I would like to edit the metadata of a lot of .mp3 files. I do not want to do this using a GUI, or any manual one-by-one way. I would like to write a script that adds tags for me. I am in search of a command or way of manually editing the metadata so that I could write something like this:
for SONG in ./songs/greenday/*
do
tag --artist="greenday" --album="Dookie" --album-art="./art/greenday/Dookie.jpg" --file $SONG
done
I am familiar with tools like:
But none allow me to do what I want to do in the efficient way I want to do it.
I have searched the debian packages and there is a package called kid3-cli
you can read the manual man kid3-cli
Kid3 can write sofisticated ID3v2 and v3 tags that would include the coverart a lot more. This example tags all songs in a folder
kid3-cli -c "set title 'I\'ll be there for you'" \
-c "set albumart 'http://www.example.com/blah.jpg'" \
-c "set SYLT:'/path/to/lyrics.lrc'" \
./songs/greenday/*.mp3
remember this is just a example, you must read the man even if it hurts
And now to something completely different
If you do not need the cover art you can user mp3tag with can tag straight ID3v1 tags
#!/bin/bash
for SONG in ./songs/greenday/*
do
mp3tag -a "greenday" -l "Dookie" "$SONG"
done
... I have tested it, and it works
max@linux:~# ./testmp3 Wrote ID3 tag successfully! /root/musik/Brett Eldredge- Brett Eldredge_Love Someone.mp3 ----------------------------------------------------------- Artist : greenday Songname : Album : Dookie Year: Etcetera : Genre : (null) Info : Mpeg-1 layer 3 at 44100Hz, 128kb/s (JointStereo) Wrote ID3 tag successfully! /root/musik/Brett Eldredge- Brett Eldredge_Somethin' I'm Good At.mp3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist : greenday Songname : Album : Dookie Year: Etcetera : Genre : (null) Info : Mpeg-1 layer 3 at 48000Hz, 64kb/s (JointStereo) Wrote ID3 tag successfully! /root/musik/Brett Eldredge- Brett Eldredge_The Long Way.mp3 ----------------------------------------------------------- Artist : greenday Songname : Album : Dookie Year: Etcetera : Genre : (null) Info : Mpeg-1 layer 3 at 44100Hz, 128kb/s (JointStereo) Wrote ID3 tag successfully! /root/musik/Brett Eldredge- Brett Eldredge_The Reason.mp3 --------------------------------------------------------- Artist : greenday Songname : Album : Dookie Year: Etcetera : Genre : (null) Info : Mpeg-1 layer 3 at 44100Hz, 128kb/s (JointStereo) Wrote ID3 tag successfully! /root/musik/Brett Eldredge- Bring You Back_Don't Ya.mp3 ------------------------------------------------------- Artist : greenday Songname : Album : Dookie Year: Etcetera : Genre : (null) Info : Mpeg-1 layer 3 at 44100Hz, 128kb/s (JointStereo) Wrote ID3 tag successfully! /root/musik/Brett Eldredge- Illinois_Drunk On Your Love.mp3 ----------------------------------------------------------- Artist : greenday Songname : Album : Dookie Year: Etcetera : Genre : (null) Info : Mpeg-1 layer 3 at 44100Hz, 128kb/s (JointStereo) Wrote ID3 tag successfully! /root/musik/Brett Eldredge- Lose My Mind_Lose My Mind.mp3 --------------------------------------------------------- Artist : greenday Songname : Album : Dookie Year: Etcetera : Genre : (null) Info : Mpeg-1 layer 3 at 44100Hz, 128kb/s (JointStereo)