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Audio Metadata Viewer

See an audio file's tags — title, artist, album, track, genre, lyrics, cover art — and its codec, sample rate and bitrate.

Audio files carry more than sound. Tags inside the file store the title, artist, album, track and disc number, genre, year, comments, lyrics and often the album cover; technical details tell you the codec, sample rate, channels and bitrate. This information decides how your music library sorts and displays songs, whether a podcast shows the right episode title, and whether a file is the quality you paid for.

Open an MP3, M4A, AAC, OGG, Opus, FLAC or WAV file — or a video — and the viewer lists every tag it finds and the technical details, shows the embedded cover images so you can save them, and lets you copy everything as text. It reads ID3 tags in MP3, iTunes-style tags in M4A and Vorbis comments in OGG and FLAC. The file is read in your browser and never uploaded.

How to use Audio Metadata Viewer

  1. Choose or drop an audio file or a video.
  2. Read the tags and technical details.
  3. Save the cover image if there is one.
  4. Copy everything as text if you need it.

Features

  • Title, artist, album, album artist, genre and date.
  • Track and disc numbers, comments and lyrics.
  • Embedded cover images, with download.
  • Container, codec, length, sample rate, channels and bitrate.
  • ID3 (MP3), iTunes tags (M4A) and Vorbis comments (OGG, FLAC).
  • Copy all details as text.
  • Runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded.

What metadata is used for

Music players and streaming uploads read tags to show the song title, artist and album, sort tracks in the right order and group albums together; the cover image appears in the player, on the lock screen and in the car. Podcast files use the same tags for the episode title and artwork. DJ software reads genre and comments, and audiobook players use track numbers to keep chapters in order. Missing or wrong tags are the most common reason a library looks messy, and seeing exactly what is stored is the first step to fixing it with your music software.

Tag formats

Different audio formats store their tags differently. The viewer reads the common systems and shows them in one consistent list.

File typeTag system
MP3ID3v2 (and ID3v1)
M4A, AAC in MP4, MP4 videoiTunes-style metadata atoms
OGG, Opus, FLACVorbis comments, with picture blocks
WAVRIFF INFO and ID3 chunks where present
WebM, MKVMatroska tags and attached pictures

Checking quality

The technical details help you check what you have. The bitrate shows how much data per second the sound uses: for MP3, 128 kbps is acceptable, 192–256 kbps good and 320 kbps the maximum. For AAC, 128–256 kbps is typical. Lossless formats such as FLAC and WAV have much higher bitrates. The sample rate is usually 44.1 kHz for music and 48 kHz for video. An unusually low bitrate or sample rate explains why a file sounds dull. Bitrate is averaged from the start of the file where possible, otherwise estimated from the file size.

Common uses

Find out why songs sort wrongly in a music app, check that a podcast episode carries the right title before publishing, recover the album cover from a file, confirm the real quality of a download, or collect track details for a playlist or catalogue. Lyrics embedded in a file can be copied out.

Private and read-only

The file is read on your device and nothing is changed or uploaded. This tool only shows metadata; to change the sound itself, use the Audio Converter, Audio Trimmer or Audio Volume Changer. Video files are opened too, showing any tags and the picture size as well as the sound details.

Frequently asked questions

Why does my song show the wrong artist?

The tags in the file are wrong or missing; check them here, then fix them in your music software.

Can I see the tags of a podcast episode?

Yes. Podcast MP3 and M4A files use the same tags.

How do I see the tags of an MP3?

Open the MP3; its title, artist, album and other tags are listed.

Can I extract album art from an MP3?

Yes. Embedded cover images are shown with a Save image button.

Can I edit the tags here?

No, this tool only reads them.

Which formats are supported?

MP3, M4A, AAC, OGG, Opus, FLAC, WAV and common video files.

How do I check the bitrate of an audio file?

It is shown in the technical details.

Is my file uploaded?

No. It is read in your browser.

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