# I need a good mp3 information editor **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 5, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-mp3-information-editor/479957 "2009-01-05T17:12:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RMutt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@RMutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RMutt)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-mp3-information-editor/479957/1 "2009-01-05T17:12:29Z")
I have tons of mp3s with all sorts of different formats in their information fields and I’d like to standardize them. Can anyone suggest a good free application where I can edit fields for multiple files at once? Specifically I want to be able to open all songs on an album and change all of their info at once. I’ll go crazy if I have to do each song one by one in Winamp!! Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-mp3-information-editor/479957/2 "2009-01-05T18:00:04Z")
I personally use tag and rename. It works well for editing the tags on mp3s. [http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm](http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm) ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-mp3-information-editor/479957/3 "2009-01-05T18:04:00Z")
Mp3tag and Mp3 Tag Tools are both free and easy to use. I used to use both of them, but most of my collection is now tagged so I rarely have to do batch jobs. But if you’re already using Winamp to tag them, you don’t have to tag them one at a time, you can do them as a batch. Highlight the songs you want to tag in the playlist editor, right click - send to - auto tag. Of course, that’s assuming you just want to auto tag them. If you want to replace words, etc., the other 2 programs are your better bets. ---
**Author:** ![RMutt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@RMutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RMutt)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-mp3-information-editor/479957/4 "2009-01-05T19:52:06Z")
I’m at work so I can’t try these at the moment, but they look like exactly what I had in mind. I may give the auto tag option a shot in Winamp. Thanks for the suggestions! ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-mp3-information-editor/479957/5 "2009-01-05T20:40:53Z")
Look at the free products reviewed [here](http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-mp3-tag-editor.htm). Any one of them will do the job. ---
**Author:** ![RMutt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@RMutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RMutt)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-mp3-information-editor/479957/6 "2009-01-05T22:14:37Z")
That looks like a great resource too, thanks! I’m leaning toward something that is recommended by someone here so I avoid the pitfalls of freeware (I’m always worried about mal ware). This page seems pretty trustworthy, though. ---
**Author:** ![onedayfishsale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onedayfishsale/32/4398_2.png) [@onedayfishsale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/onedayfishsale)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-mp3-information-editor/479957/7 "2009-01-05T22:16:33Z")
I’ve always really liked [EasyTag](http://easytag.sourceforge.net/), in case you happen to be using a Unix-like platform such as Linux or Mac OS. Oh, hang on, looks like there might be Windows packages as well: [easytag-2.1.exe](http://downloads.sourceforge.net/easytag/easytag-2.1.exe) or [easytag-2.1.6-beta1-setup.exe](http://downloads.sourceforge.net/easytag/easytag-2.1.6-beta1-setup.exe) Anyway, it’s good, free (open source) software, so give it a shot. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-mp3-information-editor/479957/8 "2009-01-05T22:17:28Z")
I have used “The Godfather” mp3 editor. Seems to work reasonably well for batch processing, though I would not be surprised to find a better tag editor existed. Overall grade: B+ (and it’s not malware.) ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-mp3-information-editor/479957/9 "2009-01-06T04:08:51Z")
In Windows, you can select all the files you want to change, then select properties -\> Summary, and make sure you’re in the advanced view. A lot of the data can be edited for all the files at once. Change what you want, and click OK. It’s not a substitute for a real program, but if it does what you need, it’s pretty simple. ---
**Author:** ![RMutt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@RMutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RMutt)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-mp3-information-editor/479957/10 "2009-01-06T06:20:09Z")
Thanks everybody, I’ll be trying these out. I just gave auto tag in Winamp a shot and it’s pretty great…no typing! I do think I’ll want something more versatile, so tonight’s a night for test drives! ---
**Author:** ![Discordia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Discordia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Discordia)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-mp3-information-editor/479957/11 "2009-01-06T07:00:40Z")
Foobar has a good editor and is a very nice music player regardless. Very anti-bloat and customizable if you like that sort of thing.