id3(1) [debian man page]

ID3(1)							      General Commands Manual							    ID3(1)

NAME

       id3 - an ID3 tag editor.

SYNOPSIS

       id3 [-tTaAycg newdata] file1 [file2 [file3...]]
       id3 -l file1 [file2 [file3...]]
       id3 -d file1 [file2 [file3...]]
       id3 -L

DESCRIPTION

       id3 is an ID3 v1.1 tag editor. ID3 tags are traditionally put at the end of compressed streamed audio files to denote information about the
       audio contents. Up to thirty characters of Title, Artist, and Album information can be stored, as well as  a  28-character  comment,  four-
       digit year, track number up to 255, and an enumerated genre.

OPTIONS

       -t title
	      Sets the title tag to the first 28 characters of title.

       -T track
	      Sets the track tag to a number between 0 and 255.

       -a artist
	      Sets the artist tag to the first 28 characters of artist.

       -A album
	      Sets the album tag to the first 28 characters of album.

       -y year
	      Sets the year tag to the first 4 characters of year.

       -c comment
	      Sets the comment tag to the first 28 characters of comment.

       -g genre
	      Sets the genre number tag using a genre number or predefined genre label.

       -l     List/view the ID3 tag.

       -L     List all genre tags.

       -R     Use rfc822-style output for tag printout.

       -d     Delete the ID3 tag.

BUGS

       The  ID3  format has some shortcomings. There is a 1 in 16777216 chance of your mp3 having a certain bit-pattern, causing id3 to write over
       the last 128 bytes of your mp3 upon tag creation. If you add a track number to an ID3 v1.0 tag, the last  two  characters  of  the  comment
       string will be truncated. Any bugs found in id3 should be forwarded to the author, Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org>.

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ID3TOOL(1)						      General Commands Manual							ID3TOOL(1)

NAME

       id3tool - a command line editor for id3 tags.

SYNOPSIS

       id3tool [options] files ...

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page is for the id3tool command.

       id3tool is a program that can be used to view and edit id3 tags from the command line.

       When invoked from the command line with filenames and no options, it will display the used fields of the id3 tags.

       When invoked from the command line with filenames and "set" options, it will change the id3 tag fields specified to the specified values on
       all the files.

       Due to limitations in the ID3v1 specification, most fields are limited to 30 characters.

       The note field is limited to 28 characters if a track number is in use.

       You can force a tag to be v1.1 by using a specifying a non-zero track number, or force a tag to be v1.0 by specifying  a  track	number	of
       zero (0).

OPTIONS

       The  programs  follow  the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-').  A complete list of options are
       included below.	For a complete description, use the help option.

       -t, --set-title=WORD
	      Sets the title to WORD

       -a, --set-album=WORD
	      Sets the album to WORD

       -r, --set-artist=WORD
	      Sets the artist to WORD

       -y, --set-year=YEAR
	      Sets the year to YEAR [4 digits]

       -n, --set-note=WORD
	      Sets the note to WORD

       -g, --set-genre=INT
	      Sets the genre code to INT (the codes can be acquired from the genre list.)

       -G, --set-genre-word=WORD
	      Sets the genre to WORD (given that WORD is from the genre list.)

       -c, --set-track=INT
	      Sets the track to INT

       -h, --help
	      Show summary of options.

       -v, --version
	      Show version of program.

       -l, --genre-list
	      Shows the genre list.

AUTHOR

       id3tool and this manual page were written by Chris Collins <xfire@xware.cx>

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