MPTagThat the MediaPortal Tag Editor

The better you organize day to day activities, files or objects, the easier it is to find and work with them. This also applies to music and enthusiasts surely spend a considerable amount of time organizing their collection and filling in missing tags. Luckily, specialized applications like MPTagThat the MediaPortal Tag Editor are equipped with all you need to bring order in your music collection.

You are strongly hit by an abundance of buttons, panels, text fields and more, as soon as you launch the application. However, taking a little time to go through all it has to offer makes you realize elements can be adjusted in size and arranged, while the layout is actually intuitive, even if flooded with elements.

A neat advantage is that you don't need to pack all of your files in a specific directory to have it imported, because there's a side panel that lets you browse through your computer and manually edit each track you want. Moreover, the application supports a decent amount of formats, such as MP3, OGG, FLAC, AAC and WMA.

All files from your target directory are automatically displayed in a list along with details. There seems to be a field dedicated for every aspect of a song, ranging from basic details to pictures and even involved people. This comes in handy for artists that want to properly deliver a product, because you can manually edit each field.

If your computer is connected to the Internet, the amount of possibilities widens even more. You are free to write down lyrics or have the application look them up over the web. This also applies to pictures, so you can either import locally or from a web-based search process.

The tag editor represents only one of the various major features. As such, you can add songs to a playlist or load one from your computer in order to enjoy your favorite tunes as you edit corresponding tags. Playlists can be saved under common formats to use in other applications.

All features the application is equipped with are linked together. In other words, as soon as you're done filling in tags, you can send the song either to a converter or burner. On the other hand, you can rip audio from a media disk for further processing.

Since the application supports an impressive array of audio formats, you can easily convert songs between all types, with the output saved to a custom directory. Accessing the settings menu gives you the possibility to thoroughly snoop through encoder settings to adjust quality.

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that MPTagThat the MediaPortal Tag Editor is one of the tools enthusiasts and, why not producers need to keep around. The amount of options put at your disposal is nothing less than impressive, while the visual design and arrangement of elements lets anyone organize playlists and modify tags, regardless of experience.