Music Metadata Editor and Music Manager (GUI)

Overview

The Music Metadata Editor and Music Manager is a Python-based desktop application that allows users to view and edit metadata information of music files in their collection. It provides a responsive user interface with a music file list, and offers a tag editor for modifying metadata. It also has three additional features with a user-friendly interface for renaming music files, filtering files based on extensions, and finding duplicates based on different property.

This application consists of four different features:

1. Music Metadata Editor:

   • Organize your music files by updating their metadata.
   • Supports various music file formats, such as MP3, FLAC, WAV, AIF, and more.
   • Display a list of music files in the selected folder with information such as filename, title, artist, album, album artist, duration, type, and modified date.
   • Users can edit metadata using the tag editor, and changes can be saved.
   • Editable tag fields include title, album, album artist, artist, genre, composer, comment, track number, total tracks, disc, total discs, year, and artwork.
   • Non-editable fields display information like bitrate, bit-depth, duration, filesize, sample rate, filesize, filetype and modified date.
   • User-friendly GUI with responsive components for efficient metadata view and management.

2. Music Management:

   • Organize your music files by renaming them based on their tags.
   • Handles various music file formats, including MP3, FLAC, WAV, AIF, and many more.
   • Offers quite a variety of file name formats to choose from:
     • Title
     • Title - Artist (e.g. Blinding Lights - The Weeknd)
     • Title - Album (e.g. Blinding Lights - After Hours)
     • Artist - Title
     • Title - Album Artist
   • Has options to choose a file name separator for separating tags:
     • Hyphen -- "Name - Name" (e.g. Blinding Lights - The Weeknd)
     • Small brackets -- "Name (Name)" (e.g. Blinding Lights (The Weeknd))
   • Lets you to choose the destination folder names in different formats:
     • Artist (e.g. The Weeknd)
     • Album (e.g. After Hours)
     • Album Artist
   • You can choose to keep the Track Number when renaming the file.
   • You can keep track of files with the help of a feedback box (displays counter and details).
   • User-friendly GUI with options to select source and destination folders along with other different options as described above.

3. File Filtering:

   • Quickly filter and separate specific file types (e.g., MP3, M4A, txt, bmp, docs, mp4, etc.) from your collection.
   • Choose your own file type to filter. You can add custom file types to the filter.
   • Helps you keep your collection organized by separating different music file types.
   • Here too, you will get a feedback box to make it easier to track your files.
   • User-friendly GUI with an option to add your own custom extension.

4. Filter Duplicates:

   • Filters music files by selecting different comparison options. It mainly uses the metadata of the file rather than the filename. You get to choose from the following options:
     • Title
     • Artist
     • Album
     • Album Artist
     • Title and Artist
     • Title and Album
     • Title and Album Artist
   • This script can handle a wide range of music file types, ensuring compatibility with popular formats like .mp3, .flac, .wav, .aif, .m4a, and more.
   • The script provides detailed feedback and error messages, keeping you informed about the progress of the filtering process.
   • User-friendly GUI making it accessible to users of all experience levels.

   Note: Think Twice before choosing a single tag option for this filter operation.

   This does not check for the file extensions while comparing, so I recommend first to filter files using the program File Filtering option (inside the main GUI) if necessary.

Features

• Easy-to-use GUI for editing and managing music collection.
• Your files are PRESERVED!! There'll be no unnecessary replacing or any duplication when using this app.
• Display a list of music files in the selected folder with information such as filename, title, artist, album, album artist, duration, type, and modified date.
• Users can edit metadata using the tag editor, and changes can be saved.
• Organize music in a variety of formats as you like.
• Filter files for specific file formats (not just limited to music files).
• Filter duplicate files while comparing metadata (more accurate and reliable result).
• Feedback box where you can keep track of all the operations being performed by the program. It gives you a proper feedback message where you can easily monitor the changes.
• Messagebox dialog for events like success, information, alerts, and errors. (Everything is informed in both the feedback box and messagebox dialog so that you can track each and every step.)
• It is a compact yet powerful design for music tag editing and management. It has it all which is needed for basic music editing and music management. (It is a complete version of Music Manager.)

Getting Started

1. Download:

   • Download the latest release from the Releases section.
   • Extract the downloaded archive to your preferred location on your computer.

2. Running the Application:

   • Locate and run the application (e.g., musicTagEditorGUI.exe) inside the extracted folder.

3. Using the 'Music Metadata Editor and Music Manager':

   • Select the parent source folder of your music collection.
   • Click on any file from the list to get started.
   • Edit Tags button enables editing.
   • Select Album Art helps you choose new album art cover for the selected music file.
   • Click "Save" button saves the changes made. (You'll get proper response message for every task performed.)

4. Using the Music Collection Manager Feature:

   • Select the source and destination folders for your music collection.
   • Choose variety of format options for (refer above):
     • File Naming
     • Tag Separating
     • Dest. Folder Naming
     • Including Track Number
   • Click "Click to rename and manage!" to organize your music collection.

5. Using the File Filtering Feature:

   • Select the source and destination folders for your music collection.
   • Add any file type extensions that you want to separate.
   • You can also delete the file type extensions that you have added without the need for closing the application.
   • Click "Filter Files" to separate specific music file formats (e.g., MP3, M4A, txt, jpg, gif, bmp, docs, etc.) from your collection.

6. Using the Filtering Duplicates Feature:

   • Select the source and destination folders for your music collection.
   • Choose a variety of format options for metadata comparison. (refer above)
   • Click "Filter Duplicates" to filter the duplicate files.

Dependencies

• No external Python dependencies are required when using the built executable.

Screenshots

• Theme is set based on your system default (dark or light).
• Compact yet powerful! 😉

License

This project is licensed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Usage Instructions/Notes

• This application has been tested with extreme cases to extend, for checking its reliability.
• It has been tested with thousands of similar and dissimilar music files. (Gives 100% accuracy. No doubt!)

  In spite of the best performance, I still recommend you to ensure that you have a backup copy of your music files before using the application.
  You should be responsible for your own files.

• If you notice any problem, please raise an issue.

Future Updates

• Will optimize code for fast response (especially search feature).
• You have something in mind to change or add? I am open to suggestions (feature request).

I hope it will be helpful! Enjoy your music!

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