Tango.info music track metadata submissions

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data.tango.info is the data provider of tango.info. Hence for example the data that you see for an album such as http://www.tango.info/00724349997226 is provided by data.tango.info, and presented by www.tango.info.

track metadata submissions

The format preferred by the data.tango.info editor for receiving track metadata is text consisting of:

  • a header line containing the Mp3tag format string below
  • for each track, one line containing the metadata field values as generated by this Mp3tag format string:
<TIN>;%album% | %BAND%;cd;%discnumber%;%track%;%title%;%genre%;%artist%;;%year%;%_length_seconds%

where <TIN> is an expression that depends on the source but yields the album TIN. If the source is TINT-based filing, this expression is %_parent_directory%.

For example:

<TIN>;%album% | %BAND%;cd;%discnumber%;%track%;%title%;%genre%;%artist%;;%year%;%_length_seconds%
00743216153824;RCA Club [00743216153824] | Francisco Lomuto;cd;1/1;1;Nostalgias;Tango;Francisco Lomuto canta Jorge Omar;;;182
00743216153824;RCA Club [00743216153824] | Francisco Lomuto;cd;1/1;2;Quiero verte una véz más;Tango;Francisco Lomuto canta Fernando Díaz;;;145
00743216153824;RCA Club [00743216153824] | Francisco Lomuto;cd;1/1;3;Sentimiento gaucho;Tango;Francisco Lomuto;;;172
00743216153824;RCA Club [00743216153824] | Francisco Lomuto;cd;1/1;4;Madreselva;Tango;Francisco Lomuto canta Jorge Omar;;;155
00743216153824;RCA Club [00743216153824] | Francisco Lomuto;cd;1/1;5;La melodía de nuestro adiós [chop at 0s!, jump at 1m33s];Tango;Francisco Lomuto canta Jorge Omar;;;138
00743216153824;RCA Club [00743216153824] | Francisco Lomuto;cd;1/1;6;Damisela encantadora;Vals;Francisco Lomuto canta Jorge Omar;;;175
00743216153824;RCA Club [00743216153824] | Francisco Lomuto;cd;1/1;7;Por la vuelta;Tango;Francisco Lomuto canta Jorge Omar;;;148
00743216153824;RCA Club [00743216153824] | Francisco Lomuto;cd;1/1;8;Dímelo al oído;Tango;Francisco Lomuto canta Alberto Rivera;;;158
00743216153824;RCA Club [00743216153824] | Francisco Lomuto;cd;1/1;9;Adiós muchachos;Tango;Francisco Lomuto canta Jorge Omar;;;160
00743216153824;RCA Club [00743216153824] | Francisco Lomuto;cd;1/1;10;Intimas [noisy!];Tango;Francisco Lomuto canta Carlos Galarce;;;156
00743216153824;RCA Club [00743216153824] | Francisco Lomuto;cd;1/1;11;Caminito;Tango;Francisco Lomuto canta Cerry Brian, Jorge Omar;;;193
00743216153824;RCA Club [00743216153824] | Francisco Lomuto;cd;1/1;12;Noche de ronda;Vals;Francisco Lomuto;;;151
00743216153824;RCA Club [00743216153824] | Francisco Lomuto;cd;1/1;13;las cuarenta;Tango;Francisco Lomuto canta Jorge Omar;;;166
00743216153824;RCA Club [00743216153824] | Francisco Lomuto;cd;1/1;14;La gayola;Tango;Francisco Lomuto canta Fernando Díaz;;;189

The following Mp3tag export config will generate such a text from a TIN-based filing source:

'<TIN>;%album% | %BAND%;cd;%discnumber%;%track%;%title%;%genre%;%artist%;;%year%;%_length_seconds%'
$loop(%_parent_directory%\%_directory%\%track%)%_parent_directory%;%album% | %BAND%;cd;%discnumber%;%track%;%title%;%genre%;%artist%;;%year%;%_length_seconds%
$loopend()