ID3 is a metadata container most often used in conjunction with the MP3 audio file format. It allows information such as the title, artist, album, track number, and other information about the file to be stored in the file itself.
The ID3v1 series, in particular, stores genre as an 8-bit number (therefore ranging from 0 to 255, with the latter having the meaning of "undefined" or "not set"), allowing each file to have at most one genre out of a fixed list.
Genre definitions 0-79 follow the ID3 tag specification of 1999. More genres have been successively introduced in later Winamp versions.http://www.mpx.cz/mp3manager/tags.htm - 404
ID3v1 defined genres
Specification +0 to 19 Number Genre 00 Blues 01 Classic rock 02 Country 03 Dance 04 Disco 05 Funk 06 Grunge 07 Hip-hop 08 Jazz 09 Metal 10 New age 11 Oldies 12 Other 13 Pop 14 Rhythm and blues 15 Rap 16 Reggae 17 Rock 18 Techno 19 Industrial+20 to 39 Number Genre 20 Alternative 21 Ska 22 Death metal 23 Pranks 24 Soundtrack 25 Euro-techno 26 Ambient 27 Trip-hop 28 Vocal 29 Jazz & funk 30 Fusion 31 Trance 32 Classical 33 Instrumental 34 Acid 35 House 36 Game 37 Sound clip 38 Gospel 39 Noise+40 to 59 Number Genre 40 Alternative rock 41 Bass 42 Soul 43 Punk 44 Space 45 Meditative 46 Instrumental pop 47 Instrumental rock 48 Ethnic 49 Gothic 50 Darkwave 51 Techno-industrial 52 Electronic 53 Pop-folk 54 Eurodance 55 Dream 56 Southern rock 57 Comedy 58 Cult 59 Gangsta+60 to 79 Number Genre 60 Top 40 61 Christian rap 62 Pop/funk 63 Jungle music 64 Native US 65 Cabaret 66 New wave 67 Psychedelic 68 Rave 69 Showtunes 70 Trailer 71 Lo-fi 72 Tribal 73 Acid punk 74 Acid jazz 75 Polka 76 Retro 77 Musical 78 Rock 'n' roll 79 Hard rock
Extension by Winamp +80 to 99 Number Genre 80 Folk 81 Folk rock 82 National folk 83 Swing 84 Fast fusion 85 Bebop 86 Latin 87 Revival 88 Celtic 89 Bluegrass 90 Avantgarde 91 Gothic rock 92 Progressive rock 93 Psychedelic rock 94 Symphonic rock 95 Slow rock 96 Big band 97 Chorus 98 Easy listening 99 Acoustic+100 to 119 Number Genre 100 Humour 101 Speech 102 Chanson 103 Opera 104 Chamber music 105 Sonata 106 Symphony 107 Booty bass 108 Primus 109 Porn groove 110 Satire 111 Slow jam 112 Club 113 Tango 114 Samba 115 Folklore 116 Ballad 117 Power ballad 118 Rhythmic Soul 119 Freestyle+120 to 141 Number Genre 120 Duet 121 Punk rock 122 Drum solo 123 A cappella 124 Euro-house 125 Dance hall 126 Goa music 127 Drum & bass 128 Club-house 129 Hardcore techno 130 Terror 131 Indie 132 Britpop 133 Negerpunk 134 Polsk punk 135 Beat 136 Christian gangsta rap 137 Heavy metal 138 Black metal 139 Crossover 140 Contemporary Christian 141 Christian rock
+142 to 147 (since 1 June 1998 [Winamp 1.91]) Number Genre 142 Merengue 143 Salsa 144 Thrash metal 145 Anime 146 Jpop 147 Synthpop
+148 to 191 (from November 2010, [Winamp 5.6]) Number Genre 148 Christmas 149 Art rock 150 Baroque 151 Bhangra 152 Big beat 153 Breakbeat 154 Chillout 155 Downtempo 156 Dub 157 EBM 158 Eclectic 159 Electro 160 Electroclash 161 Emo 162 Experimental 163 Garage 164 Global 165 IDM 166 Illbient 167 Industro-Goth 168 Jam band 169 Krautrock 170 Leftfield 171 Lounge 172 Math rock 173 New romantic 174 Nu-breakz 175 Post-punk 176 Post-rock 177 Psytrance 178 Shoegaze 179 Space rock 180 Trop rock 181 World music 182 Neoclassical 183 Audiobook 184 Audio theatre 185 Neue Deutsche Welle 186 Podcast 187 Indie rock 188 G-Funk 189 Dubstep 190 Garage rock 191 Psybient
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