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=The MusicBrainz Taggers=

==Supported Tagger==
==Supported Tagger==


The MusicBrainz tagger application allow you to automatically look up the releases/tracks in your music collection and then write clean metadata tags (ID3 tags, Vorbis comment fields, etc.) to your files. The tagger also allow you to specify how and where to write cleanly tagged files to your hard drive.
The MusicBrainz tagger application allow you to automatically look up the releases/tracks in your music collection and then write clean metadata tags (ID3 tags, Vorbis comment fields, etc.) to your files. The tagger also allow you to specify how and where to write cleanly tagged files to your hard drive.
* [[Picard Tagger]] <br/>
; [[Picard Tagger]]
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">The cross platform (Linux/Unix and Windows) release oriented tagger that supports the acoustic fingerprinting standard ([[PUID]]), mp3, wav, vorbis, flac, mpc, mp4 and wma formats. Picard has excellent UNICODE support -- if you require non ISO-8859-1 tags in your files, use Picard! <br/><br/>
:The cross platform (Linux/Unix and Windows) release oriented tagger that supports the acoustic fingerprinting standard ([[PUID]]), mp3, wav, vorbis, flac, mpc, mp4 and wma formats. Picard has excellent UNICODE support -- if you require non ISO-8859-1 tags in your files, use Picard! <br/><br/>
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==3rd Party Taggers==
==3rd Party Taggers==


* [[Magic Tagger|Magic MP3 Tagger]] <br/>
; [[Magic Tagger|Magic MP3 Tagger]]
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">This is a Windows tagger for the MP3 file format that sponsors [[MusicBrainz]]. It uses a built-in excerpt of the [[MusicBrainz]] core data to speed up the identification process. This tagger has been optimized to automatically identify music files by using an advanced dynamic offline and online music identification algorithm. This includes consideration of different naming patterns and similarities, various artist albums, compilation discs, known common misspellings and more. <br/><br/>
:This is a Windows tagger for the MP3 file format that sponsors [[MusicBrainz]]. It uses a built-in excerpt of the [[MusicBrainz]] core data to speed up the identification process. This tagger has been optimized to automatically identify music files by using an advanced dynamic offline and online music identification algorithm. This includes consideration of different naming patterns and similarities, various artist albums, compilation discs, known common misspellings and more.

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* [[Jaikoz MP3 Tag Editor|Jaikoz Tag Editor]] <br/>
; [[Jaikoz MP3 Tag Editor|Jaikoz Tag Editor]]
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">This cross platform tagger supports acoustic fingerprinting ([[PUID]]), meta-matching on a track by track basis, iTunes integration, full unicode support, lyrics and cover art matching. 30 fields can be automatically updated from [[MusicBrainz]], and it supports most audio formats.
: This cross platform tagger supports acoustic fingerprinting ([[PUID]]), meta-matching on a track by track basis, iTunes integration, full unicode support, lyrics and cover art matching. 30 fields can be automatically updated from [[MusicBrainz]], and it supports most audio formats.
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==Deprecated Taggers==
==Deprecated Taggers==


* [[Classic Tagger]] (a.k.a. MusicBrainz Tagger 0.10.5) <br/>
; [[Classic Tagger]] (a.k.a. MusicBrainz Tagger 0.10.5)
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">This is our classic tagger that supports the old acoustic fingerprinting standard ([[TRM]]), wav, mp3, flac and vorbis formats. This tagger is track oriented, has limited UNICODE support and runs on Windows only. It is no longer supported, and server features it depends on may be withdrawn. <br/><br/>
: This is our classic tagger that supports the old acoustic fingerprinting standard ([[TRM]]), wav, mp3, flac and vorbis formats. This tagger is track oriented, has limited UNICODE support and runs on Windows only. It is no longer supported, and server features it depends on may be withdrawn.

</ul>
* [[iEatBrainz|iEatBrainz!]] <br/>
; [[iEatBrainz|iEatBrainz!]]
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">Tagger for Mac OS X that integrates with your iTunes library. This uses the old acoustic fingerprinting standard ([[TRM]]) which is phased out in favor of [[PUID]]. <br/><br/>
: Tagger for Mac OS X that integrates with your iTunes library. This uses the old acoustic fingerprinting standard ([[TRM]]) which is phased out in favor of [[PUID]].
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Additionally, there is a tool which allows to add [[Disc ID|DiscID]]s to releases (The tagger applications above support this feature as well).
Additionally, there is a tool which allows to add [[Disc ID|DiscID]]s to releases (The tagger applications above support this feature as well).
* [[CD Lookup Tool|CdLookupTool]] MusicBrainz CD Lookup Tool <br/>
; [[CD Lookup Tool|CdLookupTool]] MusicBrainz CD Lookup Tool
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">Designed to allow users the ability to lookup and contribute metadata for Audio CDs.
: Designed to allow users the ability to lookup and contribute metadata for Audio CDs.
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Revision as of 21:34, 26 May 2009

Supported Tagger

The MusicBrainz tagger application allow you to automatically look up the releases/tracks in your music collection and then write clean metadata tags (ID3 tags, Vorbis comment fields, etc.) to your files. The tagger also allow you to specify how and where to write cleanly tagged files to your hard drive.

Picard Tagger
The cross platform (Linux/Unix and Windows) release oriented tagger that supports the acoustic fingerprinting standard (PUID), mp3, wav, vorbis, flac, mpc, mp4 and wma formats. Picard has excellent UNICODE support -- if you require non ISO-8859-1 tags in your files, use Picard!

3rd Party Taggers

Magic MP3 Tagger
This is a Windows tagger for the MP3 file format that sponsors MusicBrainz. It uses a built-in excerpt of the MusicBrainz core data to speed up the identification process. This tagger has been optimized to automatically identify music files by using an advanced dynamic offline and online music identification algorithm. This includes consideration of different naming patterns and similarities, various artist albums, compilation discs, known common misspellings and more.
Jaikoz Tag Editor
This cross platform tagger supports acoustic fingerprinting (PUID), meta-matching on a track by track basis, iTunes integration, full unicode support, lyrics and cover art matching. 30 fields can be automatically updated from MusicBrainz, and it supports most audio formats.

Deprecated Taggers

Classic Tagger (a.k.a. MusicBrainz Tagger 0.10.5)
This is our classic tagger that supports the old acoustic fingerprinting standard (TRM), wav, mp3, flac and vorbis formats. This tagger is track oriented, has limited UNICODE support and runs on Windows only. It is no longer supported, and server features it depends on may be withdrawn.
iEatBrainz!
Tagger for Mac OS X that integrates with your iTunes library. This uses the old acoustic fingerprinting standard (TRM) which is phased out in favor of PUID.

Additionally, there is a tool which allows to add DiscIDs to releases (The tagger applications above support this feature as well).

CdLookupTool MusicBrainz CD Lookup Tool
Designed to allow users the ability to lookup and contribute metadata for Audio CDs.