# Tag Reference

## Default fields

The following fields are common to almost all music files.

__app

  The application name: puddletag v0.10.4 depending on version number.

__bitrate

  The bitrate of the file in kb/s. Note that it’s a string with kb/s appended as in ‘213 kb/s’ and not ‘213’. For Lossless formats this is always ‘0 kb/s’

__created

  The creation date of the file in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format.

__dirpath

  The path of the directory the file resides in. /media/Multimedia/Music/myfile.mp3 has __dirpath /media/Multimedia/Music/

__ext

  Extension of the file. /media/Multimedia/Music/myfile.mp3 has extension mp3

__file_accessed_date

  The date the file was accessed in YYYY-MM-DD format

__file_accessed_datetime

  The date including the time the file was accessed in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format

__file_accessed_datetime_raw

  UNIX time of the file’s last access eg. 1234567890.

__file_create_date

  Creation date of the file in YYYY-MM-DD format.

__file_create_datetime

  File’s creation date in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format.

__file_create_datetime_raw

  UNIX time of file creation date eg. 1234567890.

__file_mod_date

  Date the file was last modified in YYYY-MM-DD format.

__file_mod_datetime

  Time the file was last modified in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format.

__file_mod_datetime_raw

  UNIX time of file’s last modification date.

__file_size

  The file’s size in human-readable format.

__file_size_bytes

  The file’s size in bytes.

__file_size_kb

  The file’s size in KB.

__file_size_mb

  The file’s size in MB (to two decimal places).

__filename

  The filename of the file with the folder stripped. e.g. the __filename of /media/Multimedia/Music/myfile.mp3 is myfile.mp3

__filename_no_ext

  The file’s filename without extension.

__filetype

  The format of the file. Currently the info is very sparse.

__frequency

  The sample rate of the file in kHz. Note that it’s a string with kHz appended as in ‘213 kHz’ and not ‘213’

__image

  Refers to the album art present in the file.

__image_mimetype

  MimeType of the first cover image in the file.

__image_size

  Size in bytes of the first cover image in the file.

__length

  The length of the file in “minutes: seconds” format.

__length_seconds

  Length of the file in seconds.

__mode

  One of, Mono, Stereo, Joint-Stereo or Dual Channel.

__modified

  The last time the file was modified in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format .

__num_images

  Number of cover images found in the file.

__parent_dir

  The name of the parent directory of the directory the file’s contained in. Cannot be written to.

__path

  The absolute filename of a file including directories. e.g /media/Multimedia/Music/myfile.mp3

__size

  The size of the file in bytes.

__tag

  Comma-Separated list of tags found in file. Eg. VorbisComment, ID3v2.4, ID3v1.1

__tag_read

  The tag that’ll get written to in the file.

__total

  If the track field is of track/numtracks format, returns numtracks. Can also be written to.

## Functions Only

Only available for Functions is:

__selected

  Having __selected as the field will apply the selected function to the selected cells. So if you have the album field selected in one file and artist in another. The function’ll be applied to the album field of the first file and artist of the other respectively.

## Cover Art

Cover art can be accessed using the __image field. Use it only in Function like Remove Fields as album cannot be displayed anywhere other than the Artwork window and Extended Tags dialog.

- For ID3 tag cover art, writing multiple pictures per file is supported, but a different description is required for each.

- MP4 tags also support multiple pictures per file, but not setting descriptions.

- APEv2 tags can store at most two pictures per file. Moreover, these pictures need to have different cover types, limited to Cover (front) and Cover (back).

- VorbisComment tags support multiple pictures per file with no limit on the descriptions or cover types.

## Tags

The table below lists ID3v2.4 frames and MP4 Atoms with their respective puddletag fields. This page lists ID3 Frames and the various ways to edit them in puddletag.

Any MP4 atoms not in this list will be assumed to be freeform frames, written using ‘:com.apple.iTunes:fieldname’ as the atom. ID3 frames not found will be written as TXXX frames of the form TXXX:fieldname frame.

puddletag field | ID3v2.4 Frame | MP4 Atom
--- | --- | ---
album | TALB | alb
albumartist | TPE2 |
albumsortorder | TSOA | soal
arranger | TPE4 |
artist | TPE1 | ART
audiodelay | TDLY |
audiolength | TLEN |
audiosize | TSIZ |
author | TOLY |
bpm | TBPM | tmpo
comment | COMM | cmt
composer | TCOM | wrt
conductor | TPE3 |
copyright | TCOP | cprt
date | TDAT |
discnumber | TPOS |
encodedby | TENC | too
encodingsettings | TSSE |
encodingtime | TDEN |
filename | TOFN |
fileowner | TOWN |
filetype | TFLT |
genre | TCON | gen
grouping | TIT1 | grp
initialkey | TKEY |
involvedpeople | TIPL |
isrc | TSRC |
itunesalbumsortorder | TSO2 |
itunescompilationflag | TCMP |
itunescomposersortorder | TSOC |
language | TLAN |
lyricist | TEXT |
mediatype | TMED |
mood | TMOO |
musiciancredits | TMCL |
organization | TPUB |
originalalbum | TOAL |
originalartist | TOPE |
originalreleasetime | TDOR |
originalyear | TORY |
performersortorder | TSOP |
popularimeter | POPM |
producednotice | TPRO |
radioowner | TRSO |
radiostationname | TRSN |
recordingdates | TRDA |
releasetime | TDRL |
setsubtitle | TSST |
taggingtime | TDTG |
time | TIME |
title | TIT2 | nam
titlesortorder | TSOT | sonm
track | TRCK |
unsyncedlyrics | USLT |
ufid | UFID |
version | TIT3 |
wwwartist | WOAR |
wwwcommercialinfo | WCOM |
wwwcopyright | WCOP |
wwwfileinfo | WOAF |
wwwpayment | WPAY |
wwwpublisher | WPUB |
wwwradio | WORS |
wwwsource | WOAS |
year | TDRC | day