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Shown below is a table of all properties stored in the Library vs. which properties are stored in Tags. 'Yes' indicates that the information is included in the tag, 'No' indicates that it isn't, and 'Non-Standard' indicates that it is included, but that no clear stardard exists for how this field should be tagged, and consequently it may not be readable by other media players. Tags enclosed in square brackets are read but not written.
| Property | MP3 (ID3v2) | OGG / FLAC | WMA | M4A / M4B / M4P # | MPC (APEv2 ‡) | APE (APEv2 ‡) | WAV (RIFF)* | AVI (RIFF INFO, IDIVX) | MP4 (video) | MOV (read only) | WMV | MKV (read only) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Yes (TIT2) | Yes (TITLE) | Yes (Title) | Yes (©nam, [titl]) | Yes (Title) | Yes (Title) | Yes (INAM, [ID3.TIT2]) | Yes (INAM, IDIVX.Movie) | Yes (nam) | Yes (©nam) | Yes (Title) | Yes (TITLE) |
| Artist(s) / Director(s) | Yes (TPE1) | Yes (ARTIST) | Yes (Author) | Yes (©ART, [auth]) | Yes (Artist) | Yes (Artist) | Yes (IART, [ID3.TPE1]) | Yes (IART, IDIVX.Author) | Yes (art) | Yes (©ART, ©dir) | Yes (Author) | Yes (ARTIST) |
| Album / Podcast | Yes (TALB) | Yes (ALBUM) | Yes (WM/AlbumTitle) | Yes (©alb) | Yes (Album) | Yes (Album) | Yes (IPRD, [IALB, ID3.TALB]) | Yes (IPRD) - used for TV Show name | Yes (alb) | Yes (©alb) | Yes (WM/AlbumTitle) | Yes (ALBUM.TITLE) |
| Album Artist(s) | Yes (TPE2) | Yes (ALBUM ARTIST, ENSEMBLE, ALBUMARTIST) | Yes (WM/AlbumArtist) | Yes (aART) | Yes (Album Artist, Band) | Yes (Album Artist, Band) | Yes (iaar) | No | Yes (aART) | Yes (aART) | Yes (WM/AlbumArtist) | Yes (ALBUM.ARTIST) |
| Date (Year) | Yes (TDRC, TYER, TDAT) | Yes (DATE, [YEAR]) | Yes (WM/Year, WM/OriginalReleaseTime, [ReleaseDate]) | Yes (©day) | Yes (Year, [Record Date] - only year) | Yes (Year, [Record Date] - only year) | Yes (ICRD, [IYER, ID3.TDRL & ID3.TYER) | Yes (ICRD) | Yes (day) | Yes (©day) | Yes (WM/Year) | Yes (DATE_RECORDED) |
| Genre(s) | Yes (TCON) | Yes (GENRE) | Yes (WM/Genre) | Yes (©gen, gnre) | Yes (Genre) | Yes (Genre) | Yes (IGNR, [IGRE, ID3.TCON]) | Yes (IGNR) | Yes (gen,gnre) | Yes (©gen) | Yes (WM/Genre) | Yes (GENRE) |
| Disc # | Yes (TPOS) | Yes (DISCNUMBER,DISC) | Yes (WM/PartOfSet) | Yes (disk, com.apple.iTunes:DISCNUMBER, Xtra:WM/PartOfSet) | Yes (Disc) | Yes (Disc) | No | No | Yes (disk) | Yes (disk) | Yes (WM/PartOfSet) | No |
| Track # | Yes (TRCK) | Yes (TRACKNUMBER) | Yes (WM/TrackNumber, WM/Track, TrackNumberString) | Yes (trkn, com.apple.iTunes:TRACKNUMBER) | Yes (Track) | Yes (Track) | Yes (itrk, [ID3.TRCK]) | Yes (ITRK) - used for episode number | Yes (trkn) | Yes (trkn) | Yes (Track, TrackNumber) - used for episode number | Yes (TRACK.PART_NUMBER) |
| Rating | Yes (POPM) | Non-Standard (RATING) | Yes [full stars] (WM/SharedUserRating), Non-standard [Half-stars] (SDB/Rating) | Non-Standard (rate, Xtra:WM/SharedUserRating) | Yes (Rating) | Yes (Rating) | Yes (IRTD) | Non-Standard (RATE) | Non-Standard (rate) | No | Yes (WM/SharedUserRating) | Yes (RATING) |
| Comment | Yes (COMM) | Yes (COMMENT, [DESCRIPTION]) | Yes (Description) | Yes (©cmt, ldes for >255 chars, [desc], [©des]) | Yes (Comment) | Yes (Comment) | Yes (ICMT, [ID3.COMM]) | Yes (ICMT) | Yes (cmt) | Yes (©cmt, ©inf) | Yes (Description) | Yes (COMMENT) |
| Album Comment | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (ALBUM.COMMENT) | |
| Artwork | Yes (folder or tag APIC) | Yes (METADATA_BLOCK_PICTURE) | Yes (folder or tag WM/Picture) | Yes (covr) | No (folder only) | No (folder only) | No (folder only) | No | Yes (covr) | Yes (covr) | Yes (WM/Picture) | No |
| Grouping | Yes (TIT1) | Yes (GROUPING) | Yes (WM/ContentGroupDescription) | Yes (©grp, Xtra:WM/ContentGroupDescription) | Yes (Grouping) | Yes (Grouping) | No | No | Yes (cgrp) | Yes (©grp) | Yes (WM/ContentGroupDescription) | Yes (COLLECTION.COMMENT) |
| Composer(s) | Yes (TCOM) | Yes (COMPOSER) | Yes (WM/Composer) | Yes (©wrt) | Yes (Composer) | Yes (Composer) | Yes (IMUS) | No (IMUS) | No (wrt) | No (©wrt, ©com) | No (WM/Composer) | Yes (COMPOSER) |
| Conductor(s) | Yes (TPE3) | Yes (CONDUCTOR) | Yes (WM/Conductor) | Yes (com.apple.iTunes:CONDUCTOR, Xtra:WM/Conductor) | Yes (Conductor) | Yes (Conductor) | No | No | Non-Standard (cond) | No | Yes (WM/Conductor) | Yes (CONDUCTOR) |
| Lyricist(s) \ Written by | Yes (TEXT) | Yes (LYRICIST) | Yes (WM/Writer) | Yes (com.apple.iTunes:LYRICIST, Xtra:WM/Writer, Non-standard [lyrc]) | Yes (Lyricist) | Yes (Lyricist) | Yes (IWRI) | Yes (IWRI) | Non-Standard (lyrc) | No | Yes (WM/Writer) | Yes (LYRICIST, WRITTEN_BY) |
| Involved People | Yes (IPLS) | Non-Standard (INVOLVED PEOPLE) | No | Yes (com.apple.iTunes:INVOLVED PEOPLE, Non-Standard [peop]) | Non-Standard (Involved People) | Non-Standard (Involved People) | No | No. Possible use of several standard fields and some non-standard | Non-Standard (peop) | No | No | No. Possible use of several standard fields and some non-standard |
| Original Title | Yes (TOAL) | Non-Standard (ORIGINAL TITLE, [ORIGINAL ALBUM]) | Yes (WM/OriginalAlbumTitle) | Yes(com.apple.iTunes:ORIGINAL ALBUM, Non-Standard [otit]) | Non-Standard (Original Title) | Non-Standard (Original Title) | No | No | Non-Standard (otit) | No | Yes (WM/OriginalAlbumTitle) | Yes (ORIGINAL.TITLE) |
| Original Artist | Yes (TOPE) | Non-Standard (ORIGINAL ARTIST) | Yes (WM/OriginalArtist) | Yes (com.apple.iTunes:ORIGINAL ARTIST, Non-Standard [oart]) | Non-Standard (Original Artist) | Non-Standard (Original Artist) | No | No | Non-Standard (oart) | No | Yes (WM/OriginalArtist) | Yes (ORIGINAL.AUTHOR, ORIGINAL.DIRECTOR) |
| Original Lyricist | Yes (TOLY) | Non-Standard (ORIGINAL LYRICIST) | Yes (WM/OriginalLyricist) | Yes (com.apple.iTunes:ORIGINAL LYRICIST, Non-Standard [olyr]) | Non-Standard (Original Lyricist) | Non-Standard (Original Artist) | No | No | Non-Standard (olyr) | No | Yes (WM/OriginalLyricist) | Yes (ORIGINAL.LYRICIST, ORIGINAL.WRITTEN_BY) |
| Original Date (Year) | Yes (TORY, TDOR) | Non-Standard (ORIGINAL DATE, [ORIGINAL YEAR]) | Yes (WM/OriginalReleaseYear) | Yes (com.apple.iTunes:ORIGINAL DATE, Non-Standard [oday]) | Non-Standard (Original Date) | Non-Standard (Original Date) | No | No | Non-Standard (oday) | No | Yes (WM/OriginalReleaseYear) | Yes (DATE_RELEASED) |
| Beats Per Minute | Yes (TBPM) | Yes (BPM) | Yes (WM/BeatsPerMinute) | Yes (tmpo) | Yes (BPM) | Yes (BPM) | No | No | Yes (tmpo) | Yes (tmpo) | Yes (WM/BeatsPerMinute) | Yes (BPM) |
| ISRC | Yes (TSRC) | Yes (ISRC) | Yes (WM/ISRC) | Yes (com.apple.iTunes:ISRC, Non-Standard [isrc]) | Yes (ISRC) | Yes (ISRC) | Yes (ISRC) | Yes (ISRC) | Non-Standard (isrc) | Yes (©isr) | Yes (WM/ISRC) | Yes (ISRC) |
| Publisher | Yes (TPUB) | Yes (ORGANIZATION) | Yes (WM/Publisher) | Yes (com.apple.iTunes:ORGANIZATION, Xtra:WM/Publisher, Non-Standard [publ]) | Yes (Publisher) | Yes (Publisher) | Yes (ICMS) | Yes (ICMS) | Non-Standard (publ) | No | Yes (WM/Publisher) | Yes (PUBLISHER) |
| Encoder | Yes (TSSE) | Yes (ENCODER) | Yes (WM/ToolName) | Yes (©too) | Yes (Encoder) | Yes (Encoder) | Yes (ISFT, [ID3.TSSE]) | Yes (ISFT) | Yes (ctoo) | Yes (©too) | Yes (WM/ToolName) | Yes (WritingApp, MuxingApp, ENCODER) |
| Copyright | Yes (TCOP) | Yes (COPYRIGHT) | Yes (Copyright) | Yes (cprt) | Yes (Copyright) | Yes (Copyright) | Yes (ICOP, [BCPR, ID3.TENC]) | Yes (ICOP) | Yes (cprt) | Yes (©cpy, cprt) | Yes (Copyright) | Yes (COPYRIGHT) |
| Classification: Tempo | Non-Standard (COMM:Songs-DB_Tempo, COMM:MusicMatch_Tempo) | Non-Standard (TEMPO) | Non-Standard (Tempo) | Yes (com.apple.iTunes:TEMPO, Non-Standard [empo]) | Non-Standard (Tempo) | Non-Standard (Tempo) | No | No | Non-Standard (empo) | No | Non-Standard (Tempo) | No |
| Classification: Mood(s) | Yes (TMOO, non-standard COMM:MusicMatch_Mood) | Yes (MOOD) | Yes (WM/Mood) | Yes (com.apple.iTunes:MOOD, Xtra:WM/Mood, Non-Standard [mood]) | Yes (Mood) | Yes (Mood) | No | No | Non-Standard (mood) | No | Yes (WM/Mood) | Yes (MOOD) |
| Classification: Occasion(s) | Non-Standard (COMM:Songs-DB_Occasion, COMM:MusicMatch_Situation) | Non-Standard (OCCASION) | Non-Standard (Occasion) | Yes (com.apple.iTunes:OCCASION, Non-Standard [occa]) | Non-Standard (Occasion) | Non-Standard (Occasion) | No | No | Non-Standard (occa) | No | Non-Standard (Occasion) | No |
| Classification: Quality | Non-Standard (COMM:Songs-DB_Preference, COMM:MusicMatch_Preference) | Non-Standard (QUALITY) | Non-Standard (Quality) | Yes (com.apple.iTunes:QUALITY, Non-Standard [qual]) | Non-Standard (Quality) | Non-Standard (Quality) | No | No | Non-Standard (qual) | No | Non-Standard (Quality) | No |
| Lyrics | Yes (USLT) | Yes (LYRICS) | Yes (WM/Lyrics) | Yes (©lyr) | Yes (Lyrics) | Yes (Lyrics) | No | No | Yes (©lyr) | Yes (lyr) | Yes (WM/Lyrics) | No |
| Custom Field X | Non-Standard (COMM:Songs-DB_CustomX) | Non-Standard (CUSTOMX) | Non-Standard (UserCustomX) | Yes (com.apple.iTunes:CUSTOMX) | Non-Standard (CustomX) | Non-Standard (CustomX) | No | No | Non-Standard (cusX) | No | Non-Standard (UserCustomX) | No |
| Volume Leveling Coefficient | Yes (RGAD, [RVA2], TXXX:replaygain_track_gain, replaygain_track_peak, replaygain_album_gain | Yes (REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK, REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN, REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_GAIN) | Non-Standard (replaygain_track_gain, replaygain_track_peak, replaygain_album_gain) | Yes (com.apple.iTunes:replaygain_track_gain, com.apple.iTunes:replaygain_track_peak, com.apple.iTunes:replaygain_album_gain) | Yes (replaygain_track_gain, replaygain_track_peak, replaygain_album_gain) | Yes (replaygain_track_gain, replaygain_track_peak, replaygain_album_gain) | Yes (itgl & irva, Non-Standard iagl) | No | Non-Standard (replaygain_track_gain, replaygain_track_peak, replaygain_album_gain) | No | No | Yes (REPLAYGAIN_GAIN, REPLAYGAIN_PEAK, ALBUM.REPLAYGAIN_GAIN) |
| Initial Key | Yes (TKEY) | Yes (INITIALKEY, [KEY, INITIAL KEY]) | Yes (WM/InitialKey) | Yes (com.apple.iTunes:initialkey, Xtra:WM/InitialKey) | Yes (INITIALKEY) | Yes (INITIALKEY) | TKEY | |||||
| Extended tag NAME | Yes (TXXX:NAME) | Yes (NAME) | Yes (NAME) | Yes (com.apple.iTunes:NAME) | Yes (NAME) | Yes (NAME) | No | |||||
| Play Counter (Played #) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Skip Counter (Skipped #) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Last Played | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Type | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Parental rating | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (IRTD) | Non-standard (PARENTAL RATING) | No | Yes (WM/ParentalRating) | Yes (LAW_RATING) |
| TV Episode number | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Non-Standard (ITRK) | Yes (tves for number, tven for non-number) | Yes (tves for number, tven for non-number) | No (used track number) | Yes (EPISODE.PART_NUMBER) |
| TV Season number | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Non-Standard (TVSN) | Yes (tvsn) | Yes (tvsn) | Non-Standard (SeasonNumber) | Yes (SEASON.PART_NUMBER) |
| TV Show name = Series | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Non-Standard (IPRD) | Yes (tvsh) | Yes (tvsh) | No (used Album Title) | Yes (COLLECTION.TITLE) |
| Producer | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (IPRO) | Non-standard (PRODUCER) | Yes (©prd) | Yes (WM/Producer) | Yes (PRODUCER) |
| Actor(s) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (ISTR) | Non-standard (ACTORS) | Yes (©prf) | Non-Standard (Actors) | Yes (ACTOR) |
‡ For MPC and APE Tracks, APEv1 tags are read if APEv2 tags are absent.
† Non-standard tag format originally implemented in MusicMatch is also read, but not written.
* CART chunks and ID3v2 are additionally supported (read-only) for MusicMatch and AudioGrabber compatibility, where indicated.
# AAC does not support tags.
Other Library Elements
There are items that are only saved to the database or settings files, but not stored in any other format:
| Item | Storage |
|---|---|
| Playlists | Playlists can be exported as .m3u files via Tools > Create Reports > Export all Playlists from the Main Menu. |
| AutoPlaylists | AutoPlaylists are Library constructs that can't be exported. |
| Podcasts | A list of Podcasts subscriptions can be exported as an .OPML file via Edit > Podcasts > Export subscribed Podcasts from the Main Menu. |
| Configuration | Sync, Collections, and other configuration data are stored to MediaMonkey.ini file, the database file, and the registry and cannot be exported. |
| Type | Type is a MediaMonkey only tag and is only stored in the database. |
| Play History | Playcount, Skip Count and Last Played are only stored in the database. |
Related
- Backup the MediaMonkey Database
- Knowledge Base: Modifying the MediaMonkey database and settings files / changing the default database location
- Knowledge Base: How to Configure which ID3 Tags are used for Year / Date
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