Tagging Your Final MP3/M4A Files With Metadata

MP3 and M4A files essentially contain two things – the audio and the metadata.

Once you finish producing the audio and creating an MP3 or M4A file, you should tag the file with metadata including:

• Show Name
• Episode Title
• Episode Number
• Image for the episode (or just use the main show artwork)
• Year
• Genre
• Description
• Copyright
• URL
• There are other fields you can fill in as well but those above are the most important ones

Here are a few apps you can use to tag your episode files (there are undoubtedly many other apps not listed here that you could use as well):

• iTunes (Mac and PC)
• ID3 Editor (Mac and PC)
• Hindenburg DAW (Mac and PC)
• Fission (Mac only)

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