
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
The Linux MP3−HOWTO
13.3 ID3 Genre codes 37