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The built-in Tag Editor allows to show and change meta data of music files. To open the editor just right click on one or more selected songs either in the left or right pane, click on Edit Track Details and choose the Tags tab.

Edit Tags Manually

It is very easy to edit tags manually. Just change the the proper line to the required value and click Save & Close. Clicking Cancel discards all unsaved changes.

Tags

Tags are metadata like the track number or the artist of the track at the beginning of the file. A very common kind of tag is the ID3 tag.
Here is a list of tags supported by Amarok:

Tag	Description
Title	The title of the track.
Artist	The artist or band of the track.
Composer	The composer of the track.
Album Artist	The artist or band of the album.
Album	The album title.
Disc Number	The disc number of the album; important in a multi-CD album.
Genre	The genre of the track. This can be a custom genre, but usually one of the predefined ones is used.
Beats Per Minute	The tempo of the track.
Track	The number of the track on the album.
Year	The year in which the track or album was published.
Comment	A text comment for the track.

Edit Single Track

In this mode you can change all supported tags of the chosen file.

Edit Several Tracks

Several tracks can be selected by clicking on the artist or album on the left pane or by selecting several tracks on the right pane using the Ctrl (non-sequential) or Shift (sequential) key.

All At Once

More general tags can be set for a group of tags at once. It works just like the single-track-mode, but the title and track number tags are locked.

Track By Track

This mode is pretty similar to the single-track-mode, except for the ability to switch between the selected tracks using the Next and Previous buttons. It is activated by clicking on the checkbox Per Track on the bottom of the window.

Guess Tags From Filename

It is also possible to tag tracks using information in the filename. This is a very convenient feature when dealing with lots of files with a consistent naming scheme.
Some tracks need to be edited manually, because special characters like single quotes are omitted in file names. A preview helps to create the correct pattern.

Options

There are also several options to format the result. These are self-explanatory.

Basic

In the basic view you get a drag-and-drop menu to create the pattern in the filename.

Example

Filename: 03-social_distortion-dont_take_me_for_granted.mp3
Tracknumber: 03
Artist: Social Distortion
Title: Don't Take Me For Granted

Advanced

In the advanced view you can create a pattern using markers in a string.

Example

Filename: 03-social_distortion-dont_take_me_for_granted.mp3
Tracknumber: 03
Artist: Social Distortion
Title: Don't Take Me For Granted

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-{{TODO change Tags to a table. Much too long as is. Also, wiki markup.....}}
+{{Todo|change Tags to a table. Much too long as is. Also, wiki markup.....}}
-The built-in '''Tag Editor''' allows to show and change meta data of music files. To open the editor just right click on one or more selected songs either in the left or right pane, click on '''Edit Track Details''' and choose the "Tags" tab.
+The built-in ''Tag Editor'' allows to show and change meta data of music files. To open the editor just right click on one or more selected songs either in the left or right pane, click on <menuchoice>Edit Track Details</menuchoice> and choose the <menuchoice>Tags</menuchoice> tab.
 == Edit Tags Manually ==
-It is very easy to edit '''Tags''' manually. Just change the the proper line to the required value and click <menuchoice>Save & Close</menuchoice>. A click on <menuchoice>Cancel</menuchoice> discards all unsaved changes.
+It is very easy to edit tags manually. Just change the the proper line to the required value and click <menuchoice>Save & Close</menuchoice>. Clicking <menuchoice>Cancel</menuchoice> discards all unsaved changes.
 === Tags ===
-Tags are meta data like the track number or the artist of the track at the beginning of the file. A very common kind of tags are '''ID3-Tags'''. <br />
+Tags are metadata like the track number or the artist of the track at the beginning of the file. A very common kind of tag is the ''ID3 tag''. <br />
-Here is a list of tags supported by Amarok:
+Here is a list of tags supported by '''Amarok''':
-==== Title ====
+{|
+|-
-The title of the track.
+! Tag
+! Description
-==== Artist ====
+|-
+| Title
-The artist or band of the track.
+| The title of the track.
+|-
-==== Composer ====
+| Artist
+| The artist or band of the track.
-The composer of the track.
+|-
+| Composer
-==== Album Artist ====
+| The composer of the track.
+|-
-The artist or band of the album.
+| Album Artist
+| The artist or band of the album.
-==== Album ====
+|-
+| Album
-The album title.
+| The album title.
+|-
-==== Disc Number ====
+| Disc Number
+| The disc number of the album; important in a multi-CD album.
-The disc number of the album; important in a multi-CD album.
+|-
+| Genre
-==== Genre ====
+| The genre of the track. This can be a custom genre, but usually one of the predefined ones is used.
+|-
-The genre of the track. This can be a custom genre, but usually one of the predefined ones is used.
+| Beats Per Minute
+| The tempo of the track.
-==== Beats Per Minute ====
+|-
+| Track
-The tempo of the track.
+| The number of the track on the album.
+|-
-==== Track ====
+| Year
+| The year in which the track or album was published.
-The number of the track on the album.
+|-
+| Comment
-==== Year ====
+| A text comment for the track.
+|}
-The year the track or album was published.
-==== Comment ====
-A text comment for the track.
 === Edit Single Track ===
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 ==== All At Once ====
-More general tags can be set for a group of tags at once. It works just like the single-track-mode, but the title- and tracknumber-tags are locked. <br />
+More general tags can be set for a group of tags at once. It works just like the single-track-mode, but the title and track number tags are locked. <br />
 [[File:Tagedit_group_all.png|600px]]
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 == Guess Tags From Filename ==
-It is also possible to tag tracks using information in the filename. This is a very convenient feature when dealing with lots of files with the same pattern in the filename. <br />
+It is also possible to tag tracks using information in the filename. This is a very convenient feature when dealing with lots of files with a consistent naming scheme. <br />
-Some tracks need to be edited manually, because special characters like a single quote are omitted in file names. A preview helps to create the correct pattern.
+Some tracks need to be edited manually, because special characters like single quotes are omitted in file names. A preview helps to create the correct pattern.
 === Options ===
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 Title: Don't Take Me For Granted <br />
 [[File:Tagedit_fromfile_advanced_example.png‎|600px]]
+{{Prevnext2
+| prevpage=Amarok/Manual/AdvancedFeatures/SearchInCollection | nextpage=Amarok/Manual/AdvancedFeatures/OrganizeCollection
+| prevtext=Search in Collection | nexttext=Organize Collection
+| index= Amarok/Manual | indextext=Back Menu
+}}