With SqueezeCenter, it would be best to eliminate ID3v1 tags entirely, skip ID3v2.2 and use ID3v2.3 or ID3v2.4 alone. Note both types can be present in a file simultaneously. See Wikipedia for a discussion on the differences between ID3v1 (old!) and ID3v2 (newer!). MP3 files store tag information ('metadata', or data about data) in 'ID3' tags. See also these forum threads on library management and cataloguing tools. Imports from, , MusicBrainz, Discogs & Amazon kid3 - Linux - Free - Powerful id3 tagger designed for KDE on Linux (eg Kubuntu).Tag&Rename - Windows - 30-day free trial.MP3 Tag Editor - Windows - 30-day free trial.Puddletag - Linux - lookalike for mp3tag but native on Linux.mp3Tag Pro - Windows - 30-day free trial.Mp3tag - Windows (also works in Wine) - Free - Highly recommended - See SqueezeCenter-specific guide here.MusicIP Mixer - Windows/Mac/Linux - Free for the basic version - not strictly a tagging tool, but has an easy interface allowing multi-select tag changes.

MusicBrainz - Windows/Mac/Linux - Free, Open Source - This is a moderated CD database and possibly the most accurate source of tags.JRiver Media Jukebox - Windows - Free (audio only).JRiver Media Center - Windows - 30-day free trial, $40 thereafter.

Foobar2000 - Windows - Free - Media player with a powerful yet simple tagging interface.

Ex Falso - Linux (also available from the Ubuntu and Debian repositories) - Free, Open Source - handles MP3, OGG, FLAC and more.

ExcelTagger - Windows - Free - Microsoft Excel addin that allows you to load, edit and save music tags from Excel.

EasyTAG - Windows/Mac/Linux/BSD (GTK based) - Free, Open Source.

Again, there are many, here are a few of the good ones:

To fix tagging errors after the event you will want a good tagging tool. If you listen to a lot of Classical music you will need to take special care - see BeginnersGuideToClassical. Its especially irritating if you find you have several slightly different spellings of an Artist name for various albums. More often you will find subtle or not-so-subtle errors, which you should try to correct. The ripping tools in BeginnersGuideToRipping will, given half a chance, automatically download information about your CD from an internet database (freedb, cddb) and populate the Tags (such as Artist, Album, Title and potentially many more) in your files.īut beware: occasionally you will find a CD that isn't already listed in the database (in which case you can do the decent thing - create the tags and then submit them for others to use).

Id3 tagger mac