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Formatting Parameters in this group extracts music related data from MP3 files.
ID3 Formatting Parameters:
The following formatting parameters extracts basic field values from ID3v1 and ID3v2 tag in MP3 files.
See ID3 Fields Reference for specific details about ID3 fields.

Parameter Name | Signature
Album | `<id3-album:tag-version>`
Artist | `<id3-artist:tag-version>`
Comments | `<id3-comment:tag-version>`
Genre | `<id3-genre:tag-version>`
Title | `<id3-title:tag-version>`
Track Number | `<id3-track:tag-version>`
Year | `<id3-year:tag-version>`

Parameters:
`tag-version`: ID3 tag version to read field from. Possible values:
0: Whichever exists. First try to read from ID3v2 tag and then from ID3v1 tag. (Default)
1: ID3v1 tag
2: ID3v2 tag
ID3v2 Custom Field
Description: Extracts a specified field from ID3v2 tag in MP3 files. See ID3v2 Fields Reference for specific details about ID3v2 fields.
Signature: `<id3v2:field-code>`
Parameters:
`field-code`: Code for the field to extract. List of supported fields is available via the formatting parameter configuration window (right-click).
General Formatting Parameters:
The following formatting parameters extracts MPEG encoding data from MP3 files.
See MPEG Fields Reference for specific details about MP3/MPEG fields.

Parameter Name | Signature
Bitrate | `<mp3-bitrate>`
Copyright | `<mp3-copyright>`
Duration | `<mp3-duration>`
Frequency | `<mp3-frequency>`
Layer | `<mp3-layer>`
Level | `<mp3-level>`
Mode | `<mp3-mode>`
Tag Versions | `<mp3-tagversions>`
VBR | `<mp3-vbr>`
VBR Quality | `<mp3-vbrq>`

FreeDB Formatting Parameters:
The FreeDB formatting parameters retrieve values of the last freedb.org online search result, made using the FreeDB Setter Filter.
If no search was made, FreeDB formatting parameters contain empty valus.
Note that the FreeDB Title parameter is determined by the current item's position in Rename List. All the other FreeDB parameters are constant for all items in Rename List.
A common use for FreeDB formatting parameters is to rename MP3 file names of a whole album according to a freedb online entry. An example FreeDB preset is supplied with MFR.
See Also FreeDB Fields Reference for more details about FreeDB fields.

Parameter Name | Signature
Artist | `<freedb-artist>`
Album | `<freedb-album>`
Genre | `<freedb-genre>`
Track Title | `<freedb-title>`
Release Year | `<freedb-year>`