CD Label Makers  

 
AudioLabel CD Label Maker has the ability to read MP3 cds, and automatically fill out the cd label for you (other cd label makers lack this feature).  Basically, MP3 cds are standard data cds that have MP3 files on them. These files can be anywhere on the cd (even sub-folders); however, the file extension must be ".mp3" or ".MP3". All other files on the cd are ignored. The file name and ID3 tag information can be picked up from each MP3 file and then used as the track name. After the cd has been read, you can switch between the file name and ID3 tag by clicking on the "Use Tag" checkbox. 
 
MP3 Filenames
The first thing that AudioLabel reads is the file name. It's very common for the file to be named with the artist first and then the song title (i.e. "Arist-Title.mp3"). The file name can be very descriptive; however, the naming convention tends to be inconsistent. Some of the files use extra spaces  and underscores _ to separate the track name. To make the file name more consistent and readable, AudioLabel makes changes to the name. First, the ".mp3" extension is removed from the name. Each underscore_ is changed to a single space. Double spaces are changed to a single dash - (this usually happens between the artist and title).  Furthermore, the first letter of each word is capitalized.
 
ID3 TAG
Since the file name can be inconsistent, AudioLabel can also read the ID3 tag information from each file. The ID3 tag is a small piece of data that is attached to the MP3 file. It contains information like the artist, title, album, year, genre, lyrics, and even pictures. Although these tags can hold a lot of information, they are rarely filled out. The only things that seem to be consistent are the artist and title. When scanning an MP3 disc, the artist and title are extracted from the ID3 tag and combined to form the track name (i.e. "Artist-Title"). It should be noted that some MP3 files do not have an ID3 Tag. When this happens, the program reverts back to the file name.