NAME¶
id3 - an ID3 tag editor.
SYNOPSIS¶
id3 [-tTaAycg newdata] file1 [file2 [file3...]]
id3 -l file1 [file2 [file3...]]
id3 -d file1 [file2 [file3...]]
id3 -L
DESCRIPTION¶
id3 is an ID3 v1.1 tag editor. ID3 tags are traditionally put at the end of
compressed streamed audio files to denote information about the audio
contents. Up to thirty characters of Title, Artist, and Album information can
be stored, as well as a 28-character comment, four-digit year, track number up
to 255, and an enumerated genre.
OPTIONS¶
- -t title
- Sets the title tag to the first 28 characters of
title.
- -T track
- Sets the track tag to a number between 0 and 255.
- -a artist
- Sets the artist tag to the first 28 characters of
artist.
- -A album
- Sets the album tag to the first 28 characters of
album.
- -y year
- Sets the year tag to the first 4 characters of
year.
- -c comment
- Sets the comment tag to the first 28 characters of
comment.
- -g genre
- Sets the genre number tag using a genre number or
predefined genre label.
- -l
- List/view the ID3 tag.
- -L
- List all genre tags.
- -R
- Use rfc822-style output for tag printout.
- -d
- Delete the ID3 tag.
BUGS¶
The ID3 format has some shortcomings. There is a 1 in 16777216 chance of your
mp3 having a certain bit-pattern, causing id3 to write over the last 128 bytes
of your mp3 upon tag creation. If you add a track number to an ID3 v1.0 tag,
the last two characters of the comment string will be truncated. Any bugs
found in
id3 should be forwarded to the author, Robert Woodcock
<rcw@debian.org>.