02 Tagging Support

The goal of this page is to give a table that shows which tagging formats are supported by which file types. Keep in mind as development continues, more formats will be added.

The table is based on the version: v5.2.0

The Table

File Format	No Tags	APE	Apple QuickTime/iTunes	ASF	DivX	FLAC Pictures	ID3v1	ID3v2	Matroska	MovieID	RIFF Info	Xiph Comment
AAC	☑️	↔️					➡️	↔️
AIFF	☑️							☑️
APE	☑️	↔️					➡️
ASF	1			☑️
FLAC	☑️	↔️				☑️	➡️	↔️				☑️
Matroska	☑️								☑️2
MPEG 1/2 Audio	☑️	↔️					➡️	↔️
MPEG 1/2 Container	☑️	➡️					➡️	➡️
MPEG 4	☑️		☑️
RIFF (AVI)	☑️				☑️			☑️		☑️	☑️
RIFF (WAV)	☑️				☑️			☑️		☑️	☑️
WebM	☑️								☑️2

Legend:

• blank - Tagging format is not supported for file type
• ☑️ - Tagging format is supported within the file type
• ↔️ - Tagging format is supported as additional data at start or end of file (sandwich file)
• ➡️ - Tagging format is supported as additional data at end of file (sandwich file)

Notes:

1. ASF tags are part of the header structure of the file. Tag will always exist, but it might be empty
2. Matroska tagging support is read-only as of the v5.1.0 release