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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.
When used in expressions or searches, a field is expressed by surrounding its name with square brackets. For example, Album Artist is written and used as [Album Artist]. Field names are case-insensitive, meaning there is no distinction between upper- or lower-case letters. They are typically written in camel-case to help make them more distinguishable, especially in complex expressions.
Field Specifications
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Each field in Media Center has several defined characteristics. These are shown in the marked-up example dialog to the right, Manage Library Fields. 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)
- Is either "User" data, or is automatically calculated via expression
- Stores a particular type of data (see Field Data Types)
- May or may not be relational (no default fields are currently relational)
- Has rules about its editability (see Field Edit Types)
- May have a list of acceptable values
- May be stored in file tags (when possible)
- May have one or more search keywords used for queries
- May be searched by default when performing search queries
- May be hidden from normal view/usage (these field names are shown in italics in the Media Center Predefined Fields table below)
| Data Type | Description |
|---|---|
| String | An unformatted 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 date and time. (TBD: need refs) |
| Unknown | An unspecific catch-all type, not specifically defined. |
| Edit Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Standard | A free-format, editable field. |
| Clear-only | A clear-only field, whose value is set or updated by Media Center. |
| Large | A free-format, editable field, used for large data (e.g. lyrics, notes, descriptions). (TBD: recommended for data larger than XXX characters). |
| Not editable | A non-editable field. |
| File | A file-path specification field. |
| 5 Star | A selectable, 5-star graphical field, typically used for ratings. |
| Calculated, Editable | A calculated, editable field, whose initial value is automatically set. |
| Calculated, Not editable |
A calculated, non-editable field whose value is automatically set. |
Predefined Fields
The table below lists Media Center's default fields. The rows list the available fields, and the columns indicate how the field is defined, and gives a brief explanation of the fields usage or meaning. Where applicable, additional links and field-specific information is also listed. The value for some fields is calculated by Media Center. When possible, the expression used to derive this value is also shown. In some cases, this value may be modified. Beneath a field name is a list of the default Search Keyword(s), if available, which are used for field-specific searching within Media Center.
(TBD: in the source code, fields are grouped by certain categories (eg. statistics). are these useful to show?)
The Stored column indicates if the field is stored in file tags. The Search column indicates if the field should be searched when using Media Center's Search area.
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.
| Field Name search keyword(s) |
Media Types | S t o r e d |
S e a r c h |
Data Type Edit Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Access Rating accessrating= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | String Standard |
Specifies the access rating when access control is in effect.
See also: Access Control | |
| Actors actors= |
Video | List Standard |
A semicolon-separated list of a movie's actors. | ||
| Album album= al= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | ✓ | String Standard |
The name of the album. |
| Album Artist albumartist= |
Audio | ✓ | String Standard |
Designates the artist to use for compilation albums.
See also: Album Artist and Album Artist (Auto) | |
| Album Artist (auto) autoalbumartist= |
Audio | String 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 albumgain= ag= |
Audio | Decimal Clear-only |
Automatically calculated gain for an album, based on Replay Gain.
See also: Album Gain | ||
| Album Type albumtype= |
Audio | String 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 | Image | String Standard |
Camera's GPS altitude when photo was taken.
See also: Photo Tagging | ||
| Aperture | Image | String Not editable |
Camera's aperture setting used to create the photo.
See also: Photo Tagging | ||
| Artist artist= ar= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | ✓ | String Standard |
Track artist, or movie's director.
See also: Album Artist and Album Artist (Auto), YADB |
| Artist - Album (Year) | Audio | String Calculated, Not editable |
Automatically calculated field used for album grouping.
Expression: Clean([Artist] - [Album] /([FormatDate([Date, 0), Year)/)) | ||
| Aspect Ratio aspect= |
Video | String Standard |
Video aspect ratio. | ||
| Audio Analysis Info | Audio | String Not editable |
Automatically calculated data created and used by audio analysis engine.
See also: Audio Settings and Analysis, Analyze Audio | ||
| Author | Data | List Standard |
A semicolon-separated list of a document's authors. | ||
| Band band= bd= |
Audio | ✓ | ✓ | String Standard |
Designates a track's band. |
| Bios bios= bio= |
Audio | ✓ | String Large |
Musician or group biography. (Musicmatch) | |
| Bit Depth bitrate= |
Audio Video | Integer Not editable |
Audio / video bit depth. | ||
| Bitrate | Audio Video | ✓ | Integer Not editable |
Audio / video bitrate, in bits per second (bps). | |
| Bookmark | Audio Video | String Clear-only |
Specifies the bookmark location for resumption of playback. | ||
| BPM bpm= |
Audio | ✓ | Integer Standard |
Beats-per-minute, calculated automaticaly during audio analysis. | |
| Budget | Video | String Standard |
A movie's financial budget. | ||
| Camera | Image | ✓ | String Standard |
Camera EXIF tag.
See also: Photo Tagging | |
| Caption caption= |
Image | ✓ | ✓ | String Standard |
An image's caption. |
| Catalog # | Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | String Standard |
***TBD*** | |
| Category Image Category | Image | String Not editable |
***TBD*** | ||
| Channels | Audio Video | Integer Not editable |
Number of playback channels | ||
| Cinematographer | Video | List Standard |
A semicolon-separated list of a movie's cinematographer(s). | ||
| Comment comment= c= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | ✓ | String Standard |
A general use comment field. |
| Complete Album completealbum= |
Audio | Integer Not editable |
Indicates if an album is a complete album.
See also: Multiple Artist Albums#Complete Albums | ||
| Composer composer= |
Audio | ✓ | ✓ | String Standard |
The composer of a piece or work, typically used with classical music. |
| Compression | Audio Video | String Not editable |
The compression type and scheme used for compressed audio/video. | ||
| Conductor conductor= |
Audio | ✓ | String Standard |
The conductor of a piece or work, typically used with classical music. | |
| Copyright copyright= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | String Standard |
Media copyright information. | |
| Country country= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | List Standard |
A semicolon-separated list of countries relevant to the media. | ||
| Credits credits= |
Video | List Standard |
A semicolon-separated list of movie credits. | ||
| Custom | Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | String Standard |
General use custom field. | |
| Custom 1 | Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | String Standard |
General use custom field (may not exist). | |
| Custom 2 | Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | String Standard |
General use custom field (may not exist). | |
| Custom 3 | Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | String Standard |
General use custom field (may not exist). | |
| Date date= d= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | Date Standard |
General date of media. | |
| Date (filename friendly) | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Calculated, Not editable |
A version of Date that has been cleaned for use in filenames.
Expression: FormateDate(Filename) | ||
| Date Created | Audio Image Video Data TV | Unknown Not editable |
A file's creation date/time as reported by the system. | ||
| Date Imported dateimported= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | Unknown Not editable |
The date the media was imported into the MC / MJ database.
See also: [1] | ||
| Date Modified | Audio Image Video Data TV | Unknown Not editable |
A file's modification date/time, as reported by the system. | ||
| Date Recorded | Video TV | ✓ | Date Standard |
The date/time of a video recording. | |
| Day | Audio Image Video Data TV | Integer Calculated, Editable |
Day segment of Date.
Expression: FormatDate(Day)&DataType=[Number] | ||
| Description | Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | ✓ | String Large |
A general description of the media. |
| Dimensions | Image Video | String Calculated, Not editable |
Automatically calculated image/video dimensions.
Expression: Clean([Width] x [Height]) | ||
| Direction | Image | String Standard |
Camera's directional heading when photo was taken.
See also: Photo Tagging | ||
| Director director= |
Video | List Standard |
A semicolon-separated list of a movie's directors. | ||
| Disc # | Audio Video | ✓ | ✓ | Integer Standard |
The disc number, for multi-disc audio or video sets.
See also: Multidisc Albums |
| Distributor | Video | List Standard |
A semicolon-separated list of a movie's distrubutors. | ||
| DLNA Server Info | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Not editable |
Internal information for the MC DLNA server. | ||
| Duration length= duration= |
Audio Video | Unknown Not editable |
The duration of an audio / video track. | ||
| DVD Video Info | Video | String Standard |
Internal information used for a DVD. | ||
| Edit Info | Image | String Not editable |
Internal information used for image editting. | ||
| Editor | Video | List Standard |
A semicolon-separated list of the editor(s) used to capture/create a video. | ||
| Encoding Settings | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Standard |
Description | ||
| Episode | Video TV | ✓ | String Standard |
Episode number of a television / video series. | |
| Episode URL | Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | String Not editable |
URL of a single podcast episode. | |
| Events events= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | ✓ | List Standard |
A semicolon-separated list to specifiy relevant events for the media. |
| Feed URL | Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | String Not editable |
URL of a podcast feed. | |
| File Size size= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | Unknown Not editable |
A file's on disc size (human readable, unitized and rounded). | ||
| File Type filetype= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | String Standard |
The type of file (eg. mp3, jpg, flac, pdf). | |
| Filename filename= location= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | Unknown File |
The full pathname to the location of a file. | |
| Filename (name) | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Calculated, Editable |
The name-only portion of [Filename].
Expression: FileName() | ||
| Filename (path) | Audio Image Video Data TV | Unknown Calculated, Editable |
The path-only portion of [Filename].
Expression: FilePath()&DataType[Path] | ||
| Flash | Image | String Not editable |
Indicates if a camera's flash was used to take image.
See also: Photo Tagging | ||
| Flickr Info | Image Video | String Not editable |
Description | ||
| Focal Length | Image | String Not editable |
The lens focal length used when a image was captured.
See also: Photo Tagging | ||
| FPS framerate= fps= |
Video | Decimal Standard |
The number of frames-per-second in a video/movie. | ||
| Genre genre= g= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | ✓ | String Standard |
Genre of media.
See also: YADB |
| Get Cover Art Info | Audio Video Data | String Not editable |
Description | ||
| Gross Revenue | Video | String Standard |
A movie's gross reported revenue. | ||
| Grouping | Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | String Standard |
For support of the iTunes Grouping field.
See also: [2] | |
| Height height= |
Image Video | Integer Not editable |
The height dimension of an image/video (see also Dimensions above). | ||
| Image File imagefile= |
Audio Video | ✓ | Unknown Not editable |
The name of the associated artwork for audio/video. | |
| Instrument | Audio | ✓ | String Standard |
A song's primary instrument. | |
| Intensity intensity= |
Audio | ✓ | Integer Standard |
A musical intensity metric automatically calculated during audio analysis. Values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | |
| ISO | Image | String Not editable |
The ISO standard film speed used when an image was captured.
See also: Photo Tagging | ||
| Keywords keyword= keywords= kw= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | ✓ | List Standard |
A semicolon-separated list of user-defined keywords. |
| Language | Audio Image Video Data TV | List Standard |
A semicolon-separated list of languages. | ||
| Last Played lastplayed= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | Unknown Clear-only |
Date / time the file was last played or viewed. | ||
| Last Skipped lastskipped= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | Unknown Clear-only |
Date / time the file was last skipped.
See also: Skip Count | ||
| Latitude | Image | String Standard |
Camera's GPS latitude when photo was taken.
See also: Photo Tagging | ||
| Library Server Info | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Not editable |
Internal information used to manage state for Library Server. | ||
| Library Server Key | Audio Image Video Data TV | Integer Not editable |
Internal authorization key used to help secure Library Server. | ||
| Library Server URL | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Not editable |
URL used to specify location of Library Server. | ||
| Longitude | Image | String Standard |
Camera's GPS longitude when photo was taken.
See also: Photo Tagging | ||
| Lyricist | Audio Video | ✓ | String Standard |
The lyricist resonsible for a work. | |
| Lyrics lyrics= |
Audio Video | ✓ | String Large |
User-stored lyrics or transcription. | |
| Media Sub Type mediasubtype= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | String 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 mediatype= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | String Standard |
General classification of media type. Values: Audio, Image, Video, TV, Data, Playlist | |
| Mix Album mixalbum= |
Audio | ✓ | Integer Not editable |
Used to specify if an album is a mix album. | |
| Month | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Calculated, Editable |
Month segment of Date.
Expression: FormatDate(Month)&DataType=[Month] | ||
| Mood mood= |
Audio | ✓ | String Standard |
General mood classification of a song. (Musicmatch) | |
| MPAA Rating mpaa= |
Video | String Standard |
A movies MPAA rating. | ||
| MPAA Rating Description | Video | String Standard |
A textual description of MPAA rating. | ||
| Music By | Video | List Standard |
A semicolon-separated list of people responsible for a movie's music. | ||
| Name name= title= n= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | ✓ | String Standard |
The primary name assosciated with a file. |
| Notes notes= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | String Large |
General notes assosciated with a file. | |
| Number Plays numberplays= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | Integer 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 | Audio | ✓ | String Standard |
The name of the orchestra responsible for performing a piece, typically used with classical music. | |
| Original Title | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Standard |
The original title given to a work. | ||
| Peak Level peaklevel= |
Audio | ✓ | Percentage 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 people= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | ✓ | List Standard |
A semicolon-separated list of people assosciated with a work. |
| Period | Audio | ✓ | String Standard |
A musical period, typically used with classical music. | |
| Places places= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | ✓ | List Standard |
A semicolon-separated list of places assosciated with a work. |
| Playback Channel Key | TV | Integer Not editable |
Description | ||
| Playback Device | TV | String Not editable |
Description | ||
| Playback Info | Audio Video | String Standard |
Description | ||
| Playback Range playbackrange= |
Audio Video | String Standard |
Specifies the begin and end times for A-B repeat.
See also: [4] | ||
| Preference preference= |
Audio | ✓ | String Standard |
A subjective classification of a user's preference for a song. (Musicmatch) | |
| Prequel | Video | List Standard |
The prequel to a movie. | ||
| Producer producer= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | List Standard |
A semicolon-separated list of responsible producer(s) | ||
| Protection Type protectiontype= |
Audio Video | String Not editable |
Indication of the type of DRM protection. | ||
| Publisher | Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | String Standard |
A work's publisher. | |
| Rating rating= r= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | ✓ | Integer 5 Star |
A 5-star user rating. |
| Read Only readonly= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | Integer Not editable |
Indicates if the file is read-only. Values: 0, 1 | ||
| Recording Rule ID | TV | Integer Not editable |
An internal ID representing a TV recording rule. | ||
| Removable removable= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | Integer Calculated, Not editable |
Indicates if the file resides on removable media.
Expression: IsRemovable() | ||
| Replay Gain replaygain= rg= |
Audio | ✓ | Decimal 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 | Image | Integer Standard |
The rotation (in degrees) applied to an image. | ||
| Sample Rate | Audio Video | Integer Not editable |
The rate of sampling for an audio/video file. | ||
| Screenwriter screenwirter= |
Video | List Standard |
The screenwriter responsible for a movie. | ||
| Season | Video TV | ✓ | String Standard |
The season of a movie/video series. | |
| Sequel | Video | List Standard |
The sequel to a movie. | ||
| Series | Video TV | ✓ | ✓ | String Standard |
The series information for a movie or TV show. |
| Series Description | Video TV | ✓ | ✓ | String Standard |
A description of the series for a movie or TV show. |
| Shutter Speed | Image | String Not editable |
The shutter speed used to capture an image.
See also: Photo Tagging | ||
| Situation situation= |
Audio | ✓ | String Standard |
A subjective choice of situations for when playing the song would be appropriate or relevant. (Musicmatch) | |
| Skip Count skipcount= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | Integer Clear-only |
An automatically updated statistic indicating the number of times a file has been skipped.
See also: Last Skipped | ||
| Soloists | Audio | ✓ | List Standard |
A semicolon-separated list of soloists for a music work, typically used in classical music. | |
| Stack Conversion Type | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Not editable |
Description | ||
| Stack Files | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Not editable |
Description | ||
| Stack Tag stacktag= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | String Not editable |
Description | ||
| Stack Top | Audio Image Video Data TV | Integer Not editable |
Indicates if the file is the top of a stack. | ||
| Stack View | Audio Image Video Data TV | Integer Not editable |
Description | ||
| Store Field: Album ID | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Not editable |
Description | ||
| Store Field: Album Popularity | Audio Image Video Data TV | Integer Not editable |
Description | ||
| Store Field: Amg Album Review | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Not editable |
Description | ||
| Store Field: Amg Artist Bio | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Not editable |
Description | ||
| Store Field: Artist ID | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Not editable |
Description | ||
| Store Field: Artist Popularity | Audio Image Video Data TV | Integer Not editable |
Description | ||
| Store Field: Asset Code | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Not editable |
Description | ||
| Store Field: Assosciated Video ID | Audio Image Video Data TV | List Not editable |
Description | ||
| Store Field: Available Asset | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Not editable |
Description | ||
| Store Field: Download Date | Audio Image Video Data TV | Date Not editable |
Description | ||
| Store Field: Genre ID | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Not editable |
Description | ||
| Store Field: License Count | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Not editable |
Description | ||
| Store Field: License Reissue Count | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Not editable |
Description | ||
| Store Field: MP3 Available | Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | String Not editable |
Description | |
| Store Field: MusicNet File GUID | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Not editable |
Description | ||
| Store Field: New Release | Audio Image Video Data TV | Integer Not editable |
Description | ||
| Store Field: Number of Tracks | Audio Image Video Data TV | Integer Not editable |
Description | ||
| Store Field: Playlist Description | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Not editable |
Description | ||
| Store Field: Playlist Guid | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Not editable |
Description | ||
| Store Field: Playlist Image | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Not editable |
Description | ||
| Store Field: Playlist Name | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Not editable |
Description | ||
| Store Field: Playlist Type | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Not editable |
Description | ||
| Store Field: Purchase Date | Audio Image Video Data TV | Date Not editable |
Description | ||
| Store Field: Purchase Description | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Not editable |
Description | ||
| Store Field: Ranking | Audio Image Video Data TV | Integer Not editable |
Description | ||
| Store Field: Similar Artists | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Not editable |
Description | ||
| Store Field: Store Name | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Not editable |
Description | ||
| Store Field: Track ID | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Not editable |
Description | ||
| Studios studios= |
Video | List Standard |
A semicolon-separated list of responsible movie studios. | ||
| Style | Audio | ✓ | String Standard |
A musical style, typically used to further refine genre. | |
| Tag Line tagline= |
Video | String Standard |
A movie's branding or slogan. | ||
| Tempo tempo= |
Audio | ✓ | String Standard |
A subjective indication of a track's tempo. (Musicmatch) | |
| Text | Data | String Not editable |
General text describing a data file. | ||
| Thumbnail Info | Audio Image Video Data TV | Integer Not editable |
Internal information used for view thumbnails. | ||
| Thumbnail Info (Local) | Audio Image Video Data TV | Integer Not editable |
Internal information used for view thumbnails. | ||
| Thumbnail Offset Large | Audio Image Video Data TV | Integer Not editable |
Internal information used for view thumbnails. | ||
| Thumbnail Offset Medium | Audio Image Video Data TV | Integer Not editable |
Internal information used for view thumbnails. | ||
| Thumbnail Offset Small | Audio Image Video Data TV | Integer Not editable |
Internal information used for view thumbnails. | ||
| Track # tracknumber= t= |
Audio | ✓ | ✓ | Integer Standard |
The track number of the song within an album. |
| TV Channel | TV | String Not editable |
The TV channel used for a TV recording.
See also: [5] | ||
| TV Channel Number | TV | String Standard |
Defines remote channel number used to tune TV Channel.
See also: [6] | ||
| TV Tuner Input Type | TV | String Not editable |
Description | ||
| TV XMLTV ID | TV | String Standard |
Stores ID used when mapping a channel to XMLTV data.
See also: [7] | ||
| UPC | Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | String Standard |
Universal Product Code. | |
| Usage Reporting Info | Audio Image Video Data TV | String Not editable |
Description | ||
| Use Bookmarking | Audio Video | String Standard |
Specifies if bookmarking is active for the track / video. Values: Default, Yes, No | ||
| Video Standard | Video | String Standard |
The encoding/decoding video standard in use (eg. NTSC, PAL, SECAM). | ||
| Volume Name volume= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | String Standard |
The name of the volume on which the file resides.
Expression: FileVolume() | ||
| Web Media Info | Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | String Standard |
Description | |
| Web Media Search | Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | String Standard |
Description | |
| Web Media URL | Audio Image Video Data TV | ✓ | String Standard |
The URL of a remote media file. | |
| Width width= |
Image Video | Integer Not editable |
The width dimension of an image/video (see also Dimensions above). | ||
| Year year= |
Audio Image Video Data TV | Integer Calculated, Editable |
Year segment of Date.
Expression: FormatDate(Year)&DataType=[Number] See also: YADB | ||
| Year - Album | Audio | String 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
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