From Hydrogenaudio Knowledgebase
The following tables just map tags in one format to another. Each format may have limitations, like not being able to handle UTF8 for example, or limitations as to the length of the content of a tag, some might have a non-textual tag like ID3v1 has for the Genre tag. These format limitations may or may not be mentioned on this page, so please keep that in mind.
The words metadata/tag/field may be used intermittently on this page to mean the same thing. This page is also far from complete and may never be.
Basic Tags
| Tag |
ID3 v1/v1.1 |
FLAC/Vorbis/Ogg |
ID3 v2.3/v2.4 |
APEv2 |
Matroska |
WMA
|
| Artist
|
Artist
|
ARTIST
|
?
|
Artist
|
?
|
Artist
|
| Title
|
Title
|
TITLE
|
?
|
Title
|
?
|
Title
|
Primary Tags
| Tag |
ID3 v1/v1.1 |
FLAC/Vorbis/Ogg |
ID3 v2.3/v2.4 |
APEv2 |
Matroska |
WMA
|
| Album
|
Album
|
ALBUM
|
?
|
Album
|
?
|
WM/AlbumTitle
|
| Track
|
Album track [1]
|
TRACKNUMBER
|
?
|
Track
|
?
|
?
|
| Date
|
|
DATE [2]
|
?
|
Year
|
?
|
?
|
| Comment
|
|
DESCRIPTION
|
?
|
Comment
|
?
|
?
|
Secondary Tags
| Tag |
ID3 v1/v1.1 |
FLAC/Vorbis/Ogg |
ID3 v2.3/v2.4 |
APEv2 |
Matroska |
WMA
|
| Performer
|
|
PERFORMER
|
?
|
Artist
|
?
|
?
|
| Composer
|
PERFORMER
|
?
|
?
|
Composer
|
?
|
?
|
| Disc
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
| Version
|
VERSION
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
| Copyright
|
COPYRIGHT
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
| License
|
LICENSE
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
| Publisher
|
ORGANIZATION
|
?
|
?
|
Publisher
|
?
|
?
|
Tertiary Tags
| Tag |
FLAC/Vorbis/Ogg |
ID3 v1/v1.1 |
ID3 v2.3/v2.4 |
APEv2 |
Matroska |
WMA
|
| Location
|
LOCATION
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
| Contact
|
CONTACT
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
| ISRC
|
ISRC
|
?
|
?
|
ISRC
|
?
|
?
|
| ReplayGain
|
REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
| ReplayGain Peak
|
REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
| ReplayGain Album
|
REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_GAIN
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
| ReplayGain Album Peak
|
REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_PEAK
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
Proprietary Tags
| Tag |
FLAC/Vorbis/Ogg |
ID3 v1/v1.1 |
ID3 v2.3/v2.4 |
APEv2 |
Matroska |
WMA
|
| Performer
|
PERFORMER
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
| Disc
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
Proposed Tags
| Tag |
FLAC/Vorbis/Ogg |
ID3 v1/v1.1 |
ID3 v2.3/v2.4 |
APEv2 |
Matroska |
WMA
|
| Performer
|
PERFORMER
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
| Disc
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
Experimental Tags
| Tag |
FLAC/Vorbis/Ogg |
ID3 v1/v1.1 |
ID3 v2.3/v2.4 |
APEv2 |
Matroska |
WMA
|
| Performer
|
PERFORMER
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
| Disc
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
Notes
- ↑ Difference between ID3 v1 and v1.1 is the addition of Album track, see ID3v1 specs for more.
- ↑ ISO 8601 date used/highly advised, see ISO 8601 Wikipedia article for more.
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