Title

30 characters

Artist

30 characters

Album

30 characters

Year

4 characters

Comment

28 characters

Track

1 byte

Genre

1 byte

Field name

Description

Title

The 'Title/Song name/Content description' field is the actual name of the piece (e.g. "Adagio", "Hurricane Donna").

Artist

The 'Lead artist(s)/Lead performer(s)/Soloist(s)/Performing group' is used for the main artist(s).

Album

The 'Album/Movie/Show title' field is intended for the title of the recording(/source of sound) which the audio in the file is taken from.

Year

The 'Year' field is a numeric string with a year of the recording.

Genre

Genre of the content. You may use one of genres mentioned above or define and use your own.

Track

The 'Track number/Position in set' field is a numeric string containing the order number of the audio-file on its original recording. This may be extended with a "/" character and a numeric string containing the total number of tracks/elements on the original recording. For example, "4/9".

Comment

This field is intended for any kind of information that does not fit in any other field.

Original filename

The 'Original filename' field contains the preferred filename for the file, since some media doesn't allow the desired length of the filename. The filename is case sensitive and includes its suffix.

BMP

The 'BPM' field contains the number of beats per minute in the main part of the audio. The BPM is represented as a numerical string.

Play counter

This field contains a counter which shows how many times the audio file was played. The field is set by an audio player.

Rating

This field contains rating of the audio file which indicates its popularity.

Content group

The 'Content group description' field is used if the sound belongs to a larger category of sounds/music. For example, classical music is often sorted in different musical sections (e.g. "Piano Concerto", "Weather - Hurricane").

Subtitle

The 'Subtitle/Description refinement' field is used for information directly related to the contents title (e.g. "Op. 16" or "Performed live at Wembley").

Band

The 'Band/Orchestra/Accompaniment' field is used for additional information about the performers in the recording.

Conductor

The 'Conductor' field is used for the name of the conductor.

Remixed by

The 'Interpreted, remixed, or otherwise modified by' field contains more information about the people behind a remix and similar interpretations of another existing piece.

Original artist

The 'Original artist(s)/performer(s)' field is intended for the performer(s) of the original recording, if for example the music in the file should be a cover of a previously released song. The performers are separated with the "/" character.

Composer

The 'Composer(s)' field is intended for the name of the composer(s). They are separated with the "/" character.

Original album

The 'Original album/movie/show title' field is intended for the title of the original recording (or source of sound), if for example the music in the file should be a cover of a previously released song.

Original year

The 'Original release year' field is intended for the year when the original recording, if for example the music in the file should be a cover of a previously released song, was released.

Writer

The 'Lyricist(s)/Text writer(s)' field is intended for the writer(s) of the text or lyrics in the recording. They are separated with the "/" character.

Original writer

The 'Original lyricist(s)/text writer(s)' field is intended for the text writer(s) of the original recording, if for example the music in the file should be a cover of a previously released song. The text writers are separated with the "/" character.

Encoded by

The 'Encoded by' field contains the name of the person or organization that encoded the audio file. This field may contain a copyright message, if the audio file also is copyrighted by the encoder.

Publisher

The 'Publisher' field simply contains the name of the label or publisher.

Copyright

The 'Copyright message' field, which must begin with a year and a space character (making five characters), is intended for the copyright holder of the original sound, not the audio file itself. The absence of this field means only that the copyright information is unavailable or has been removed, and must not be interpreted to mean that the sound is public domain. Every time this field is displayed the field must be preceded with "Copyright © ".

File owner

The 'File owner/licensee' field contains the name of the owner or licensee of the file and its contents.

Audio file webpage

The 'Official audio file webpage' field is a URL pointing at a file specific webpage.

Artist webpage

The 'Official artist/performer webpage' field is a URL pointing at the artist’s official webpage.

Audio source webpage

The 'Official audio source webpage' field is a URL pointing at the official webpage for the source of the audio file, e.g. a movie.

Commercial info webpage

The 'Commercial information' field is a URL pointing at a webpage with information such as where the album can be bought.

Copyright info webpage

The 'Copyright/Legal information' field is a URL pointing at a webpage where the terms of use and ownership of the file is described.

Publisher webpage

The 'Publishers official webpage' field is a URL pointing at the official webpage for the publisher.

Payment webpage

The 'Payment' field is a URL pointing at a webpage that will handle the process of paying for this file.

Art

Indicates if the tag contains attached pictures which are related to the audio file.