mid3v21
Audio tag editor similar to 'id3v2'
Usage
mid3v2 [options]
filename ...
Overview
mid3v2 is a Mutagen-based replacement for id3lib's id3v2. It supports ID3v2.4 and more frames; it also does not have the numerous bugs that plague id3v2.
This program exists mostly for compatibility with programs that want to tag files using id3v2. For a more usable interface, we recommend Ex Falso.
Options
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-q, --quiet -
Be quiet: do not mention file operations that perform the user's request. Warnings will still be printed.
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-v, --verbose -
Be verbose: state all operations performed. This is the opposite of --quiet. This is the default.
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-e, --escape -
Enable interpretation of backslash escapes for tag values. Makes it possible to escape the colon-separator in TXXX, WXXX, COMM values like '\:' and insert escape sequences like '\n', '\t' etc.
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-f, --list-frames -
Display all supported ID3v2.3/2.4 frames and their meanings.
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-L, --list-genres -
List all ID3v1 numeric genres. These can be used to set TCON frames, but it is not recommended.
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-l, --list -
List all tags in the files. The output format is not the same as id3v2's; instead, it is easily parsable and readable. Some tags may not have human-readable representations.
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--list-raw -
List all tags in the files, in raw format. Although this format is nominally human-readable, it may be very long if the tag contains embedded binary data.
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-d, --delete-v2 -
Delete ID3v2 tags.
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-s, --delete-v1 -
Delete ID3v1 tags.
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-D, --delete-all -
Delete all ID3 tags.
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--delete-frames=FRAMES -
Delete specific ID3v2 frames (or groups of frames) from the files. FRAMES is a "," separated list of frame names e.g.
"TPE1,TALB"
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-C, --convert -
Convert ID3v1 tags to ID3v2 tags. This will also happen automatically during any editing.
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-a,--artist=ARTIST -
Set the artist information (TPE1).
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-A,--album=ALBUM -
Set the album information (TALB).
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-t,--song=TITLE -
Set the title information (TIT2).
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-c,--comment=<DESCRIPTION:COMMENT:LANGUAGE> -
Set a comment (COMM). The language and description may be omitted, in which case the language defaults to English, and the description to an empty string.
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-p,--picture=<FILENAME:DESCRIPTION:IMAGE-TYPE:MIME-TYPE> -
Set the attached picture (APIC). Everything except the filename can be omitted in which case default values will be used.
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-g,--genre=GENRE -
Set the genre information (TCON).
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-y,--year=<YYYY>, --date=<YYYY-[MM-DD]> -
Set the year/date information (TDRC).
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-T,--track=<NUM/NUM> -
Set the track number (TRCK).
Any text or URL frame (those beginning with T or W) can be modified or added by prefixing the name of the frame with "--". For example, --TIT3 "Monkey!" will set the TIT3 (subtitle) frame to Monkey!.
The TXXX frame has the format <DESCRIPTION:TEXT>; many TXXX frames may be set in the file as long as they have different keys. To set this key, just separate the text with a colon, e.g. --TXXX "ALBUMARTISTSORT:Examples, The". The description can be omitted in which case it defaults to an empty string.
The WXXX frame has the same format as TXXX but since URLs usually contain a ":" you have provide a description or enable escaping (-e): --WXXX "desc:http://foo.bar" or -e --WXXX "http\\://foo.bar"
The USLT frame has the format <DESCRIPTION:TEXT:LANGUAGE>. The language and description may be omitted, in which case the language defaults to English, and the description to an empty string.
The special POPM frame can be set in a similar way: --POPM "[email protected]:128:2" to set Bob's rating to 128/255 with 2 plays.
Releases
11 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 9 times.
--date since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--escape since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--picture since Debian 9 (Stretch);
--quiet since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--track since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--verbose since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--year since Debian 8 (Jessie);
-T since Debian 8 (Jessie);
-e since Debian 8 (Jessie);
-p since Debian 9 (Stretch);
-q since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
-v since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
-y since Debian 8 (Jessie).