4.3 Metadata Editor
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Managing song information and metadata
Song metadata is additional information about the song that gets stored with most digital audio formats. Information such as artist name, song title and album title can be stored as metadata.
Most songs that you download from the internet have this information already filled in, but in case some of your songs do not have it, or have mistakes you want to correct or missing information you want to add, you can edit metadata with Songbird. The data is stored directly in the file using the id3 v2.4 standard. You can either edit each file individually or edit multiple files at once. Songbird can read and write metadata to WAV, AIFF, ASF, MP3, M4A, and Vorbis.
Editing metadata
- Right-click the song whose information you want to edit.
- Select View Metadata from the pop-up menu.
- Enter or remove the information you want in the Metadata Editor.
- Click OK to save the new information and close the editor.
➠ OR
- Use the Hot Key, Ctrl + I (on Windows/Linux); Cmd ⌘ + I (on Mac)
➠ OR
- Select File › View Metadata...
- To edit the metadata for multiple songs, highlight the songs you wish to edit in the library (i.e. using the Shift key) and then proceed to the Metadata Editor.
Note: You cannot change song specific information such as song title in this mode. - Use the arrows in the bottom-left corner of the Metadata Editor to quickly navigate between songs without having to close the Editor. Any changes you have made will be saved automatically.
General Song Information
The check boxes get automatically checked if you change a value. Every change will be written to the files if you click "ok" so if you are editing multiple files, don't be a bird brain, check your work before you click "ok"! If you have selected one file you can use the arrows at the left to navigate file by file through your library.
✓ To enhance your metadata editing ability, try out the Tagger add-on.
Album Artwork
Album Art is what makes your media have personality, and provides a sense of recognition when browsing your library.
To fetch artwork for your media,
- Select Tools › Get Album Artwork.
➠ OR
- Right-Click any selected tracks.
When using Tools > Get Album Artwork, artwork will be aquired for your whole library if no tracks are selected.
To customize the way Songbird gets your artwork,
- Select Tools › Options... › Album Artwork.
By default, Album art is acquired by:
- Metadata
- Gracenote
- Amazon Fetcher [If add-on is installed]
- Last.fm [If add-on is installed]
- File (Local file in folder) [OFF by default]
✓ Try out the MediaFlow add-on for expressing your artwork.
 | Add or change Album Artwork You can add or edit album artwork to your files. Click "Replace" to open a dialog which lets you select a JPEG file. You can also add an album art image by drag and drop. Remove Album Artwork If you wish to remove the album artwork completely right click (Windows and Linux) or ctrl-Click (Mac) on the shown artwork. By selecting "clear" (as shown in the image on the left) you can completely remove any artwork data from the file. ✓ If you want more information on how Songbird works with Album Art, head here. |
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