Questions tagged [tags]
Tags are words or phrases used to reference a specific topic, often for searches or other forms of indexing.
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What's a good solution for file-tagging in linux? [closed]
I've been looking for a way to tag my files and search/filter them based on those tags.
Here are my (updated) requirements :
any file readable by the user can be tagged freely
a user can search for ...
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Auto-tagging MP3s
I have a ton of MP3s, but their ID tags are not filled in. Going in manually to populate them is simply too much work.
I was wondering if there is a way to populate them automatically. Perhaps by ...
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Can't edit MP3 tags like artist or title
I try to edit the tags of MP3 files and I found that some of the file cannot be edited.
Here's the procedure when I edit the information of the MP3 file:
Right click the MP3 file in Windows Explorer ...
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Is there a way of searching Firefox bookmarks by multiple tags without going into the bookmarks menu?
For bookmarks I know we have two options:
Option 1: Bookmarks Menu → drop-down bookmarks menu listing
Option 2: Bookmarks Toolbar → one click access to bookmarks
Is there some add-on/extension for ...
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Backup Picasa 'people' tags data
OK, so I've spent a fair amount of time putting names to faces in Picasa 3.5 but in a few days (hopefully) my copy of Windows 7 should arrive and I'll need to reinstall Windows.
So, does anyone ...
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Windows: What software do you recommend for editing MP3 ID3 tags? [closed]
What software do you recommend for editing MP3 ID3 tags?
(The OS is Windows XP.)
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Repair encoding of ID3 tags
I have inherited about 2000 MP3 files. For the majority of them, their ID3 tags display garbled in Amarok. I need a software that upgrades the ID3 tags to v2.4 type $03 (i.e. UTF-8 encoding), removes ...
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How to organize music?
You might also have the problem that the music on your computer is a mess. Programs like WMP or iTunes are not capable to identify the music and sort it into categories.
Is there a solution (a ...
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How to add tags to a folder in windows 10
I know it is possible to add tags to specific files in a folder, but is it possible to add tags directly to folder?
I have a ton of folders which I would like to sort based on tags.
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How does Mavericks's Finder store tags?
I haven't used Mavericks yet.
Does finder store tags in the file itself (ex: xmp), or is it powered by some kind of Database? or what?
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I can't tag my AAC files with meta-data; what can I do instead?
I have an AAC file which I want to tag with information (artist, title, track number, album title etc.) ; unfortunately - it seems AAC does not support most of these tags, and tagger apps refuse to ...
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Tagging E-Mails via several mail clients
Thunderbird provides the ability to tag emails with keywords. This also works in IMAP folders. How does thunderbird do this? As far as I can see, the source code of the mail does not contain the ...
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Import/export or retrieve Thunderbird tags from IMAP server
My experience with tagging IMAP messages in Thunderbird is that those tags will be saved on the server (from what I read they as stored as IMAP keywords), so they are synced, but if you access the ...
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Whats a tag based file organizer? [closed]
I'm finishing professional school and over the years have acquired a pile of notes and articles that I'd like to hang onto. I'd like to add to them and create sort of an archive of article and files ...
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How do I create my own tag files with Vim for interconnected non-code text?
I'm writing a fair bit of interconnected non-code text in vim, and I'd like to generate my own tags to use with vim tagging.
For example, there's a file all about "foo", and ideally, whenever I'm ...
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What is a good .mp3/.m4v tag editor for OS X [closed]
What is a good .mp3/.m4v tag editor for OS X that's not iTunes?
I'd prefer free but I'm open to anything.
I've looked at ID3 Editor but that only does .mp3 (from what I could see).
I want to set ...
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How do I change priority of firefox address bar suggestions to tags?
I have a heavily tagged bookmark collection, and searching it by tags is much more relevant than by url, title or history.
Is there a way to make tags a priority, so when I type in address bar, I ...
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How to bulk rename audio files so that the file name matches the title metadata (preferably using Foobar2000)?
I have some audio files for which I used Foobar2000 to get the proper tags (Title, Artist, Album, etc), so now they have their proper titles when loaded in Foobar and other players, but they still do ...
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How To Add Tags For Text Files In Windows 10
Is there a way to allow tagging of text files in Windows 10? I'm looking to filter text files in files explorer using tags. By default you can do it only with certain file types such as images, docs, ...
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How does windows tag a file?
When a jpeg is tagged using something like MS photo gallery, does the file get updated or does windows store tagging information somewhere separate. The reason I ask is I am backing up photos and ...
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Is there media player with support of multiple genre tags
A lot of songs have multiple genre, for example a song can be jazz, electronic and vocal. I'd like to be able to find the song when I look at either of the genres.
I use foobar and it doesn't have ...
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Operating System with tag-based filesystem
Is there an OS that, instead of a hierarchical filesystem based on directories, uses tags? A problem with directory hierarchies is that a file often belongs into more than one category. Some systems ...
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Outlook Tag Plugin
Does anyone from here knows a possibility/method or pluging which will allow me to add tags/keywords to emails that I receive in Outlook 2007?
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How to add tags to files in Windows 7 so that they appear in search results
In Windows 7, I want to add tags to my files (PDF, Word, Images etc) so that they appear directly in the search results, regardless of their content, title etc.
This link shows how to search by tag, ...
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Adding keywords/ tags to received e-mails in Outlook 2010
Is it possible to add my own keywords/ tags to a received e-mail from within Outlook 2010? It would be nice if the changes were sync'd to the Exchange Server, so if/ when my PC dies, the modifications ...
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How do I reorder 'tags' in Thunderbird?
I'm putting this here for others to find since it has been bugging me for years and I've only just now found a workable answer that isn't a plugin which stops working when Thunderbird is upgraded.
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Is there any way to search for tags in Mozilla Thunderbird?
I'm currently running the Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 desktop email client. In Thunderbird, if I type "linksys router" in the search box, it will find every message in the current folder containing ...
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How to manually set a cover in Musicbrainz Picard?
Is it possible to manually set a cover for a given MP3 file instead of letting the program automatically fetching it from the web?
I have noticed that I can alter every other field to my liking ...
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Another way to manage my files? [closed]
For some which are interesting in research, or managing their files better, I found that organizing files in tree structure isn't the best choice.
does anyone know about a windows application which ...
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How do I catalog/access eBook files in their original location?
I am looking for a way to assign tags to existing .pdf's (or other ebook files formats) without having to modify/move/copy any of them, on Windows. This is due to me already having them in an ...
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How to automatically fix MP3 Genre and Year tags?
All the Artist/Album tags on my MP3 collection are fine, but the Genres and Year tags are all horrendous.
For Genre, songs just seem to be all over the place. It classifies Iron Maiden is Alternative,...
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Any tagging for video files?
We can use ID3 tagging to add metadata to music files.
Are there any similar tagging formats (metadata containers) for video files (e.g. flv, mpg, avi, wmv, etc)?
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Software to detect mp3 almost-duplicates?
Because of some unfortunate circumstances I noticed I irrevertibly mixed up my sorted and retagged mp3s with an old backup. That means now I have files that are basically duplicates except for the id3 ...
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Efficient way to index text files
I have a series of text files I'm downloading from a Yahoo Group and I'd like to tag them and index them. What program will help me do this?
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What's the deal with NTFS tags in windows 7
So back in the days of 'longhorn' there was this WinFS idea which was both cool looking and scary looking. Then it seemed to disappear, but we were told that many of the concepts would be rolled into ...
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Can Google Chrome use bookmark tags?
For the fact that if there is a page about an Apple technology, I don't know whether to file in in my bookmark folder of "Investing", "Apple", or "Tech". So it seems ...
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Why is there no tags option in properties?
I want to edit a file's tags so I can organize them. All the tutorials I could find say I can tag files like this:
But on my computer, it looks like this:
How can I fix this?
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How can I configure Windows Media Player to manage my music library?
I'm currently using Windows Media Player 12 on Windows 7 Ultimate. I was using iTunes, but since I got my Android phone, I got rid of my iPod and uninstalled iTunes. I'm trying to do things like keep ...
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Program to put tags (not ID3) on MP3s
My problem: I have a lot of MP3s and finding the right music to listen to is difficult.
What I'd like: I'd like to be able to tag the individual files, similar to how you would tag photos on Flickr, ...
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Tag files and archives for easy easy access and search in Windows 7 [closed]
Is there a tool that lets you tag things, so that you can find or organize stuff easily?
I have a bunch of folders containing zip and rar files. Most of the zip and rar files contain photos. Is there ...
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Is it possible to edit tags with cmus?
Is it at all possible to edit tags for .ogg files with cmus?
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How to do case sensitive tags search in Emacs?
How can I do a case-sensitive tags-search in Emacs?
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MP3 file recognition, tagging, renaming [closed]
I have a bunch of MP3s with nonsensical/incorrect file names and only a few tags.
Is there software out there that will read each file, find out the right tags, replace them and use the tags to make ...
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Database and tools for validated BPMs of songs?
I'm a bit picky about ensuring that all of my music has the proper tags in iTunes. I rip all of my music from CDs or purchase it by the album from Amazon, this provides good coverage. I then use Get ...
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Placing tags around selected text in notepad++
Is there a plugin, macro, or some sort of option for placing tags around selected text after I highlight and begin typing?
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"Universal Metadata" tagging for various file types
I'm trying to find some application that allows me to easily add/modify metadata for various files such as PDF, MKV, DOCX, MP3, PNG, JPG etc.
All these types of files (and a lot more) support ...
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tag structured Filesystems
I hope this is the correct site, I lose my way between the 4 sister sites :)
Let me ask the question this way. all file systems I have seen before are hierarchical, that means a root directory, with ...
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sorting tag combinations with OneNote
Is there a way to use Microsoft onenote tags in combinations?
I make extensive use of the tagging feature and use it to organize my content by subject. Often I want to sort particular notes with ...
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Can Windows 7 assign arbitrary tags to files?
Is there anything in Windows 7 that allows me to assign tags (ie. "Important", "Family", "Private") to files and then search by them?
For example, let's say I have pictures organized into directories ...
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Is there a way to continuously show Firefox bookmark tags for the active tab?
Assume I have a Firefox window with many opened tabs (e.g. 50+). Some of the tabs show bookmarked URLs, of which some have bookmark tags assigned.
As I change the active tab, I can see at a glance if ...
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