Basic Variables¶
These variables are populated from MusicBrainz data for most releases, without any special Picard settings.
Note
Variables will not be created if there was no value retrieved for the variable from the MusicBrainz database.
Note
Variables that rely on information from the files (e.g.: _bitrate) are only available for use in the file naming script.
_absolutetracknumber
The absolute number of this track disregarding the disc number (i.e.:
%_absolutetracknumber%
of%_totalalbumtracks%
). For example, this value would be 11 for the second track on disc 2 where disc 1 has 9 tracks. (since Picard 1.3)
_albumartists
The Album’s Artists’ Name(s) (multi-value). (since Picard 1.3)
_albumartists_sort
The Album Artist’s Sort Name(s) (multi-value). (since Picard 1.3)
_artists_sort
The Artist’s Sort Name(s) (multi-value). (since Picard 1.3)
_bitrate
Approximate bitrate in kbps. Only available to the file naming script.
_bits_per_sample
Bits of data per sample. Only available to the file naming script.
_channels
Number of audio channels in the file. Only available to the file naming script.
_dirname
The name of the directory containing the file at the point of being loaded into Picard. Only available to the file naming script. (since Picard 1.1)
_extension
The file’s extension. Only available to the file naming script. (since Picard 0.9)
_filename
The name of the file without extension. Only available to the file naming script. (since Picard 1.1)
_format
Media format of the file (e.g.: MPEG-1 Audio). Only available to the file naming script.
_length
The length of the track in format mins:secs.
_multiartist
0 if tracks on the album all have the same primary artist, 1 otherwise. (since Picard 1.3)
_primaryreleasetype
Release Group Primary type (i.e.: album, single, ep, broadcast, or other).
_rating
Rating 0-5 by MusicBrainz users.
_releasecomment
Release disambiguation comment. (since Picard 0.15)
_releasegroup
Release Group Title which is typically the same as the Album Title, but can be different.
_releasegroupcomment
Release Group disambiguation comment.
_releaselanguage
Release Language as per ISO 639-3. (since Picard 0.10)
_sample_rate
Number of digitizing samples per second (Hz). Only available to the file naming script.
_secondaryreleasetype
Zero or more Release Group Secondary types (i.e.: audiobook, compilation, dj-mix, interview, live, mixtape/street, remix, soundtrack, or spokenword).
_totalalbumtracks
The total number of tracks across all discs of this release.