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Running a batch file on Kid3 ID3 MP3 tagger

I finally gave up after 120 hours of not finding a .NET or javascript/jquery plugin that can read and write to a COMPRESSED custom user frame (TXXX) in ID3v2 MP3 audio file.

UltraID3Lib: cannot read or write COMPRESSED Frames (last updated 2009, author Mitchell S. Honnert fell off face of the earth).

ID3Lib-sharp: cannot read or write COMPRESSED Frames (last updated 2012)

JavaScript-ID3-Reader: can return bytes but it's mostly the wrong bytes. Cannot write anything.

I cannot use the multitudes of Node.js or PHP scripts for my project so they are out of the question.

The only code I found that can read and write compress frames is Kid3. http://sourceforge.net/projects/kid3/

However, it is written in C (I don't know that) and uses third party frameworks since it was not built in windows. The Command program required 13MB of support dlls, QMs, and whatevers.

I have no choice at his point but to try and use it's separate command program kid3-cli.exe

So here's my question:

Here is the way to read a TXXX frame using the program at the command prompt. "71F3-15-FOO58A77" is the name of the TXXX frame and the "2" gets the text value it holds:

cd "C:\mp3folder"
select "test.mp3"
get "71F3-15-FOO58A77" "2"
export "clipboard" "CSV unquoted" "2"

QUESTION: HOW DO I use a Batch file to run these commands? According to kid3 documents. It shows using -c as grouped commands. Windows cmd (or the program) on windows does know what -c is.

Example: I double click the batch file and it should:

  1. start the program
  2. sent the program (not cmd) the above 4 lines
  3. each must be executed separately.

Sounds simple, but I can't get it to even execute one of the programs code after starting.

Any ideas? and and can someone write a ID3 tag program that can read and write COMPRESSED TXXX tags without using node.js, PHP or a server in Windows.

I will buy them a beer because I'm really a (cheap) designer by trade and a pert-time programmer only when I have too.

  Here is a zip file of a COMPRESSED TXXX Frame in test.mp3 to test:
  [http://robbiestewart.ca/test.zip][1]
  1. Download Kid3 and use its windows GUI (kid3.exe) to view the custom user frame (TXXX).
  2. Run the included kid3-cli.exe to do the same at the command prompt.
  3. Try to do the same in a batch file.
Solution

  • According to the help file, you should be able to use the command kid3-cli -c 'cd "C:\mp3folder"' -c 'select "test.mp3"' -c 'get "71F3-15-F0058A77" "2"' -c 'export "clipboard" "CSV unquoted" "2"'

    I ran it on the file you provided and seven tabs followed by 0:00.00 were put on my clipboard, but the value of the TXXX field indicated by the GUI was output to my command prompt.