TagFormat is not working properly

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(03-02-2023 21:25)ischowam Wrote:  I am trying around with the ORIGINALDATE for quite a while now, but it is very confusing.
First of all I do not see the tag named ORIGINALDATE anywhere.
I see several tag-fields in my main apps (mp3Tag / MusicBee), which sound the same or at least similar, so that you could think, they are the same, but the are not.

What format are you tagging, MP3 I assume? If so, do you know what ID3 standard your tags are written in e.g. ID3v2.3 or ID3v2.4 or a mixture (shown in the mp3tag column 'Tag' or by right clicking and viewing the Properties window).

(03-02-2023 21:25)ischowam Wrote:  mp3 Tag:
Here I need to create a custom-field only for displaying a value. In the list where I can select the value to be displayed I only find a field %original year%
Looking at the metadata after maintaining a file it is listed as "ORIGINAL YEAR"

What metadata are you looking at exactly. The names given in all the UI's (especially for MP3's) are not necessarily how the tags are stored. I'll have a play with Mp3tag later. The easiest way to really tell how your tags are stored is by opening the file in a hex editor.

(03-02-2023 21:25)ischowam Wrote:  Is ORIGINALDATE not such a common/standard tag as TITLE, ARTIST, ALBUM etc.? And isn't it handled more or less in the same way in all apps like TITLE, ARTIST, ....?

There are really very few tags that every application deals with consistently, this is why I like FLAC and OGG Vorbis.

I've found the following links useful:
https://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?ti...ping#Dates
https://picard-docs.musicbrainz.org/en/a...ase-date-1


EDIT: It looks like Mp3tag should have %ORIGYEAR% which aligns with the other docs I attached (stored in TORY and TDOR): https://docs.mp3tag.de/mapping/

One way to look at the raw data in hex is to use the command: certutil -encodehex 01.08.mp3 output.txt, where you'll see something like:

Code:

0000    49 44 33 04 00 80 00 00  13 3c 54 49 54 32 00 00   ID3......<TIT2..
0010    00 0d 00 00 03 46 69 6e  69 73 68 20 4c 69 6e 65   .....Finish Line
0020    00 54 41 4c 42 00 00 00  17 00 00 03 54 68 65 20   .TALB.......The
0030    4c 6f 63 6b 64 6f 77 6e  20 53 65 73 73 69 6f 6e   Lockdown Session
0040    73 00 54 53 4f 50 00 00  00 1b 00 00 03 4a 6f 68   s.TSOP.......Joh
0050    6e 2c 20 45 6c 74 6f 6e  00 53 74 65 76 69 65 20   n, Elton.Stevie
0060    57 6f 6e 64 65 72 00 54  53 4f 32 00 00 00 0d 00   Wonder.TSO2.....
0070    00 03 4a 6f 68 6e 2c 20  45 6c 74 6f 6e 00 54 43   ..John, Elton.TC
0080    4f 4e 00 00 00 05 00 00  03 50 6f 70 00 54 44 52   ON.......Pop.TDR
0090    43 00 00 00 06 00 00 00  32 30 32 31 00 54 52 43   C.......2021.TRC
00a0    4b 00 00 00 04 00 00 00  31 34 00 54 50 4f 53 00   K.......14.TPOS.
00b0    00 00 07 00 00 00 30 31  2f 30 31 00 54 50 45 31   ......01/01.TPE1
00c0    00 00 00 1a 00 00 03 45  6c 74 6f 6e 20 4a 6f 68   .......Elton Joh
00d0    6e 00 53 74 65 76 69 65  20 57 6f 6e 64 65 72 00   n.Stevie Wonder.
00e0    54 50 45 32 00 00 00 0c  00 00 03 45 6c 74 6f 6e   TPE2.......Elton
00f0    20 4a 6f 68 6e 00 54 58  58 58 00 00 00 0d 00 00    John

Where you'll notice the files names like TIT2, TALB, TSOP, TPOS e.t.c.