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# Music

### JSON structure

```json
{
    "metadata": {
        "timestamp_utc": "2020-01-19 02:58:28",
        "music": [
            {
                "db_begin_time_offset_ms": 0,
                "db_end_time_offset_ms": 9280,
                "sample_begin_time_offset_ms": 0,
                "sample_end_time_offset_ms": 9280,
                "play_offset_ms": 9040,
                "artists": [
                    {
                        "name": "Adele",
                        "langs": [
                            {
                                "code": "zh-Hans",
                                "name": "阿黛尔"
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                ],
                "acrid": "6049f11da7095e8bb8266871d4a70873",
                "album": {
                    "name": "Hello",
                    "langs": [
                        {
                            "code": "zh-Hans",
                            "name": "Hello"
                        }
                    ]
                },
                "rights_claim": [
                    {
                        "distributor": {
                            "id": "PADPIDA2007050901U",
                            "name": "Warner Music Group"
                        },
                        "rights_owners": [
                            {
                                "name": "Warner Music Group",
                                "share_percentage": 100
                            }
                        ],
                        "rights_claim_policy": "monetize",
                        "territories": [
                            "AD",
                            "AE",
                            "AF"
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "distributor": {
                            "id": "PADPIDA2007040502I",
                            "name": "Sony Music Entertainment"
                        },
                        "rights_owners": [
                            {
                                "name": "Sony Music Entertainment",
                                "share_percentage": 100
                            }
                        ],
                        "territories": [
                            "AB",
                            "AC"
                        ]
                    }
                ],
                "external_ids": {
                    "iswc": "T9178198088",
                    "isrc": "GBBKS1500214",
                    "upc": "886445581959"
                },
                "result_from": 3,
                "contributors": {
                    "composers": [
                        "Adele Adkins",
                        "Greg Kurstin"
                    ],
                    "lyricists": [
                        "ADELE ADKINS",
                        "GREGORY KURSTIN"
                    ]
                },
                "title": "Hello",
                "langs": [
                    {
                        "code": "zh-Hans",
                        "name": "Hello"
                    }
                ],
                "language": "en",
                "duration_ms": 295000,
                "label": "XL Recording",
                "external_metadata": {
                    "musicbrainz": {
                        "track": {
                            "id": "0a8e8d55-4b83-4f8a-9732-fbb5ded9f344"
                        }
                    },
                    "deezer": {
                        "track": {
                            "id": "110265034"
                        },
                        "artists": [
                            {
                                "id": "75798"
                            }
                        ],
                        "album": {
                            "id": "11483764"
                        }
                    },
                    "spotify": {
                        "track": {
                            "id": "4aebBr4JAihzJQR0CiIZJv"
                        },
                        "artists": [
                            {
                                "id": "4dpARuHxo51G3z768sgnrY"
                            }
                        ],
                        "album": {
                            "id": "7uwTHXmFa1Ebi5flqBosig"
                        }
                    },
                    "youtube": {
                        "vid": "YQHsXMglC9A"
                    }
                },
                "score": 100,
                "genres": [
                    {
                        "name": "Pop"
                    }
                ],
                "release_date": "2015-10-23",
                "works": [
                    {
                        "iswc": "T9178198088",
                        "name": "HELLO",
                        "creators": [
                            {
                                "name": "KURSTIN GREGORY ALLEN",
                                "last_name": "KURSTIN",
                                "ipi": 122619891,
                                "roles": [
                                    "Composer"
                                ]
                            },
                            {
                                "name": "ADKINS ADELE LAURIE BLUE",
                                "last_name": "ADKINS",
                                "ipi": 544476240,
                                "roles": [
                                    "Composer"
                                ]
                            },
                            {
                                "name": "EMI APRIL MUSIC INC ",
                                "last_name": "EMI APRIL MUSIC INC",
                                "ipi": 128633767,
                                "roles": [
                                    "Publisher"
                                ]
                            },
                            {
                                "name": "KURSTIN MUSIC ",
                                "last_name": "KURSTIN MUSIC",
                                "ipi": 485851707,
                                "roles": [
                                    "Publisher"
                                ]
                            },
                            {
                                "name": "MELTED STONE PUBLISHING LTD ",
                                "last_name": "MELTED STONE PUBLISHING LTD",
                                "ipi": 676466696,
                                "roles": [
                                    "Publisher"
                                ]
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "status": {
        "msg": "Success",
        "version": "1.0",
        "code": 0
    }
}
```

### Metadata fields

| Name                            | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| music                           | Music fields                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| acrid                           | ACRCloud unique identifier                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| timestamp\_utc                  | Server time of sending results, Timestamp of the song started for custom monitoring, UTC time zone                                                                                                                |
| title                           | Track title                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| album                           | Album fields                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| id                              | Identifier of the artists , album or 3rd parties fields                                                                                                                                                           |
| name                            | Name of the artists or album                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| artists                         | Artists fields                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| duration\_ms                    | Duration of the track in millisecond                                                                                                                                                                              |
| play\_offset\_ms                | The time position of the audio/song being played (millisecond)                                                                                                                                                    |
| external\_ids                   | External standard code                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| isrc                            | ISRC code                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| upc                             | UPC code                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| external\_metadata              | External 3rd party IDs and metadata                                                                                                                                                                               |
| track                           | Track fields                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| genres                          | Genres fields                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| label                           | Music label name                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| release\_date                   | Release data of the track, format:YYYY-MM-DD                                                                                                                                                                      |
| spotify                         | Spotify fields                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| deezer                          | Deezer fields                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| lyricfind                       | LyricFind fields                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| lfid                            | LyricsFind's lyric ID                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| youtube                         | YouTube fields                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| vid                             | Youtube video ID                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| musicbrainz                     | MusicBrainz Identifier - MBID                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| db\_begin\_time\_offset\_ms     | Position of beginning of the recognition on database file (millisecond)                                                                                                                                           |
| db\_end\_time\_offset\_ms       | Position of end of the recognition on database file (millisecond)                                                                                                                                                 |
| sample\_begin\_time\_offset\_ms | Position of beginning of the recognition in sample file sent by SDK/API (millisecond)                                                                                                                             |
| sample\_end\_time\_offset\_ms   | Position of end of the recognition in sample file sent by SDK/API (millisecond)                                                                                                                                   |
| played\_duration                | Actual duration of the track played in the streams for Broadcast Monitoring service, in second                                                                                                                    |
| score                           | Match confidence score. Range: 70 - 100                                                                                                                                                                           |
| +contributors                   | Contributor information for this track                                                                                                                                                                            |
| +composers                      | Composers of the song                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| +lyricists                      | Writers of the lyrics                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| language                        | Language of the song, ISO 639-1 codes                                                                                                                                                                             |
| langs                           | Translation into different languages. Example: \[{"code":"ru", "name":"Я твой враг"}]                                                                                                                             |
| #rights\_claim                  | All relevant metadata fields to determine rights owners, available territories and rights claim policy for UGC platforms. These metadata fields are for copyright compliance users only.                          |
| #distributor                    | Information of distributor for this track                                                                                                                                                                         |
| #id                             | DDEX Party ID of the distributor, this ID won't change.                                                                                                                                                           |
| #name                           | Name of the distributor, This name might be changing from time to time.                                                                                                                                           |
| #rights\_claim\_policy          | Right policy for UGC platforms, the value options are "Monetize", "Allow", "ReportUsage" and "BlockAccess".                                                                                                       |
| #rights\_owners                 | Rights owners' name, example: \[{"name":"Warner Music Group", "share\_percentage":100}]                                                                                                                           |
| #territories                    | Territory codes for Included territories, ISO country codes applied.                                                                                                                                              |
| #excluded\_territories          | Territory codes for excluded territories, ISO country codes applied.                                                                                                                                              |
| #share\_percentage              | Percentage of the rights share for each rights owners.                                                                                                                                                            |
| #release\_by\_territories       | Release details by territories, indicate the release date for territories.                                                                                                                                        |
| +work                           | Publishing metadata fields for works                                                                                                                                                                              |
| +ISWC                           | ISWC code                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| +name                           | Name of the work                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| +creators                       | The creators of the work                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| +ipi                            | IPI code for the creator                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| +roles                          | The roles of the creator                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| time\_skew                      | Time skew refers to a temporal misalignment or timing offset between two audio signals. It means that the audio events (such as beats, notes, or spectral features) occur earlier or later in time than expected. |
| frequency\_skew                 | Frequency skew refers to a distortion in the frequency domain, where the spectral components of the audio are shifted upward or downward in frequency.                                                            |

{% hint style="info" %}
**Please note: Only&#x20;*****ACRID,*** ***Track Title, Artists Name, Album Name*****&#x20;and \*\_time\_offset\_ms fields are required, other fields are optional.**

\#fields are visible for the projects with copyright compliance option only.

+fields are visible upon request, please contact us if you need those fields.
{% endhint %}
