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mid3v2 — Edit audio tags. See also: `id3v2`. More information: <https://mutagen.readthedocs.io/en/latest/man/

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Problem

How to use the mid3v2 command: Edit audio tags. See also: id3v2. More information: <https://mutagen.readthedocs.io/en/latest/man/mid3v2.html>.

Solution

mid3v2 — Edit audio tags. See also: id3v2. More information: <https://mutagen.readthedocs.io/en/latest/man/mid3v2.html>.

List all supported ID3v2.3 or ID3v2.4 frames and their meanings:

mid3v2 --list-frames {{path/to/file1.mp3 path/to/file2.mp3 ...}}

List all supported ID3v1 numeric genres:

mid3v2 --list-genres {{path/to/file1.mp3 path/to/file2.mp3 ...}}

List all tags in specific files:

mid3v2 --list {{path/to/file1.mp3 path/to/file2.mp3 ...}}

Set specific artist, album, or song information:

mid3v2 {{--artist|--album|--song}}={{string}} {{path/to/file1.mp3 path/to/file2.mp3 ...}}

Set specific picture information:

mid3v2 --picture={{filename:description:image_type:mime_type}} {{path/to/file1.mp3 path/to/file2.mp3 ...}}

Set specific year information:

mid3v2 --year={{YYYY}} {{path/to/file1.mp3 path/to/file2.mp3 ...}}

Set specific date information:

mid3v2 --date={{YYYY-MM-DD}} {{path/to/file1.mp3 path/to/file2.mp3 ...}}

Code Snippets

List all supported ID3v2.3 or ID3v2.4 frames and their meanings

mid3v2 --list-frames {{path/to/file1.mp3 path/to/file2.mp3 ...}}

List all supported ID3v1 numeric genres

mid3v2 --list-genres {{path/to/file1.mp3 path/to/file2.mp3 ...}}

List all tags in specific files

mid3v2 --list {{path/to/file1.mp3 path/to/file2.mp3 ...}}

Set specific artist, album, or song information

mid3v2 {{--artist|--album|--song}}={{string}} {{path/to/file1.mp3 path/to/file2.mp3 ...}}

Set specific picture information

mid3v2 --picture={{filename:description:image_type:mime_type}} {{path/to/file1.mp3 path/to/file2.mp3 ...}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/mid3v2

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