Internal Tags

Quod Libet stores a number of tags internally, that are either not stored in files themselves, or are derived from the values in the files.

String Tags

~basename: The last component of the full path name
~errors: A list of errors that have occured trying to play this file
~dirname: Everything but the last component of the file path name
~filename: The full path name
~format: The file format
~length: The length of the file in H:MM:SS format
~mountpoint: The component of the full path name that corresponds to the file's immediate parent mount
~performers: A list of performers, including [Specs/VorbisComments#PerformerRoles roles]
~people: A list of all people involved in the song
~rating: A string representation of the song's rating, in music notes
~uri: The full URI of the song
~year: The release year, derived from the date tag

~#added: The date the song was added to the library
~#bitrate: The bitrate of the song, in bits per second
~#disc: The disc number of the song (the first half of the discnumber tag)
~#discs: The total number of discs in this song's collection
~#lastplayed: The time this song was last played through
~#laststarted: The time this song was last started
~#length: The length of the song, in seconds
~#mtime: The time this file was last modified
~#playcount: The total number of times you've played the song through
~#rating: The rating of the song, as a number between 0 and 1.
~#skipcount: The total number of times you've skipped through the song
~#track: The track number of the song (the first half of the tracknumber tag)
~#tracks: The total number of tracks in the album
~#year: The release year, derived from the date tag