A tag editor (or tagger) is an application which allows users to edit metadata of multimedia files. Metadata is the data about the audio data. It lets information about the audio file such as the title, artist, conductor, album, track length, lyrics, embedded images, and other information be stored in the audio file itself.
The most common form of audio tag is ID3, of which there are two unrelated types (ID3v1 and ID3v2). There are also other types of audio tags, including Vorbis Comments (found in Ogg and FLAC audio files), and APE tags. Tag editors are not just confined to audio files. Taggers for graphic formats (such as JPEG and TIFF) are also available.
Tag editors are frequently used to correct and organise multimedia files and they support popular digital audio formats. They can rename files based on the tag information, replace words in tags and filenames, create playlists, and import/export tag information. An important feature we look for is the ability to make online database lookups, saving valuable time in collating tags and cover art for your music collection.
Here’s our recommended free music tag editors for Windows. mp3tag is worthy of a mention, but it’s only freeware not open source software.
| Music Tag Editors | |
| Kid3 | Easily tag audio files supporting a huge range of formats |
| MusicBrainz Picard | Next generation of tagger for the MusicBrainz application |
| EasyTAG | Simple application for viewing and editing tags in audio files |
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