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| MP3 has become the most common audio format for playback, storage and transfer of music. If we need to playback MP3 files with their tag information shown correctly, or to organize a large collection of MP3 files based on their tag information, a good MP3 tag editor will be helpful. In this category, both standalone and built-in MP3 tag editors are reviewed based on three basic needs which include:
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Standalone Tag Editors
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These are mostly Windows Programs. But, I saw 2 that I already have on my Fedora 14 System...
Kid3 (standing for KDE ID3) audio tag editor runs on multi platforms and supports editing all tags in MP3 files. You can generate tags from file names or vice versa, and import tags from online databases including gnudb.org, TrackType.org, Discogs and MusicBrainz. The application allows for dragging and dropping a cover art to a file and helps searching album arts and lyrics via a browser from online resources as well. Other features include convert between ID3v1.1, ID3v2.3 and ID3v2.4 tags, edit tags of multiple files, generate playlist files, rename and create directories from tags, case conversion and export tags.
Despite all the features, it lacks a column view available to other editors for glancing at the same tag fields but of different values in multiple files. Due to this, you can only see 'un-equal' signs in tags for different values when multiple files are selected.
MusicBrainz Picard runs on multi platforms and adopts a new tagging concept that is album oriented, as opposed to tracks or files oriented tagging.
It identifies track information by comparing a unique digital thumbprint to the information in the MusicBrainz database. Once the tracks are best matched, you can save their respective tag information into selected MP3 files. How To Tag Files With Picard is a helpful guide for a quick start.
As with Mp3tag, checking the details of a selected file evokes a list of all existing tags, including lyrics, which you can then edit. If a tag doesn't currently exist, you can always add it.
But in the version under review, cover art edits aren't possible except by updating from online databases.
I like Kid3 (standing for KDE ID3). But, I MusicBrainz Picard's interface does not seem very intuitive to me. I used it once, about a year ago (it's now 03-06-12). but, it took some reading to find out how. And now I can't remember how to do anything with it. So, I use Kid3 and EasyTag. Check out my new Article for more info...
Despite all the features, it lacks a column view available to other editors for glancing at the same tag fields but of different values in multiple files. Due to this, you can only see 'un-equal' signs in tags for different values when multiple files are selected.
MusicBrainz Picard runs on multi platforms and adopts a new tagging concept that is album oriented, as opposed to tracks or files oriented tagging.
It identifies track information by comparing a unique digital thumbprint to the information in the MusicBrainz database. Once the tracks are best matched, you can save their respective tag information into selected MP3 files. How To Tag Files With Picard is a helpful guide for a quick start.
As with Mp3tag, checking the details of a selected file evokes a list of all existing tags, including lyrics, which you can then edit. If a tag doesn't currently exist, you can always add it.
But in the version under review, cover art edits aren't possible except by updating from online databases.
I like Kid3 (standing for KDE ID3). But, I MusicBrainz Picard's interface does not seem very intuitive to me. I used it once, about a year ago (it's now 03-06-12). but, it took some reading to find out how. And now I can't remember how to do anything with it. So, I use Kid3 and EasyTag. Check out my new Article for more info...
These Two Tag Editors together EasyTAG and Kid3 ID3 Tagger. Make Audio File Tag Editing Easy for Me.'
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Best Free MP3 Tag Editor
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- Kid3 - ID3 Tagger
- MusicBrainz Picard - MusicBrainz
- TagLib in Launchpad
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- EasyTAG - Tag editor for MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, MusePack and Monkey's Audio files, ...
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