Question

33

Any ubuntu tool to edit tag in mp3 files in group

rated 0 times [ 33] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 29238 / 2 Years ago, fri, january 14, 2022, 5:31:43

Is there any tool in ubuntu to edit tag information in mp3 files in group?
For example, I want to set all the files in a directory with the same album name or artists. How can I do that?

I find 'Easytag', but I need to do that 1 file at a time. I want to know if there is something I can do 1 directory/1 directory tree at the same time?

Thank you.

Answers

Only authorized users can answer the question. Please sign in first, or register a free account.

amelican

Add To Favorites

Follow

Total Points: 162

Total Questions: 116

Total Answers: 108

Location: Guam

Member since Mon, May 29, 2023

1 Year ago

amelican questions

1 How to deal with outdated Docker images?

Sun, Aug 14, 22, 01:26, 2 Years ago

1 Cannot fully install nvidia or Xorg videodrivers

Mon, Apr 24, 23, 18:12, 1 Year ago

1 How to solve this problem and change this lock screen?

Wed, Apr 5, 23, 04:30, 1 Year ago

1 How to automatically shutdown Ubuntu when idle?

Thu, Sep 1, 22, 02:14, 2 Years ago

1 rsync exclude option with file names with spaces

Mon, Sep 19, 22, 23:08, 2 Years ago

View All

answered 2 Years ago luringdge · Accepted Answer

EasyTAG

Actually with EasyTAG you do not need to set (example) the Album name file by file in the same directory.

You can try this:

Open the EasyTAG and navigate to the folder you want.

Select all the files with Ctrl+A.

Write the Album Name.

Click in the checkbox to apply the same Album name to all the selected files.

Save the changes to all the selected files.

screenshot

id3tool

Another option could be id3tool

id3tool is a command line utility for easy manipulation of the ID3
tags present in MPEG Layer 3 audio files.

id3tool is a fully GPL'd program. Warm-fuzzy's are 100% optional.

To install it.

sudo apt-get install id3tool

You can go to your folder eg:

cd ~/Music/test-2013/

I can list the tags in all the mp3 files with:

id3tool *.mp3

Example:

Filename: 01-track.mp3

Song Title: track1                        

Artist:     Test-Artist                   

Album:      Test-Album                    

Note:                                   

Track:      1

Year:       2013

Genre:      Jazz (0x8)



Filename: 02-track.mp3

Song Title: track2                        

Artist:     Test-Artist                   

Album:      Test-Album                    

Note:       0                           

Track:      2

Year:       2013

Genre:      Jazz (0x8)



Filename: 03-track.mp3

Song Title: track3                        

Artist:     Test-Artist                   

Album:      Test-Album                    

Note:       0                           

Track:      3

Year:       2013

Genre:      Jazz (0x8)

I can change the Album Name to all the mp3 files with:

id3tool -a Test-Album-id3tool *.mp3

Now I have:

Filename: 01-track.mp3

Song Title: track1                        

Artist:     Test-Artist                   

Album:      Test-Album-id3tool            

Note:                                   

Track:      1

Year:       2013

Genre:      Jazz (0x8)



Filename: 02-track.mp3

Song Title: track2                        

Artist:     Test-Artist                   

Album:      Test-Album-id3tool            

Note:       0                           

Track:      2

Year:       2013

Genre:      Jazz (0x8)



Filename: 03-track.mp3

Song Title: track3                        

Artist:     Test-Artist                   

Album:      Test-Album-id3tool            

Note:       0                           

Track:      3

Year:       2013

Genre:      Jazz (0x8)

NOTE: with the option -a id3tool set the Album Name.

Man Pages id3tool