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<h2 id="features">Features</h2> <p>Mutagen supports <a href="/facts/Advanced_Systems_Format/F6qRRGJa">ASF</a>, <a href="/facts/FLAC/TbqpHlWy">FLAC</a>, <a href="/facts/MPEG-4_Part_14/PM0FNvUU">M4A</a>, <a href="/facts/Monkey%2527s_Audio/UIJz1IQG">APE</a>, <a href="/facts/MP3/yrBpxUSD">MP3</a>, <a href="/facts/Musepack/GX6WMwkl">MPC</a>, Ogg <a href="/facts/Opus_(audio_format)/VP4KuGre">Opus</a>, Ogg FLAC, Ogg Speex, Ogg Theora, Ogg <a href="/facts/Vorbis/rqJDTF0T">Vorbis</a>, True Audio, WavPack, OptimFROG, and AIFF audio files. All versions of ID3v2 are supported, and all standard ID3v2.4 frames are parsed. It can read Xing headers to accurately calculate the bitrate and length of MP3s. ID3 and APEv2 tags can be edited regardless of audio format. It can also manipulate Ogg streams on an individual packet/page level. </p><p>Puddletag includes support for the following audio formats: <a href="/facts/Advanced_Audio_Coding/VAG9NpI4">AAC</a>, <a href="/facts/MP4/PM0FNvUU">MP4</a> (mp4/m4a/m4b/<a href="/facts/ITunes/pdXPE33T">iTunes</a> compatible), <a href="/facts/Ogg/TBjabnot">OGG</a>, OptimFROG OFR, OFS, <a href="/facts/Speex/M7xqnPxN">SPX</a>, TAK, TTA, <a href="/facts/Windows_Media_Audio/s5zePro7">WMA</a>, <a href="/facts/WavPack/MN8nT9Gj">WV</a>. </p> <ul><li>Batch Tag Editing. Write <a href="/facts/ID3/aAdFX54b">ID3v1.1</a>, <a href="/facts/ID3/aAdFX54b">ID3v2.3</a>, <a href="/facts/ID3v2.4/aAdFX54b">ID3v2.4</a>, <a href="/facts/MPEG-4/6svV1w2H">MPEG-4</a>, <a href="/facts/Windows_Media_Audio/s5zePro7">WMA</a>, <a href="/facts/APEv2/IArL2t8F">APEv2</a> Tags and <a href="/facts/Vorbis_comment/slzAw8fE">Vorbis comments</a> to multiple files at once.</li> <li>Full <a href="/facts/Unicode/DDu3MfPV">Unicode</a> support</li> <li>Support for embedded album cover art</li> <li>Automatically creates playlists</li> <li>Recursive subfolder support</li> <li>User-defined field mappings</li> <li>Remove parts of a tag or the entire tag from multiple files</li> <li>Rename and/or move files and folders based on the tag information</li> <li>Import tags from filenames, text files and clipboard</li> <li>Quick search and replace text in highlighted tracks/fields without having to resort to actions</li> <li>Format tags and filenames</li> <li>Replace characters or words from tags and filenames</li> <li><a href="/facts/Regular_expressions/KFL3veHX">Regular expressions</a></li> <li>Export tag information to user-defined formats (i.e. <a href="/facts/HTML/sSc3fT78">HTML</a>, <a href="/facts/Rich_Text_Format/hsVH9Jot">RTF</a>, <a href="/facts/Comma-separated_values/dv1pSR1r">CSV</a>, <a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a>, <a href="/facts/Text_file/zYW4JmES">TXT</a> AND <a href="/facts/JSON/bs1rUAhd">JSON</a>)</li> <li>Import tag information from online databases like <a href="/facts/Freedb/wn452hrF">freedb</a>, <a href="/facts/Discogs/wdyMoREv">Discogs</a>, <a href="/facts/MusicBrainz/o57LNX6D">MusicBrainz</a> AcoustID or <a href="/facts/Amazon.com/YzUTUVE8">Amazon</a> (also by text-search)</li> <li>Full <a href="/facts/AcoustID/tuN3X9lF">AcoustID</a> integration</li> <li>Import tag information from local freedb databases</li> <li>Support for <a href="/facts/ID3/aAdFX54b">ID3v</a>2.3 (ISO-8859-1 and UTF-16) and ID3v2.4 with <a href="/facts/UTF-8/xlaVHSyf">UTF-8</a></li> <li>Automated Mass Tagging of multiple albums including the ability to enrich existing metadata using one or more metadata sources in a single operation</li> <li>Single Album and Mass Album Tagging results can be accepted/edited/rejected at track and/or field level</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Free and open-source software portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Tag_editor/8247KFU7">List of tag editors</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/ID3/aAdFX54b">ID3</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/M3U/lnR08JM6">M3U</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Liane M. Dubowy (2012-08-24). <a href="https://heise.de/-1674345">"Audio-Tag-Editor Puddletag mit AcoustID-Support"</a>. <i>Heise Online</i> (in German). Retrieved 2019-02-23.</li> <li>Team, Addictivetips (2018-09-06). <a href="https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/best-mp3-tag-editing-tools-for-linux/">"The 5 Best MP3 Tag Editing Tools For Linux"</a>. <i>AddictiveTips</i>. Retrieved 2019-02-24.</li> <li>Author: Andrew (2011-01-09). <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/01/puddletag-awesome-mp3tag-like-editor.html">"Puddletag – Awesome mp3tag-like Editor For Linux"</a>. <i>WebUpd8</i>. Retrieved 2019-02-24. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)</li> <li>Umair (2012-08-23). <a href="http://www.techlw.com/2012/08/install-puddletag-audio-tag-editor-on.html">"Install PuddleTag Audio Tag Editor on Ubuntu or Linux Mint"</a>. <i>Technology Linux World</i>. Retrieved 2019-02-24.</li> <li><a href="http://ubuntuguide.net/puddletag-a-powerful-mp3-tag-editor-for-ubuntu-linux">"Puddletag – A Powerful Mp3 tag editor for Ubuntu Linux"</a>. <i>Ubuntu Sharing</i>. 2011-02-18. Retrieved 2019-02-24.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://puddletag.net">Official website</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"License file on github repository". GitHub. 22 October 2021. <a href="https://github.com/keithgg/puddletag/blob/master/source/LICENSE" target="_blank">https://github.com/keithgg/puddletag/blob/master/source/LICENSE</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Puddletag package versions - Repology". <a href="https://repology.org/project/puddletag" target="_blank">https://repology.org/project/puddletag</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Puddletag - Browse /Puddletag at SourceForge.net". <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/puddletag/files/puddletag/" target="_blank">https://sourceforge.net/projects/puddletag/files/puddletag/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Home — puddletag". Archived from the original on 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2016-01-28. <a href="http://puddletag.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">http://puddletag.sourceforge.net/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>