Appendix 2: Tag Mapping

The following is a mapping between Picard internal tag names and those used by various tagging formats.

AcoustID

AcoustID Fingerprint

Album Artist Sort Order

Album Sort Order 4

Artist Sort Order

Artists

BPM 4

Comment 4

Compilation (iTunes) 5

Composer Sort Order

Disc Number

Disc Subtitle

Encoded By 4

Encoder Settings 4

Gapless Playback 4

Grouping 3

Initial Key

Language

License 6 7

Lyrics 4

Mood 3

Movement 4

Movement Count 4

Movement Number 4

MusicBrainz Release Group ID

MusicBrainz Work ID

MusicIP Fingerprint

Original Album

Original Artist

Original Filename

Original Release Date 1

Original Release Year 1

Podcast 4

Podcast URL 4

ReplayGain Album Gain

ReplayGain Album Peak

ReplayGain Album Range

ReplayGain Reference Loudness

ReplayGain Track Gain

ReplayGain Track Peak

ReplayGain Track Range

Script

Show Name 4

Show Name Sort Order 4

Show Work & Movement 4

Subtitle 4

Total Discs

Total Tracks

Track Number

Track Title Sort Order 4

Website (official artist website)

Work Title

Writer 2

Footnotes:

1(1,2)

Taken from the earliest release in the release group.

2

Used when uncertain whether composer or lyricist.

3(1,2)

This is populated by LastFMPlus plugin and not by stock Picard.

4(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18)

This is not able to be populated by stock Picard. It may be used and populated by certain plugins.

5

For Picard>=1.3 this indicates a Various Artists album; for Picard<=1.2 this indicates albums with tracks by different artists (which is incorrect (e.g.: an original album with a duet with a feat. artist would show as a Compilation). In neither case does this indicate a MusicBrainz Release Group subtype of compilation.

6

Release-level license relationship type.

7

Recording-level license relationship type.

8

With “Save iTunes compatible grouping and work” (since Picard>=2.1.0)