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Topic: Can/How foo_musicbrainz write Picard Musicbrainz Tags ? (Read 569 times) previous topic - next topic
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Can/How foo_musicbrainz write Picard Musicbrainz Tags ?

Hi All,

I'm trying foo_musicbrainz (v0.5.0, Build: 23:52:56, Feb 23 2023) and figured out, that the tags written by this component are different to the tags Picard writes.

That leads to a completely ignoring of those tags when you put those music files into a mediaplayer, say Plex, which reads those tags.

In the screenshot the upper tags are written by the component
and the lower tags are written by Picard.

Is there a way to let the component write Picard like tags, so they will be recognozed by software confirmed to work with musicbrainz tags ?

Thank you!

Re: Can/How foo_musicbrainz write Picard Musicbrainz Tags ?

Reply #2 –
Thank you,

what does this mean in practical terms?

How do I have to set up F2k to use FLAC/Vorbis tags to get the component foo_musicbrainz write the tags picard write?

I don't get it right now...

Re: Can/How foo_musicbrainz write Picard Musicbrainz Tags ?

Reply #3 –
foo_musicbrainz was never meant to write tags that are compatible with other apps. You should use Picard for that.

Here's an excerpt from the docs I wrote when I spent a short time maintaining it....

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### Tag Mapping

Before you consider using this to tag your files, it's important to note that it does
not strictly adhere to the `Picard` tag mappings as documented [here](https://picard-docs.musicbrainz.org/en/appendices/tag_mapping.html).

If compatibility with `MusicBrainz Picard` or other taggers/players that make use of `MBID` data is
more important then you should probably avoid using this. More details of what this component
does and why can be found [below](#the-nerdy-stuff).

### The Nerdy Stuff

When it comes to tagging `MBID`s, this component always follows the naming conventions used for `Vorbis`
comments regardless of the underlying file format/tagging sheme.

For example, it will write `MUSICBRAINZ_ARTISTID` instead of `MUSICBRAINZ ARTIST ID` to `MP3` and `M4A` files.
Repeat that for all tags prefixed with `MUSICBRAINZ`.

The following differences affect `ID3` tagging only:

- `DISCSUBTITLE` is written to `TXXX:DISCSUBTITLE` rather than `TSST (SET SUBTITLE)`
- `LABEL` is written to `TXXX:LABEL` rather than `TPUB (PUBLISHER)`
- `MEDIA` is written to `TXXX:MEDIA` rather than `TMED (MEDIA TYPE)`
- `MUSICBRAINZ_RECORDINGID` is written to `TXXX:MUSICBRAINZ_TRACKID` rather than `UFID://musicbrainz.org`
- `RELEASECOUNTRY` is written to `TXXX:RELEASECOUNTRY` rather than `TXXX:MUSICBRAINZ ALBUM RELEASE COUNTRY`
- `PERFORMER` is written to `TXXX:PERFORMER` rather than `TMCL` / `IPLS`

The whole purpose of this is to unify tag display/search across `foobar2000` regardless of file format.
It's easier to search for `%LABEL% IS blah` rather than `%LABEL% IS blah OR %PUBLISHER% is blah` which
is what you'd have to do if this was `Picard` compatible.
 

Re: Can/How foo_musicbrainz write Picard Musicbrainz Tags ?

Reply #4 –
Darn, I wish, I would have found this piece of documentation earlier!

Thank you very much marc2k3 !!