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General

Media Center helps you manage, organize and view your files by maintaining a collection of properties on a per-file basis. Each file managed by Media Center belongs to a particular media type (eg. audio, video, image), and each media type has a predefined set of properties available and valid for use.

Examples of file properties are Artist, Album and Genre for audio files, Actor, Director, and Aspect Ratio for movies, and Width, Height and Focal Length for images.

Initially, a file's properties are imported when the file is imported, or created when the file is created by Media Center (e.g. when ripping a CD or DVD). Typically, this data comes from a file's internal metadata (commonly referred to as tags), or is looked up from external databases. In addition, several library tools are available to assist in creating or modifying properties and tags.

Media Center can also save a file's properties to the internal metadata within the physical file itself. These tags are then available for use by other programs that support the specific file types. The tags supported by a given file type are file type-specific, but there is often commonality or overlap in various media or file formats. Media Center helps manage this by automatically mapping essentially similar tags with different names into a standard set of properties.

In addition, Media Center allows creation of an almost limitless number of custom (or user) properties. This allows for managing information about files that is not predefined by Media Center or by a given format's standard tags. These custom properties may also be saved to a file's tags, should the format support user-defined or extensible tags.

Saving file properties to the physical file allows tags to be re-imported by Media Center, and used by other programs on a variety of systems. While typical metadata consumes a trivial amount of extra disk storage (relative to the file's size), larger metadata such as cover art, lyrics or extensive notes may be more noticeable, especially when files are exported to smaller devices such as handhelds. See Save File Properties in Disk Files for more information.

The table below shows the standard default properties available in Media Center. File properties are listed and managed under:

 Tools > Options... > Library & Folders > Manage Library Fields...

Note here that properties are called fields. This is primarily a technical and pedantic distinction. The terms properties, fields, and tags become synonymous in common language, but do nonetheless maintain distinct meanings. It might help to think of a spreadsheet, where column headers are fields, rows are files, and a row of individual cell values are the file's properties. If each row were saved to an external file, the row's cells would be called tags.

As briefly mentioned above, properties help manage and organize related files. They can also be searched. In all of these, either directly or indirectly, one or more library fields is used in the construction.

Field Specifications

In the following table of standard default fields, rows list the available fields, and columns indicate how the field is particularly defined and give a brief explanation and/or additional links or information regarding the field.

Each field:

• Has a standard, unchangeable name
• Has a display name and its plural version (not currently shown in table)
• Is valid for the specified media/file types (Audio, Image, Video, Data, TV)
• Stores a particular type of data, or may be automatically calculated via expression (see Data Types)
• Has rules about its editability (see Edit Types)
• May have a list of acceptable values
• May be stored in file tags (when possible)
• May be searched when performing search queries, via the specified keyword(s) (not currently shown in table)
• May or may not be relational (no default fields are currently relational)
• May be hidden from normal view/usage (field names in italics)

Data Types

String

Unformatted text, generally a sequence of characters.

Integer

A whole number (no decimal portion).

Decimal

A floating point number.

Percentage

A decimal from 0 to 1 indicating 0% to 100%.

List

A semicolon-separated list of strings.

Date

A complex type that is either date-only, or is date and time. (TBD: need refs)

Unknown

Other - an unspecific catch-all type not specifically defined.

Edit Types

Standard

Standard text editing.

Clear-only

Values can only be cleared, typically updated by Media Center.

Large

Lengthy values, used for lyrics, notes, etc.

Not editable

Not user-editable.

File

A path to a file.

5 Star

Provides a graphical view of 5 selectable stars for ratings.

Calculated, Editable

A calculated value, whose initial value may be edited.

Calculated, Not editable

A calculated value, not user-editable.

(TBD: in the source code, fields are grouped by certain categories (eg. statistics). are these useful to show?)

Note: some fields are used internally by Media Center to maintain state information, and are not viewable in panes, categories, or the Tag Action Window. These are typically configured through various options and settings dialogs.

Predefined Fields

Field	Media Types	S  t o r e d	S  e a r c h	Description
Access Rating	A I V D T	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard Specifies the access rating when access control is in effect. See also: Access Control
Actors	V			Data Type: ListEdit Type: Standard A semicolon-separated list of a movie's actors.
Album	A I V D T	✓	✓	Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard The name of the album.
Album Artist	A	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard Designates the artist to use for compilation albums. See also: Album Artist and Album Artist (Auto)
Album Artist (auto)	A			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Calculated, Editable Automatically calculated based on the contents of an album's Artist tracks. Expression: AlbumArtist() See also: Album Artist and Album Artist (Auto)
Album Gain	A			Data Type: DecimalEdit Type: Clear-only Automatically calculated gain for an album, based on Replay Gain. See also: Album Gain
Album Type	A			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Calculated, Not editable Automatically calculated value indicating if the album has a single artist or multiple artists, and if the album is complete. Expression: AlbumType() See also: Multiple Artist Albums#Complete Albums
Altitude	I			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard Camera's GPS altitude when photo was taken. See also: Photo Tagging
Aperture	I			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Camera's aperture setting used to create the photo. See also: Photo Tagging
Artist	A I V D T	✓	✓	Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard Track artist, or movie's director. See also: Album Artist and Album Artist (Auto), YADB
Artist - Album (Year)	A			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Calculated, Not editable Automatically calculated field used for album grouping. Expression: Clean([Artist] - [Album] /([FormatDate([Date, 0), Year)/))
Aspect Ratio	V			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard Video aspect ratio.
Audio Analysis Info	A			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Automatically calculated data created and used by audio analysis engine. See also: Audio Settings and Analysis, Analyze Audio
Author	D			Data Type: ListEdit Type: Standard A semicolon-separated list of a document's authors.
Band	A	✓	✓	Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard Designates a track's band.
Bios	A	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Large Musician or group biography. (Musicmatch)
Bit Depth	A   V			Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Not editable Audio / video bit depth.
Bitrate	A   V		✓	Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Not editable Audio / video bitrate, in bits per second (bps).
Bookmark	A   V			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Clear-only Specifies the bookmark location for resumption of playback.
BPM	A	✓		Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Standard Beats-per-minute, calculated automaticaly during audio analysis.
Budget	V			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard A movie's financial budget.
Camera	I		✓	Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard Camera EXIF tag. See also: Photo Tagging
Caption	I	✓	✓	Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard An image's caption.
Catalog #	A I V D T	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard TBD***
Category Image Category	I			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable TBD***
Channels	A   V			Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Not editable Number of playback channels
Cinematographer	V			Data Type: ListEdit Type: Standard A semicolon-separated list of a movie's cinematographer(s).
Comment	A I V D T	✓	✓	Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard A general use comment field.
Complete Album	A			Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Not editable Indicates if an album is a complete album. See also: Multiple Artist Albums#Complete Albums
Composer	A	✓	✓	Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard The composer of a piece or work, typically used with classical music.
Compression	A   V			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable The compression type and scheme used for compressed audio/video.
Conductor	A	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard The conductor of a piece or work, typically used with classical music.
Copyright	A I V D T	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard Media copyright information.
Country	A I V D T			Data Type: ListEdit Type: Standard A semicolon-separated list of countries relevant to the media.
Credits	V			Data Type: ListEdit Type: Standard A semicolon-separated list of movie credits.
Custom	A I V D T	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard General use custom field.
Custom 1	A I V D T	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard General use custom field (may not exist).
Custom 2	A I V D T	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard General use custom field (may not exist).
Custom 3	A I V D T	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard General use custom field (may not exist).
Date	A I V D T	✓		Data Type: DateEdit Type: Standard General date of media.
Date (filename friendly)	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Calculated, Not editable A version of Date that has been cleaned for use in filenames. Expression: FormateDate(Filename)
Date Created	A I V D T			Data Type: UnknownEdit Type: Not editable A file's creation date/time as reported by the system.
Date Imported	A I V D T			Data Type: UnknownEdit Type: Not editable The date the media was imported into the MC / MJ database. See also: [1]
Date Modified	A I V D T			Data Type: UnknownEdit Type: Not editable A file's modification date/time, as reported by the system.
Date Recorded	V   T	✓		Data Type: DateEdit Type: Standard The date/time of a video recording.
Day	A I V D T			Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Calculated, Editable Day segment of Date. Expression: FormatDate(Day)&DataType=[Number]
Description	A I V D T	✓	✓	Data Type: StringEdit Type: Large A general description of the media.
Dimensions	I V			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Calculated, Not editable Automatically calculated image/video dimensions. Expression: Clean([Width] x [Height])
Direction	I			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard Camera's directional heading when photo was taken. See also: Photo Tagging
Director	V			Data Type: ListEdit Type: Standard A semicolon-separated list of a movie's directors.
Disc #	A   V	✓	✓	Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Standard The disc number, for multi-disc audio or video sets. See also: Multidisc Albums
Distributor	V			Data Type: ListEdit Type: Standard A semicolon-separated list of a movie's distrubutors.
DLNA Server Info	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Internal information for the MC DLNA server.
Duration	A   V			Data Type: UnknownEdit Type: Not editable The duration of an audio / video track.
DVD Video Info	V			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard Internal information used for a DVD.
Edit Info	I			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Internal information used for image editting.
Editor	V			Data Type: ListEdit Type: Standard A semicolon-separated list of the editor(s) used to capture/create a video.
Encoding Settings	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard Description
Episode	V   T	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard Episode number of a television / video series.
Episode URL	A I V D T	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable URL of a single podcast episode.
Events	A I V D T	✓	✓	Data Type: ListEdit Type: Standard A semicolon-separated list to specifiy relevant events for the media.
Feed URL	A I V D T	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable URL of a podcast feed.
File Size	A I V D T			Data Type: UnknownEdit Type: Not editable A file's on disc size (human readable, unitized and rounded).
File Type	A I V D T		✓	Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard The type of file (eg. mp3, jpg, flac, pdf).
Filename	A I V D T		✓	Data Type: UnknownEdit Type: File The full pathname to the location of a file.
Filename (name)	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Calculated, Editable The name-only portion of [Filename]. Expression: FileName()
Filename (path)	A I V D T			Data Type: UnknownEdit Type: Calculated, Editable The path-only portion of [Filename]. Expression: FilePath()&DataType[Path]
Flash	I			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Indicates if a camera's flash was used to take image. See also: Photo Tagging
Flickr Info	I V			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Description
Focal Length	I			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable The lens focal length used when a image was captured. See also: Photo Tagging
FPS	V			Data Type: DecimalEdit Type: Standard The number of frames-per-second in a video/movie.
Genre	A I V D T	✓	✓	Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard Genre of media. See also: YADB
Get Cover Art Info	A   V D			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Description
Gross Revenue	V			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard A movie's gross reported revenue.
Grouping	A I V D T	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard For support of the iTunes Grouping field. See also: [2]
Height	I V			Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Not editable The height dimension of an image/video (see also Dimensions above).
Image File	A   V	✓		Data Type: UnknownEdit Type: Not editable The name of the associated artwork for audio/video.
Instrument	A	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard A song's primary instrument.
Intensity	A	✓		Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Standard A musical intensity metric automatically calculated during audio analysis. Values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
ISO	I			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable The ISO standard film speed used when an image was captured. See also: Photo Tagging
Keywords	A I V D T	✓	✓	Data Type: ListEdit Type: Standard A semicolon-separated list of user-defined keywords.
Language	A I V D T			Data Type: ListEdit Type: Standard A semicolon-separated list of languages.
Last Played	A I V D T			Data Type: UnknownEdit Type: Clear-only Date / time the file was last played or viewed.
Last Skipped	A I V D T			Data Type: UnknownEdit Type: Clear-only Date / time the file was last skipped. See also: Skip Count
Latitude	I			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard Camera's GPS latitude when photo was taken. See also: Photo Tagging
Library Server Info	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Internal information used to manage state for Library Server.
Library Server Key	A I V D T			Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Not editable Internal authorization key used to help secure Library Server.
Library Server URL	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable URL used to specify location of Library Server.
Longitude	I			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard Camera's GPS longitude when photo was taken. See also: Photo Tagging
Lyricist	A   V	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard The lyricist resonsible for a work.
Lyrics	A   V	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Large User-stored lyrics or transcription.
Media Sub Type	A I V D T		✓	Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard More specific sub-classification of Media Type. Values: Adult, Audiobook, Home Video, Karaoke, Movie, Music Video, Other, Podcast, Radio, Remix, Short, Single, TV Show
Media Type	A I V D T		✓	Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard General classification of media type. Values: Audio, Image, Video, TV, Data, Playlist
Mix Album	A	✓		Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Not editable Used to specify if an album is a mix album.
Month	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Calculated, Editable Month segment of Date. Expression: FormatDate(Month)&DataType=[Month]
Mood	A	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard General mood classification of a song. (Musicmatch)
MPAA Rating	V			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard A movies MPAA rating.
MPAA Rating Description	V			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard A textual description of MPAA rating.
Music By	V			Data Type: ListEdit Type: Standard A semicolon-separated list of people responsible for a movie's music.
Name	A I V D T	✓	✓	Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard The primary name assosciated with a file.
Notes	A I V D T	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Large General notes assosciated with a file.
Number Plays	A I V D T			Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Clear-only An automatically updated statistic indicating the number of times a file has been played/viewed. See also: Changing the number of plays
Orchestra	A	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard The name of the orchestra responsible for performing a piece, typically used with classical music.
Original Title	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard The original title given to a work.
Peak Level	A	✓		Data Type: PercentageEdit Type: Clear-only An automatically calculated value indicating the percentage of an audio track's maximum level before clipping would occur. See also: Overflow Handling, Technical Information on Replay Gain Adjustment, Analyze Audio, [3]
People	A I V D T	✓	✓	Data Type: ListEdit Type: Standard A semicolon-separated list of people assosciated with a work.
Period	A	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard A musical period, typically used with classical music.
Places	A I V D T	✓	✓	Data Type: ListEdit Type: Standard A semicolon-separated list of places assosciated with a work.
Playback Channel Key	T			Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Not editable Description
Playback Device	T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Description
Playback Info	A   V			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard Description
Playback Range	A   V			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard Specifies the begin and end times for A-B repeat. See also: [4]
Preference	A	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard A subjective classification of a user's preference for a song. (Musicmatch)
Prequel	V			Data Type: ListEdit Type: Standard The prequel to a movie.
Producer	A I V D T			Data Type: ListEdit Type: Standard A semicolon-separated list of responsible producer(s)
Protection Type	A   V			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Indication of the type of DRM protection.
Publisher	A I V D T	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard A work's publisher.
Rating	A I V D T	✓	✓	Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: 5 Star A 5-star user rating.
Read Only	A I V D T			Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Not editable Indicates if the file is read-only. Values: 0, 1
Recording Rule ID	T			Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Not editable An internal ID representing a TV recording rule.
Removable	A I V D T			Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Calculated, Not editable Indicates if the file resides on removable media. Expression: IsRemovable()
Replay Gain	A	✓		Data Type: DecimalEdit Type: Clear-only An automatically calculated value indicating the gain to be applied to an audio track. See also: Replay Gain, Album Gain, Audio Settings and Analysis, Analyze Audio
Rotation	I			Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Standard The rotation (in degrees) applied to an image.
Sample Rate	A   V			Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Not editable The rate of sampling for an audio/video file.
Screenwriter	V			Data Type: ListEdit Type: Standard The screenwriter responsible for a movie.
Season	V   T	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard The season of a movie/video series.
Sequel	V			Data Type: ListEdit Type: Standard The sequel to a movie.
Series	V   T	✓	✓	Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard The series information for a movie or TV show.
Series Description	V   T	✓	✓	Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard A description of the series for a movie or TV show.
Shutter Speed	I			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable The shutter speed used to capture an image. See also: Photo Tagging
Situation	A	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard A subjective choice of situations for when playing the song would be appropriate or relevant. (Musicmatch)
Skip Count	A I V D T			Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Clear-only An automatically updated statistic indicating the number of times a file has been skipped. See also: Last Skipped
Soloists	A	✓		Data Type: ListEdit Type: Standard A semicolon-separated list of soloists for a music work, typically used in classical music.
Stack Conversion Type	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Description
Stack Files	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Description
Stack Tag	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Description
Stack Top	A I V D T			Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Not editable Indicates if the file is the top of a stack.
Stack View	A I V D T			Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Not editable Description
Store Field: Album ID	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Description
Store Field: Album Popularity	A I V D T			Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Not editable Description
Store Field: Amg Album Review	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Description
Store Field: Amg Artist Bio	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Description
Store Field: Artist ID	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Description
Store Field: Artist Popularity	A I V D T			Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Not editable Description
Store Field: Asset Code	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Description
Store Field: Assosciated Video ID	A I V D T			Data Type: ListEdit Type: Not editable Description
Store Field: Available Asset	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Description
Store Field: Download Date	A I V D T			Data Type: DateEdit Type: Not editable Description
Store Field: Genre ID	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Description
Store Field: License Count	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Description
Store Field: License Reissue Count	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Description
Store Field: MP3 Available	A I V D T	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Description
Store Field: MusicNet File GUID	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Description
Store Field: New Release	A I V D T			Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Not editable Description
Store Field: Number of Tracks	A I V D T			Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Not editable Description
Store Field: Playlist Description	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Description
Store Field: Playlist Guid	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Description
Store Field: Playlist Image	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Description
Store Field: Playlist Name	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Description
Store Field: Playlist Type	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Description
Store Field: Purchase Date	A I V D T			Data Type: DateEdit Type: Not editable Description
Store Field: Purchase Description	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Description
Store Field: Ranking	A I V D T			Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Not editable Description
Store Field: Similar Artists	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Description
Store Field: Store Name	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Description
Store Field: Track ID	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Description
Studios	V			Data Type: ListEdit Type: Standard A semicolon-separated list of responsible movie studios.
Style	A	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard A musical style, typically used to further refine genre.
Tag Line	V			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard A movie's branding or slogan.
Tempo	A	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard A subjective indication of a track's tempo. (Musicmatch)
Text	D			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable General text describing a data file.
Thumbnail Info	A I V D T			Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Not editable Internal information used for view thumbnails.
Thumbnail Info (Local)	A I V D T			Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Not editable Internal information used for view thumbnails.
Thumbnail Offset Large	A I V D T			Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Not editable Internal information used for view thumbnails.
Thumbnail Offset Medium	A I V D T			Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Not editable Internal information used for view thumbnails.
Thumbnail Offset Small	A I V D T			Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Not editable Internal information used for view thumbnails.
Track #	A	✓	✓	Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Standard The track number of the song within an album.
TV Channel	T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable The TV channel used for a TV recording. See also: [5]
TV Channel Number	T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard Defines remote channel number used to tune TV Channel. See also: [6]
TV Tuner Input Type	T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Description
TV XMLTV ID	T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard Stores ID used when mapping a channel to XMLTV data. See also: [7]
UPC	A I V D T	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard Universal Product Code.
Usage Reporting Info	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Not editable Description
Use Bookmarking	A   V			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard Specifies if bookmarking is active for the track / video. Values: Default, Yes, No
Video Standard	V			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard The encoding/decoding video standard in use (eg. NTSC, PAL, SECAM).
Volume Name	A I V D T			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard The name of the volume on which the file resides. Expression: FileVolume()
Web Media Info	A I V D T	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard Description
Web Media Search	A I V D T	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard Description
Web Media URL	A I V D T	✓		Data Type: StringEdit Type: Standard The URL of a remote media file.
Width	I V			Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Not editable The width dimension of an image/video (see also Dimensions above).
Year	A I V D T			Data Type: IntegerEdit Type: Calculated, Editable Year segment of Date. Expression: FormatDate(Year)&DataType=[Number] See also: YADB
Year - Album	A			Data Type: StringEdit Type: Calculated, Not editable An combination of Year and Album used for views, sorting, etc. Expression: Clean(FormatDate([Date, ], Year) - [Album])

Custom Fields

Custom fields may be added with the Add New Field button in the Tools > Options > Libraries & Folders > Manage Library Fields... dialog.

Tag Import Options

Media Center provides a few options for the importation of tags for some file types. These options are available via Plug-in Manager > Input for the given file type. Select the Configure button for a given type, if available.

For images and video, Media Center will fill in the Album field with the year of the image or video (if the album field is otherwise empty). This puts a reasonable value there when importing directly from a digital camera. (TBD - should this be moved? Is it comprehensive wrt other types/fields?)

Classical Music

The tagging of classical music is unfortunately more complex and standards are lax. See Tagging Classical Music.

Photos

For more comprehensive information on tagging photos, see Photo Tagging.

More

• Check if a file contains tag information
• Edit File Properties (tags)
• Save File Properties in Disk Files
• Remove Tags
• Sync the database and tags
• Licensed Files (Windows Media Manager)
• Multiple Artist Albums
• Re-rip existing music and keep tags and statistics
• Tree & View Settings
• Library Tools
• Cover Art
• [8]

For more information on tag/metadata specifications for file formats, refer to the following external websites:

• mp3: [9]
• Vorbis/FLAC: [10]
• exif: ...
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