Audio Metadata
Reads and removes tags such as artist and album.
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YOUR AUDIO FILE’S ID CARD.
Audio Metadata reads the technical details and tags of an audio file. The Audio section shows the codec, duration, bitrate, sample rate, number and layout of channels, and sample format; the File section shows the size and container type. The Tags section lists, when present in the file, the track title, artist, album, album artist, track number, year, genre, composer, encoding software and comment.
It’s used to check whether a song really is 320 kbps, whether a recording is 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz, whether a voice note was recorded in mono or stereo, or which program created a file. The file you upload doesn’t change; below the report a copy with the tags and cover image removed is also ready, and the audio is not re-encoded. If you upload a video file, the details of its audio stream are shown. The report can be downloaded as JSON and includes the raw technical output too. For information about a video’s picture, use “Video Metadata”.
From start to finish
- Upload your file. Choose an MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, OGG, Opus, FLAC or video file.
- Read the report. The Audio, File and Tags sections appear line by line.
- Download the clean copy. Use “Download file without metadata” to get the copy without tags; save the report as JSON if you like. The copies on the server are deleted when you leave the tool.
Frequently asked questions
The Tags section is empty. Why?
The file may never have had tags written to it; recorders and many converters don’t add any. In that case the report says “The file has no readable tags”.
Can I remove or edit the tags?
You can remove them: when the report appears, press “Download file without metadata”; you get a copy with all tags such as artist, album and comment, plus the cover image, taken out, and the audio is not re-encoded. Editing individual tags (such as changing the title) is not available.
Why isn’t the bitrate a round number?
In files encoded with a variable bitrate (VBR), the bitrate changes from passage to passage, and the report shows the average. A value like 245 kbps is normal.
Does my file stay on the server?
No. Your file reaches the server only to be processed and is deleted when the job is done; the output is deleted too once you download it and leave the tool. You don't need an account, a name or an email address, and your files are never sent to a third-party service. It is free to use: we set no hourly or daily quota on the number of jobs, we don't make you watch an ad before processing, and we add no watermark to the output.
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