ID3TAG
Section: User Command (1)
Updated: May 2000
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NAME
id3tag - Tags an mp3 file with id3v1 and/or id3v2 tags.
SYNOPSIS
id3tag
[
OPTION
]
...
[
FILE
]
...
DESCRIPTION
Id3tag
will render both types of tag by default. Only the last
tag type indicated in the option list will be used. Non-
rendered will remain unchanged in the original file. Will
also parse and convert Lyrics3 v2.0 frames, but will not
render them.
OPTIONS
- -1, --v1tag
-
Render only the id3v1 tag
- -2, --v2tag
-
Render only the id3v2 tag
- -h, --help
-
Display help and exit
- -v, --version
-
Display version information and exit
- -a, --artist ARTIST
-
Set the artist information
- -s, --song SONG
-
Set the song title information
- -A, --album ALBUM
-
Set the album title information
- -c, --comment COMMENT
-
Set the comment information
- -C, --desc DESCRIPTION
-
Set the comment description
- -g, --genre num
-
Set the genre number
- -y, --year num
-
Set the year
- -t, --track num
-
Set the track number
- -T, --total num
-
Set the total number of tracks on the album
SEE ALSO
id3convert(1),
id3info(1),
id3v2(1)
AUTHOR
id3lib
was originally designed and implemented by Dirk Mahoney and is
maintained by Scott Thomas Haug <
sth2@cs.wustl.edu>. Manual page written for
Debian GNU/Linux by Robert Woodcock <
rcw@debian.org>.