Advanced Tag Editor
Organise metadata and artwork across entire libraries with batch editing, rules, chapters, preflight and undo.
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MetaEdit is a metadata workstation for audio and video files. It edits one file or thousands, shows every change for review before it is written, and keeps a complete undo history, artwork included. Persistent libraries index the folders you choose, Auto Tag identifies releases from online sources, and rules, delivery checks and automation keep a collection consistent over time.
- Batch and per-file editing of 46 standard tag fields, plus format-specific and custom fields and video container metadata
- Change review before anything is written, with undo and redo of complete snapshots
- Artwork collections with picture types, cover search, resizing and format control
- Reusable field sets and editor layouts
- Auto Tag from Arctisoft's own music catalogue, with covers from the Cover Art Archive and lyrics from LRCLIB
- Tags from filenames, filenames from tags, text tools, and CSV, JSON, HTML and playlist interchange
- Rule Studio with conditions, actions and format expressions, and Clean & Organize with rollback protection
- Persistent indexed libraries with metadata filter expressions, library health and duplicate review
- Delivery Check against built-in and your own profiles, with a report
- ReplayGain loudness after EBU R128 and native chapter editing
- Studio Automation: saved jobs with a dry run, watch folders, a command-line runner and job reports with checksums
Basic is a complete tag editor. Every Premium workflow opens and previews in Basic; Premium is needed where its result is applied.
| Basic | Premium | |
|---|---|---|
| Batch editing, artwork, text and filename tools | ✓ | ✓ |
| Auto Tag | Single files | Single files, releases and whole libraries |
| Rule Studio and Clean & Organize | Preview | ✓ |
| Indexed libraries | One | Any number |
| Delivery Check | Music library profile | All profiles, your own, and reports |
| ReplayGain and chapters | Measure and inspect | Write |
| Studio Automation | — | ✓ |
| Price | Free | €29.99 one-time |
- One-time purchase. No subscription and no renewal. Prices are final; Arctisoft Studio is a small business under the Austrian small-business rule and charges no VAT.
- Three computers. One license is for one person and works on up to three computers at the same time. Premium keeps working offline for 30 days at a time.
- Updates included for MetaEdit 2.
- Try before you buy. Signed in, you can use Premium for 14 days on one computer, without payment details. MetaEdit offers it under Help → Edition & License, and wherever a Premium step is reached.
- 14-day refund in full, without giving a reason.
- Transferable to another Arctisoft account from 30 days after purchase, once in 12 months.
Premium is purchased in Studio Hub under Store & Upgrades. Payment is handled by Stripe; the product key is sent by email and registered to your account.
| Requirement | |
|---|---|
| Operating system | Windows 10 or Windows 11, 64-bit |
| Runtime | Included with the installer; nothing else to install |
| Internet connection | Only for Auto Tag, lyrics and cover search, signing in and updates. Files are edited on your computer. |
- Download the installer from the latest release.
- Run it and follow the setup. It installs for your Windows user account, so no administrator rights are needed. Setup can also install Studio Hub alongside it.
- MetaEdit checks for new versions on the update channel you choose: Stable, Preview or Manual.
Updates are taken only from this repository's official releases. Before an update runs, its installer is checked against the size and SHA-256 digest that GitHub records for the release, and an installation signed by Arctisoft Studio accepts only an installer from the same publisher. MetaEdit can always update by itself; Studio Hub offers the same releases from one place.
Your files are read and written on your computer. Auto Tag sends the Arctisoft catalogue the search text and track lengths it needs to find a match; audio and file paths stay on your computer. Cover and lyrics lookups contact the Cover Art Archive and LRCLIB directly. MetaEdit works without an account; signing in adds Auto Tag, Premium, the trial and optional preference sync.
- Help in the application: the Help menu in MetaEdit, and Help & Support in Studio Hub.
- Email: support@arctisoft-studio.com. Include your account ID (Account & Security in Studio Hub) for questions about an account or an order. Never send a password or a product key.
- Problems and suggestions: GitHub Issues.
MetaEdit is commercial software by Arctisoft Studio. Use is governed by the license agreement in LICENSE, which the installer also presents, together with the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy available in Studio Hub under Legal.
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