Published: Thu 19 November 2015
By Mohan G
In ID3v2-tag-editor .
ID3v2-tag-editor is a command line editor for Id3v2 metadata for audio (MP3) files
Supported versions: Id3v2.3 and Id3v2.4
It has two modes of operation (a) Command-line mode (b) Interactive mode
Supported frames for reading: Text info frames, URL link frames, APIC, PCNT, POPM, USLT, GEOB, MCDI, COMM, USER
Supported frames for writing: artist, album, title, comments, genre, year, track no, album-art (attached-picture)
Deletion of frames:
(a) Can delete all frames at once.
(b) In 'Interactive-mode', can delete individual frames (only that are supported for 'writing')
Supported flags: 'Unsynchronisation', 'Data length indicator'
While writing album-art info (APIC frame), image is re-sized to (640,960), to save space
Multiple (two) levels of verbosity is supported
In verbose (-vv) mode, to display frames with binary data (APIC, GEOB, MCDI), the data is written into files in local directory. In all other modes, binary data is skipped.
Most of the user input is parsed as unicode-data, so user can feed information in multiple languages
The usage is compatible with "id3v2" linux utility
Known Issues:
While modifying a frame, skips writing all other similar frames into output file
(It should skip frames with same 'Content type' only)
Repetition of frames while reading/writing is not checked
'Data length indicator' flag is not used while writing frames
writing and deleting of frames is limited to only few types of frames
Other frames & flags need to be implemented
Usage: usage: id3v2-tag-editor.py [-h] [-v] [-D] [-l] [-t TITLE] [-A ALBUM]
[-a ARTIST] [-c COMMENTS_INFO] [-g GENRE] [-y YEAR]
[-T TRACK] [-P ALBUM_ART_INFO] [-i]
inp_file [inp_file ...]
for more detail usage info type:
./id3v2-tag-editor.py --helpCommand-line mode: To display all the ID3v2 frames in a file, use option -l or --list.
./id3v2-tag-editor.py -l inp_fileTo increase the verbosity of the display, use "-vv" option.
./id3v2-tag-editor.py -l -vv inp_fileTo display all the ID3v2 frames in multiple files, add all files to the command-line.
./id3v2-tag-editor.py -l inp_file1 inp_file2 ...To add/modify title frame of a file, use option -t or --title.
./id3v2-tag-editor.py -t TITLE inp_fileTo add/modify album-art-info frame of a file, use option -P or --picture.
./id3v2-tag-editor.py --picture IMAGE inp_file./id3v2-tag-editor.py -P IMAGE,IMAGE-TYPE,IMAGE-DESCRIPTION inp_fileTo add/modify multiple frames of a file, concatenate the options. Refer to "usage" info for all such editable frames.
./id3v2-tag-editor.py -t TITLE -A ALBUM inp_fileTo delete all the ID3v2 frames in a file, use option -D or --delete-all.
./id3v2-tag-editor.py -D inp_fileInteractive mode: In this mode, user can interactively list, add/modify and delete (all or individual) frames. Can save changes and/or exit at any desired state.
./id3v2-tag-editor.py -i inp_file