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
Set to 1 if not all of the tracks on the album have the same primary artist, otherwise empty. (since Picard 1.3)
_musicbrainz_discids
This multi-value variable contains a list of all of the disc ids attached to the selected release. The list provided for each medium only includes the disc ids attached to that medium. For example, the list provided for Disc 1 of a three CD set will not include the disc ids attached to discs 2 and 3 of the set.
_musicbrainz_tracknumber
The track number written as on the MusicBrainz release, such as vinyl numbering (A1, A2…).
_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.
_recording_comment
The disambiguation comment for the recording associated with a track.
_recording_firstreleasedate
The date of the earliest recording for a track in the format YYYY-MM-DD. (Since Picard 2.6)
_releaseannotation
The annotation comment for the release. (since Picard 2.6)
_releasecomment
Release disambiguation comment. (since Picard 0.15)
_releasecountries
This provides the complete list of release countries for the release as a multi-value variable. (since Picard 2.3.1)
_releasegroup
Release Group Title which is typically the same as the Album Title, but can be different.
_releasegroupcomment
Release Group disambiguation comment.
_releasegroup_firstreleasedate
The date of the earliest release in the Release Group in the format YYYY-MM-DD. This is intended to provide, for example, the release date of the vinyl version of what you have on CD. (Since Picard 2.6)
Note
This is the same information provided by default in the
originaldate
tag.
_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.