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.
_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)
_datatrack
Set to 1 if the track is a “data track”. (since Picard 1.3.1)
_discpregap
Set to 1 if the disc the track is on has a “pregap track”. (since Picard 1.4)
_multiartist
0 if tracks on the album all have the same primary artist, 1 otherwise. (since Picard 1.3)
_pregap
Set to 1 if the track is a “pregap track”. (since Picard 1.3.1)
_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)
_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.