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Topic: How to display TOPE ID3v2 frame (original artist) in metadata? (Read 1826 times) previous topic - next topic
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How to display TOPE ID3v2 frame (original artist) in metadata?

I'm using foobar2000 with Default User Inferface. In the Metadata box, I see the following ID3v2 frames:

  • Artist Name
  • Track Title
  • Date
  • Genre
  • Composer
  • Track Number
  • Comment

Is there a way to also show the Original Artist frame?

According to ID3v2 specs, the name of this frame is TOPE.

Re: How to display TOPE ID3v2 frame (original artist) in metadata?

Reply #1 –
No, it can't be customised.

But TOPE should be available as %original artist% in any custom playlist column or other panel that supports title formatting. You can view the mappings for the frames fb2k supports here...

https://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Foobar2000:ID3_Tag_Mapping

Re: How to display TOPE ID3v2 frame (original artist) in metadata?

Reply #2 –
You can add Original Artist (or any other field) as a standard field so it always appears in track Properties. Edit the option in File > Preferences > Advanced > Display > Properties dialog > Standard fields, and add it somewhere in the order you want fields to appear -

Code: [Select]
Original Artist=ORIGINAL ARTIST;

Re: How to display TOPE ID3v2 frame (original artist) in metadata?

Reply #3 –
I assumed the OP was talking about the selection properties panel. If I got that wrong, oops.

edit: of course the Properties dialog would already show <ORIGINAL ARTIST> for existing tags. You only need the advanced preference setting for the convenience of adding it to new files without those tags.
 

Re: How to display TOPE ID3v2 frame (original artist) in metadata?

Reply #4 –
Quote from: anamorphic on
You can add Original Artist (or any other field) as a standard field so it always appears in track Properties. Edit the option in File > Preferences > Advanced > Display > Properties dialog > Standard fields, and add it somewhere in the order you want fields to appear -

Code: [Select]
Original Artist=ORIGINAL ARTIST;

It worked, thank you.

Just for the record, I found this list with all the fields: