MP3TAG(1)

📦 version 3.2.6, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 MP3TAG — bestie edition 💖

okay so this is the mp3tag manual page, and it lives in the General Commands Manual section, and honestly? it's giving "tiny tool, big energy." pull up a chair, we're tagging mp3s together 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

mp3tag — view and manipulate ID3v1 tags. that's it, that's the whole job description 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mp3tag [ -s song ] [ -a artist ] [ -l album ] [ -y year ] [ -e comment ]
[ -k track ] [ -g genre ] [ -r ] file [ file ... ]

no cap, that's the shape of it: a bunch of optional flags, then one or more files. you can hand it a whole lil squad of files if you want 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this manual page is a brief lil documentation moment for the mp3tag command. fun fact: it was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program doesn't have one. not me filling in the gaps, we love a supportive bestie ✨

mp3tag is a program that lets you both view and manipulate ID3v1 metadata tags. the way that works: run the command with just a filename and it will display that file's current tag. set some options, and it will update the tag and show it to you. two birds, one iconically efficient stone 💖

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -a artist — set the artist name to artist. strings over thirty characters get truncated. thirty is the limit, periodt ✂️
  • -e comment — set the comment to comment. strings over thirty characters get truncated. same rule, same drama 💬
  • -g genre — set the genre to genre. this one is a single integer with a value of 0 to 254 corresponding to the appropriate Winamp compatible genre. and yes, you can use -g list to list all supported genres, iconic behavior honestly 👑
  • -k track — set the track number to track. this is a single integer with a value of 0 to 255. heads up tho: specifying this field truncates the comment field to twenty-eight characters, as per the ID3v1.1 standard. it's not a bug, it's a standard, iykyk 😭
  • -l album — set the album name to album. strings over thirty characters get truncated. the thirty-character vibe check strikes again 💿
  • -r — merge new tag with any preexisting tag in the file. very "don't erase what was already there" of you, we stan a non-destructive queen 🫶
  • -s song — set the song name to song. strings over thirty characters get truncated. thirty chars and not one more, bestie 🎵
  • -y year — set the year to year. strings over four characters get truncated. four. that's the whole year budget 🗓️

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

display foo.mp3's current ID3v1 info:

mp3tag foo.mp3

set foo.mp3's artist to 'Bar', and album to 'Baz':

mp3tag -a Bar -l Baz foo.mp3

set foo.mp3's year to 2001, merging it with any tag already present:

mp3tag -y 2001 -r foo.mp3

see? lowkey simple. highkey useful. 💖

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

mp3tag was written by Bram Avontuur <bram@avontuur.org>. we love a creator 💜

this manual page was written by Brian Boucheron <brian@boucheron.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution (but may be used by others). sharing is caring fr fr 🫶

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

more info on ID3v1 can be found at <http://www.id3.org/id3v1.html>. go read, bestie, it's educational 🌈

and that's a wrap on the mp3tag page, babes — this was the General Commands Manual version, dated February 19, 2004, and you already know the name: MP3TAG 💖✨🎀 go forth and tag responsibly, mwah 💅
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