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mid3v2

Edit audio tags. See also: id3v2. More information: https://manned.org/mid3v2.1.
  • List all supported ID3v2.3 or ID3v2.4 frames and their meanings:
    id3v2 --list-frames {{path/to/file1.mp3 path/to/file2.mp3 ...}}
  • List all supported ID3v1 numeric genres:
    id3v2 --list-genres {{path/to/file1.mp3 path/to/file2.mp3 ...}}
  • List all tags in specific files:
    id3v2 --list {{path/to/file1.mp3 path/to/file2.mp3 ...}}
  • Set specific artist, album, or song information:
    id3v2 {{--artist|--album|--song}}={{string}} {{path/to/file1.mp3 path/to/file2.mp3 ...}}
  • Set specific picture information:
    id3v2 --picture={{filename:description:image_type:mime_type}} {{path/to/file1.mp3 path/to/file2.mp3 ...}}
  • Set specific year information:
    id3v2 --year={{YYYY}} {{path/to/file1.mp3 path/to/file2.mp3 ...}}
  • Set specific date information:
    id3v2 --date={{YYYY-MM-DD}} {{path/to/file1.mp3 path/to/file2.mp3 ...}}

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