VORBISCOMMENT(1) Vorbis Tools VORBISCOMMENT(1)
NAME
vorbiscomment - edits Ogg Vorbis comments
SYNOPSIS
vorbiscomment [-l] file.ogg
vorbiscomment -a [ -t "tag=value" ] in.ogg out.ogg
vorbiscomment -w in.ogg out.ogg
DESCRIPTION
vorbiscomment reads, modifies, and appends Ogg Vorbis audio file metadata tags.
OPTIONS
-a Append comments.
-c commentfile
Take comments from a file. The file is the same format as is output by the the -l option: one element per line in 'tag=value' for-
mat.
-h Show command help.
-l List the comments in the ogg vorbis file.
-q Quiet mode. No messages are displayed.
-t 'tag=value'
Specify a new tag on the command line. Each tag is given as a single string. The part before the '=' is treated as the tag name and
the part after as the value.
-w Replace comments with the new set given either on the command line with -t or from a file with -c.
EXAMPLES
To just see what comment tags are in a file:
vorbiscomment -l file.ogg
To edit those comments:
vorbiscomment -l file.ogg > file.txt
[edit the comments in file.txt to your statisfaction]
vorbiscomment -w -c file.txt file.ogg newfile.ogg
To simply add a comment:
vorbiscomment -a -t 'ARTIST=No One You Know' file.ogg newfile.ogg
SEE ALSO
See http://xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/doc/v-comment.html for documentation on the Ogg Vorbis tag format, including a suggested list of canonical
tag names.
AUTHORS
Program Authors:
Michael Smith <msmith@labyrinth.net.au>
Ralph Giles <giles@xiph.org>
Manpage Author:
Christopher L Cheney <ccheney@debian.org>
Xiph.org Foundation December 24, 2001 VORBISCOMMENT(1)