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mp3info — Viewer/editor for ID3v1 (but not ID3v2) tags of MP3 files. More information: <https://www.ibiblio.or

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Problem

How to use the mp3info command: Viewer/editor for ID3v1 (but not ID3v2) tags of MP3 files. More information: <https://www.ibiblio.org/mp3info/mp3info.html>.

Solution

mp3info — Viewer/editor for ID3v1 (but not ID3v2) tags of MP3 files. More information: <https://www.ibiblio.org/mp3info/mp3info.html>.

Show all ID3v1 tags of a specific MP3 file:

mp3info {{path/to/file.mp3}}

Edit ID3v1 tags [i]nteractively:

mp3info -i {{path/to/file.mp3}}

Set values for ID3v1 tags in a specific MP3 file ([a]rtist, [t]itle, a[l]bum, [y]ear, and [c]omment):

mp3info -a "{{artist_name}}" -t "{{song_title}}" -l "{{album_title}}" -y {{year}} -c "{{comment_text}}" {{path/to/file.mp3}}

Set the [n]umber of the track in the album for a specific MP3 file:

mp3info -n {{track_number}} {{path/to/file.mp3}}

[G]et a list of valid genres and their numeric codes:

mp3info -G

Set the music [g]enre for a specific MP3 file:

mp3info -g {{genre_number}} {{path/to/file.mp3}}

Code Snippets

Show all ID3v1 tags of a specific MP3 file

mp3info {{path/to/file.mp3}}

Edit ID3v1 tags [i]nteractively

mp3info -i {{path/to/file.mp3}}

Set values for ID3v1 tags in a specific MP3 file ([a]rtist, [t]itle, a[l]bum, [y]ear, and [c]omment)

mp3info -a "{{artist_name}}" -t "{{song_title}}" -l "{{album_title}}" -y {{year}} -c "{{comment_text}}" {{path/to/file.mp3}}

Set the [n]umber of the track in the album for a specific MP3 file

mp3info -n {{track_number}} {{path/to/file.mp3}}

[G]et a list of valid genres and their numeric codes

mp3info -G

Context

tldr-pages: common/mp3info

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