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<div>'''Lossy''' compression is a form of compression that significantly reduce multimedia file size by throwing away information imperceptible to humans.<br />
<br />
Human audio perception is not perfect. Lossy compression takes advantage of this characteristic. By selective discarding, much unnecessary information is thrown away. The amount of information discarded is usually adjustable, giving a compromise between smaller size with less quality and larger size with higher quality.<br />
<br />
The downside to this is that waveform reconstructed from compressed information will never exactly match the original waveform.<br />
<br />
== Does Lossy Encoding Preserve Surround Information? ==<br />
Depending on the encoder and settings, degradation of surround imaging may happen. Use higher [[bitrate]] to prevent this from happening. Mid/Side stereo of [[LAME]] or [[Advanced Audio Coding|AAC]] does not destroy surround information. Also [[Musepack|MPC]] preserves surround information with standard settings reasonably well. The lower the [[bitrate]], the worse you can expect the surround imaging become.<br />
<br />
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=15&t=4639 More discussion]<br />
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== List of common lossy formats ==<br />
* [[Advanced Audio Coding]] (AAC, also improperly known as [[MP4]] or [[M4A]])<br />
* [[AC3]]<br />
* [[ATRAC3]]<br />
* [[DTS]]<br />
* [[MP2]]<br />
* [[MP3]]<br />
* [[Musepack]] (also known as MPC, formerly known as MPEGplus or MP+)<br />
* (Ogg) [[Vorbis]]<br />
* [[QDesign]]<br />
* [[Speex]] (speech only)<br />
* [[VQF]]<br />
* [[Windows Media Audio]] (WMA)<br />
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== See Also ==<br />
* [[Choosing the best codec]]<br />
* [[Lossless]]<br />
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[[Category:Codecs]]</div>Tahnruhttps://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=User_talk:TahnruUser talk:Tahnru2010-05-10T21:28:16Z<p>Tahnru: first draft, getting a start.</p>
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<div>'''Lossy''' <br />
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In the context of digital audio, Lossy Compression refers to the technique of discarding some audio data from the input file to produce an output file that is similar enough to the original to be usable while reducing the file size beyond the limits of known lossless compression techniques. The information selected for removal is chosen according through various methods ranging from a simple low-pass approach to complex psychoacoustic models.<br />
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Benefits of Lossy Encoding:<br />
Space Savings<br />
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Downsides to Lossy Encoding:<br />
Generational degradation<br />
Perceptual non-transparancy due to either insufficient bandwidth, incorrect algorithm, inherent limitation of the format.<br />
<br />
== General Lossy Encoding Techniques ==<br />
Low-pass filter<br />
Decrease in resolution for noisy passages<br />
<br />
== Does Lossy Encoding Preserve Surround Information? ==<br />
Depending on the encoder and settings, degradation of surround imaging may happen. Use higher [[bitrate]] to prevent this from happening. Mid/Side stereo of [[LAME]] or [[Advanced Audio Coding|AAC]] does not destroy surround information. Also [[Musepack|MPC]] preserves surround information with standard settings reasonably well. The lower the [[bitrate]], the worse you can expect the surround imaging become.<br />
<br />
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=15&t=4639 More discussion]<br />
<br />
== List of common lossy formats ==<br />
* [[Advanced Audio Coding]] (AAC, also improperly known as [[MP4]] or [[M4A]])<br />
* [[AC3]]<br />
* [[ATRAC3]]<br />
* [[DTS]]<br />
* [[MP2]]<br />
* [[MP3]]<br />
* [[Musepack]] (also known as MPC, formerly known as MPEGplus or MP+)<br />
* (Ogg) [[Vorbis]]<br />
* [[QDesign]]<br />
* [[Speex]] (speech only)<br />
* [[VQF]]<br />
* [[Windows Media Audio]] (WMA)<br />
<br />
== See Also ==<br />
* [[Lossless]]<br />
<br />
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[[Category:Codecs]]</div>Tahnruhttps://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=User_talk:TahnruUser talk:Tahnru2010-05-10T21:20:51Z<p>Tahnru: Grabbing a copy of the lossy article for major re-write</p>
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<div>'''Lossy''' compression is a form of compression that significantly reduce multimedia file size by throwing away information imperceptible to humans.<br />
<br />
Human audio perception is not perfect. Lossy compression takes advantage of this characteristic. By selective discarding, much unnecessary information is thrown away. The amount of information discarded is usually adjustable, giving a compromise between smaller size with less quality and larger size with higher quality.<br />
<br />
The downside to this is that waveform reconstructed from compressed information will never exactly match the original waveform.<br />
<br />
== Does Lossy Encoding Preserve Surround Information? ==<br />
Depending on the encoder and settings, degradation of surround imaging may happen. Use higher [[bitrate]] to prevent this from happening. Mid/Side stereo of [[LAME]] or [[Advanced Audio Coding|AAC]] does not destroy surround information. Also [[Musepack|MPC]] preserves surround information with standard settings reasonably well. The lower the [[bitrate]], the worse you can expect the surround imaging become.<br />
<br />
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=15&t=4639 More discussion]<br />
<br />
== List of common lossy formats ==<br />
* [[Advanced Audio Coding]] (AAC, also improperly known as [[MP4]] or [[M4A]])<br />
* [[AC3]]<br />
* [[ATRAC3]]<br />
* [[DTS]]<br />
* [[MP2]]<br />
* [[MP3]]<br />
* [[Musepack]] (also known as MPC, formerly known as MPEGplus or MP+)<br />
* (Ogg) [[Vorbis]]<br />
* [[QDesign]]<br />
* [[Speex]] (speech only)<br />
* [[VQF]]<br />
* [[Windows Media Audio]] (WMA)<br />
<br />
== See Also ==<br />
* [[Lossless]]<br />
<br />
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[[Category:Codecs]]</div>Tahnruhttps://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=LossyLossy2010-05-10T21:19:54Z<p>Tahnru: small typo and poor construction correction in intro.</p>
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<div>'''Lossy''' compression is a form of compression that significantly reduce multimedia file size by throwing away information imperceptible to humans.<br />
<br />
Human audio perception is not perfect. Lossy compression takes advantage of this characteristic. By selective discarding, much unnecessary information is thrown away. The amount of information discarded is usually adjustable, giving a compromise between smaller size with less quality and larger size with higher quality.<br />
<br />
The downside to this is that waveform reconstructed from compressed information will never exactly match the original waveform.<br />
<br />
== Does Lossy Encoding Preserve Surround Information? ==<br />
Depending on the encoder and settings, degradation of surround imaging may happen. Use higher [[bitrate]] to prevent this from happening. Mid/Side stereo of [[LAME]] or [[Advanced Audio Coding|AAC]] does not destroy surround information. Also [[Musepack|MPC]] preserves surround information with standard settings reasonably well. The lower the [[bitrate]], the worse you can expect the surround imaging become.<br />
<br />
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=15&t=4639 More discussion]<br />
<br />
== List of common lossy formats ==<br />
* [[Advanced Audio Coding]] (AAC, also improperly known as [[MP4]] or [[M4A]])<br />
* [[AC3]]<br />
* [[ATRAC3]]<br />
* [[DTS]]<br />
* [[MP2]]<br />
* [[MP3]]<br />
* [[Musepack]] (also known as MPC, formerly known as MPEGplus or MP+)<br />
* (Ogg) [[Vorbis]]<br />
* [[QDesign]]<br />
* [[Speex]] (speech only)<br />
* [[VQF]]<br />
* [[Windows Media Audio]] (WMA)<br />
<br />
== See Also ==<br />
* [[Lossless]]<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Codecs]]</div>Tahnruhttps://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Monkey%27s_AudioMonkey's Audio2010-04-02T22:23:11Z<p>Tahnru: Moved internal links out of the exterrnal links section</p>
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<div>=Introduction=<br />
Monkey's Audio (APE) is a free [[lossless]] audio compression format with a highly competitive compression algorithm, and is used primarily by Windows users. Although software is available for Linux, Monkey's Audio is not as popular among this operating system's users. Monkey's Audio suffers from slow decompression speeds as compared to other lossless audio codecs.<br />
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Monkey's Audio uses a combination of traditional lossless compression tactics ([[linear prediction]] and [[channel coupling]]) and a simple [[Neural network]]. To store the output values of its prediction step it uses [[Range coding]], modified to work well with more or less continuous values.<br />
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Monkey's Audio's main competitor is [[FLAC]], which has more features than Monkey's Audio (streaming support, for example) and hardware support to its advantage, though its efficiency in compression is not as great.<br />
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Monkey's Audio is released under a "custom" license that allows you to do pretty much anything with the source code, on the provision that you ask the author for permission.<br />
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==Related Articles==<br />
* [[Lossless_comparison|Lossless Codec Comparison]] by Rjamorim<br />
* [[EAC_and_Monkeys_Audio | Configuring EAC and Monkey's Audio]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.monkeysaudio.com/ Monkey's Audio: Homepage]<br />
* [http://www.monkeysaudio.com/comparison.html Monkey's Audio: Comparison]<br />
* [http://www.bebits.com/app/3318 Monkey's Audio Package] for BeOS<br />
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[[Category:Codecs]]</div>Tahnruhttps://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=AccurateRipAccurateRip2010-04-02T14:13:51Z<p>Tahnru: /* Software that uses AccurateRip */ Added XLD</p>
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<div>'''AccurateRip''' is a database that accepts and supplies two things: 1. estimates of the accuracy of the digital audio extraction (DAE) capabilities of CD-ROM/CD-RW drives (specifically, their read offsets), and 2. checksums for audio tracks extracted with those drives.<br />
<br />
==Drive read offsets==<br />
Very few CD drives actually start reading data from audio CDs exactly at the sector requested by DAE software. There are drives that are off by over 1 sector (1/75th of a second), but most are off by much less (<sup>1</sup>/<sub>250</sub> to <sup>1</sup>/<sub>350</sub> second). Most modern CD drives have "Accurate Stream" technology, so there's no "jitter", meaning in this case that the variance is consistent from read to read, and will tend to be the same for all drives of a certain make & model.<br />
<br />
The AccurateRip database allows one to find out the read offset, which is a number, for a given make & model of CD drive. This number can then be used by DAE software to ensure that each track is ripped from its exact start to its exact finish.<br />
<br />
The offset is given in samples. One "sample" on an audio CD is 4 bytes, consisting of a 2-byte left-channel value and a 2-byte right-channel value. There are 2352 bytes, or 588 samples, in each sector of an audio CD, corresponding to 1/75th of a second of sound. Therefore, an AccurateRip offset of +134 means the drive consistently delivers data from 536 bytes ''behind'' (earlier than) where it was asked to read from, so the DAE software needs to look that far ahead (hence the positive offset) in order to get the right data.<br />
<br />
When offsets are taken into account, the DAE software might have to ask the drive to "overread" into the lead-in or lead-out portions of the disc, where there's no audio data. Some drives can't be asked to do it, some drives will try to do it and fail, and some will just return null samples (a stream of "0" bytes, a.k.a. digital silence). If the drive can't overread, then there will be samples missing from the extracted track. The DAE software can correct for this by padding the track with digital silence so it's the correct length.<br />
<br />
==Ripped track checksums==<br />
Once all the samples for a track have been extracted and put into a file such as a WAV, a checksum can be generated to summarize the sample data. Identical data will produce identical checksums. If the data is the slightest bit different, the checksums will usually be very different. The checksums derived from the same tracks from the same pressings of the same CDs, so long as drive offsets have been accounted for, can be compared in order to determine whether the extraction was error-free. That is, if you rip a track and find that your checksum matches what everyone else got, then you can be confident there are no missing or incorrect samples (or that you've all got exactly the same damage, which is nearly impossible). See the [[secure ripping]] article for more on this subject.<br />
<br />
The AccurateRip database contains checksum data for the tracks on thousands of CDs. DAE software can use this info to decide whether to try re-reading a track that produced a different checksum than was expected.<br />
<br />
===Checksum calculation===<br />
Each AccurateRip checksum is based on a complete track rip, from the beginning of the track to the end, as determined by the track's entry in the disc's table of contents. This means that any silence or "gap" at the beginning or end of the track must be included in the rip. If your DAE software is configured to trim silence or to do anything with gaps other than put them at the end of the preceding track (as normally happens when gaps aren't taken into account), then it's unlikely the checksums of your rips will be submitted to or compared against those in the AccurateRip database.<br />
<br />
The checksum algorithm ignores the first 2940 samples (5 frames, a little over 0.013s of audio) at the beginning of the first track, and ignores an equal amount at the end of the last track. The largest drive offset in the database, as of October 2009, is only 1776 samples, so when an offset-corrected drive "overreads" beyond the boundaries of the audio data, it normally won't affect the checksum. If the overread were to exceed 2940 samples, though, the algorithm assumes the data is padded with digital silence (nothing but zeroes). If your drive isn't capable of overreading and your DAE software doesn't zero-pad the rip to simulate an overread, then it's unlikely the checksums of your rips will be submitted to or compared against those in the AccurateRip database.<br />
<br />
==Submitting offsets and checksums==<br />
The database is designed to be anonymously accessed by DAE software, via HTTP. Submitting data should only be done through such software.<br />
<br />
==Software that uses AccurateRip==<br />
* [[Exact Audio Copy]]<br />
* [[DBpowerAMP with AccurateRip]]<br />
* [[CueTools]]<br />
* [[XLD]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://www.accuraterip.com/ AccurateRip web site]</div>Tahnruhttps://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=AccurateRipAccurateRip2010-04-02T14:10:23Z<p>Tahnru: /* Software that uses AccurateRip */ added cuetools</p>
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<div>'''AccurateRip''' is a database that accepts and supplies two things: 1. estimates of the accuracy of the digital audio extraction (DAE) capabilities of CD-ROM/CD-RW drives (specifically, their read offsets), and 2. checksums for audio tracks extracted with those drives.<br />
<br />
==Drive read offsets==<br />
Very few CD drives actually start reading data from audio CDs exactly at the sector requested by DAE software. There are drives that are off by over 1 sector (1/75th of a second), but most are off by much less (<sup>1</sup>/<sub>250</sub> to <sup>1</sup>/<sub>350</sub> second). Most modern CD drives have "Accurate Stream" technology, so there's no "jitter", meaning in this case that the variance is consistent from read to read, and will tend to be the same for all drives of a certain make & model.<br />
<br />
The AccurateRip database allows one to find out the read offset, which is a number, for a given make & model of CD drive. This number can then be used by DAE software to ensure that each track is ripped from its exact start to its exact finish.<br />
<br />
The offset is given in samples. One "sample" on an audio CD is 4 bytes, consisting of a 2-byte left-channel value and a 2-byte right-channel value. There are 2352 bytes, or 588 samples, in each sector of an audio CD, corresponding to 1/75th of a second of sound. Therefore, an AccurateRip offset of +134 means the drive consistently delivers data from 536 bytes ''behind'' (earlier than) where it was asked to read from, so the DAE software needs to look that far ahead (hence the positive offset) in order to get the right data.<br />
<br />
When offsets are taken into account, the DAE software might have to ask the drive to "overread" into the lead-in or lead-out portions of the disc, where there's no audio data. Some drives can't be asked to do it, some drives will try to do it and fail, and some will just return null samples (a stream of "0" bytes, a.k.a. digital silence). If the drive can't overread, then there will be samples missing from the extracted track. The DAE software can correct for this by padding the track with digital silence so it's the correct length.<br />
<br />
==Ripped track checksums==<br />
Once all the samples for a track have been extracted and put into a file such as a WAV, a checksum can be generated to summarize the sample data. Identical data will produce identical checksums. If the data is the slightest bit different, the checksums will usually be very different. The checksums derived from the same tracks from the same pressings of the same CDs, so long as drive offsets have been accounted for, can be compared in order to determine whether the extraction was error-free. That is, if you rip a track and find that your checksum matches what everyone else got, then you can be confident there are no missing or incorrect samples (or that you've all got exactly the same damage, which is nearly impossible). See the [[secure ripping]] article for more on this subject.<br />
<br />
The AccurateRip database contains checksum data for the tracks on thousands of CDs. DAE software can use this info to decide whether to try re-reading a track that produced a different checksum than was expected.<br />
<br />
===Checksum calculation===<br />
Each AccurateRip checksum is based on a complete track rip, from the beginning of the track to the end, as determined by the track's entry in the disc's table of contents. This means that any silence or "gap" at the beginning or end of the track must be included in the rip. If your DAE software is configured to trim silence or to do anything with gaps other than put them at the end of the preceding track (as normally happens when gaps aren't taken into account), then it's unlikely the checksums of your rips will be submitted to or compared against those in the AccurateRip database.<br />
<br />
The checksum algorithm ignores the first 2940 samples (5 frames, a little over 0.013s of audio) at the beginning of the first track, and ignores an equal amount at the end of the last track. The largest drive offset in the database, as of October 2009, is only 1776 samples, so when an offset-corrected drive "overreads" beyond the boundaries of the audio data, it normally won't affect the checksum. If the overread were to exceed 2940 samples, though, the algorithm assumes the data is padded with digital silence (nothing but zeroes). If your drive isn't capable of overreading and your DAE software doesn't zero-pad the rip to simulate an overread, then it's unlikely the checksums of your rips will be submitted to or compared against those in the AccurateRip database.<br />
<br />
==Submitting offsets and checksums==<br />
The database is designed to be anonymously accessed by DAE software, via HTTP. Submitting data should only be done through such software.<br />
<br />
==Software that uses AccurateRip==<br />
* [[Exact Audio Copy]]<br />
* [[DBpowerAMP with AccurateRip]]<br />
* [[CueTools]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://www.accuraterip.com/ AccurateRip web site]</div>Tahnruhttps://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=AccurateRipAccurateRip2010-04-02T14:08:57Z<p>Tahnru: Added software linking section</p>
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<div>'''AccurateRip''' is a database that accepts and supplies two things: 1. estimates of the accuracy of the digital audio extraction (DAE) capabilities of CD-ROM/CD-RW drives (specifically, their read offsets), and 2. checksums for audio tracks extracted with those drives.<br />
<br />
==Drive read offsets==<br />
Very few CD drives actually start reading data from audio CDs exactly at the sector requested by DAE software. There are drives that are off by over 1 sector (1/75th of a second), but most are off by much less (<sup>1</sup>/<sub>250</sub> to <sup>1</sup>/<sub>350</sub> second). Most modern CD drives have "Accurate Stream" technology, so there's no "jitter", meaning in this case that the variance is consistent from read to read, and will tend to be the same for all drives of a certain make & model.<br />
<br />
The AccurateRip database allows one to find out the read offset, which is a number, for a given make & model of CD drive. This number can then be used by DAE software to ensure that each track is ripped from its exact start to its exact finish.<br />
<br />
The offset is given in samples. One "sample" on an audio CD is 4 bytes, consisting of a 2-byte left-channel value and a 2-byte right-channel value. There are 2352 bytes, or 588 samples, in each sector of an audio CD, corresponding to 1/75th of a second of sound. Therefore, an AccurateRip offset of +134 means the drive consistently delivers data from 536 bytes ''behind'' (earlier than) where it was asked to read from, so the DAE software needs to look that far ahead (hence the positive offset) in order to get the right data.<br />
<br />
When offsets are taken into account, the DAE software might have to ask the drive to "overread" into the lead-in or lead-out portions of the disc, where there's no audio data. Some drives can't be asked to do it, some drives will try to do it and fail, and some will just return null samples (a stream of "0" bytes, a.k.a. digital silence). If the drive can't overread, then there will be samples missing from the extracted track. The DAE software can correct for this by padding the track with digital silence so it's the correct length.<br />
<br />
==Ripped track checksums==<br />
Once all the samples for a track have been extracted and put into a file such as a WAV, a checksum can be generated to summarize the sample data. Identical data will produce identical checksums. If the data is the slightest bit different, the checksums will usually be very different. The checksums derived from the same tracks from the same pressings of the same CDs, so long as drive offsets have been accounted for, can be compared in order to determine whether the extraction was error-free. That is, if you rip a track and find that your checksum matches what everyone else got, then you can be confident there are no missing or incorrect samples (or that you've all got exactly the same damage, which is nearly impossible). See the [[secure ripping]] article for more on this subject.<br />
<br />
The AccurateRip database contains checksum data for the tracks on thousands of CDs. DAE software can use this info to decide whether to try re-reading a track that produced a different checksum than was expected.<br />
<br />
===Checksum calculation===<br />
Each AccurateRip checksum is based on a complete track rip, from the beginning of the track to the end, as determined by the track's entry in the disc's table of contents. This means that any silence or "gap" at the beginning or end of the track must be included in the rip. If your DAE software is configured to trim silence or to do anything with gaps other than put them at the end of the preceding track (as normally happens when gaps aren't taken into account), then it's unlikely the checksums of your rips will be submitted to or compared against those in the AccurateRip database.<br />
<br />
The checksum algorithm ignores the first 2940 samples (5 frames, a little over 0.013s of audio) at the beginning of the first track, and ignores an equal amount at the end of the last track. The largest drive offset in the database, as of October 2009, is only 1776 samples, so when an offset-corrected drive "overreads" beyond the boundaries of the audio data, it normally won't affect the checksum. If the overread were to exceed 2940 samples, though, the algorithm assumes the data is padded with digital silence (nothing but zeroes). If your drive isn't capable of overreading and your DAE software doesn't zero-pad the rip to simulate an overread, then it's unlikely the checksums of your rips will be submitted to or compared against those in the AccurateRip database.<br />
<br />
==Submitting offsets and checksums==<br />
The database is designed to be anonymously accessed by DAE software, via HTTP. Submitting data should only be done through such software.<br />
<br />
==Software that uses AccurateRip==<br />
* [[Exact Audio Copy]]<br />
* [[DBpowerAMP with AccurateRip]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://www.accuraterip.com/ AccurateRip web site]</div>Tahnruhttps://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=DBpowerampDBpoweramp2010-03-28T20:17:14Z<p>Tahnru: Added to software category</p>
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<div>{{Infobox Software<br />
| name = dBpowerAMP with AccurateRip<br />
| screenshot = [[Image:Cdrippersmall.png]]<br />
| caption = fully featured CD ripper with C2 error support, AccurateRip, and PerfectMeta™<br />
| maintainer = dBpowerAMP Team<br />
| stable_release = 13.2<br />
| preview_release = n/a <br />
| operating_system = Windows, Linux/BSD (Wine Emulation)<br />
| use = Digital Audio Extraction<br />
| license = Free, Shareware <br />
| website = http://www.dbpoweramp.com/<br />
}}<br />
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=Introduction= <br />
dBPowerAMP is a secure cd ripper, which features [[AccurateRip]]. It's often called a Swiss army knife of Audio. <br />
<br />
==Features==<br />
* Secure Ripper.<br />
* PerfectMeta™.<br />
* AccurateRip.<br />
* Correct C2 utilization.<br />
* Rip digitally sound from Audio CDs and store in a multitude of formats, dMC is the Fastest CD Ripper<br />
* Convert from one format to another, just about every audio type is supported: MP3, AAC, Windows Media Audio (WMA), Ogg Vorbis, AAC, Monkeys Audio, FLAC and many others [Codec downloads], whilst preserving ID Tags.<br />
* Multi-CPU Aware rips and encodes using all CPU cores simultaneously<br />
* HTOA (hidden track one audio) ripping - if CD drive is capable.<br />
* HDCD's can be decoded to 24 bit with DSP Effects<br />
* Volume Normalize audio files.<br />
* Windows Explorer Integration - right click Convert To & popup useful information on audio files (such as bitrate, length). <br />
* ID tag editing.<br />
* Record from LPs or anything [optional Auxiliary Input install].<br />
<br />
==AccurateRip==<br />
<br />
The philosophy behind AccurateRip is quite simple, each time an audio track is ripped (recorded by computer) it is compared with rips from other people, consequently this allows a confidence report to be generated. The conclusion that could be reached would be that four other people had exactly the same results. These results in turn would guarantee your rip was without error. The report may say hypothetically that three other people disagree with your rip, the likelyhood is that your CD has a scratch and should be cleaned.<br />
<br />
==PerfectMeta™==<br />
<br />
dBpoweramp pulls metadata from 4 providers: AMG, GD3, MusicBrainz and freedb simultaneously, including high resolution Album Art. It then compares the results and eliminates most errors<br />
<br />
==Guides==<br />
<br />
* [http://www.dbpoweramp.com/cd-ripper-setup-guide.htm]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
<br />
* [http://www.dbpoweramp.com/ dBpowerAMP official website]<br />
* [http://www.accuraterip.com/ AccurateRip official website]<br />
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[[Category:Software]]<br />
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'''foobar2000''' is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include full unicode support, ReplayGain support and native support for several popular audio formats.<br />
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'''The latest stable version is:''' [http://www.foobar2000.org/download v1.0.1]<br />
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== Platforms ==<br />
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foobar2000 has been written specifically for the Windows platform and there are no plans to port it to any others. However, while not officially supported, it is known to [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=24&t=6349&hl=wine run on Linux] and Mac OS X through [http://www.winehq.org/ Wine] and [http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/ WineBottler], respectively.<br />
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== Features ==<br />
* Powerful open component architecture allowing third-party developers to extend functionality of the player, including the ability to fully replace the user interface.<br />
* Full Unicode support: File names, user interface, tagging, etc.<br />
* [[ReplayGain]] support: Both playback and writing ReplayGain information to file tags.<br />
* [[Gapless]] playback.<br />
* Advanced [[tagging]] capabilities - through built-in [[foobar2000:Properties|Properties dialog]] and various optional tagging-related components.<br />
* Built-in [[foobar2000:Preferences:Media Library|Media Library]] functionality.<br />
** Intuitive [[foobar2000:Query syntax|query syntax]] for searching the Media Library.<br />
** [[foobar2000:Autoplaylist|Autoplaylist]] support: Generate dynamically updating playlists based on queries.<br />
* [[foobar2000:Preferences:General:Keyboard Shortcuts|Customizable keyboard shortcuts]].<br />
* Support for transcoding all supported audio formats using the [[Foobar2000:Converter|Converter component]] (requires external commandline encoder executables for different output formats).<br />
* [[Secure_ripping|Secure]] [[foobar2000:Ripping CDs|CD ripping]].<br />
* Streaming support.<br />
* Efficient handling of large playlists.<br />
* [[foobar2000:Components/Default_user_interface_%28foo_ui_std%29|User interface]] with simple configuration to create even complex layouts quickly and easily.<br />
* Highly customizable display of track information using [[foobar2000:Titleformat_Introduction|title formating scripts]].<br />
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== Supported Audio Formats ==<br />
Native Support ("out-of-the-box"):<br />
* [[MP1]], [[MP2]], [[MP3]], [[MP4]], [[Musepack]], [[AAC]], [[Ogg Vorbis]], [[FLAC]] / Ogg FLAC, [[Speex]], [[WavPack]], [[WAV]], [[AIFF]], [[AU|AU/SND]], [[CDDA]], [[WMA]], [[Matroska]].<br />
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Supported through optional components:<br />
* [[TTA]], [[Monkey's Audio]], [[ALAC]], [[MOD]], [[SPC]], [[Shorten]], [[OptimFROG]], [[AC3]], [[DTS]], [[PSF]], [[NSF]], [[XID]], [[XA]], [[MMS]], [[RSTP]], [[TAK]], [[AMR]], etc.<br />
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In addition, foobar2000 can also play music directly from compressed ZIP and without requiring the user to extract the files prior to playing. More archive formats supported through additional components: [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ JMA], [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ LHA].<br />
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== Using foobar2000 ==<br />
* [http://www.foobar2000.org/FAQ foobar2000 FAQ]<br />
* [[foobar2000:components|foobar2000 Components]]<br />
* [[foobar2000:Directories|foobar2000 Directories]]<br />
* [[foobar2000:Encouraged Tag Standards|foobar2000 Encouraged Tag Standards]]<br />
* [[foobar2000:FAQ|foobar2000 FAQ (unofficial)]]<br />
* [http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Category:Foobar2000_Guides foobar2000 Guides (category)]<br />
* [http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Category:Foobar2000_Preferences foobar2000 Preferences (category)]<br />
=== Technical Information ===<br />
* [[foobar2000:ID3 Tag Mapping|ID3 Tag Mapping]]<br />
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=== Specific Guides ===<br />
* [[foobar2000:Preferences|Preferences Dialog]]<br />
* [[foobar2000:Properties|Tag editing: the Properties dialog]]<br />
* [[foobar2000:Titleformat Introduction|Introduction to titleformat scripts]]<br />
* [[foobar2000:Titleformat Reference|Titleformat Reference]] - Quick-Reference for fields and functions<br />
* [[foobar2000:Query syntax|Query Syntax]] - Details of Syntax for querying metadata.<br />
* [[foobar2000:File operations|File operations dialog]] - Move, copy, rename, and delete files from within foobar2000<br />
* [[foobar2000:Commandline Guide|Commandline Usage]]<br />
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=== External Guides ===<br />
* [http://foobar2000.audiohq.de/ Frank Bicking's German-language guide].<br />
* [http://foobar2000.xrea.jp/ fb2k Wiki Page] for Japanese users.<br />
* [http://winamp2foobar.blogspot.com Winamp To Foobar Guide] with information relevant for general users also.<br />
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== Important Links ==<br />
=== Official Site ===<br />
* [http://www.foobar2000.org foobar2000.org: Homepage]<br />
* [http://www.foobar2000.org/download foobar2000.org: Download]<br />
* [http://www.foobar2000.org/components foobar2000.org: Components]<br />
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=== Community ===<br />
* [http://forums.foobar2000.org/ Official foobar2000 forum]<br />
* [http://foobar-users.de/ German Support Forum]<br />
* [http://foobar2000.pl/ Polish Support Forum]<br />
* [http://www.fforum.ru/index.php?showforum=59 Russian-language forum]<br />
* [http://www.foobar2000.ru/forum/ Another Russian-language forum]<br />
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=== Appearance ===<br />
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=61333 Default UI .fth Thread] Fast Way To Clone Another's DUI Configuration.<br />
* [[foobar2000:Preferences:Columns UI/Appearance|Columns UI appearance customization guides]]<br />
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=31027 Columns UI configurations]<br />
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{{Software Infobox|<br />
|name = foobar2000<br />
|screenshot = [[Image:Foobar2000-1.0-default-ui.png|250px]]<br />
|caption = Screenshot of foobar2000 v1.0 using the default user interface<br />
|maintainer = Peter Pawlowski<br />
|stable_release = 1.0.1<br />
|preview_release = <br />
|operating_system = Windows<br />
|use = Media Player<br />
|license = Proprietary, BSD<br />
|website = [http://www.foobar2000.org/ www.foobar2000.org]<br />
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[[Category:foobar2000]]<br />
[[Category:Media Players|foobar2000]]<br />
[[Category:CD Rippers]]<br />
[[Category:Software]]<br />
[[Category:Tag editors]]</div>Tahnruhttps://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Mp3tagMp3tag2010-03-26T16:26:13Z<p>Tahnru: added tag editor categorization</p>
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<div>{{Software Infobox<br />
| name = MP3tag<br />
| screenshot = [[Image:MP3tag-screenshot.png|250px|MP3tag screenshot]]<br />
| caption = powerful and easy-to-use tool to edit metadata <br />
| maintainer = Florian Heidenreich<br />
| stable_release = [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html 2.41] (19.04.2008)<br />
| preview_release = [http://developer.mp3tag.de/ 2.41a] (06.06.2008)<br />
| operating_system = Windows<br />
| use = Metadata<br />
| license = Freeware <br />
| website = [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ http://www.mp3tag.de]<br />
}}<br />
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=Introduction=<br />
'''MP3tag''' is an powerful [[Metadata|metadata]] editor for lots of common audio formats. You can rename files based on the [[Tagging|tag]] information, replace characters or words from tags and filenames, import/export tag information, create playlists.<br />
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The program supports online freedb database lookups for selected files, allowing you to automatically gather proper tag information for select files or CDs.<br />
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==Features==<br />
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* Write [[ID3v1.1]]-, [[ID3v2]]-, [[APEv2]]-Tags and [[Vorbis_Comment|Vorbis Comments]] to multiple files at once<br />
* Full Unicode support<br />
* Support for embedded cover art<br />
* Automatically create playlists<br />
* Recursive subfolders support<br />
* Remove parts or the entire tag of multiple files<br />
* Rename files based on the tag information<br />
* Import tags from filenames<br />
* Format tags and filenames<br />
* Replace characters or words from tags and filenames<br />
* Regular Expressions<br />
* Export tag information to user-defined formats (like html, rtf, csv, xml)<br />
* Import tag information from online databases like freedb or Amazon (also by text-search)<br />
* Import tag information from local freedb databases<br />
* Support for [[ID3v2|ID3v2.3]] (ISO-8859-1 and UTF-16) and [[ID3v2|ID3v2.4]] with [[UTF-8]]<br />
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==Supported formats==<br />
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* Advanced Audio Coding ([[AAC|aac]])<br />
* Free Lossless Audio Codec ([[FLAC|flac]])<br />
* Monkey's Audio ([[APE|ape]])<br />
* Mpeg Layer 3 ([[MP3|mp3]])<br />
* MPEG-4 ([[MP4|mp4]] / [[M4A|m4a]] / m4b / [[iTunes]] compatible)<br />
* Musepack ([[MPC|mpc]])<br />
* Ogg Vorbis ([[Ogg_Vorbis|ogg]])<br />
* OptimFROG ([[OptimFROG|ofr]])<br />
* OptimFROG DualStream (ofs)<br />
* Speex ([[Speex|spx]])<br />
* TAK ([[TAK]])<br />
* True Audio (tta)<br />
* Windows Media Audio ([[WMA|wma]])<br />
* WavPack ([[WavPack|wv]])<br />
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==Operating Systems==<br />
* Win XP<br />
* Win 2003<br />
* Win Vista<br />
* Win 2008<br />
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Windows 2000 is no longer supported as of version 2.40. Version 2.39 is still available on the download page at the MP3tag website.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ Mp3tag: Homepage]<br />
* [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html Mp3tag: Download]<br />
* [http://www.anytag.de/forums/ Mp3tag: official forum]<br />
* [http://www.mp3tag.de/download/mp3tagversion.en.html Mp3tag: changelog]<br />
* [http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?Mp3tagGuide Mp3tagGuide - Slim Devices]<br />
* [http://www.anytag.de/forums/index.php?showtopic=1794 Mp3tag: additional Web Sources]<br />
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[[Category:Software]]<br />
[[Category:Tag editors]]</div>Tahnruhttps://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Tag_(tagging_software)Tag (tagging software)2010-03-26T16:25:32Z<p>Tahnru: fixed capitalization</p>
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<div>{{stub}} <br />
'''Tag''' is an open-source command line tool for Windows that may be used to tag numerous audio files, using various tagging schemes, including [[ID3v1]], [[ID3v2]], [[APEv1]], [[APEv2]], [[Vorbis_Comment|Vorbis]] and [[FLAC]].<br />
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Tag can tag files automatically from their filename, by attempting to guess the filename format from one of fifty presets. You can also view tags for files, and create playlists.<br />
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<br />
==Features==<br />
<br />
* Tag files using [[ID3v1]], [[APEv1]], [[APEv2]], [[Vorbis_Comment|Vorbis]], [[FLAC]] and [[Lyrics3|Lyrics]]<br />
* View tags<br />
* Copy tags from one file to another<br />
* Tag from filename<br />
* Remove all tags or only [[ID3v2]]<br />
* Tag files recursively<br />
* Create playlists<br />
* Set tag values from the contents of a file<br />
* Piping support<br />
* Convert tags to different format<br />
* Remove tags<br />
* Generate Winamp playlists (optionally with AlbumList extensions and playing times)<br />
* Generate text files with information about tracks and album (format customizable)<br />
* Test mode that shows what would happen without actually doing anything to files<br />
<br />
==Development==<br />
<br />
Tag was originally developed by Case, but he stopped developing Tag after version 2.0.39.<br />
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Neil Popham ([[USer:Synthetic Soul|Synthetic Soul]]) took over the development of Tag starting version 2.0.40. The latest version is '''2.0.50'''.<br />
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==Additional Reading==<br />
* [[Wapet]], also written by Case<br />
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=Command Line Help=<br />
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<pre><br />
Version 2.0.50<br />
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Usage: Tag [options] <filenames / directories / @file_with_parameters><br />
Wildcards are supported in filenames and directories<br />
<br />
Options:<br />
--title <value> : set title to <value><br />
--artist <value> : set artist to <value><br />
--album <value> : set album to <value><br />
--year <value> : set year to <value><br />
--comment <value> : set comment to <value><br />
--track <value> : set track number to <value><br />
--genre <value> : set genre to <value><br />
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Tag fields can also be set with:<br />
-t <item=x> : set tag item <item> to value <x><br />
-f <item=x> : set tag item <item> from content of file <x><br />
-u <item=x> : set tag item <item> to value <x> (x is UTF-8 coded)<br />
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--help : show full help<br />
--hideinfo : don't display file information<br />
--hidetags : don't display tags<br />
--hidenames : don't display filenames<br />
--simple : use simple tag display format<br />
--recursive : search files recursively in all subdirectories<br />
--fromfile <file> : copy tag information from <file><br />
--allow <item=x> : allow access to files with specified properties only<br />
--auto : generate tags from filenames<br />
--scheme <scheme> : specify file structure scheme (ie. L/A - N - T)<br />
--autoscheme : select automatically best scheme from list of schemes<br />
--nomagic : use plain schemes, disable extra automations<br />
--chreplace : use character replacing when tagging<br />
--rentag : rename files to match scheme, filename from tag data<br />
--rename <scheme> : rename files to <scheme>, filename generated from old name<br />
--move : when renaming move files to subdirectories<br />
--overwrite : overwrite existing files when renaming<br />
--trackinc : use incremental track numbering<br />
--caps : capitalize words<br />
--Caps : capitalize only first word<br />
--lower : convert all characters to lower case<br />
--upper : convert all characters to upper case<br />
--tcaps <item> : capitalize words in tag field <item><br />
--tCaps <item> : capitalize only first word in tag field <item><br />
--tlower <item> : convert all characters to lower case in tag field <item><br />
--tupper <item> : convert all characters to upper case in tag field <item><br />
--nozero : ignore leading zeros on track numbers<br />
--zeropad : add trailing zero to track number if missing<br />
--commafix : fix comma separated artist field (x, the -> the x)<br />
--spacefix : replaces underscore (_) and %20 with space<br />
--itemfix : fix item names in APE v1.0/2.0 tags<br />
--umlfix : fix umlauts (ae -> ä, oe -> ö, ue -> ü)<br />
--swapta : swap title <--> artist<br />
--remove : remove all tags<br />
--removeid3v2 : remove only ID3v2 tags<br />
--removeid3v2u : remove only unnecessary ID3v2 tags (fields fit in ID3v1)<br />
--playlist : generate one playlist per directory<br />
--oneplaylist : generate one playlist from all files<br />
--playlists : generate one playlist per album in current directory<br />
--a-artist <x> : set album artist to <x><br />
--a-title <x> : set album title to <x><br />
--onlyfiles : writes only filenames in playlist, no extra information<br />
--dirname : use directory name for playlist naming<br />
--plname <name> : use <name> as playlist name.<br />
--slashes : use slashes '/' instead of backslashes '\' in playlists<br />
--nospaces : replaces space by underscore in names of written files<br />
--sort <by> : sort playlist only by <x><br />
--sort+ <x> : add new playlist sorting property <x><br />
--sortdesc : sort in descending order<br />
--newdate : don't keep files original date/time<br />
--oldtype : use old tag format<br />
--ape2 : default to APE v2.0<br />
--force <tag> : force use of selected tag type<br />
--extid3 : extend over long title field into comment field with id3<br />
--nocheck : don't check file extension<br />
--test : test mode, no files will be modified<br />
--paranoid : return non-zero code on warnings/non-critical errors<br />
--tofile <scheme> : save screen output to file, name generated from <scheme><br />
--tofileext <ext> : use extension <ext> instead of .txt<br />
--tofilen <name> : save screen output to file <name><br />
--tocue <scheme> : output cuesheet tag to file, name generated from <scheme><br />
--tocuen <name> : output cuesheet tag to file <name><br />
--tocuea : output cuesheet tag to file, name generated from source<br />
--tostdoutn <tag> : write <tag> value to stdout<br />
--stdout : write tag details to stdout instead of stderr<br />
--nfo <file> : generate .nfo file and save to <file><br />
--listdefaults : view default settings<br />
--listexceptions : view list of exceptions in capitalize function<br />
--listgenres : view list of possible ID3v1 tag genres<br />
--listpresets : view list of defined presets<br />
--decode : use external decoder and use <scheme> to name output<br />
--acculen : display length more accurately<br />
--ansioutput : don't convert output to OEM codepage<br />
--<number> : use predefined preset <number><br />
</pre><br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* Case's original : http://www.rarewares.org/others.html<br />
* Synthetic Soul's version : http://www.synthetic-soul.co.uk/tag/<br />
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=25921&st=0 Synthetic Soul's Tag.exe development thread on HA Forums]<br />
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[[Category:Software]]<br />
[[Category:Tag editors]]</div>Tahnruhttps://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Tag_(tagging_software)Tag (tagging software)2010-03-26T16:24:28Z<p>Tahnru: added tag editor categorization</p>
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<div>{{stub}} <br />
'''Tag''' is an open-source command line tool for Windows that may be used to tag numerous audio files, using various tagging schemes, including [[ID3v1]], [[ID3v2]], [[APEv1]], [[APEv2]], [[Vorbis_Comment|Vorbis]] and [[FLAC]].<br />
<br />
Tag can tag files automatically from their filename, by attempting to guess the filename format from one of fifty presets. You can also view tags for files, and create playlists.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Features==<br />
<br />
* Tag files using [[ID3v1]], [[APEv1]], [[APEv2]], [[Vorbis_Comment|Vorbis]], [[FLAC]] and [[Lyrics3|Lyrics]]<br />
* View tags<br />
* Copy tags from one file to another<br />
* Tag from filename<br />
* Remove all tags or only [[ID3v2]]<br />
* Tag files recursively<br />
* Create playlists<br />
* Set tag values from the contents of a file<br />
* Piping support<br />
* Convert tags to different format<br />
* Remove tags<br />
* Generate Winamp playlists (optionally with AlbumList extensions and playing times)<br />
* Generate text files with information about tracks and album (format customizable)<br />
* Test mode that shows what would happen without actually doing anything to files<br />
<br />
==Development==<br />
<br />
Tag was originally developed by Case, but he stopped developing Tag after version 2.0.39.<br />
<br />
Neil Popham ([[USer:Synthetic Soul|Synthetic Soul]]) took over the development of Tag starting version 2.0.40. The latest version is '''2.0.50'''.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Additional Reading==<br />
* [[Wapet]], also written by Case<br />
<br />
=Command Line Help=<br />
<br />
<pre><br />
Version 2.0.50<br />
<br />
Usage: Tag [options] <filenames / directories / @file_with_parameters><br />
Wildcards are supported in filenames and directories<br />
<br />
Options:<br />
--title <value> : set title to <value><br />
--artist <value> : set artist to <value><br />
--album <value> : set album to <value><br />
--year <value> : set year to <value><br />
--comment <value> : set comment to <value><br />
--track <value> : set track number to <value><br />
--genre <value> : set genre to <value><br />
<br />
Tag fields can also be set with:<br />
-t <item=x> : set tag item <item> to value <x><br />
-f <item=x> : set tag item <item> from content of file <x><br />
-u <item=x> : set tag item <item> to value <x> (x is UTF-8 coded)<br />
<br />
--help : show full help<br />
--hideinfo : don't display file information<br />
--hidetags : don't display tags<br />
--hidenames : don't display filenames<br />
--simple : use simple tag display format<br />
--recursive : search files recursively in all subdirectories<br />
--fromfile <file> : copy tag information from <file><br />
--allow <item=x> : allow access to files with specified properties only<br />
--auto : generate tags from filenames<br />
--scheme <scheme> : specify file structure scheme (ie. L/A - N - T)<br />
--autoscheme : select automatically best scheme from list of schemes<br />
--nomagic : use plain schemes, disable extra automations<br />
--chreplace : use character replacing when tagging<br />
--rentag : rename files to match scheme, filename from tag data<br />
--rename <scheme> : rename files to <scheme>, filename generated from old name<br />
--move : when renaming move files to subdirectories<br />
--overwrite : overwrite existing files when renaming<br />
--trackinc : use incremental track numbering<br />
--caps : capitalize words<br />
--Caps : capitalize only first word<br />
--lower : convert all characters to lower case<br />
--upper : convert all characters to upper case<br />
--tcaps <item> : capitalize words in tag field <item><br />
--tCaps <item> : capitalize only first word in tag field <item><br />
--tlower <item> : convert all characters to lower case in tag field <item><br />
--tupper <item> : convert all characters to upper case in tag field <item><br />
--nozero : ignore leading zeros on track numbers<br />
--zeropad : add trailing zero to track number if missing<br />
--commafix : fix comma separated artist field (x, the -> the x)<br />
--spacefix : replaces underscore (_) and %20 with space<br />
--itemfix : fix item names in APE v1.0/2.0 tags<br />
--umlfix : fix umlauts (ae -> ä, oe -> ö, ue -> ü)<br />
--swapta : swap title <--> artist<br />
--remove : remove all tags<br />
--removeid3v2 : remove only ID3v2 tags<br />
--removeid3v2u : remove only unnecessary ID3v2 tags (fields fit in ID3v1)<br />
--playlist : generate one playlist per directory<br />
--oneplaylist : generate one playlist from all files<br />
--playlists : generate one playlist per album in current directory<br />
--a-artist <x> : set album artist to <x><br />
--a-title <x> : set album title to <x><br />
--onlyfiles : writes only filenames in playlist, no extra information<br />
--dirname : use directory name for playlist naming<br />
--plname <name> : use <name> as playlist name.<br />
--slashes : use slashes '/' instead of backslashes '\' in playlists<br />
--nospaces : replaces space by underscore in names of written files<br />
--sort <by> : sort playlist only by <x><br />
--sort+ <x> : add new playlist sorting property <x><br />
--sortdesc : sort in descending order<br />
--newdate : don't keep files original date/time<br />
--oldtype : use old tag format<br />
--ape2 : default to APE v2.0<br />
--force <tag> : force use of selected tag type<br />
--extid3 : extend over long title field into comment field with id3<br />
--nocheck : don't check file extension<br />
--test : test mode, no files will be modified<br />
--paranoid : return non-zero code on warnings/non-critical errors<br />
--tofile <scheme> : save screen output to file, name generated from <scheme><br />
--tofileext <ext> : use extension <ext> instead of .txt<br />
--tofilen <name> : save screen output to file <name><br />
--tocue <scheme> : output cuesheet tag to file, name generated from <scheme><br />
--tocuen <name> : output cuesheet tag to file <name><br />
--tocuea : output cuesheet tag to file, name generated from source<br />
--tostdoutn <tag> : write <tag> value to stdout<br />
--stdout : write tag details to stdout instead of stderr<br />
--nfo <file> : generate .nfo file and save to <file><br />
--listdefaults : view default settings<br />
--listexceptions : view list of exceptions in capitalize function<br />
--listgenres : view list of possible ID3v1 tag genres<br />
--listpresets : view list of defined presets<br />
--decode : use external decoder and use <scheme> to name output<br />
--acculen : display length more accurately<br />
--ansioutput : don't convert output to OEM codepage<br />
--<number> : use predefined preset <number><br />
</pre><br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* Case's original : http://www.rarewares.org/others.html<br />
* Synthetic Soul's version : http://www.synthetic-soul.co.uk/tag/<br />
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=25921&st=0 Synthetic Soul's Tag.exe development thread on HA Forums]<br />
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[[Category:Software]]<br />
[[Category:Tag Editors]]</div>Tahnruhttps://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Category:Tag_editorsCategory:Tag editors2010-03-26T16:23:33Z<p>Tahnru: Created subcategory for tag editors</p>
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<div>Programs for editing metadata tags.<br />
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[[Category:Software]]</div>Tahnruhttps://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Mp3tagMp3tag2010-03-26T14:40:03Z<p>Tahnru: Undo revision 20240 by Tahnru (Talk)</p>
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<div>{{Software Infobox<br />
| name = MP3tag<br />
| screenshot = [[Image:MP3tag-screenshot.png|250px|MP3tag screenshot]]<br />
| caption = powerful and easy-to-use tool to edit metadata <br />
| maintainer = Florian Heidenreich<br />
| stable_release = [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html 2.41] (19.04.2008)<br />
| preview_release = [http://developer.mp3tag.de/ 2.41a] (06.06.2008)<br />
| operating_system = Windows<br />
| use = Metadata<br />
| license = Freeware <br />
| website = [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ http://www.mp3tag.de]<br />
}}<br />
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=Introduction=<br />
'''MP3tag''' is an powerful [[Metadata|metadata]] editor for lots of common audio formats. You can rename files based on the [[Tagging|tag]] information, replace characters or words from tags and filenames, import/export tag information, create playlists.<br />
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The program supports online freedb database lookups for selected files, allowing you to automatically gather proper tag information for select files or CDs.<br />
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==Features==<br />
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* Write [[ID3v1.1]]-, [[ID3v2]]-, [[APEv2]]-Tags and [[Vorbis_Comment|Vorbis Comments]] to multiple files at once<br />
* Full Unicode support<br />
* Support for embedded cover art<br />
* Automatically create playlists<br />
* Recursive subfolders support<br />
* Remove parts or the entire tag of multiple files<br />
* Rename files based on the tag information<br />
* Import tags from filenames<br />
* Format tags and filenames<br />
* Replace characters or words from tags and filenames<br />
* Regular Expressions<br />
* Export tag information to user-defined formats (like html, rtf, csv, xml)<br />
* Import tag information from online databases like freedb or Amazon (also by text-search)<br />
* Import tag information from local freedb databases<br />
* Support for [[ID3v2|ID3v2.3]] (ISO-8859-1 and UTF-16) and [[ID3v2|ID3v2.4]] with [[UTF-8]]<br />
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==Supported formats==<br />
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* Advanced Audio Coding ([[AAC|aac]])<br />
* Free Lossless Audio Codec ([[FLAC|flac]])<br />
* Monkey's Audio ([[APE|ape]])<br />
* Mpeg Layer 3 ([[MP3|mp3]])<br />
* MPEG-4 ([[MP4|mp4]] / [[M4A|m4a]] / m4b / [[iTunes]] compatible)<br />
* Musepack ([[MPC|mpc]])<br />
* Ogg Vorbis ([[Ogg_Vorbis|ogg]])<br />
* OptimFROG ([[OptimFROG|ofr]])<br />
* OptimFROG DualStream (ofs)<br />
* Speex ([[Speex|spx]])<br />
* TAK ([[TAK]])<br />
* True Audio (tta)<br />
* Windows Media Audio ([[WMA|wma]])<br />
* WavPack ([[WavPack|wv]])<br />
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==Operating Systems==<br />
* Win XP<br />
* Win 2003<br />
* Win Vista<br />
* Win 2008<br />
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Windows 2000 is no longer supported as of version 2.40. Version 2.39 is still available on the download page at the MP3tag website.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ Mp3tag: Homepage]<br />
* [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html Mp3tag: Download]<br />
* [http://www.anytag.de/forums/ Mp3tag: official forum]<br />
* [http://www.mp3tag.de/download/mp3tagversion.en.html Mp3tag: changelog]<br />
* [http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?Mp3tagGuide Mp3tagGuide - Slim Devices]<br />
* [http://www.anytag.de/forums/index.php?showtopic=1794 Mp3tag: additional Web Sources]<br />
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[[Category:Software]]</div>Tahnruhttps://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Mp3tagMp3tag2010-03-26T14:39:27Z<p>Tahnru: Added to the metadata category</p>
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<div>{{Software Infobox<br />
| name = MP3tag<br />
| screenshot = [[Image:MP3tag-screenshot.png|250px|MP3tag screenshot]]<br />
| caption = powerful and easy-to-use tool to edit metadata <br />
| maintainer = Florian Heidenreich<br />
| stable_release = [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html 2.41] (19.04.2008)<br />
| preview_release = [http://developer.mp3tag.de/ 2.41a] (06.06.2008)<br />
| operating_system = Windows<br />
| use = Metadata<br />
| license = Freeware <br />
| website = [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ http://www.mp3tag.de]<br />
}}<br />
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=Introduction=<br />
'''MP3tag''' is an powerful [[Metadata|metadata]] editor for lots of common audio formats. You can rename files based on the [[Tagging|tag]] information, replace characters or words from tags and filenames, import/export tag information, create playlists.<br />
<br />
The program supports online freedb database lookups for selected files, allowing you to automatically gather proper tag information for select files or CDs.<br />
<br />
==Features==<br />
<br />
* Write [[ID3v1.1]]-, [[ID3v2]]-, [[APEv2]]-Tags and [[Vorbis_Comment|Vorbis Comments]] to multiple files at once<br />
* Full Unicode support<br />
* Support for embedded cover art<br />
* Automatically create playlists<br />
* Recursive subfolders support<br />
* Remove parts or the entire tag of multiple files<br />
* Rename files based on the tag information<br />
* Import tags from filenames<br />
* Format tags and filenames<br />
* Replace characters or words from tags and filenames<br />
* Regular Expressions<br />
* Export tag information to user-defined formats (like html, rtf, csv, xml)<br />
* Import tag information from online databases like freedb or Amazon (also by text-search)<br />
* Import tag information from local freedb databases<br />
* Support for [[ID3v2|ID3v2.3]] (ISO-8859-1 and UTF-16) and [[ID3v2|ID3v2.4]] with [[UTF-8]]<br />
<br />
==Supported formats==<br />
<br />
* Advanced Audio Coding ([[AAC|aac]])<br />
* Free Lossless Audio Codec ([[FLAC|flac]])<br />
* Monkey's Audio ([[APE|ape]])<br />
* Mpeg Layer 3 ([[MP3|mp3]])<br />
* MPEG-4 ([[MP4|mp4]] / [[M4A|m4a]] / m4b / [[iTunes]] compatible)<br />
* Musepack ([[MPC|mpc]])<br />
* Ogg Vorbis ([[Ogg_Vorbis|ogg]])<br />
* OptimFROG ([[OptimFROG|ofr]])<br />
* OptimFROG DualStream (ofs)<br />
* Speex ([[Speex|spx]])<br />
* TAK ([[TAK]])<br />
* True Audio (tta)<br />
* Windows Media Audio ([[WMA|wma]])<br />
* WavPack ([[WavPack|wv]])<br />
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==Operating Systems==<br />
* Win XP<br />
* Win 2003<br />
* Win Vista<br />
* Win 2008<br />
<br />
Windows 2000 is no longer supported as of version 2.40. Version 2.39 is still available on the download page at the MP3tag website.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ Mp3tag: Homepage]<br />
* [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html Mp3tag: Download]<br />
* [http://www.anytag.de/forums/ Mp3tag: official forum]<br />
* [http://www.mp3tag.de/download/mp3tagversion.en.html Mp3tag: changelog]<br />
* [http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?Mp3tagGuide Mp3tagGuide - Slim Devices]<br />
* [http://www.anytag.de/forums/index.php?showtopic=1794 Mp3tag: additional Web Sources]<br />
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[[Category:Metadata]]</div>Tahnruhttps://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Foobar2000Foobar2000:Foobar20002010-03-26T13:19:42Z<p>Tahnru: Added Foobar to the CD Rippers category</p>
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'''foobar2000''' is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include full unicode support, ReplayGain support and native support for several popular audio formats.<br />
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'''The latest stable version is:''' [http://www.foobar2000.org/download v1.0.1]<br />
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== Platforms ==<br />
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foobar2000 has been written specifically for the Windows platform and there are no plans to port it to any others. However, while not officially supported, it is known to [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=24&t=6349&hl=wine run on Linux] and Mac OS X through [http://www.winehq.org/ Wine] and [http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/ WineBottler], respectively.<br />
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== Features ==<br />
* Powerful open component architecture allowing third-party developers to extend functionality of the player, including the ability to fully replace the user interface.<br />
* Full Unicode support: File names, user interface, tagging, etc.<br />
* [[ReplayGain]] support: Both playback and writing ReplayGain information to file tags.<br />
* [[Gapless]] playback.<br />
* Advanced [[tagging]] capabilities - through built-in [[foobar2000:Properties|Properties dialog]] and various optional tagging-related components.<br />
* Built-in [[foobar2000:Preferences:Media Library|Media Library]] functionality.<br />
** Intuitive [[foobar2000:Query syntax|query syntax]] for searching the Media Library.<br />
** [[foobar2000:Autoplaylist|Autoplaylist]] support: Generate dynamically updating playlists based on queries.<br />
* [[foobar2000:Preferences:General:Keyboard Shortcuts|Customizable keyboard shortcuts]].<br />
* Support for transcoding all supported audio formats using the [[Foobar2000:Converter|Converter component]] (requires external commandline encoder executables for different output formats).<br />
* [[Secure_ripping|Secure]] [[foobar2000:Ripping CDs|CD ripping]].<br />
* Streaming support.<br />
* Efficient handling of large playlists.<br />
* [[foobar2000:Components/Default_user_interface_%28foo_ui_std%29|User interface]] with simple configuration to create even complex layouts quickly and easily.<br />
* Highly customizable display of track information using [[foobar2000:Titleformat_Introduction|title formating scripts]].<br />
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== Supported Audio Formats ==<br />
Native Support ("out-of-the-box"):<br />
* [[MP1]], [[MP2]], [[MP3]], [[MP4]], [[Musepack]], [[AAC]], [[Ogg Vorbis]], [[FLAC]] / Ogg FLAC, [[Speex]], [[WavPack]], [[WAV]], [[AIFF]], [[AU|AU/SND]], [[CDDA]], [[WMA]], [[Matroska]].<br />
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Supported through optional components:<br />
* [[TTA]], [[Monkey's Audio]], [[ALAC]], [[MOD]], [[SPC]], [[Shorten]], [[OptimFROG]], [[AC3]], [[DTS]], [[PSF]], [[NSF]], [[XID]], [[XA]], [[MMS]], [[RSTP]], [[TAK]], [[AMR]], etc.<br />
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In addition, foobar2000 can also play music directly from compressed ZIP and without requiring the user to extract the files prior to playing. More archive formats supported through additional components: [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ JMA], [http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ LHA].<br />
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== Using foobar2000 ==<br />
* [http://www.foobar2000.org/FAQ foobar2000 FAQ]<br />
* [[foobar2000:components|foobar2000 Components]]<br />
* [[foobar2000:Directories|foobar2000 Directories]]<br />
* [[foobar2000:Encouraged Tag Standards|foobar2000 Encouraged Tag Standards]]<br />
* [[foobar2000:FAQ|foobar2000 FAQ (unofficial)]]<br />
* [http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Category:Foobar2000_Guides foobar2000 Guides (category)]<br />
* [http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Category:Foobar2000_Preferences foobar2000 Preferences (category)]<br />
=== Technical Information ===<br />
* [[foobar2000:ID3 Tag Mapping|ID3 Tag Mapping]]<br />
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=== Specific Guides ===<br />
* [[foobar2000:Preferences|Preferences Dialog]]<br />
* [[foobar2000:Properties|Tag editing: the Properties dialog]]<br />
* [[foobar2000:Titleformat Introduction|Introduction to titleformat scripts]]<br />
* [[foobar2000:Titleformat Reference|Titleformat Reference]] - Quick-Reference for fields and functions<br />
* [[foobar2000:Query syntax|Query Syntax]] - Details of Syntax for querying metadata.<br />
* [[foobar2000:File operations|File operations dialog]] - Move, copy, rename, and delete files from within foobar2000<br />
* [[foobar2000:Commandline Guide|Commandline Usage]]<br />
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=== External Guides ===<br />
* [http://foobar2000.audiohq.de/ Frank Bicking's German-language guide].<br />
* [http://foobar2000.xrea.jp/ fb2k Wiki Page] for Japanese users.<br />
* [http://winamp2foobar.blogspot.com Winamp To Foobar Guide] with information relevant for general users also.<br />
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== Important Links ==<br />
=== Official Site ===<br />
* [http://www.foobar2000.org foobar2000.org: Homepage]<br />
* [http://www.foobar2000.org/download foobar2000.org: Download]<br />
* [http://www.foobar2000.org/components foobar2000.org: Components]<br />
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=== Community ===<br />
* [http://forums.foobar2000.org/ Official foobar2000 forum]<br />
* [http://foobar-users.de/ German Support Forum]<br />
* [http://foobar2000.pl/ Polish Support Forum]<br />
* [http://www.fforum.ru/index.php?showforum=59 Russian-language forum]<br />
* [http://www.foobar2000.ru/forum/ Another Russian-language forum]<br />
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=== Appearance ===<br />
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=61333 Default UI .fth Thread] Fast Way To Clone Another's DUI Configuration.<br />
* [[foobar2000:Preferences:Columns UI/Appearance|Columns UI appearance customization guides]]<br />
* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=31027 Columns UI configurations]<br />
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{{Software Infobox|<br />
|name = foobar2000<br />
|screenshot = [[Image:Foobar2000-1.0-default-ui.png|250px]]<br />
|caption = Screenshot of foobar2000 v1.0 using the default user interface<br />
|maintainer = Peter Pawlowski<br />
|stable_release = 1.0.1<br />
|preview_release = <br />
|operating_system = Windows<br />
|use = Media Player<br />
|license = Proprietary, BSD<br />
|website = [http://www.foobar2000.org/ www.foobar2000.org]<br />
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