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Mastered for iTunes tag

Does anybody know what is the name of the tag that triggers the "Mastered for iTunes" badge in iTunes? Or is that badge handled differently? I have several AAC m4a files that I made from high resolution files, so I thougt it'd be fun to have that badge show up on them. Thanks.

Mastered for iTunes tag

Reply #1 –
http://i.imgur.com/Vj5aihf.jpg

This is how I see the "Mastered for iTunes" lossy files.

Mastered for iTunes tag

Reply #2 –
I've tried to figure this out, to no avail (similar situation where I have 48khz AAC's I've created using their droplet and wouldn't mind tagging them as MFIT, just as a goof).  There's no clear visible tag and tools like AtomicParsely and its variants haven't been updated yet, AFIAK, to enable / disable the tag.

I got as far as being able to go into a hex editor to remove the tag that way on existing MFIT AAC's I have, but no luck enabling anything and using a hex editor shooting blind like this is a recipe for disaster anyway.    Hoping that one day someone can figure this out!
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Mastered for iTunes tag

Reply #3 –
tahaa7,

I've tried with one of my files and it looks like this tag is controlled by the "mode" value inside the "righ" atom: open the file with a hex editor, do a search for "righ". The atom contains 8 values: veID, plat, aver, tran, song, tool, medi, and mode. It looks like the "Mastered for iTunes" badge is shown when the fourth byte following mode ends with 4, e.g. 00 00 00 04.

Hope this helps.