qTagger - a simple editor id3v2-tags

# qTagger - a simple editor id3-tags

qTagger is a simple application designed editing id3-tag mp3-files. In addition to the application includes a function automated conversion of tags from different national character sets to UTF-8.

qTagger is running on GNU/Linux and Microsoft Windows (XP/Vista/Seven)

To work with the id3-tag library is used TagLib, for GUI - Qt Development Framevork.

## program interface

### Main Window

The main window qTagger consists of 3 main parts:

- Main menu
- Toolbar
- List of opened files
- Field tag editing area

Main Menu - allows you to perform basic operations, in the program. Most of the items also duplicated on the toolbar and the context menu of files.

Description items File .

- Add directory - add a file directory (Also including all subdirectories)
- Add file - add one or more files
- To Unicode - convert tags vvybrannyh files in UTF-8
- Delete - Delete selected files from the list
- Clear - clear file list
- Settings - the program settings window
- Exit - exit the program

Description items the Info.

- Help - display (as now :) the help system (in HTML-format)
- About - display information about qTagger
- About Qt - display information about Qt Development Framevork

Toolbar - allows you to perform basic operations, in the program. Most of the buttons is also duplicated in the main menu and context menu files.

Description of the toolbar buttons.

- Add directory - add a file directory (Also including all subdirectories)
- Add file - add one or more files
- To Unicode - convert tags selected files in UTF-8
- Delete - Delete selected files from the list
- Clear - clear file list
- Settings - the program settings window
- Help - display (as now :) the help system (in HTML-format)

List of opened files - is designed to display a list of files and operations on them. Allows you to select one or more files.

Clicking on the list of files, right-click context menu appears, where Duplicated main menu and toolbar buttons, Related to operations with files.

Field tag editing - consists of several input fields to fill key id3-tags. Here are two buttons:.

- Save - save your changes to the file
- Cancel - reset all unsaved changes in the selected file

## Using

### Main oepratsii

Adding files

You can add files in several ways:

- through the main menu - File->Add File.
- clicking Add file on the toolbar.
- use of Add file in the shortcut menu, the list of files.

Files are always added to the end of the list.

Adding directories

File directory can be added in several ways:

- through the main menu - File->Add directory.
- clicking Add directory on the toolbar.
- use of Add directory in the shortcut menu, the list of files.

If the selected directory are nested subdirectories their content (mp3-files) will also be added to the program. Files are always added to the end of the list.

Convert tags in UTF-8

To convert the tags to the files from the local 8-bit encoding to utf-8 should select the files you need from the list and then click To Unicode on the toolbar. This can be done by selecting the main menu File->To Unicode, or the same name from the context menu list of files.

To select multiple files, press and hold Ctrl and using the mouse, choose the files you want.

Delete selected files from the list

Delete selected files can be produced by several sposoboami:

- through the main menu - File -> Delete .
- clicking Delete on the toolbar.
- Use of Delete in the shortcut menu, the list of files.

To select multiple files, press and hold Ctrl and using the mouse, choose the files you want.

To remove all files from the list, click Clear on toolbar. Or select the appropriate item in the main (or context) menu.

### Setting

Preset window can be accessed by clicking Nastryoka on the toolbar or selecting an item from the main menu.

The program provides only 2 custom parameter - Encoding and Toolbar . The first one selects the necessary initial encoding to convert non-UTF tags. The second - allows you to customize the look of the buttons on the toolbar - show them the text, icons or together with the text.

## License and Copyright

Program qTagger is free under the terms GNU General Public License version 2

## Version History

Version 1.0.

- first full-featured operating release