ID3 Tags
ID3 Tags
MP3′s contain information and images that are useful for the listener of your show. This information is stored into the mp3 in a tagged format called ID3. There are a variety of ID3 Tags such as artist (author), song/episode title, album/program title, and cover art (300 x 300 pixel image) available. Populating your media files with this information will ensure that your media is displayed correctly on most all portable media players and software based audio players.
There are many applications available for purchase to edit your ID3 Tags. We recommend using either iTunes, EasyTag or MP3Tag since they freely available.
Edit ID3 Tags with iTunes
If you are using a computer with either a Mac OSX or Windows operating system and are confortable using iTunes, you can easily edit id3 tags.
First, find the mp3 file in question in iTunes and select “File-Get Info” to get a summary of your mp3′s ID3 Tags. Fill in the fields that are apporpriate and make sure fields marked required are filled as well. Click the “artwork” tab, then drag and drop your cover art image into the artwork field or click the “add” button and browse for the cover art image on your computer. We recommend using the same 300 x 300 pixel image used for your iTunes RSS feed for your cover art image.
Edit ID3 Tags with EasyTag
EasyTag is a cross platform audio file tag editor. It supports the mp3 file format as well as ogg, mp4 and aac. EasyTag may be used on many flavors of Linux, MacOSX and Windows.
Edit ID3 Tags with MP3Tag
ATTENTION: We no longer recommend Mp3Tag application, as of recent we have found that it may add extra header information to your ID3 tags which can lead to your media files taking longer to play in web flash/HTML5 based players and could have media duration detection issues with PowerPress podcasting plugin.
MP3Tag is a Windows only audio file tag editor. It supports many of the audio formats including ogg, mp4, aac and wma.