Case study

Serato Tags: reconstructing Serato DJ GEOB metadata

Serato Tags reconstructs the GEOB metadata structures that Serato DJ stores in audio files. Its investigation and field notes cover version data, BPM and gain, beat grids, hot cues, saved loops and waveform overviews, with sample tag dumps and Python inspection scripts.

Targets: App
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08

Stars: 93
Last commit: 2020-08-20
Language: Python
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Limits: Documentation of Serato Offsets_ has not started; several other tag descriptions are marked mostly done.
License: Scripts are MIT licensed, the example audio file is CC BY 3.0 licensed, and the remaining material is CC BY-SA 4.0 licensed.

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BibTeX

@misc{serato-tags-case,
  title = {{Serato Tags: reconstructing Serato DJ GEOB metadata}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Holzhaus/serato-tags}},
  url = {https://github.com/Holzhaus/serato-tags},
  urldate = {2026-11-08},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/serato-tags-case/}}
}

Plain text

Serato Tags: reconstructing Serato DJ GEOB metadata. https://github.com/Holzhaus/serato-tags (accessed 2026-11-08). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/serato-tags-case/

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README.md GitHub · Holzhaus/serato-tags · Revision 26cbdf2
docs/writeup.md GitHub · Holzhaus/serato-tags · Revision 26cbdf2