Songs¶
One recording. A song is filed under the album it was first released on.
| Field | Type | Required | Allowed values or link | Definition | Purpose | MP4 tag | MP3 tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Title |
Text | Yes | The name of the thing the row describes, in plain ASCII, with no edition labels. On a song it is the track title as it appears on the audio file. | The name used in file names and tags. | ©nam | TIT2 | |
MusicBrainz_Recording_ID |
Text | The MusicBrainz recording ID (a 36-character UUID). | The exact identity of the recording. A verified video needs it. | ----:com.apple.iTunes:MusicBrainz Recording Id | UFID:http://musicbrainz.org | ||
Album |
Link to one row | Row of Albums | A link to the Albums row: the original studio album, or the single's own title for a single. | Gives album, year and position once for every video of the song. | None | None | |
Disc |
Whole number | The disc number on that album. | Part of the file name and the disc-number tag. | disk | TPOS | ||
Track |
Whole number | The track number within the disc. | Part of the file name and the track-number tag. | trkn | TRCK | ||
Track_Artist |
Link to one row | Row of Artists | A link to the Artists row of the main performer (the Artist tag). | Who performs the song. For a film, show or game song it is the name after the title. | ©ART | TPE1 | |
Additional_Artists |
Links to several rows | Row of Artists | Links to the other credited artists (feat., with). The ARTISTS tag lists the main performer first, then these. | Keeps credits out of file names but in the tags. | ----:com.apple.iTunes:ARTISTS | TXXX:ARTISTS | |
Wikipedia_Song_URL |
Text | The song's own Wikipedia article, the same for every video of the song. Blank when it has none. | Evidence and a tag in the file. | ----:com.apple.iTunes:WIKIPEDIA_URL | TXXX:WIKIPEDIA_URL | ||
Wikipedia_Lead |
Text | The opening paragraph of the song's Wikipedia article, as plain text. | Written to the file's tag. | ----:com.apple.iTunes:WIKIPEDIA_LEAD | TXXX:WIKIPEDIA_LEAD | ||
Lyrics |
Text | Synchronized (timestamped) lyrics only, exactly as found. | The lyrics tag. Plain-text lyrics are never stored. | ©lyr | USLT | ||
Updated_Date |
Date | The date the row was last changed. It stamps itself. | Shows what changed recently. On a video it is also written to the file's tag. | None | None | ||
Source |
Text | Where each researched value came from, written as 'Source: field, field; Other source: field'. | Traces bad data back to the source that supplied it. | None | None | ||
MusicBrainz_Recording_URL |
Derived text | Derived from other fields | The MusicBrainz link, built from MusicBrainz_Recording_ID and its Vendors row. Calculated, never typed. | A link to open the page. It cannot disagree with the stored identifier. | None | None | |
Spotify_Track_ID |
Text | The Spotify identifier for this song: 22 letters and digits. Blank until verified. Stored; the link is calculated from it. | An identity check against another service, and the source of the calculated link. Counts toward the identity score only when verified. | None | None | ||
Spotify_Track_URL |
Derived text | Derived from other fields | The Spotify link, built from Spotify_Track_ID and its Vendors row. Calculated, never typed. | A link to open the page. It cannot disagree with the stored identifier. | None | None | |
Apple_Music_Song_ID |
Text | The Apple Music identifier for this song: digits. Blank until verified. Stored; the link is calculated from it. | An identity check against another service, and the source of the calculated link. Counts toward the identity score only when verified. | None | None | ||
Apple_Music_Song_URL |
Derived text | Derived from other fields | The Apple Music link, built from Apple_Music_Song_ID and its Vendors row. Calculated, never typed. | A link to open the page. It cannot disagree with the stored identifier. | None | None | |
YouTube_Official_Video_ID |
Text | The YouTube identifier for this song: 11 letters, digits, - or _. Blank until verified. Stored; the link is calculated from it. | An identity check against another service, and the source of the calculated link. Counts toward the identity score only when verified. | None | None | ||
YouTube_Official_Video_URL |
Derived text | Derived from other fields | The YouTube link, built from YouTube_Official_Video_ID and its Vendors row. Calculated, never typed. | A link to open the page. It cannot disagree with the stored identifier. | None | None | |
ISRC |
Text | The International Standard Recording Code of the recording: 12 characters made of two letters, three letters or digits, two digits and five digits. | Identifies one recording across platforms, so the same song can be found on every platform. | ----:com.apple.iTunes:ISRC | TSRC |
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