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Contents. 1 Introduction This page, Music File and Tagging, provides the following information:.
How the Music section differs from the Video section of Kodi. How to organise your music files. The recommended method for tagging your music files. Explanation of some commonly misunderstood Music File Tags. The Audio Files and Tags that Kodi reads and uses 2 Understanding the Music Library The Music section of Kodi has many differences to the Video section of Kodi.
It is important that you read this section to ensure your music and artwork are correctly scraped and displayed. It is important to understand the fundamental difference between video library operation and the music library operation:. The video library is based on using the filenames to obtain online data. If the video files are incorrectly named, then there are no scraper results and there will be no library entry.
The music library is based on scanning tags embedded in the music files. It ignores the folder structure and file names you have created to store your music files.
Basic and correct tagging is essential to ensure the library is populated correctly. Having slight variations in the tags for artist and album names could mean duplicated and unwanted entries. 3 Folder and File Structure Although Kodi ignores the folder structure and the names of the folders and files, the structure of your folders is important as it affects the operation of other functions such as Import/Export, nfo files and Artwork. For example, if you have all your music files in one folder (which is possible), then you lose the ability to use local nfo files, local artwork, and the import/export module will not function correctly. For this reason, Kodi recommends the use of the following structure. 3.1 Files Remember that Kodi does not extract any information from the filename.
The only purpose the file name serves is to provide Kodi a unique id to locate the file. The name you use for your files is your choice, but it is important that they are:. Consistent.
Make sense Example file names:. Using the simple Song Name only = Everybody Wants to Rule the World.flac. Using a more complex combination of Artist-Album-Song = Madonna-True Blue-Open Your Heart.flac If you would like to use track numbers in the file name, then ensure you include the disc number, even if there is only one disc. Eg. 0102 Everybody Wants to Rule the World.flac or D01T02 Everybody Wants to Rule the World.flac. Madonna-True Blue-0106 Open Your Heart.flac or Madonna-True Blue-D01T06 Open Your Heart.flac Where 0102 = Disc 01 and Track 02 3.2 Folders Folders are used as follows:.
Album folders - Used to group songs from the same album into one folder. Artist folders- Used to group albums from the same artist into one folder.
Source folder- Used to group Collections into one folder. Although Picard is very easy to use, you must avoid blindly accepting everything offered by the software. It is important that you confirm the correct album was located.
Due to the global nature of the database, there are many releases for a single album. These releases differ between countries, usually due to copyright requirements. This may lead you to inadvertendly select the incorrect release for your album, even though it is named exactly the same.
The differences between releases may be as simple as different song ordering or the inclusion of additional bonus tracks. For the best tagging experience, it is important to set the correct options in Picard, particularly the 'Clear Existing Tags' option in settings.
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This option means that any old tags that may cause issues are wiped, preserving only the good, clean musicbrainz tagging. Once the music files are tagged, it is important to avoid modifying the MusicBrainz tags unless you clearly understand the relationship of the MBID's and the other related tags.
For example, embedding MBID tags, but then editing the Artist tag or Album Artist tag will result in incorrect entries in the library. See: See: The remainder of this page deals with special use cases or provides information for technical interest and reference only.
It can be safely disregarded if these do not apply to you. Next step: 5.2 Cue Sheets Cue Sheets are used to provide index and information for a large audio file. They are generally used in conjunction with either extracting from, or burning to, Music AudioCD. Cue sheets have the file extension '.cue', and are simple plain text files. Kodi does provide basic support for using cue sheets to define individual tracks when an entire CD has been ripped into a single music file.
However the information provided by the cue sheet standard is much more limited than that of standard tagging, hence to enjoy the full music library features it is recommended that tracks are ripped into separate files and fully tagged. If you do not use Cue Sheets you can safely move onto the next step. See also: 6 Streams Various internet video and audio streams can be played back in Kodi as if they were locally stored on your media center by using STRM files. As long as the format and streaming-method (network-protocol) is supported by Kodi, stream can be added. These are basic text files that look like.strm and contain a URL to the internet stream.
STRM files can also be added to the and can have cover art, summaries, etc. Some internet sites may have an add-on available that can also access these media streams, rather than having to manually create STRM files. See for more information on how to find and install add-ons. See also: 7 Technical Explanation: File tags For many categories, such as genres and artists, Kodi supports multiple values in the one field.
By default it uses the character sequence ' / ' to divide the entry into multiple values. This divider may be changed via. 7.1 Resolving Compilations and Multiple Artists Kodi reads the Album Artist tag in ID3, Ogg, APE and MP4 tags and uses it if available to assign an artist to the album (independently of the track's artist information). This is the 'Album Artist' tag (in ID3 this is represented by the 'TPE2' tag; in vorbiscomment (ogg) files 'ALBUMARTIST', 'ALBUM ARTIST' and 'ENSEMBLE' are all supported).
Multiple artists for either a track or album artist can be specified in 'Artist1 / Artist2 / Artist3' format. If no Album Artist tag exists, Kodi will use the first (primary) artist from the tracks as the Album Artist. Essentially we do a string comparison of all the track artists, and assign the common artists as the Album artist. This is generally the TPE1 tag in ID3. As many users don't yet use the Album Artist tag, Kodi has an additional filter system for identifying compilation albums, where each track normally has a different artist.
As Kodi scans a folder, it does the following:. Identifies albums based on Album name alone in the folder and groups the songs that have the same Album name together as an album.
Runs through each album's assigned songs. If there is 2 or more tracks with the same Track number, the group of songs must come from 2 or more albums, so the Album name is ruled out as a possible compilation. If any of the songs assigned to the Album name have an Album Artist tag, then Kodi assumes the user knows what they're doing, and this album is also ruled out from being a compilation. If two or more songs assigned to the Album name then have different primary artists, then the Album name is considered to be a group of songs from a compilation, and the Various Artists' tag is assigned as the album artist.
Otherwise, if all the songs have the same primary artist but don't have the same full artist list (eg a song or two has an additional artist) then the album is assigned the primary artist as it's Album Artist, and we assume the additional artists are guest artists. 7.2 Roles Tags WIP / TBA 7.3 Ratings in ID3 tags Ratings in ID3 tags are read via the POPM field, and (if this doesn't exist) in a custom (TXXX) field named 'RATING'. For the RATING field, we accept 1-5 as valid ratings. For the POPM field things are more complicated, as there is no established standard in place.
We currently most closely respect what Mediamonkey does, and also have some support for what Windows Media Player 11 does. The POPM tag takes a value from 0.255, with 0 meaning no rating, 1 the worst, and 255 the best.
We currently map these as follows: POPM value Star rating 0 1. This is a special case for Windows Media Player 2-8 9-49.
50-113. 114-167. 168-218. 219-255. 8 Audio Formats & Tags 8.1 Supported Audio Formats Although the list of playable formats is quite comprehensive, it is not accurate to say that every Kodi installation will play every format. The ability to play some of the more obscure formats will depend upon the version of Kodi and the operating system in use.
Some formats will require the installation of add-ons. Default extensions for MUSIC:.nsv.m4a.flac.aac.strm.pls.rm.rma.mpa.wav.wma.ogg.mp3.mp2.m3u.gdm.imf.m15.sfx.uni.ac3.dts.aif.aiff.wpl.ape.mac.mpc.mp+.mpp.shn.wv.dsp.xsp.xwav.waa.wvs.wam.gcm.idsp.mpdsp.mss.spt.rsd.sap.cmc.cmr.dmc.mpt.mpd.rmt.tmc.tm8.tm2.oga.url.pxml.tta.rss.wtv.mka.tak.opus.dff.dsf.m4b.cue.zip.rar It is possible to add or remove extensions for Music, using the following XML tags. Useful if you keep, say, FLAC and mp3 versions of music in the same folder. The tag can be used to remove mp3 from being listed in the library, leaving only the higher quality FLAC being displayed.ex1.ex2.ex3.ex4. See also: 8.2 Supported Metadata Containers The following metadata containers are supported by Kodi Metadata Container Note Generic Tag A generic tag for basic data from other odd file types v1, v2.3 and v2.4 Vorbis Comments 8.3 Common File & Tag Combination You will notice that not all the tags listed in the section Supported Audio Formats above are listed in the following table.
Those formats that are ommitted do not have provision to support embedded tags. If your collection contains any of these unsupported formats, you will be unable to scan the music into the library. Your options are:. Convert your audio file to a supported format and tag using MusicBrainz Picard.
Tears For Fears - Greatest Hits 82-92 (1991) Altinative Mp3 320 kbps 136 MB Tears for Fears were always more ambitious than the average synth pop group. From the beginning, the duo of Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith were tackling big subjects - their very name derived from Arthur Janovs primal scream therapy, and his theories were evident throughout their debut, The Hurting. Driven by catchy, infectious synth pop, The Hurting became a big hit in their native England, setting the stage for international stardom with their second album, 1985s Songs From the Big Chair. On the strength of the singles 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World' and 'Shout,' the record became a major hit, establishing the duo as one of the leading acts of the second generation of MTV stars. Instead of quickly recording a follow-up, Tears for Fears labored over their third album, the psychedelic and jazz-rock-tinged The Seeds of Love.
While the album was a big hit, it was the end of an era instead of a new beginning. Smith left the group early in the 90s, and Orzabal continued with Tears for Fears, pursuing more sophisticated and pretentious directions to a smaller audience.