13. ID3 Editing.
ID3 tags are information fields contained within the MP3 data that contain information about the MP3 such as who the artist is, what album the track came from, and so on.
Editors allow you to view and edit this information.
13.1 id3ed
[dj@megajukebox]$ id3ed
id3ed v1.10 - mpeg layer 3 file information editor
Usage: id3ed [-s songname] [-n artist] [-a album] [-y year] [-c comment]
[-k tracknum] [-g genre] [-q] [-SNAYCKG] [-l/-L] [-r]
[-i] <mp3files> [-v]
-q no line interface; only set tags specified on command
line. Use twice to suppress all output except errors.
-SNAYCKG prompt to edit the specified tags only
Other tags can still be set with the -[snaycg] options.
-l/-L display list of genres
-r remove id3 tag from files
-i show current id3 tag only, don't edit
-v output program version/license
[dj@megajukebox MyBand]$ id3ed track01.mp3 File track01.mp3: (tag v1.1) songname[max:30]: Our Kick Ass Demo artist[max:30]: Us album[max:30]: White Album year[max:4]: 1999 comment[max:28]: Will be a classic some day! tracknum[max:3]: 1 genre[0-255/name]: 5
If we now want to see the Id info we run id3ed with the -i flag, like so:
[dj@megajukebox MyBand]$ id3ed -i track01.mp3 track01.mp3: (tag v1.1) songname: Our Kick Ass Demo artist: Us album: White Album year: 1999 comment: Will be a classic some day! tracknum: 1 genre: Funk(5)
13.2 mp3info
MP3info works in a similar manner to id3ed, here is a snippet from it's man pages:
SYNOPSIS
mp3info [ -option < value > ] filename[s]...
DESCRIPTION
This is a small tool to get and set MP3 information.
OPTIONS
-T Do NOT get TAG Info. Use on slowseeking media,
since TAG is at the very end of the file.
-s <0/1>
Print info. Pretty much obsolete, as it always
should be on. Defaults 1.
-f <format>
Format of printed string. See README for details.
-F <Formatnumber>
Predefined format of printed string. Try it out.
-w Write TAG Info. Will write a TAG at the end of the
file.
-W Wipe TAG Info. Will wipe clean TAG Info. Overrides
all other TAG Options, and turns -s off. To both
wipe tag and display info, use -W -s 1
-n <name>
Set song title. Implies -w. Will go away soon, use
-t instead.
-t <name>
Set song title. Alias for -n. Implies -w.
-a <artist>
Set name of artist. Implies -w.
-l <album>
Set album name. Implies -w.
-y <year>
Sets published year. Implies -w.
-c <comment>
Sets comment. Implies -w.
-g <genre>
Set genre number. Implies -w.
-G <genrename>
Set genre by name. Implies -w.
13.3 ID3 Genre codes
ID3 uses a code to refer to the genre, here is the code listing [info taken from http://www.id3.org/id3v2-00.txt].
The following genres are defined in ID3v1
0.Blues
1.Classic Rock
2.Country
3.Dance
4.Disco
5.Funk
6.Grunge
7.Hip-Hop
8.Jazz
9.Metal
10.New Age
11.Oldies
12.Other
13.Pop
14.R&B
15.Rap
16.Reggae
17.Rock
18.Techno
19.Industrial
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.AlternRock
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.Top 40
61.Christian Rap
62.Pop/Funk
63.Jungle
64.Native American
65.Cabaret
66.New Wave
67.Psychadelic
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 & Roll
79.Hard Rock
The following genres are Winamp extensions
80.Folk
81.Folk-Rock
82.National Folk
83.Swing
84.Fast Fusion
85.Bebob
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.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.Duet
121.Punk Rock
122.Drum Solo
123.A capella
124.Euro-House
125.Dance Hall
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