How to FIX music tags using MusicBrainz Picard

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How to FIX music tags using MusicBrainz Picard
MusicBrainz Picard
picard.musicbrainz.org/
Genre tag plugin
github.com/fdemmer/Picard-Las...
mp3tag
www.mp3tag.de
0:00 Intro
0:45 i) Make a copy of your music
1:24 ii) How to view TAGS
2:02 iii) Download & install MusicBrainz
2:59 iv) Download GENRE plugin
3:43 v) Edit FILE NAMING option
5:18 vi) Add GENRE plugin to MusicBrainz
7:29 vii) Overview of 6 types of editing
11:02 1. No Genre
14:22 2. No Album Artist
16:33 3. Fix cover - Snow Patrol Reworked ep2
19:32 3. Fix cover - The Lumineers iii.
22:08 3. Fix cover & fix genre - Rainbow
31:55 4. Change Name tags Bee Gees
33:42 5. No Tags Debut - Bjork
37:21 6. Disturbed.mp3 - YT video

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@bubblesplayhouse3146 4 жыл бұрын

OMG thank you so much! I was having so many weird issues with my music tags, and I needed this so badly!!! So simply well explained. THANK YOU!!!!!

@JamesEMastroianni 4 жыл бұрын

This is an EXCELLENT tutorial. I just wish I found this a few weeks back. Been pulling what's left of my hair out. Thanks for this! :-)

@ClintSatterwhite Ай бұрын

Thank you for this video! I'm ditiching streaming for a variety of reasons and refreshing my self-hosted library. When I discovered that CDDB was no longer a real option, I fell down the Musicbrainz rabbit hole. Picard is rather daunting and none of the other videos really cover usage in any depth. I feel quite comfortable now thanks to your tutelage!

@TeflDude Ай бұрын

Wonderful!

@kpaxgo 3 жыл бұрын

One of the most detailed video for MusicBrain Picard...BIG THANK YOU!!!

@franciscojavier4270 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for your contribution! I really thank you for speaking slowly so no native english speakers can follow you easily. Great job!!!!!

@briankito1655 2 жыл бұрын

I much appreciate the work you put into sharing this information. Saved me a lot of time and struggle!

@TeflDude 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@nangelov Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Picard ain't the most intuitive tool and your explanations saved me hours of re-ripping of albums.

@TeflDude Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

@manuelmatarin9308 2 жыл бұрын

This is what i've been looking for, Excellent explanation, and looks easy, will let you know how i get on, thanks for this tutorial.

@xxjblexx 2 жыл бұрын

Thank You Very Much For Being This Patient and Cover Most Of It... Thumbs Up

@andynaveda 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial, and your voice is so relaxing. Thanks for this!

@TeflDude 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@adrianburns7363 2 жыл бұрын

Clear and concise tutorial. Cheers pal

@R1chardH 2 жыл бұрын

This is just a bloody brilliant tutorial 🏆

@robertmounsey4682 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks for sharing all this information. It will definitely help with my music management

@Affay 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much mate. Just what I have been looking for. Well explained and very easy to understand.

@TeflDude 2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

@kingspagge 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, very well laid out tutorial. Excellent work!

@TeflDude 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@MarkWoodhall 4 ай бұрын

What a fantastic video! I have been literally scratching my head how to work with this program, this will make life so much more bearable with all the music I would like to rip from my CDs. Thank you so much.

@TeflDude 4 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

@amtaydin 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. i have solved all my unknown mp3 files.

@meme-hf2pm 2 жыл бұрын

You’re an absolute legend :)

@Homunculusregularis Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the detailed flow!

@TeflDude Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@cyclistedeLongueuil 2 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial. The Best actually . Thanks a lot.

@rajilsaraswat9763 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great tutorial.

@fj5671 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this clear, concise and well-done tutorial. Even your voice makes it a pleasure to follow this explanation. I see you're a TEFL teacher, so that really explains it all. I'm also a TEFL teacher, so I can relate to why clarity is of the utmost importance. Many thanks... :-)

@TeflDude 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment, always nice to hear them.

@fj5671 3 жыл бұрын

@@TeflDude You're welcome. I've also watched a few of your other videos and they're of the same EXCELLENT quality. Thank you for the time & effort you put into these. Keep up the great work.

@nlx78 2 жыл бұрын

"even your voice makes it a pleasure to follow this explanation" I read it as Tell Guy first and thought it was a fitting name

@T0pCatT1m 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. Thank you.

@YellowrubberDuckee 8 ай бұрын

Well done Sir! Thank you!!

@TeflDude 8 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@viper110 3 жыл бұрын

Zauważyłem, że uczysz się języka polskiego :) good for you! :) thanks for this tutorial! ;)

@moto-rambler 3 жыл бұрын

Easy sub and thank you so muuuuuch!

@beefyjoe2084 2 жыл бұрын

Your voice is really soothing

@TeflDude 2 жыл бұрын

THanks, I am happy to audition for late night radio presenter

@colinboyter2790 Жыл бұрын

Very useful. Thanks.

@ctwining 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice layout in the video. I am doing about 10K tracks at a time so I probably won't be looking at the alternative version details, etc. Also, don't have any idea what the purpose of clusters is, but I hope to update all the genres. Thanks again

@luizfernandopereirafilho2326 Жыл бұрын

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@juliaszychowska8339 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for showing How the function are working on the computer

@rexkirkland3720 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I ripped my entire CD collection with Microsoft Media Player ( 15 GB) to mp3 format . I put every CD album into it's own subdirectory. My Sony music player gives the "dreaded “Unknown Artist: and “Track 1” for the first track in every album, the others seem fine... so far. None of the albums have the artwork. Anyway, your software solution looks like a fix to this. I am still going to try and program it because there may be a thousand or so CD subdirectories involved.

@m.albahr7433 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man it really help me 👍👍

@santafewater Жыл бұрын

good tag editor insight

@christiancirilli4599 3 жыл бұрын

thank you very much!!!!!!

@emi_fisher 2 жыл бұрын

great tutorial, thank you so much!

@emi_fisher 2 жыл бұрын

Also, I was trying to think who your voice reminded me of and it's gotta be Bob Mortimer

@TeflDude 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@TeflDude 2 жыл бұрын

@@emi_fisher Thanks, I actually like Bob, he's a great comedian

@jean-pierrelobsiger2045 Жыл бұрын

Great tuto ! please another one about the of different way of having the FOLDER or FILE written. For ex folder : RAINBOW (down to earth) For ex file : Rainbow - down to earth - danger zone etc

@ashleighjaimaosborne3966 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@TeflDude 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@broken1965 2 жыл бұрын

it was like being in a class lol

@lowerstreet 3 жыл бұрын

I just downloaded the latest version of MusicBrainz Picard. Have they added the Genre function yet, or do I still need the plug-in above? Thanks!

@annewright3081 3 жыл бұрын

Hi great video very help full can you tell me what cataloguing software you use as I'm new to this and was thinking of windows media player on windows 10 as i don't like iTunes thanks for any help you can give

@markhopkins5076 4 жыл бұрын

Like the video great help I’m having trouble with various artists albums any chance of a video for those 👍

@TeflDude 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, good idea, I remember fixing that problem, I will do a short video on that this weekend

@markhopkins5076 4 жыл бұрын

Tefl Dude - Using tech to aid teaching many thanks I’ll look out for it 👍

@nusolog 7 ай бұрын

Great video, but you should have put some tips on what to do if Lookup and Scan do not give any results, for instance, in indie music.

@TeflDude 7 ай бұрын

Noted

@RoxolidEntertainment 4 жыл бұрын

This video was a huge help. Thank you!! I was wondering is there a way to get mp3tag on a Mac??

@TeflDude 4 жыл бұрын

They say it works on certain mac books but not all. This is one of the many reasons I don't own a mac, they are too restrictive with what you can do on them.

@TeflDude 4 жыл бұрын

Here are similar mac products. Part 1. Music Tag Editor Part 2. Metabliss Part 3. Tag Editor for Mac Part 4. Meta Part 5. Music Tag Pro Part 6. Best Alternative to Music Tag Editor for Windows/Mac

@Zacchus 4 жыл бұрын

I have mp3 tag on my Mac, which seems way easier to use. But I'm still running Mojave. If you are running Catalina you will not be able to use mp3tag. Very annoying, yes.

3 жыл бұрын

why do we copy the music in the first step? Just to have a back-up if the files are not correctly converted? Is MusicBrainz Picard not always reliable?

@DavidEsp1 2 жыл бұрын

Picard itself seems very reliable, but as for any app, there's always a risk - especially because the (User+App) system can be less reliable (e.g. when we have not read and understood or remembered our config settings and their implications). I also take time to label the copy as either SafeCopy or PlayCopy - so I don't forget and get them the wrong way round! Also (of course) a separate backup of my collection to unconnected storage (e.g. external disks). Most professionals agree that media of any importance should be stored in at least three different storage items, never all connected at the same time and at least one of them at a separate physical location (different building/town).

@coopthescoop100 3 жыл бұрын

This is very well explained and I notice you're doing a few songs at a time...what if you have over 50,000 songs? Can picard handle this?

@TeflDude 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but there are so many albums with the same song they may not be in the Album you think it should be.

@chrissargeant8019 3 жыл бұрын

I'm still struggling with some, the explanation seems perfect then when I try to do it it doesnt work lol. I must be doing something wrong but not sure what yet, always seems a different set of tracks available than I have. May try MP3 tag. Thanks anyway very clear instructions.

@TeflDude 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I use mp3tag when I do not get wanted results, check out my video on this.

@manuelmatarin9308 2 жыл бұрын

Is there a version of picard musicbrainz for W7 32bit ?

@P90Camper 4 жыл бұрын

Hi - THANK YOU for this tutorial it was very helpful. My issue is the the tags to not seem to be writing. Nothing shows up in file explorer title, album, year.... It will show up under new tags, but not in explorer. I also opened them up in MP3Tag and they are black there also - any ideas? I do have write tags to files checked. Thanks in advance!

@TeflDude 4 жыл бұрын

I am sorry. I do not understand your problem. If you follow all my steps in the video you can tag your music to be ordered on your phone, tablet etc... this is the point of the video.

@EMarcisz32 2 жыл бұрын

what is the difference between example 1 and 2? All the steps were exactly the same... Also too much zooming in&out >.

@jean-pierrelobsiger2045 7 ай бұрын

Extra !!

@manuelmatarin9308 2 жыл бұрын

i have some issues, in the past i was able to download songs from YT and the tags were present, recently i tried and most if not all of the songs i have downloaded have no tags, im loading the MP3 to musicbrainz and under uncluster there is a "no entry" symbol next to the song, i tried scanning but getting the "could not load album". i followed your video but alas, not getting it. :(

@BTFearr 2 жыл бұрын

For those of us who create music in a digital audio workstation like Pro Tools or Logic and we download at a higher rate than 16bit/44.1kHz, like 24 bit/96kHz, are you able to do that with this software and if you have created your own cover and have it in jpg form, are you able to use it?

@TeflDude 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry I do not know.

@stratavan 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, by any chance do you know how to automatically add lyrics onto the musicbrainz as a plugin?

@TeflDude 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I do not know

@epsifarik 4 жыл бұрын

do we need to create an account before we can use the program to fix the tags? I tried to follow your video and it didn't work for me. When I click on scan to scan files without metadata, I don't get new information on the right hand side of MB Picard. (My internet connection works fine).

@TeflDude 4 жыл бұрын

All I can say is try with another type of computer, or with a different collection.

@Shootnone13 2 жыл бұрын

i listen to chicano rap latin rap it wont work for me did everything u said i just want the numbers change name tags they dont have numbers labeled before the name of the song so its all mix matched everywhere any help on that?

@TeflDude 2 жыл бұрын

Try my video on Mp3Tag, You have more control there.

@shaneb1501 3 жыл бұрын

Just wondering. After you scan the files and they show up on the right. Why do some files show up highlighted pink/light red? Or is it nothing Important.

@TeflDude 3 жыл бұрын

I never had that happen. Remember you can always modify the result by using MP3Tag, which I also made a video about.

@shaneb1501 3 жыл бұрын

@@TeflDude yes I am going thru everything now. I plan on using mp3tag aswell thank you

@jp2code 3 жыл бұрын

I just downloaded MusicBrainz Picard today. I have Windows version 2.5.6 running. Is that the latest? My version does NOT have the ribbon bar that you show in the View menu at 0:50

@TeflDude 3 жыл бұрын

ribbon bar is windows 10 , see kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nb-pas2Vr5vKZ2w.html

@jp2code 3 жыл бұрын

@@TeflDude I'm on Windows 10, see i.imgur.com/JVBSC6C.png

@jp2code 3 жыл бұрын

@@TeflDude wait a minute - are you in the MusicBrainz app or Windows 10 File Explorer? I'm thinking you are in File Explorer with some black skin added. The standard Windows 10 theme would have made this more intuitive about what you were doing.

@retrogaminggenesis6102 3 жыл бұрын

How do I stop it from saving each of the songs under 2 folders? Thanks.

@TeflDude 3 жыл бұрын

make sure to watch from 4:06 and tick boxes - 'move files when saving' and 'delete empty directories'.

@kyle6054 3 жыл бұрын

Is there any way to sort the music into folders based on genre?

@TeflDude 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know. You need to look on a forum about that. This is instructional videos to make life easier - not harder.

@randumbyootoobyooser 3 жыл бұрын

Type %genre%/ somewhere in the file naming tab. The %genre% part sorts music by genre, and putting the backslash sorts it in to its own folder.

@postmortem9037 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, i'm curious does this program recognize unknown songs via fingerprints?

@TeflDude 3 жыл бұрын

I do not know what fingerprints are.

@hape3862 3 жыл бұрын

YES, it computes acoustic fingerprints of any music file you throw at it and finds the correct meta data, even if there are no metadata or file names at all to work with. It is in fact the software (and organization) that invented AcoustID, aka "fingerprinting".

@mizizazimah9227 2 жыл бұрын

Hi . What if under the genre says unknown in Picard . what must i do then ?

@TeflDude 2 жыл бұрын

you need to go to "look up in browser" icon and follow instructions from 33:43 in this video

@mehr.h Жыл бұрын

hey man! tnx for the video i have an issue with the software! i don't want software to put track number in the fixed name! Just the title i needed! what should i do ???

@TeflDude Жыл бұрын

Use Mp3tag to do this. Go to my video... "How to add tags to mp3 audio files using mp3tag". - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jrVlopxe27y4dWg.html - go to part "Convert tag to filename (20:57)" Highlight all tracks, and then click on "Convert Tag to Filename" (Alt+1). Then in the box Format string: BOX, type only - %title% - and press ok.

@mehr.h Жыл бұрын

@@TeflDude Much appreciated 🙏🏻 Sorry, my English is not so good.

@Music2Die4 4 жыл бұрын

I've tried running this, but no tags get populated..... The only tag that shows up is "Length" and nothing else..... What could cause this, and how can I fix it? (This is for all files, not just certain albums or tracks.)

@TeflDude 4 жыл бұрын

There is so much information you are not saying. What is your pc? what is your OS version? What do your music files look like, What info exists if any already. Are they Mp3, flac, wav etc...? Make a video of you trying to install and use the program and then I can help you.

@r.a.c.richard 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t know what I’m doing wrong but when I go to save files they highlight in red and don’t save...

@TeflDude 3 жыл бұрын

Just go back and try all the steps I did, missing none out. Where you save them is also important.

@satyabanukil779 3 жыл бұрын

Sir I am using MP3 Tag. There is a provision for inserting the name of the composer but there is no provision to put the name of the lyrics writer. Is it possible to create. Kindly advise. Regards.

@TeflDude 3 жыл бұрын

Not that I know of.

@JPVer_official 3 ай бұрын

How do you put EP in the tags?

@TeflDude 3 ай бұрын

phones do not have separate file system for eps - just lable the album as an ep

@DreiSkins101 3 жыл бұрын

NOTE: THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY MUSIC TAGGING PROGRAMS Can someone please please PLEASE HELP ME OUT..... Why is it that when I back up my music files from iTunes to another drive some files lose their tag info? I have 8,800 songs and 1,500 of them lose Artist,Album & Genre When saving to another drive. I NEED HELP. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.

@TeflDude 3 жыл бұрын

itunes is nightmare - i use imazing prog

@andicampbell8621 9 ай бұрын

There wasn`t a plugins folder in the Win root directory?????

@TeflDude 9 ай бұрын

it's here ... C:\Users\your name\AppData\Local\MusicBrainz\Picard\plugins

@staticminds2715 4 жыл бұрын

total virus scanner - online, says it has a win32 virus ?

@TeflDude 4 жыл бұрын

All virus scanners (your one I have never heard of - so it is probably a scam to buy it) are now useless and no one needs to buy them, win 10 has its own. Anti-virus software now sells your data to companies - nothing is free, they are desperate for you to buy their rubbish. Believe what you will. Don't use it.

@NealHartsChannel Жыл бұрын

How do you save just the cover without rewriting all the tags?

@TeflDude Жыл бұрын

use mp3tag - check out my video on it

@NealHartsChannel Жыл бұрын

@@TeflDude ya but that just saves 1 cover per album in batch form. I have an album from various artists and there are 100 different covers.

@TeflDude Жыл бұрын

You cannot do track covers - only album covers. If you put all the tracks under 1 album name then that's how it works.

@JB9000x 3 жыл бұрын

Why is it so complicated? 20 years ago in winamp I would literally just click a button and the entire album would auto scan and autofill all the tracks.

@TeflDude 3 жыл бұрын

yes 20 years ago when there were hardly many bands or albums to choose from. It is harder because of trying to shift through the volume of work that is now available.

@AyushSingh-js3rf 3 жыл бұрын

The Artist Nowadays Release song as Single, Then Put it in Album, Then A Deluxe Version of Album, The same song is Present in Movies OST Album, And After few Years The same song is in Best of (Artist Name), Anniversary additions like Recovery by Eminem is released again in 2020 Resulting in Multiple Albums, Album Arts and Metadata This confuses most of software resulting in lack of accuracy

@sygad1 4 жыл бұрын

Tried to watch it, far too much zooming in and out, sorry, had to abandon it

@TeflDude 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment. I never thought of the zooming as being annoying. I did it because on too many videos you can never clearly see what the guy is doing or clicking on. I shall keep it in mind for future videos.

@allstatekiwi5646 3 жыл бұрын

@@TeflDude Don't listen he might have the wrong glasses on.... where are you teach English?