (like a building or an outdoor area) used to perform or produce music. It could range from a stadium to a religious building to an indoor arena. <br />
; [[Recording]]: Recordings are unique audio data. It has a title, [[artist credit]], duration, and [[ISRC]]s. Recordings can be linked to tracks on releases. Each track must always be associated with a single recording, but a recording can be linked to any number of tracks. <br />
; [[Release]]: Releases are real-world release objects (like a physical album) that you can buy in your music store. When a musical product is issued on a specific date with specific information such as the country, label, barcode and packaging, it is a release.<br />
:A '''[[medium]]''' is a piece of media included in a release. It contains information about the format, position in the release and an optional title as well as a list of tracks. Several media exist, including but not limited to; CD, 12" vinyl, digital media. A medium normally has a tracklist.<br />
:A '''[[track]]''' contains a link to a [[recording]], title, [[artist credit]] and the position on the [[medium]]. A track is different from a recording in that it is unique to a release; a number of different releases can contain the same recording.<br />
; [[Release Group]]: Release groups are an abstract "album" entity. Technically it's a group of releases, with a specified type. <br />
; [[Series]]: A series is a sequence of separate release groups, releases, recordings, works or events with a common theme. The theme is usually prominent in the branding of the entities in the series and the individual entities will often have been given a number indicating the position in the series. <br />
; [[URL]]: A URL represents a regular Internet [[wikipedia:Uniform_Resource_Locator|Uniform Resource Locator]] and an associated description of that URL. Unlike other entities, URLs are not visible. <br />
; [[Work]]: One layer above [[recording]]s ("song", "composition", etc.). While recording represents audio data, work represents the composition behind the recording.<br />
----<br />
The following entities can only be added by privileged users:<br />
;[[Area]]: Areas are historical and existing geographic regions. Areas include countries, sub-divisions, counties, municipalities, cities, districts and islands. To request that an area be added to Musicbrainz submit a bug request under the AREQ category.<br />
;[[Instrument]]: Instruments are devices created or adapted to make musical sounds. See how to request an instrument [[How_to_Add_Instruments|here]].<br />
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<div>This is a list of applications that have MusicBrainz support built in:<br />
<br />
== Media players and centers ==<br />
<br />
; Kodi<br />
: [https://kodi.tv/ Kodi] is a cross-platform software media center for playing videos, music, pictures, games, and more. It uses MusicBrainz to improve its music experience.<br />
<br />
; [https://gitlab.com/Axelander/SonicStreamer SonicStreamer]<br />
: Media streaming software that allows you to access you music from anywhere else. Supports MusicBrainz for getting an showing additional data about the music in the library (since [http://theaxelander.de/wordpress/?p=410 version 2.4]).<br />
<br />
; [https://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC media player]<br />
: A free and open source cross-platform multimedia player that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. Uses MusicBrainz data for looking up information/metadata as well as cover art from [[Cover Art Archive]].<br />
<br />
== Media libraries ==<br />
<br />
The following music library managers can tag your files with MusicBrainz data:<br />
<br />
; Amarok<br />
: [http://amarok.kde.org Amarok] is a music player for KDE. It supports many multimedia frameworks (like GStreamer, XINE, and aRts) to play music media and streams, and features a fresh and efficient approach to playlist handling. The emphasis is on the quick and easy user interface, allowing for fast access to the media library. Amarok versions 1.1 through 1.4.x supported lookups via MusicBrainz [http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/809-Missing-features-in-Amarok-2.html], and versions starting from 2.4 support it again [http://amarok.kde.org/en/releases/2.4.0].<br />
<br />
; AudioExpert<br />
: [http://www.udse.de/ AudioExpert] is a Music Organizer Software to tidy, manage, clean up, align, sort, join/merge, and organize music archives resp. music libraries. Supported formats are MP3, MP4, M4A, WMA, OGG, FLAC, MPC, WAV and AAC.<br />
<br />
; Banshee<br />
: [http://banshee-project.org/ Banshee] is an audio management and playback application for the GNOME Desktop, allowing users to import audio from CDs, search their library, create playlists of selections of their library, sync music to/from iPods, and burn selections to a CD.<br />
<br />
; beets<br />
: [http://beets.radbox.org/ beets] is a flexible command-line music library manager written in Python. It includes a tag corrector and album art downloader that use MusicBrainz as their backend.<br />
<br />
; Clementine<br />
: [http://www.clementine-player.org/ Clementine] is a multiplatform music player. It is inspired by Amarok 1.4, focusing on a fast and easy-to-use interface for searching and playing your music.<br />
<br />
; foobar2000<br />
: [http://www.foobar2000.org/ foobar2000] is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform. Some of its features include full unicode support, ReplayGain support and native support for several popular audio formats. Support for MusicBrainz has been added with [http://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_musicbrainz foo_musicbrainz] and it can use MusicBrainz data to tag media files and audio CDs.<br />
<br />
; MediaMonkey<br />
: [https://www.mediamonkey.com/ MediaMonkey] is a media management library with features like identifying tracks and tagging music. It has a [https://www.mediamonkey.com/addons/browse/item/musicbrainz-tagger/ Musicbrainz Tagger addon] which serves the purpose of identifying tracks using data sourced from the MusicBrainz database. <br />
<br />
; Mixxx<br />
: [http://mixxx.org/ Mixxx] is free DJ software for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It currently supports getting information from MusicBrainz.<br />
<br />
; MusicBee<br />
: [http://getmusicbee.com/ MusicBee] is a MusicBee is a free digital media player and media library application for organizing and playing audio on Microsoft Windows operating systems using the BASS Audio Library [http://www.un4seen.com/bass.html].<br />
<br />
; Quod Libet<br />
: [https://quodlibet.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ Quod Libet] is an open-source, free and cross-platform(Linux, Windows, MacOS) audio player as well as a tag editor. Among its over 60 plugins, there is one which permits automatic tagging using MusicBrainz. Supported formats include: MP3, Ogg Vorbis / Speex / Opus, FLAC, Musepack, MOD/XM/IT, Wavpack, MPEG-4 AAC, WMA, MIDI, Monkey’s Audio.<br />
<br />
; Rhythmbox<br />
: Rhythmbox is an integrated music management application, originally inspired by Apple's iTunes. It is free software, designed to work well under the GNOME Desktop, and based on the powerful GStreamer media framework.<br />
<br />
== Taggers ==<br />
<br />
The following taggers will tag your music files with MusicBrainz data:<br />
<br />
=== Official ===<br />
<br />
; MusicBrainz Picard<br />
: [http://picard.musicbrainz.org/ MusicBrainz Picard] is a cross platform (Linux, Mac OS X, Windows) album oriented MusicBrainz tagger with support for acoustic fingerprinting of MP3, WAV, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, MPC, MP4 and WMA formats.<br />
<br />
=== Affiliated taggers ===<br />
<br />
; Magic MP3 Tagger<br />
: [[Magic MP3 Tagger]] was designed to enable easy and effective renaming of audio files. This is done by<br />
:* checking the available tag,<br />
:* automatically interpreting the file and folder names,<br />
:* selecting the most reliable data from the tags, file and folder names,<br />
:* validating and completing the tags by cross-checking the songs with an internal music database.<br />
<br />
:Magic Mp3 Tagger uses MusicBrainz to find its data, has many different options, recursive processing of folders, and a clear and easy to use interface. Further information is available at [http://www.magic-tagger.com/ http://www.magic-tagger.com/]. ''Magic MP3 Tagger is a part of the [[Tagger Affiliate Program]] and pays 10% of every purchase to MusicBrainz.''<br />
<br />
; Yate Music Tagger<br />
: [[Yate Music Tagger]] is a Mac OS X based tagger for mp3, m4a, FLAC and AIFF files. Supports MusicBrainz, Discogs and integration with iTunes. Actions providing scripting can be run interactively or in a batch mode. ''Yate Music Tagger is a part of the [[Tagger Affiliate Program]] and pays 10% of every purchase to MusicBrainz.''<br />
<br />
=== Other taggers ===<br />
<br />
; Flactag<br />
: [http://flactag.sourceforge.net/ Flactag] is a linux console based tagger for single album FLAC files with embedded CUE sheets. The tags are downloaded from the MusicBrainz service and can be written to the FLAC file as Vorbis comments. Once tagged, the file can be renamed based on a 'template' naming scheme.<br />
<br />
; Kid3<br />
: [https://kid3.sourceforge.io/ Kid3] is a cross-platform free audio tagger. It imports album data from many sources, most notably from gnudb.org, TrackType.org, MusicBrainz, Discogs and Amazon.<br />
<br />
; Kitsune<br />
: [https://code.google.com/archive/p/utopia-no-kitsune/ kitsune] is a free player/tagger for Japanese and Russian music. It supports MusicBrainz lookup for artists and recordings, and will only scrobble to last.fm if a correct name was found in MusicBrainz. It will use [http://oxygene.sk/lukas/2010/07/introducing-chromaprint/ chromaprint] to identify music from a Japanese web radio station or anime related music.<br />
<br />
; Jaikoz<br />
: [http://www.jthink.net/jaikoz/ Jaikoz] is a powerful tagger available for macOS, Windows and Linux making use of MusicBrainz, Discogs and AcoustId.<br />
<br />
; Metatogger<br />
: [https://www.luminescence-software.org/en/metatogger.html Metatogger] is a tag editor allowing you to rename, tag and easily sort your MP3, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, WMA and M4A files. Metatogger permits automatic tagging using data from the Musicbrainz platform or using Acoustid acoustic fingerprint technology. Covers can be found via the [https://archive.org/details/coverartarchive Cover Art Archive].<br />
<br />
; Mp3tag<br />
: [http://www.mp3tag.de/en Mp3tag] is a powerful and yet easy-to-use tool to edit metadata (ID3, Vorbis Comments and APE) of common audio formats. It can rename files based on the tag information, replace characters or words from tags and filenames, import/export tag information, create playlists and more. The program supports online freedb database lookups for selected files, allowing you to automatically gather proper tag information for select files or CDs.<br />
<br />
; SongKong<br />
: [http://www.jthink.net/songkong/ SongKong] prides itself as an intelligent music tagger application. SongKong is simple and powerful at the same time and it can help you manage, organize and clean up your digital music collection. SongKong uses intelligent acoustic matching from Acoustid to find song matches in a case of no information. SongKong uses their JThink Music Server, which is regularly updated from the MusicBrainz and Discogs databases to serve you song matches depending on the information available. It is available for MacOS, Windows, Linux and Docker supporting devices such as Synology Intel Disk Stations.<br />
<br />
; TagScanner<br />
: [https://www.xdlab.ru/en/ TagScanner] helps one edit tags of most modern audio formats, supports ID3v1/v2, Vorbis comments, APEv2, WMA and MP4(iTunes) tags. The user has the liberty to get album info and download covers through online databases such as freedb, Discogs or MusicBrainz. The software is available on Windows in over a dozen languages.<br />
<br />
== CD rippers == <br />
<br />
The following programs will rip your CDs and use MusicBrainz to tag the new files:<br />
<br />
; abcde<br />
: "[https://abcde.einval.com/wiki/ A better CD encoder]", a command line ripper for *nix, can be configured to use MusicBrainz.<br />
<br />
; CUERipper<br />
: [http://cue.tools/wiki/CUERipper CUERipper] is an open-source CD Ripper for Windows. It supports MusicBrainz.<br />
<br />
; dBpoweramp CD Ripper<br />
: [https://www.dbpoweramp.com/cd-ripper.htm dBpoweramp CD Ripper] is a secure CD ripper for Windows and OS X. It supports MusicBrainz.<br />
<br />
; Exact Audio Copy<br />
: [http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/ Exact Audio Copy (EAC)] is a secure CD ripper for Windows. It comes bundled with [http://cue.tools/wiki/CTDB_EAC_Plugin CueTools DB Metadata Plugin] which can fetch album metadata from MusicBrainz.<br />
<br />
; EZ CD Audio Converter<br />
: [https://www.poikosoft.com/ EZ CD Audio Converter] is a multi-language CD ripper, audio converter, metadata editor and disc burner. It supports MusicBrainz.<br />
<br />
; morituri<br />
: [https://github.com/thomasvs/morituri morituri] is a powerful command line ripper for *nix that aims at creating precise audio rips. It uses MusicBrainz as its source for getting metadata about releases.<br />
: {{Note|The author has gone more or less AWOL, so others have continued the project in the fork ''whipper'' (see below).}}<br />
<br />
; RipIt<br />
: [http://www.suwald.com/ripit/news.php RipIt] is a command line ripper that can rip to a number of formats. It can be set to use MusicBrainz for looking up release information.<br />
: {{Note|The author has officially retired (from) the project.}}<br />
<br />
; Sound Juicer<br />
: [http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/sound-juicer Sound Juicer] is a clean, mean, and lean CD ripper for GNOME 2. It sports a clean interface and simple preferences, aiming to do The Right Thing and What You Mean all of the time. It requires GNOME 2.14 and GStreamer 0.10. Sound Juicer is shipped with Ubuntu.<br />
<br />
; X Lossless Decoder<br />
: [http://tmkk.pv.land.to/xld/index_e.html X Lossless Decoder] (XLD) is a tool for Mac OS X that is able to decode/convert/play various 'lossless' audio files. The supported audio files can be split into some tracks with cue sheet when decoding. It works on Mac OS X 10.4 and later.<br />
<br />
; whipper<br />
: [https://github.com/whipper-team/whipper whipper] is a fork of ''morituri'' (see above), a powerful command line ripper for *nix aiming at creating precise audio rips. It uses MusicBrainz as its sole source for release metadata.<br />
<br />
== Mobile Apps ==<br />
; Metadatics<br />
: [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/metadatics/id554883654?mt=12 Metadatics] is a powerful audio metadata editor for macOS which supports several file types, including but not limited to, MP3, M4A, AIFF, WAV, FLAC, APE, OGG, WMA. It uses MusicBrainz to search for tags.<br />
<br />
; nusic<br />
: [https://github.com/schnatterer/nusic nusic] is an app to notify you about new releases of the artists of tagged songs on your phone. It makes periodic requests to MusicBrainz to check if new releases have been added.</div>PROTechThorhttps://wiki.musicbrainz.org/index.php?title=MusicBrainz_Enabled_Applications&diff=73078MusicBrainz Enabled Applications2018-10-31T19:16:04Z<p>PROTechThor: Headings fixed</p>
<hr />
<div>This is a list of applications that have MusicBrainz support built in:<br />
<br />
== Media players and centers ==<br />
<br />
; Kodi<br />
: [https://kodi.tv/ Kodi] is a cross-platform software media center for playing videos, music, pictures, games, and more. It uses MusicBrainz to improve its music experience.<br />
<br />
; [https://gitlab.com/Axelander/SonicStreamer SonicStreamer]<br />
: Media streaming software that allows you to access you music from anywhere else. Supports MusicBrainz for getting an showing additional data about the music in the library (since [http://theaxelander.de/wordpress/?p=410 version 2.4]).<br />
<br />
; [https://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC media player]<br />
: A free and open source cross-platform multimedia player that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. Uses MusicBrainz data for looking up information/metadata as well as cover art from [[Cover Art Archive]].<br />
<br />
== Media libraries ==<br />
<br />
The following music library managers can tag your files with MusicBrainz data:<br />
<br />
; Amarok<br />
: [http://amarok.kde.org Amarok] is a music player for KDE. It supports many multimedia frameworks (like GStreamer, XINE, and aRts) to play music media and streams, and features a fresh and efficient approach to playlist handling. The emphasis is on the quick and easy user interface, allowing for fast access to the media library. Amarok versions 1.1 through 1.4.x supported lookups via MusicBrainz [http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/809-Missing-features-in-Amarok-2.html], and versions starting from 2.4 support it again [http://amarok.kde.org/en/releases/2.4.0].<br />
<br />
; Banshee<br />
: [http://banshee-project.org/ Banshee] is an audio management and playback application for the GNOME Desktop, allowing users to import audio from CDs, search their library, create playlists of selections of their library, sync music to/from iPods, and burn selections to a CD.<br />
<br />
; beets<br />
: [http://beets.radbox.org/ beets] is a flexible command-line music library manager written in Python. It includes a tag corrector and album art downloader that use MusicBrainz as their backend.<br />
<br />
; Clementine<br />
: [http://www.clementine-player.org/ Clementine] is a multiplatform music player. It is inspired by Amarok 1.4, focusing on a fast and easy-to-use interface for searching and playing your music.<br />
<br />
; foobar2000<br />
: [http://www.foobar2000.org/ foobar2000] is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform. Some of its features include full unicode support, ReplayGain support and native support for several popular audio formats. Support for MusicBrainz has been added with [http://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_musicbrainz foo_musicbrainz] and it can use MusicBrainz data to tag media files and audio CDs.<br />
<br />
; Mixxx<br />
: [http://mixxx.org/ Mixxx] is free DJ software for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It currently supports getting information from MusicBrainz.<br />
<br />
; MusicBee<br />
: [http://getmusicbee.com/ MusicBee] is a MusicBee is a free digital media player and media library application for organizing and playing audio on Microsoft Windows operating systems using the BASS Audio Library [http://www.un4seen.com/bass.html].<br />
<br />
; Rhythmbox<br />
: Rhythmbox is an integrated music management application, originally inspired by Apple's iTunes. It is free software, designed to work well under the GNOME Desktop, and based on the powerful GStreamer media framework.<br />
<br />
; AudioExpert<br />
: [http://www.udse.de/ AudioExpert] is a Music Organizer Software to tidy, manage, clean up, align, sort, join/merge, and organize music archives resp. music libraries. Supported formats are MP3, MP4, M4A, WMA, OGG, FLAC, MPC, WAV and AAC.<br />
<br />
; Quod Libet<br />
: [https://quodlibet.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ Quod Libet] is an open-source, free and cross-platform(Linux, Windows, MacOS) audio player as well as a tag editor. Among its over 60 plugins, there is one which permits automatic tagging using MusicBrainz. Supported formats include: MP3, Ogg Vorbis / Speex / Opus, FLAC, Musepack, MOD/XM/IT, Wavpack, MPEG-4 AAC, WMA, MIDI, Monkey’s Audio.<br />
<br />
; MediaMonkey<br />
: [https://www.mediamonkey.com/ MediaMonkey] is a media management library with features like identifying tracks and tagging music. It has a [https://www.mediamonkey.com/addons/browse/item/musicbrainz-tagger/ Musicbrainz Tagger addon] which serves the purpose of identifying tracks using data sourced from the MusicBrainz database. <br />
<br />
<br />
== Taggers ==<br />
<br />
The following taggers will tag your music files with MusicBrainz data:<br />
<br />
=== Official ===<br />
<br />
; MusicBrainz Picard<br />
: [http://picard.musicbrainz.org/ MusicBrainz Picard] is a cross platform (Linux, Mac OS X, Windows) album oriented MusicBrainz tagger with support for acoustic fingerprinting of MP3, WAV, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, MPC, MP4 and WMA formats.<br />
<br />
=== Affiliated taggers ===<br />
<br />
; Magic MP3 Tagger<br />
: [[Magic MP3 Tagger]] was designed to enable easy and effective renaming of audio files. This is done by<br />
:* checking the available tag,<br />
:* automatically interpreting the file and folder names,<br />
:* selecting the most reliable data from the tags, file and folder names,<br />
:* validating and completing the tags by cross-checking the songs with an internal music database.<br />
<br />
:Magic Mp3 Tagger uses MusicBrainz to find its data, has many different options, recursive processing of folders, and a clear and easy to use interface. Further information is available at [http://www.magic-tagger.com/ http://www.magic-tagger.com/]. ''Magic MP3 Tagger is a part of the [[Tagger Affiliate Program]] and pays 10% of every purchase to MusicBrainz.''<br />
<br />
; Yate Music Tagger<br />
: [[Yate Music Tagger]] is a Mac OS X based tagger for mp3, m4a, FLAC and AIFF files. Supports MusicBrainz, Discogs and integration with iTunes. Actions providing scripting can be run interactively or in a batch mode. ''Yate Music Tagger is a part of the [[Tagger Affiliate Program]] and pays 10% of every purchase to MusicBrainz.''<br />
<br />
=== Other taggers ===<br />
<br />
; Flactag<br />
: [http://flactag.sourceforge.net/ Flactag] is a linux console based tagger for single album FLAC files with embedded CUE sheets. The tags are downloaded from the MusicBrainz service and can be written to the FLAC file as Vorbis comments. Once tagged, the file can be renamed based on a 'template' naming scheme.<br />
<br />
; Kitsune<br />
: [https://code.google.com/archive/p/utopia-no-kitsune/ kitsune] is a free player/tagger for Japanese and Russian music. It supports MusicBrainz lookup for artists and recordings, and will only scrobble to last.fm if a correct name was found in MusicBrainz. It will use [http://oxygene.sk/lukas/2010/07/introducing-chromaprint/ chromaprint] to identify music from a Japanese web radio station or anime related music.<br />
<br />
; Mp3tag<br />
: [http://www.mp3tag.de/en Mp3tag] is a powerful and yet easy-to-use tool to edit metadata (ID3, Vorbis Comments and APE) of common audio formats. It can rename files based on the tag information, replace characters or words from tags and filenames, import/export tag information, create playlists and more. The program supports online freedb database lookups for selected files, allowing you to automatically gather proper tag information for select files or CDs.<br />
<br />
; Jaikoz<br />
: [http://www.jthink.net/jaikoz/ Jaikoz] is a powerful tagger available for macOS, Windows and Linux making use of MusicBrainz, Discogs and AcoustId.<br />
<br />
; Metatogger<br />
: [https://www.luminescence-software.org/en/metatogger.html Metatogger] is a tag editor allowing you to rename, tag and easily sort your MP3, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, WMA and M4A files. Metatogger permits automatic tagging using data from the Musicbrainz platform or using Acoustid acoustic fingerprint technology. Covers can be found via the [https://archive.org/details/coverartarchive Cover Art Archive].<br />
<br />
; SongKong<br />
: [http://www.jthink.net/songkong/ SongKong] prides itself as an intelligent music tagger application. SongKong is simple and powerful at the same time and it can help you manage, organize and clean up your digital music collection. SongKong uses intelligent acoustic matching from Acoustid to find song matches in a case of no information. SongKong uses their JThink Music Server, which is regularly updated from the MusicBrainz and Discogs databases to serve you song matches depending on the information available. It is available for MacOS, Windows, Linux and Docker supporting devices such as Synology Intel Disk Stations.<br />
<br />
; Kid3<br />
: [https://kid3.sourceforge.io/ Kid3] is a cross-platform free audio tagger. It imports album data from many sources, most notably from gnudb.org, TrackType.org, MusicBrainz, Discogs and Amazon.<br />
<br />
; TagScanner<br />
: [https://www.xdlab.ru/en/ TagScanner] helps one edit tags of most modern audio formats, supports ID3v1/v2, Vorbis comments, APEv2, WMA and MP4(iTunes) tags. The user has the liberty to get album info and download covers through online databases such as freedb, Discogs or MusicBrainz. The software is available on Windows in over a dozen languages.<br />
<br />
== CD rippers == <br />
<br />
The following programs will rip your CDs and use MusicBrainz to tag the new files:<br />
<br />
; abcde<br />
: "[https://abcde.einval.com/wiki/ A better CD encoder]", a command line ripper for *nix, can be configured to use MusicBrainz.<br />
<br />
; CUERipper<br />
: [http://cue.tools/wiki/CUERipper CUERipper] is an open-source CD Ripper for Windows. It supports MusicBrainz.<br />
<br />
; dBpoweramp CD Ripper<br />
: [https://www.dbpoweramp.com/cd-ripper.htm dBpoweramp CD Ripper] is a secure CD ripper for Windows and OS X. It supports MusicBrainz.<br />
<br />
; Exact Audio Copy<br />
: [http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/ Exact Audio Copy (EAC)] is a secure CD ripper for Windows. It comes bundled with [http://cue.tools/wiki/CTDB_EAC_Plugin CueTools DB Metadata Plugin] which can fetch album metadata from MusicBrainz.<br />
<br />
; EZ CD Audio Converter<br />
: [https://www.poikosoft.com/ EZ CD Audio Converter] is a multi-language CD ripper, audio converter, metadata editor and disc burner. It supports MusicBrainz.<br />
<br />
; morituri<br />
: [https://github.com/thomasvs/morituri morituri] is a powerful command line ripper for *nix that aims at creating precise audio rips. It uses MusicBrainz as its source for getting metadata about releases.<br />
: {{Note|The author has gone more or less AWOL, so others have continued the project in the fork ''whipper'' (see below).}}<br />
<br />
; RipIt<br />
: [http://www.suwald.com/ripit/news.php RipIt] is a command line ripper that can rip to a number of formats. It can be set to use MusicBrainz for looking up release information.<br />
: {{Note|The author has officially retired (from) the project.}}<br />
<br />
; Sound Juicer<br />
: [http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/sound-juicer Sound Juicer] is a clean, mean, and lean CD ripper for GNOME 2. It sports a clean interface and simple preferences, aiming to do The Right Thing and What You Mean all of the time. It requires GNOME 2.14 and GStreamer 0.10. Sound Juicer is shipped with Ubuntu.<br />
<br />
; X Lossless Decoder<br />
: [http://tmkk.pv.land.to/xld/index_e.html X Lossless Decoder] (XLD) is a tool for Mac OS X that is able to decode/convert/play various 'lossless' audio files. The supported audio files can be split into some tracks with cue sheet when decoding. It works on Mac OS X 10.4 and later.<br />
<br />
; whipper<br />
: [https://github.com/whipper-team/whipper whipper] is a fork of ''morituri'' (see above), a powerful command line ripper for *nix aiming at creating precise audio rips. It uses MusicBrainz as its sole source for release metadata.<br />
<br />
== Mobile Apps ==<br />
; nusic<br />
: [https://github.com/schnatterer/nusic nusic] is an app to notify you about new releases of the artists of tagged songs on your phone. It makes periodic requests to MusicBrainz to check if new releases have been added.<br />
<br />
; Metadatics<br />
: [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/metadatics/id554883654?mt=12 Metadatics] is a powerful audio metadata editor for macOS which supports several file types, including but not limited to, MP3, M4A, AIFF, WAV, FLAC, APE, OGG, WMA. It uses MusicBrainz to search for tags.</div>PROTechThorhttps://wiki.musicbrainz.org/index.php?title=MusicBrainz_Enabled_Applications&diff=73077MusicBrainz Enabled Applications2018-10-31T19:00:26Z<p>PROTechThor: New Musicbrainz-enabled applications added</p>
<hr />
<div>This is a list of applications that have MusicBrainz support built in:<br />
<br />
== Media players and centers ==<br />
<br />
; Kodi<br />
: [https://kodi.tv/ Kodi] is a cross-platform software media center for playing videos, music, pictures, games, and more. It uses MusicBrainz to improve its music experience.<br />
<br />
; [https://gitlab.com/Axelander/SonicStreamer SonicStreamer]<br />
: Media streaming software that allows you to access you music from anywhere else. Supports MusicBrainz for getting an showing additional data about the music in the library (since [http://theaxelander.de/wordpress/?p=410 version 2.4]).<br />
<br />
; [https://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC media player]<br />
: A free and open source cross-platform multimedia player that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. Uses MusicBrainz data for looking up information/metadata as well as cover art from [[Cover Art Archive]].<br />
<br />
== Media libraries ==<br />
<br />
The following music library managers can tag your files with MusicBrainz data:<br />
<br />
; Amarok<br />
: [http://amarok.kde.org Amarok] is a music player for KDE. It supports many multimedia frameworks (like GStreamer, XINE, and aRts) to play music media and streams, and features a fresh and efficient approach to playlist handling. The emphasis is on the quick and easy user interface, allowing for fast access to the media library. Amarok versions 1.1 through 1.4.x supported lookups via MusicBrainz [http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/809-Missing-features-in-Amarok-2.html], and versions starting from 2.4 support it again [http://amarok.kde.org/en/releases/2.4.0].<br />
<br />
; Banshee<br />
: [http://banshee-project.org/ Banshee] is an audio management and playback application for the GNOME Desktop, allowing users to import audio from CDs, search their library, create playlists of selections of their library, sync music to/from iPods, and burn selections to a CD.<br />
<br />
; beets<br />
: [http://beets.radbox.org/ beets] is a flexible command-line music library manager written in Python. It includes a tag corrector and album art downloader that use MusicBrainz as their backend.<br />
<br />
; Clementine<br />
: [http://www.clementine-player.org/ Clementine] is a multiplatform music player. It is inspired by Amarok 1.4, focusing on a fast and easy-to-use interface for searching and playing your music.<br />
<br />
; foobar2000<br />
: [http://www.foobar2000.org/ foobar2000] is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform. Some of its features include full unicode support, ReplayGain support and native support for several popular audio formats. Support for MusicBrainz has been added with [http://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_musicbrainz foo_musicbrainz] and it can use MusicBrainz data to tag media files and audio CDs.<br />
<br />
; Mixxx<br />
: [http://mixxx.org/ Mixxx] is free DJ software for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It currently supports getting information from MusicBrainz.<br />
<br />
; MusicBee<br />
: [http://getmusicbee.com/ MusicBee] is a MusicBee is a free digital media player and media library application for organizing and playing audio on Microsoft Windows operating systems using the BASS Audio Library [http://www.un4seen.com/bass.html].<br />
<br />
; Rhythmbox<br />
: Rhythmbox is an integrated music management application, originally inspired by Apple's iTunes. It is free software, designed to work well under the GNOME Desktop, and based on the powerful GStreamer media framework.<br />
<br />
; AudioExpert<br />
: [http://www.udse.de/ AudioExpert] is a Music Organizer Software to tidy, manage, clean up, align, sort, join/merge, and organize music archives resp. music libraries. Supported formats are MP3, MP4, M4A, WMA, OGG, FLAC, MPC, WAV and AAC.<br />
<br />
; Quod Libet<br />
: [https://quodlibet.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ Quod Libet] is an open-source, free and cross-platform(Linux, Windows, MacOS) audio player as well as a tag editor. Among its over 60 plugins, there is one which permits automatic tagging using MusicBrainz. Supported formats include: MP3, Ogg Vorbis / Speex / Opus, FLAC, Musepack, MOD/XM/IT, Wavpack, MPEG-4 AAC, WMA, MIDI, Monkey’s Audio.<br />
<br />
; MediaMonkey<br />
: [https://www.mediamonkey.com/ MediaMonkey] is a media management library with features like identifying tracks and tagging music. It has a [https://www.mediamonkey.com/addons/browse/item/musicbrainz-tagger/ Musicbrainz Tagger addon] which serves the purpose of identifying tracks using data sourced from the MusicBrainz database. <br />
<br />
<br />
The following taggers will tag your music files with MusicBrainz data:<br />
<br />
=== Official ===<br />
<br />
; MusicBrainz Picard<br />
: [http://picard.musicbrainz.org/ MusicBrainz Picard] is a cross platform (Linux, Mac OS X, Windows) album oriented MusicBrainz tagger with support for acoustic fingerprinting of MP3, WAV, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, MPC, MP4 and WMA formats.<br />
<br />
=== Affiliated taggers ===<br />
<br />
; Magic MP3 Tagger<br />
: [[Magic MP3 Tagger]] was designed to enable easy and effective renaming of audio files. This is done by<br />
:* checking the available tag,<br />
:* automatically interpreting the file and folder names,<br />
:* selecting the most reliable data from the tags, file and folder names,<br />
:* validating and completing the tags by cross-checking the songs with an internal music database.<br />
<br />
:Magic Mp3 Tagger uses MusicBrainz to find its data, has many different options, recursive processing of folders, and a clear and easy to use interface. Further information is available at [http://www.magic-tagger.com/ http://www.magic-tagger.com/]. ''Magic MP3 Tagger is a part of the [[Tagger Affiliate Program]] and pays 10% of every purchase to MusicBrainz.''<br />
<br />
; Yate Music Tagger<br />
: [[Yate Music Tagger]] is a Mac OS X based tagger for mp3, m4a, FLAC and AIFF files. Supports MusicBrainz, Discogs and integration with iTunes. Actions providing scripting can be run interactively or in a batch mode. ''Yate Music Tagger is a part of the [[Tagger Affiliate Program]] and pays 10% of every purchase to MusicBrainz.''<br />
<br />
=== Other taggers ===<br />
<br />
; Flactag<br />
: [http://flactag.sourceforge.net/ Flactag] is a linux console based tagger for single album FLAC files with embedded CUE sheets. The tags are downloaded from the MusicBrainz service and can be written to the FLAC file as Vorbis comments. Once tagged, the file can be renamed based on a 'template' naming scheme.<br />
<br />
; Kitsune<br />
: [https://code.google.com/archive/p/utopia-no-kitsune/ kitsune] is a free player/tagger for Japanese and Russian music. It supports MusicBrainz lookup for artists and recordings, and will only scrobble to last.fm if a correct name was found in MusicBrainz. It will use [http://oxygene.sk/lukas/2010/07/introducing-chromaprint/ chromaprint] to identify music from a Japanese web radio station or anime related music.<br />
<br />
; Mp3tag<br />
: [http://www.mp3tag.de/en Mp3tag] is a powerful and yet easy-to-use tool to edit metadata (ID3, Vorbis Comments and APE) of common audio formats. It can rename files based on the tag information, replace characters or words from tags and filenames, import/export tag information, create playlists and more. The program supports online freedb database lookups for selected files, allowing you to automatically gather proper tag information for select files or CDs.<br />
<br />
; Jaikoz<br />
: [http://www.jthink.net/jaikoz/ Jaikoz] is a powerful tagger available for macOS, Windows and Linux making use of MusicBrainz, Discogs and AcoustId.<br />
<br />
; Metatogger<br />
: [https://www.luminescence-software.org/en/metatogger.html Metatogger] is a tag editor allowing you to rename, tag and easily sort your MP3, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, WMA and M4A files. Metatogger permits automatic tagging using data from the Musicbrainz platform or using Acoustid acoustic fingerprint technology. Covers can be found via the [https://archive.org/details/coverartarchive Cover Art Archive].<br />
<br />
; SongKong<br />
: [http://www.jthink.net/songkong/ SongKong] prides itself as an intelligent music tagger application. SongKong is simple and powerful at the same time and it can help you manage, organize and clean up your digital music collection. SongKong uses intelligent acoustic matching from Acoustid to find song matches in a case of no information. SongKong uses their JThink Music Server, which is regularly updated from the MusicBrainz and Discogs databases to serve you song matches depending on the information available. It is available for MacOS, Windows, Linux and Docker supporting devices such as Synology Intel Disk Stations.<br />
<br />
; Kid3<br />
: [https://kid3.sourceforge.io/ Kid3] is a cross-platform free audio tagger. It imports album data from many sources, most notably from gnudb.org, TrackType.org, MusicBrainz, Discogs and Amazon.<br />
<br />
; TagScanner<br />
: [https://www.xdlab.ru/en/ TagScanner] helps one edit tags of most modern audio formats, supports ID3v1/v2, Vorbis comments, APEv2, WMA and MP4(iTunes) tags. The user has the liberty to get album info and download covers through online databases such as freedb, Discogs or MusicBrainz. The software is available on Windows in over a dozen languages.<br />
<br />
<br />
The following programs will rip your CDs and use MusicBrainz to tag the new files:<br />
<br />
; abcde<br />
: "[https://abcde.einval.com/wiki/ A better CD encoder]", a command line ripper for *nix, can be configured to use MusicBrainz.<br />
<br />
; CUERipper<br />
: [http://cue.tools/wiki/CUERipper CUERipper] is an open-source CD Ripper for Windows. It supports MusicBrainz.<br />
<br />
; dBpoweramp CD Ripper<br />
: [https://www.dbpoweramp.com/cd-ripper.htm dBpoweramp CD Ripper] is a secure CD ripper for Windows and OS X. It supports MusicBrainz.<br />
<br />
; Exact Audio Copy<br />
: [http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/ Exact Audio Copy (EAC)] is a secure CD ripper for Windows. It comes bundled with [http://cue.tools/wiki/CTDB_EAC_Plugin CueTools DB Metadata Plugin] which can fetch album metadata from MusicBrainz.<br />
<br />
; EZ CD Audio Converter<br />
: [https://www.poikosoft.com/ EZ CD Audio Converter] is a multi-language CD ripper, audio converter, metadata editor and disc burner. It supports MusicBrainz.<br />
<br />
; morituri<br />
: [https://github.com/thomasvs/morituri morituri] is a powerful command line ripper for *nix that aims at creating precise audio rips. It uses MusicBrainz as its source for getting metadata about releases.<br />
: {{Note|The author has gone more or less AWOL, so others have continued the project in the fork ''whipper'' (see below).}}<br />
<br />
; RipIt<br />
: [http://www.suwald.com/ripit/news.php RipIt] is a command line ripper that can rip to a number of formats. It can be set to use MusicBrainz for looking up release information.<br />
: {{Note|The author has officially retired (from) the project.}}<br />
<br />
; Sound Juicer<br />
: [http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/sound-juicer Sound Juicer] is a clean, mean, and lean CD ripper for GNOME 2. It sports a clean interface and simple preferences, aiming to do The Right Thing and What You Mean all of the time. It requires GNOME 2.14 and GStreamer 0.10. Sound Juicer is shipped with Ubuntu.<br />
<br />
; X Lossless Decoder<br />
: [http://tmkk.pv.land.to/xld/index_e.html X Lossless Decoder] (XLD) is a tool for Mac OS X that is able to decode/convert/play various 'lossless' audio files. The supported audio files can be split into some tracks with cue sheet when decoding. It works on Mac OS X 10.4 and later.<br />
<br />
; whipper<br />
: [https://github.com/whipper-team/whipper whipper] is a fork of ''morituri'' (see above), a powerful command line ripper for *nix aiming at creating precise audio rips. It uses MusicBrainz as its sole source for release metadata.<br />
<br />
== Mobile Apps ==<br />
; nusic<br />
: [https://github.com/schnatterer/nusic nusic] is an app to notify you about new releases of the artists of tagged songs on your phone. It makes periodic requests to MusicBrainz to check if new releases have been added.<br />
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; Metadatics<br />
: [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/metadatics/id554883654?mt=12 Metadatics] is a powerful audio metadata editor for macOS which supports several file types, including but not limited to, MP3, M4A, AIFF, WAV, FLAC, APE, OGG, WMA. It uses MusicBrainz to search for tags.</div>PROTechThor