BSI WAVE Metadata to ID3v2 Mapping

This documents the fields used by BSI and several other pieces software used in the Radio Industry.

It doesn't really follow the original Microsoft/IBM RIFF/WAVE standard - but it seems to be what most programmes use.

The ID3 fields in italics arn't actually used by BSI software.

Wave Chunk Description ID3 v2.3.0 ID3 TXXX Record
DISP Title / Description TIT2  
INFO,IART Artist / Advertiser TPE1  
INFO,IALB Album TALB  
INFO,IYER Year TYER  
INFO,ITRK Track Number TRCK 'TrackNum'
INFO,ICMT Comments COMM [] 'Comments'
INFO,ISRF Intro Time (in msec) ETCO,$10 'Intro'
INFO,IMED Segue Time (in msec) ETCO,$?? 'Sec Tone'
INFO,ISRC Category   'Category'
INFO,BFAD No fade at segue (0/-1)   'No fade'
INFO,IGRE Genre TCON  
INFO,IENG Producer   'Producer'
INFO,ITCH Talent   'Talent'
INFO,ICOM Composer TCOM  
INFO,IPUB Publisher TPUB  
INFO,BCPR Copyright / Record Company TCOP  
INFO,INAM OutCue   'OutCue'
INFO,ICOP Agency   'Agency'
INFO,ISFT Account Executive / Sales person  'Account Exec'
INFO,ISBJ Copy   'Copy'
INFO,IURL URL WXXX 'URL'
INFO,IBPM Music BPM TBPM 'BPM'
INFO,BKEY Music Key (C, D, F#, G...) TKEY 'Key'
INFO,BEND Music End (Cold, Fade, Long Fade...)   'End'
INFO,BERG Music Energy   'Energy'
INFO,BTXR Music Texture (Active, Mainstream...)   'Texture'
INFO,BTPO Music Tempo (slow, medium slow...)  'Tempo'
INFO,HKST Hook Start (in msec) ETCO,$09 'Hook Start'
INFO,HKEN Hook End (in msec) ETCO,$14 'Hook End'
INFO,IGNR Start Date (YYYY/MM/DD)   'Start Date'
INFO,IKEY End Date (YYYY/MM/DD)   'End Date'
INFO,BSTM Start Time (HH:MM)   'Start Time'
INFO,BETM End Time (HH:MM)   'End Time'
INFO,BSTW Time Window Start (HH:MM)   'Start Window'
INFO,BETW Time Window End (HH:MM)   'End Window'


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