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eyeD3 is a Python module and program for processing ID3 tags. Information about mp3 files (i.e bit rate, sample frequency, play time, etc.) is also provided. The formats supported are ID3 v1.0/v1.1 and v2.3/v2.4. This is a collection of examples how to organise your digital music collection with eyeD3.
Installation
apt-get install eyed3
ID3 Tag Management
Operations on id3 tags
Removal
To remove id3v1 use
eyeD3 --remove-v1 my.mp3
To remove id3v2 use
eyeD3 --remove-v2 my.mp3
To remove all
eyeD3 --remove-all my.mp3
Conversion
To convert to id3v2.4 use
eyeD3 --to-v2.4 *.mp3
To convert to id3v2.3 use
eyeD3 --to-v2.3 *.mp3
ID3 Meta-Data
Unique File Id
To remove e.g. MusicBrainz do
eyeD3 --unique-file-id="http://musicbrainz.org:" *.mp3
Artist
Set artist
eyeD3 -a "Lady Gaga" *.mp3
or
eyeD3 --artist="Lady Gaga" *.mp3
Album Artist
Album Artist is stored in field TPE2, see http://id3.org/id3v2.3.0
eyeD3 --set-text-frame=TPE2:"Various Artists" *.mp3
Album
Set album
eyeD3 -A "Forrest Gump" *.mp3
or
eyeD3 --album="Forrest Gump" *.mp3
Track
Set track total to 17 for all mp3
eyeD3 -N 17 *.mp3
Grab track number from filename, assuming that file list has track number as prefix
-rwxrwx--- 1 tan tan 8709298 Jul 31 22:33 01 Le Mapper - Ghost.mp3*
-rwxrwx--- 1 tan tan 9480441 Jul 31 22:33 02 Le Parser - Sing.mp3*
#!/bin/sh
for f in *.mp3; do
eyeD3 -n ${f:0:2} "$f"
done
Publisher
To remove publisher set to empty.
eyeD3 --publisher="" mixed.mp3
eyeD3 -p "" mixed.mp3
Text Frame
Remove text frame
eyeD3 --set-text-frame=WXXX:"" *.mp3
TPOS
The disc number itself is a text frame.
The ‘Part of a set’ frame is a numeric string that describes which part of a set the audio came from. This frame is used if the source described in the “TALB” frame is divided into several mediums, e.g. a double CD. The value may be extended with a “/” character and a numeric string containing the total number of parts in the set. E.g. “1/2”.
Example: Set disc number 1 of 2
eyeD3 --set-text-frame=TPOS:"1/2" *.mp3
Example: Set disc number 2 of 2
eyeD3 --set-text-frame=TPOS:"2/2" *.mp3
User Text Frame
Set user text frame e.g. ripping tool
eyeD3 --set-user-text-frame="Ripping tool:grip" *.mp3
If you leave the argument blank, it removes the user text frame for all mp3
eyeD3 --set-user-text-frame="Ripping tool:" *.mp3
If you can’t remove a user text frame you should convert the id3 tag to v2.4. After that you should remove it easily.
Genre
List availables genres
eyeD3 --list-genres
0: Blues 75: Polka
1: Classic Rock 76: Retro
2: Country 77: Musical
3: Dance 78: Rock & Roll
4: Disco 79: Hard Rock
5: Funk 80: Folk
6: Grunge 81: Folk-Rock
7: Hip-Hop 82: National Folk
8: Jazz 83: Swing
9: Metal 84: Fast Fusion
10: New Age 85: Bebob
11: Oldies 86: Latin
12: Other 87: Revival
13: Pop 88: Celtic
14: R&B 89: Bluegrass
15: Rap 90: Avantgarde
16: Reggae 91: Gothic Rock
17: Rock 92: Progressive Rock
18: Techno 93: Psychedelic Rock
19: Industrial 94: Symphonic Rock
20: Alternative 95: Slow Rock
21: Ska 96: Big Band
22: Death Metal 97: Chorus
23: Pranks 98: Easy Listening
24: Soundtrack 99: Acoustic
25: Euro-Techno 100: Humour
26: Ambient 101: Speech
27: Trip-Hop 102: Chanson
28: Vocal 103: Opera
29: Jazz+Funk 104: Chamber Music
30: Fusion 105: Sonata
31: Trance 106: Symphony
32: Classical 107: Booty Bass
33: Instrumental 108: Primus
34: Acid 109: Porn Groove
35: House 110: Satire
36: Game 111: Slow Jam
37: Sound Clip 112: Club
38: Gospel 113: Tango
39: Noise 114: Samba
40: AlternRock 115: Folklore
41: Bass 116: Ballad
42: Soul 117: Power Ballad
43: Punk 118: Rhythmic Soul
44: Space 119: Freestyle
45: Meditative 120: Duet
46: Instrumental Pop 121: Punk Rock
47: Instrumental Rock 122: Drum Solo
48: Ethnic 123: A Cappella
49: Gothic 124: Euro-House
50: Darkwave 125: Dance Hall
51: Techno-Industrial 126: Goa
52: Electronic 127: Drum & Bass
53: Pop-Folk 128: Club-House
54: Eurodance 129: Hardcore
55: Dream 130: Terror
56: Southern Rock 131: Indie
57: Comedy 132: BritPop
58: Cult 133: Negerpunk
59: Gangsta Rap 134: Polsk Punk
60: Top 40 135: Beat
61: Christian Rap 136: Christian Gangsta Rap
62: Pop / Funk 137: Heavy Metal
63: Jungle 138: Black Metal
64: Native American 139: Crossover
65: Cabaret 140: Contemporary Christian
66: New Wave 141: Christian Rock
67: Psychedelic 142: Merengue
68: Rave 143: Salsa
69: Showtunes 144: Thrash Metal
70: Trailer 145: Anime
71: Lo-Fi 146: JPop
72: Tribal 147: Synthpop
73: Acid Punk 148: Rock/Pop
74: Acid Jazz
Set genre
eyeD3 --genre=Dance dance.mp3
Comments
eyeD3 --remove-comments *.mp3
GEOB
Sometimes General encapsulated object (GEOB) are hidden in id3 Tags.
Remove GEOB
eyeD3 --set-text-frame=GEOB: music.mp3
Cleanup
A cleanup script, that removes and strips down meta-data in id3 tags of mp3 files. Depending on my definition of unnecessary meta-data wink. Add this to /usr/local/bin, requires eyeD3 and id3v2 to be installed. Just cd to the folder and run id3-cleanup.sh.
#!/bin/sh
for file in *.mp3; do
eyeD3 --remove-comments \
--remove-lyrics \
--set-user-text-frame=TXXX: \
--set-text-frame=TXXX: \
--set-text-frame=TCMP: \
--set-text-frame=PRIV: \
--set-text-frame=WXXX: \
--remove-images \
--no-tagging-time-frame "$file"
id3v2 -s "$file"
done
Use UFID (Unique File Identifier) to remove persistent unremovable entries.
#!/bin/sh
for file in *.mp3; do
eyeD3 --remove-comments \
--remove-lyrics \
--remove-images \
--set-user-text-frame=UFID: \
--set-text-frame=UFID: \
--no-tagging-time-frame "$file"
done
Use id3v2 to check if the cleanup works, some hidden fields are not displayed by eyeD3.
Images
Add images
Show supported types
$ eyeD3 --list-image-types
Available image types for --add-image:
OTHER
ICON
OTHER_ICON
FRONT_COVER
BACK_COVER
LEAFLET
MEDIA
LEAD_ARTIST
ARTIST
CONDUCTOR
BAND
COMPOSER
LYRICIST
RECORDING_LOCATION
DURING_RECORDING
DURING_PERFORMANCE
VIDEO
BRIGHT_COLORED_FISH
ILLUSTRATION
BAND_LOGO
PUBLISHER_LOGO
Add FRONT_COVER (absolute path)
eyeD3 --add-image=/home/tan/cover/frontcover.jpg:FRONT_COVER track1.mp3
Example with relative path
eyeD3 --add-image=Cover.jpg:FRONT_COVER *.mp3
Extract Image
Extracts cover to /tmp directory
eyeD3 -i /tmp/ mysong.mp3
Remove images
eyeD3 --remove-images *.mp3
Rename MP3 from tag data
Following mp3 files, needs to be renamed. In the CD extraction process the track number was missing.
tan@dojo:~/tmp/mp3/cd1$ ll
total 104496
-rw-r--r-- 1 tan tan 5777408 Jan 15 22:42 George Michael - A Different Corner.mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 tan tan 8196096 Jan 15 22:42 George Michael - A Moment With You.mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 tan tan 7186432 Jan 15 22:42 George Michael - Careless Whisper.mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 tan tan 10412032 Jan 15 22:42 George Michael - Cowboys And Angels.mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 tan tan 4765696 Jan 15 22:42 George Michael - Desafinado (With Astrud Gilberto).mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 tan tan 8321024 Jan 15 22:42 George Michael - Dont Let The Sun Go Down On Me (With Elton John).mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 tan tan 8130560 Jan 15 22:42 George Michael - Father Figure.mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 tan tan 6856704 Jan 15 22:42 George Michael - Heal The Pain.mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 tan tan 7686144 Jan 15 22:42 George Michael - I Cant Make You Love Me.mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 tan tan 9822208 Jan 15 22:42 George Michael - Jesus To A Child.mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 tan tan 6580224 Jan 15 22:42 George Michael - Kissing A Fool.mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 tan tan 8456192 Jan 15 22:42 George Michael - One More Try.mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 tan tan 6746112 Jan 15 22:42 George Michael - Praying For Time.mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 tan tan 7866368 Jan 15 22:42 George Michael - You Have Been Loved.mp3
eyeD3 offers the rename function. Rename the file based on PATTERN which may contain the following substitution variables:
- %A (artist),
- %a (album),
- %t (title),
- %n (track number),
- and %N (the total track count).
The PATTERN string MUST not contain the file name extension.
To add the track number, and remove the artist, use this simple pattern:
tan@dojo:~/tmp/mp3/cd1$ eyeD3 --rename=%n-%t *.mp3
renames the files to
tan@dojo:~/tmp/mp3/cd1$ ll
total 104496
-rw-r--r-- 1 tan tan 9822208 Jan 15 22:42 01-Jesus To A Child.mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 tan tan 8130560 Jan 15 22:42 02-Father Figure.mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 tan tan 7186432 Jan 15 22:42 03-Careless Whisper.mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 tan tan 8321024 Jan 15 22:42 04-Dont Let The Sun Go Down On Me (With Elton John).mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 tan tan 7866368 Jan 15 22:42 05-You Have Been Loved.mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 tan tan 6580224 Jan 15 22:42 06-Kissing A Fool.mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 tan tan 7686144 Jan 15 22:42 07-I Cant Make You Love Me.mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 tan tan 6856704 Jan 15 22:42 08-Heal The Pain.mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 tan tan 8196096 Jan 15 22:42 09-A Moment With You.mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 tan tan 4765696 Jan 15 22:42 10-Desafinado (With Astrud Gilberto).mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 tan tan 10412032 Jan 15 22:42 11-Cowboys And Angels.mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 tan tan 6746112 Jan 15 22:42 12-Praying For Time.mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 tan tan 8456192 Jan 15 22:42 13-One More Try.mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 tan tan 5777408 Jan 15 22:42 14-A Different Corner.mp3
