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How to tag your files for album matching

Tagging your files for album matching is quite an easy task so here are the steps:

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Applying Tags

1

Open Mp3Tag

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Add your files

Press on file -> change directory and select the folder you created.
3

Select your song

Select the song you want to tag.
4

Add the custom tags

Now add these tags:
  • Title
  • Artist
  • Album
  • Album Artist
  • Track Number
  • Total Tracks
  • Disc Number
  • Total Discs
  • ITUNESADVISORY
Each tag type and how to set them up
5

Verify all tags

All the other tags should be already set by the configuration that you installed earlier, just make sure that they are all set, if not add them according to the tags list

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Tag Types

Click on a tag type for instructions.
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TITLE
string
Name of the song.
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ARTIST
string
required
The artist that made the song.
If multiple artists put , between each one.
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ALBUM
string
required
The album this song is related to.
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ALBUM ARTIST
string
required
The artist that made the album.
If multiple artists put , between each one.
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YEAR
value
required
The year the album was released in.
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TRACK
value
required
The number of the song’s placment in the album.
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TOTALTRACKS
value
The number of total tracks in this album.
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DISCNUMBER
value
default:"1"
The “disc” of the album that the song is in.
Most of the time this value is 1.
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TOTALDISCS
value
default:"1"
The amount of “discs” in that album.
Most of the time this value is 1.
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GENRE
string
required
The genre of this song.
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COMPOSER
string
Usually the real name of the artist/s, producer/s, writer/s, and anyone involved in making the song.
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DATE MODIFIED
string
The last time the album was edited.
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DATE ADDED
string
The time the album was added.
Most of the time this is the same as date modified.
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COPYRIGHT
string
The comapany/label that the artist dropped this song/abum under.
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BITRATE
string
default:"320"
The bit rate of your song.
Mostly 320 kbps.
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AUDIO FORMATS
string
required
This has to beDolby Atmos, Lossless, AAC
This should be automaticaly added if you installed the config.
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CLOUD STATUS
string
required
This has to be Apple Music
This should be automaticaly added if you installed the config.
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LOCATION
string
required
This has to be Cloud
This should be automaticaly added if you installed the config.
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KIND
string
required
This has to be Apple Music AAC audio file
This should be automaticaly added if you installed the config.
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ITUNESADVISORY
boolean
If the song is explict or not so apple music shows theEicon.
1=yes, 0=no

Instructions

How to setup each tag.
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