Note that these are the official names for the fields, however some applications (e.g. programmes by BSI and CoolEdit/Adobe Audition) use fields for different purposes. See my BSI WAVE Metadata mapping for details.
| field name | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
| fmt-audio-format | MPEG Layer 3 | Audio Format |
| fmt-num-channels | 2 | Number of audio channels |
| fmt-sample-rate | 44100 | Sample rate (Hz) |
| fmt-byte-rate | 16000 | Byte rate |
| fmt-block-align | 1 | Data block size |
| fact-sample-count | 7235707 | Number of samples |
| data-seek | 0x000046 | Position of audio in file |
| data-size | 0x290a1f | The length of the audio data |
| bext-description | Freeform description | |
| bext-originator | Name of the originator/producer | |
| bext-originator-ref | 32 character reference number for audio | |
| bext-origination-date | yyyy-mm-dd | Date of creation of audio |
| bext-origination-time | hh-mm-ss | Time of creation of audio |
| bext-version | 1 | Version of the bext chunk |
| mext-sound-information | 0x03 | Sound Information flags about the MPEG Audio |
| mext-frame-size | 1152 | Number of bytes of a nominal frame |
| mext-ancillary-data-length | 5 | Minimal number of known bytes for ancillary data |
| mext-ancillary-data-def | 7 | Specifies the content of the ancillary data |
| fact-sample-count | 7429218 | Number of samples |
| disp-title | Eruption in Blue | Title / Description of the audio |
| info-iarl | Archival Location | |
| info-iart | Artist | |
| info-icms | Commissioned | |
| info-icmt | Comments | |
| info-icop | Copyright | |
| info-icrd | Creation Date | |
| info-ieng | Engineer | |
| info-ignr | Genre | |
| info-ikey | Keywords | |
| info-imed | Medium | |
| info-inam | Name | |
| info-iprd | Product | |
| info-isbj | Subject | |
| info-isft | Software | |
| info-isrc | Source | |
| info-isrf | Source Form | |
| info-itch | Technician | |
| cart-version | CartChunk Version | |
| cart-title | CartChunk title of cart audio sequence | |
| cart-artist | CartChunk artist or creator name | |
| cart-cutid | CartChunk cut number identification | |
| cart-clientid | CartChunk client identification | |
| cart-category | CartChunk Category ID, SA, NEWS, etc | |
| cart-classification | CartChunk Classifcataion of auxiliary key | |
| cart-outcue | CartChunk out cue text | |
| cart-startdate | CartChunk YYYY-MM-DD | |
| cart-starttime | CartChunk hh:mm:ss | |
| cart-enddate | CartChunk YYYY-MM-DD | |
| cart-endtime | CartChunk hh:mm:ss | |
| cart-producerappid | CartChunk Name of vendor or application | |
| cart-producerappversion | CartChunk Version of producer application | |
| cart-userdef | CartChunk User defined text | |
| cart-timer-XXXX | CartChunk PostTimer (eg cart-timer-INTe) | |
| cart-levelreference | CartChunk Sample value for 0 dB reference | |
| cart-url | CartChunk Uniform resource locator | |
| cart-tagtext | CartChunk Free form text for scripts or tags |