{"id":41150,"date":"2022-06-19T16:19:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T16:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=41150"},"modified":"2022-06-19T16:19:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T16:19:42","slug":"tagger-gtk4-music-tag-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2022\/06\/tagger-gtk4-music-tag-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"Tagger &#8211; Modern New GTK4 Music Tag Editor for Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tagger-logo.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tagger-logo-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-41151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tagger-logo-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tagger-logo-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tagger-logo-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tagger-logo-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tagger-logo.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are quite a few audio tag editing applications for Linux. Tagger is a new one with modern GTK4 user interface.<\/p>\n<p>Kid3, puddletag, and easytag editors are really good. But for GNOME (the default desktop environment for Ubuntu, Fedora Workstation), <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/nlogozzo\/NickvisionTagger\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tagger<\/a> looks more native due to GTK4 and libadwaita.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41152\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tagger-light.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41152\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tagger-light-600x429.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"429\" class=\"size-large wp-image-41152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tagger-light-600x429.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tagger-light-300x214.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tagger-light-768x549.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tagger-light.webp 1173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-41152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tagger light mode<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The app provides a simple and easy to use interface that follow system light and dark color scheme. With it, you can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Edit metadata and audio tag including Filename, Title, Artist, Album, Year, Track, Album Artist, Genre, and comment.<\/li>\n<li>Insert album cover art from file.<\/li>\n<li>Remove tag.<\/li>\n<li>Convert filenames to tags and tags to filenames with ease<\/li>\n<li>And download tag data from internet via MusicBrainz.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_41156\" style=\"width: 552px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41156\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/filename2tag.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"542\" height=\"332\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/filename2tag.webp 542w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/filename2tag-300x184.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-41156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">filename to tag conversion<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It support multiple music file types, such as <code>mp3<\/code>, <code>ogg<\/code>, <code>flac<\/code>, <code>wma<\/code>, and <code>wav<\/code>. And, it can edit tags and album art of multiple files, even across subfolders, all at once.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41153\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tagger-dark.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41153\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tagger-dark-600x429.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"429\" class=\"size-large wp-image-41153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tagger-dark-600x429.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tagger-dark-300x214.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tagger-dark-768x549.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tagger-dark.webp 1173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-41153\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tagger Dark Mode<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>How to Install this Tag Editor in Ubuntu &#038; Other Linux:<\/h3>\n<p>The app provides official binary package through the universal Flatpak, which works on most Linux distributions.<\/p>\n<p>1. For Ubuntu, firstly press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When terminal opens, run the command to install the Flatpak daemon:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install flatpak<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password for sudo authentication, though there&#8217;s no asterisk feedback.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy-600x229.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"229\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-39141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy-600x229.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy-300x115.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy-768x294.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy.webp 777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fedora, Linux Mint, Pop! OS, etc have flatpak support out-of-the-box. Other Linux may <a href=\"https:\/\/flatpak.org\/setup\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">follow this setup guide<\/a> to get it.<\/p>\n<p>2. After setup the daemon, run the single command below will install the app in your Linux:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak install https:\/\/dl.flathub.org\/repo\/appstream\/org.nickvision.tagger.flatpakref<\/pre>\n<p><i>NOTE: First time installing flatpak app will also install the Gnome run-time libraries which take more MB disk space.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/flatpak-tagger.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/flatpak-tagger-600x288.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"288\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/flatpak-tagger-600x288.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/flatpak-tagger-300x144.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/flatpak-tagger-768x368.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/flatpak-tagger.webp 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once installed, press <i>Super (&#8216;Windows&#8217;)<\/i> key on keyboard to get into overview screen. Then search for and open the audio tagger and enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/open-tagger.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"532\" height=\"276\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-41155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/open-tagger.webp 532w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/open-tagger-300x156.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>How to Remove the Audio Tag Editor:<\/h3>\n<p>To remove the flatpak package, open a terminal window and run command:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak uninstall --delete-data org.nickvision.tagger<\/pre>\n<p>Also clear useless run-times if any by running <code>flatpak uninstall --unused<\/code> command.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are quite a few audio tag editing applications for Linux. Tagger is a new one with modern GTK4 user interface. Kid3, puddletag, and easytag editors are really good. But for GNOME (the default desktop environment for Ubuntu, Fedora Workstation), Tagger looks more native due to GTK4 and libadwaita. The app provides a simple and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[277],"class_list":["post-41150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-howtos","tag-audio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}